Josh Luebker
Fractional CFO - The Construction CFO
Former commercial construction PM and master electrician. 150+ projects, $300M+ total value. About Josh | LinkedIn
Eight platforms. Most designed for the wrong company size or the wrong problem. Here is an honest comparison of what each one does, what it costs, and who it is built for.
Eight main platforms construction subcontractors use. Most are designed for the wrong company size, the wrong trade type, or the wrong problem. Here is an honest comparison of what each one does and who it is actually built for.
Most subcontractors start on QuickBooks. It works for general ledger functions -- AP, AR, bank recs. Where it breaks down is job costing. QuickBooks cannot produce a real WIP schedule, cannot track cost-to-complete by phase, and cannot align job cost codes to your estimate structure. That is the gap SPM fills with ControlQore.
The question is not which software to use. The question is whether your current software is producing the data you need. Most QuickBooks-only subcontractors are managing by bank balance because the software is not giving them anything more useful.
For commercial subcontractors doing $1M-$12M, ControlQore is purpose-built for this band, more capable than QuickBooks for job costing, and more affordable than Sage or Foundation. The software matters less than how it is configured. ControlQore configured correctly produces useful data. QuickBooks configured poorly produces noise.
When you cannot know which jobs are making money until they close, cannot produce a WIP schedule for your surety, or your job cost codes do not match your estimate structure. Any one of those is a reason to move. SPM handles the migration as part of the 60-day onboarding.
Schedule a free call. We will tell you whether your current software is giving you what you need.
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