The branded project portal for contractors. Streamline every job from lead to proposal through punch-list signoff. Features you need, none that you don't.
These are the moments that decide whether a client raves about you or quietly moves on — the difference between a five-star review and a job you never hear about again. Here's how TruFeld handles each.
You both okayed the extra work on site — a text here, a quick "sounds good" there. But nothing was written down, so when the invoice arrives, your memory and theirs don't line up. A job that was going great turns into an argument over money.
Your client signed the proposal. Weeks later a situation comes up that's clearly covered by a limitation in your contract — materials not included in the base price, work outside the original scope, terms they agreed to but never actually read. They say they had no idea.
Your proposal is the first real look at how you run your business. A basic Word doc or a PDF with no clear structure tells your client something — and it's not "this person has their act together." What does that say about a $15K project?
You delivered. Your client paid, the work held up. Months later their friend asks who to call — and your name doesn't come up. Nothing about the experience stuck.
For your client, it's one branded link — no account, no app. Behind it, you've got the tools to set expectations, lock in every change, and keep payments moving — without the awkward conversations.
From a quick price adjustment to a full construction change order with pricing tables, schedule impact, and required client initials. Your client reviews and approves in the portal — the project total and payment schedule update automatically. No ambiguity.
Your logo, your colors, your portal. Clients view proposals, share files, exchange messages, make payments, and raise or track issues — all from one branded URL. No account, no app, no login required.
No monthly subscription. You're only charged for the invoices you send — starts at $5, scaling with your volume, never more than $50. A slow month costs nothing. A busy month scales with your revenue, not against it.
Invoices and payments you handle in TruFeld flow straight into QuickBooks Online — no double entry, no month-end copy-paste. Send and collect in the client portal; your books stay current on their own.
Legally binding signatures with a full audit trail. Mark specific clauses that require client initials before signing — warranty terms, exclusions, payment schedules. Your client can't approve without acknowledging what matters.
Work with building plans? Upload your 2D plans and take measurements directly on the drawing — area, linear, or count. Map each measurement to a proposal line item or group. From blueprints to a fully-priced proposal without switching apps.
Build the estimate the way you build the job. An assembly turns one measurement into everything it takes — 200 LF of wall becomes studs, plates, drywall, and labor hours at your crew rates, waste included. Layer in overhead, contingency, and profit, then hand the client a clean proposal. Your costs and markup stay private.
Send RFQs to multiple subs from inside TruFeld — they respond with pricing and lead times in their own PIN-portal. Award the work and create a Work Order with scope, line items, and milestones — your sub accepts in the same portal. No accounts to create, no apps to learn.
Upload PDF or Word estimates and our AI preserves your pricing tables, sections, units, and line items. Import in-flight projects — scope, milestones, payment schedules, client details — without starting over. No retyping. No starting from zero.
When you're juggling 8 projects, every "I'll remember that" goes missing. Track todos, decisions, and notes per project in a time-stamped journal — your private record of what's happening on every job, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Every proposal, signature, message, file, invoice, and payment for every project — all in one portal that both you and your client can access. Nothing gets lost. Nothing falls through the cracks.
Your client gets one branded URL. You get a complete history of every interaction — proposals, approvals, scope changes, payments, and conversations — organized by project.
You already document your change orders. They still get disputed. Because a text that says ‘sounds good’ isn’t a signed change order — and your client’s memory of what they agreed to gets surprisingly fuzzy when the final invoice arrives.
A two-word reply doesn't prove the client understands the scope, the price, or the schedule impact. When the invoice lands, their memory isn't wrong — they never saw the details.
Vague estimates leave room for later disagreement: which materials, how many hours, what is the schedule impact. That's exactly how disputes start.
The change order is in one place; the payment schedule in another. They don't correlate. Every change can become an awkward conversation about when it'll get paid.
The client clearly sees how the change order impacts the payment schedule. You never have the awkward conversation.
Client work is unpredictable. Some months you close multiple deals — others, nothing. But your subscription charges roll in whether you billed $15K or $0.
0.6% invoicing fee with a volume-tiered cap that scales with your business. Stripe's processing fee applies only when your client pays via card or ACH.
The cap starts low while you're getting started and scales with your annual TruFeld volume. Tiers ratchet up with your growth and never drop back down — a slow quarter doesn't reset you.
| Annual volume through TruFeld | Per-invoice cap |
|---|---|
| $0 – $100K | $5 |
| $100K – $500K | $15 |
| $500K – $1.5M | $30 |
| $1.5M+ | $50 |
The features you need, the ones they're missing, and no monthly fee.
I process roughly
in client payments through my portal
How do most clients pay?
ACH transfers are ~$5 flat per invoice via Stripe — typical for construction
How would you want TruFeld to handle Stripe fees?
You pay the $5 ACH transfer fee per invoice
| TruFeld Pro | Buildertrend | Houzz Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| E-Signatures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Key provision acknowledgment | ✓ Client initials per clause | ✗ Multi-signer only | ✗ |
| Payment collection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branded client experience | ✓ | ✗ Buildertrend branding | ✗ Houzz branding |
| Client collaboration | ✓ Messages, files, scope approvals | ✓ | ✗ Limited |
| Plan takeoff | ✓ Pro+ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Assembly-based cost estimating | ✓ Included on every tier | ✓ Requires Advanced+ tier | ✓ |
| AI drafting & PDF import | ✓ | ✗ AI for weekly updates only | ✗ |
| Built-in scope changes | ✓ Request & approve | ✓ Requires Advanced+ tier | ✗ No acknowledgment required |
| Client-raised punch list | ✓ Client logs items, verified/disputed audit trail | ✗ Internal-staff workflow only | ✗ |
| Sub work orders | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ Sub Portal | ✗ |
| Pass Stripe processing fees to client | ✓ Absorb, split, or pass | ✗ Own processor | ✗ Own processor |
| Branded invoice PDFs | ✓ Auto-generated | ✓ | ✗ |
| External payments (wire/check) | ✓ Auto-invoice + record-paid | ✓ | ✓ |
| Migrate in-flight projects | ✓ Wizard imports signed contracts | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to start | ✓ No credit card, no demo | ✗ Demo required to see pricing | ✗ |
| Setup time | 45–60 minutes | 3 months avg (per G2) | Weeks |
| Cost breakdown based on your volume above | |||
| Platform cost (2yr) | one-time | from $339/mo — annual prepay | $99–$400/mo realistic; pricing not public |
| Fees & invoicing (2yr) | 0.6% invoicing fee + Stripe — cap scales with volume | 2.95% + $0.30/txn (own processor); ACH up to $15/transfer | 2.9% + 30¢/txn (own processor) |
| 2-year total | |||
Total cost over 2 years based on the monthly volume, payment method, and fee handling above. Avg. invoice assumed at ~25% of monthly revenue (~4 invoices/month), with a $1,000 minimum. Competitor pricing as of March 2026.
Coming from Houzz Pro? See the detailed side-by-side — or the remodeler-focused breakdown.
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