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Complete Plan

Buildertrend Complete Plan: $1,099/Month

Every feature Buildertrend offers - justified for the right company

Monthly billing
$1,099/mo
$13,188/year
Annual billing
$829/mo
$9,948/year - Save $3,240/yr
Best for custom home builders
20+ staff, active client selections workflows

Annual Cost Reality Check

Monthly billing (no commitment)
$13,188/yr
Annual billing (12-month commitment)
$9,948/yr

At $9,948-$13,188 per year, the Complete plan is a significant business expense. For a $3M custom home builder, that's 0.33% to 0.44% of revenue - well within the software budget benchmark of 0.5-1% for a platform that manages your entire project workflow. For a $500K remodeler, it's 2-2.6% of revenue, which is harder to justify.

What Complete Adds Over Advanced

Client Selections Portal

The headline feature of the Complete plan. Create selections sheets for each category (tile, countertops, fixtures, paint, hardware) with your curated options and pricing. Homeowners log in to browse options, compare alternatives, and make their choices with a digital approval signature. All selections are tracked with timestamps and approval records. This eliminates the email chains, Excel trackers, and phone calls that typically manage the selections process - and prevents the costly 'I chose something different' disputes during construction.

Warranty Management

Track warranty claims and service requests after project completion. Log warranty issues when reported, assign to responsible parties, schedule repairs, track status, and close with documentation. Tie every warranty item to the original project and sub who did the work. Over time this data shows which subs generate the most callbacks - valuable for future hiring and bidding decisions. For builders with statutory warranty obligations, this creates the audit trail needed to manage warranty liability.

Advanced Dashboards and Reporting

Executive-level reporting across your entire portfolio of projects. Pipeline reports, profitability analysis by project manager, lead tracking, and capacity planning views. Designed for business owners who need operational intelligence across 20+ concurrent projects. Goes significantly beyond the financial reporting available in Advanced.

RFI Workflows

Formal Request for Information workflows for managing questions from subs and suppliers during construction. RFIs are logged, assigned, responded to, and closed with a full audit trail. More relevant for larger residential projects or light commercial work where formal documentation is expected. Less critical for smaller remodeling projects where informal communication suffices.

Time Clock for Field Staff

Clock-in/clock-out functionality for field employees via the mobile app. GPS-verified location at time of punch. Ties labor hours to specific projects and cost codes. Feeds into payroll reports. For companies running hourly field crews, this replaces paper timesheets or separate time tracking apps and provides accurate labor cost data by project.

Additional Integration Options

The Complete plan unlocks additional integration capabilities beyond what's available on Advanced. This includes expanded API access for custom integrations and additional third-party app connections. If you're building a custom tech stack around Buildertrend, Complete provides more flexibility.

When Complete is NOT Worth It

Complete is overkill for many contractors. Be honest about whether you'll actually use the features that differentiate it from Advanced:

  • - Your projects don't involve client selections - you make material decisions, not the homeowner (common in insurance restoration, commercial, and standard remodeling)
  • - You don't have warranty obligations beyond normal contractor workmanship guarantees
  • - You're under 15 staff - the advanced dashboards provide more reporting than you can action at that team size
  • - You're a remodeler doing projects under $100K average value - the selections portal adds operational overhead that doesn't scale down to smaller projects
  • - You're a service contractor (not a construction firm) - Jobber serves you better at a fraction of the price

ROI Case for the Complete Plan

For a custom home builder running 8 homes per year at $500K average value:

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Prevented selections dispute
One "you installed the wrong tile" dispute on a $500K home - with a digital approval record - saves $10,000-$30,000 in legal costs, remediation, and relationship damage. That's the Complete plan paid for multiple times over from a single incident.
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Selections admin time savings
Managing selections for a custom home manually takes an estimated 20-40 hours per project in coordination time. At 8 homes/year, that's 160-320 hours at $35/hr = $5,600-$11,200 per year in recovered time.
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Warranty efficiency
Structured warranty management reduces the time spent on warranty coordination by an estimated 50% versus ad-hoc management. For a builder handling 30-50 warranty calls per year, this is 10-20 hours of staff time recovered.

Complete Plan FAQ

What does the Buildertrend client selections portal do?
The client selections portal (Complete plan only) lets homeowners browse, choose, and approve finishes and fixtures online. You create a selections sheet for each category (tile, countertops, fixtures, paint colors, hardware) with your approved options and prices. The homeowner logs in, reviews options, and makes their choices with a digital approval. This replaces the chaotic process of emailing options PDFs, tracking Excel sheets of client choices, and chasing approvals by phone. For custom home builders managing dozens of selections per project, this feature alone can justify the Complete plan.
Is the Buildertrend Complete plan worth $300/month more than Advanced?
For custom home builders and production builders with active selections workflows, yes. The selections portal and warranty management features provide substantial operational value that directly translates to fewer client disputes and less administrative time. For remodeling companies that don't have a formal selections process, the jump from Advanced to Complete is harder to justify. The key question is: do you manage client selections (tile, fixtures, finishes) as part of every project? If yes, Complete pays for itself quickly.
What is Buildertrend's warranty management feature?
The warranty management feature (Complete plan) lets you track warranty claims after project completion. When a homeowner reports a warranty issue, you log it in Buildertrend, assign it to the responsible sub or your own crew, schedule the repair, and close it out with documentation. All warranty activity is tied to the original project. This creates an auditable warranty service record and helps you track which subs generate the most warranty callbacks - useful data for future bidding decisions.
Can I get a demo of the Complete plan before committing?
Yes. During your Buildertrend demo, specifically request to see the client selections portal and warranty management workflow. Ask the sales rep to walk you through creating a selections sheet, having a homeowner approve a selection, and logging a warranty claim. These are the features that differentiate Complete from Advanced, and seeing them live helps you decide if they justify the price difference for your specific workflow.

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