Buildertrend is an established, widely used construction platform, particularly strong for home builders and remodelers — client portals, selections, and residential workflows are the heart of the product.
Corten is built for small and mid-size general contractors and subs — commercial or residential — who want automation first. Corten uses AI to pull data from the documents you already have — sub quotes, receipts, invoices, drawings — and auto-fill your bid sheets and proposals. No retyping, for you and your whole organization.
Corten’s pricing is flat by team size and published: Solo $99/month (1 user), Crew $229/month (2–8 users), General Contractor $449/month (9–20 users) — AI is included in every plan at no extra cost. Crew can be billed monthly or annually; General Contractor and Enterprise are billed annually. Buildertrend publishes tiered monthly plans on its own site. Every Corten plan starts with a 14-day free trial with full AI included; cancel anytime before it ends.
| CORTEN | BUILDERTREND | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Small and mid-size GCs and subs — commercial or residential | Home builders and remodelers, residential focus |
| Pricing | Published: $99–$449/mo flat — AI included, no add-on | Tiered monthly plans — published on their site |
| AI data entry | Reads sub quotes, receipts, and invoices; auto-fills bid sheets and proposals — you review instead of retype | See Buildertrend’s site for its current AI offering |
| Setup | Minutes — guided demo workspace, operational the same day | Guided onboarding program |
| Free trial | 14 days, full AI included — cancel anytime before it ends | Demo on request |
If you build homes and want deep client-portal and selections workflows, Buildertrend is a solid, established pick. If you want the automation-first option — where scanned sub bids become auto-filled bid sheets and proposals, and pricing stays flat as your team grows — start a Corten trial and load your first bid in minutes.