Comparison · last verified September 7, 2026

Drevanto vs Buildxact: description-led estimating against digital plan takeoff

Buildxact serves residential builders, general contractors, remodelers and trades, and its strongest documented capability is the plan-driven route: digital plan takeoffs feeding estimating and quoting, with dealer integration, two-way QuickBooks and Xero sync, schedules, cost tracking, site management and invoicing around them. Drevanto starts somewhere else entirely — from a plain-language description and governed Guided questions rather than a marked-up drawing — which makes this the clearest "different input, similar goal" comparison in the set.

The short version

Drevanto

Choose Drevanto if you frequently estimate work where no usable plan set exists and you want a governed catalog and published verification behind the numbers.

Buildxact

Choose Buildxact if you estimate from drawings and want digital takeoff, dealer pricing and accounting sync on published tiers.

Drevanto and Buildxact, dimension by dimension

Comparison of Drevanto and Buildxact across 13 dimensions
Dimension	Drevanto	Buildxact
Who it is built for	Residential contractors and small crews running scoped construction work.	Residential builders, general contractors, remodelers and trades (official positioning).
How an estimate starts	Describe the work in plain language, answer governed Guided questions, and get an editable estimate — locally on the device. This is not a blueprint or PDF takeoff path.	Digital plan takeoffs feed estimating and quoting.
Cost and material data	Governed, centrally maintained material catalog of canonical records behind Guided estimating.	Dealer integration supplies supplier pricing into estimates.
Quoting and client communication	Estimates go out as a local PDF / print and approvals are recorded on the job. Commercial proposals, customer portal, online approval and e-signature are not active in the current beta.	Quoting plus lead and customer communication are documented.
Scheduling and site management	Scheduling is part of the current beta workflow, stored locally on the device.	Schedules and site management are documented; note that Foundation excludes job management and scheduling, while Pro adds job management, schedules and the mobile app.
Job costing and profit	Jobs, scheduling, job costing, profit, change orders and reports are part of the current beta workflow, stored locally on the device; photo / media attachments are local records.	Cost tracking is documented alongside estimating and quoting.
Purchasing and suppliers	Materials planning against the approved scope and the canonical catalog works today; sending orders to suppliers is not active in the current beta.	Dealer and supplier connection is a documented part of the estimating flow.
Invoicing and accounting	Job costing and reports give you the number to bill from. In-app invoicing, live payment collection and accounting export are not active in the current beta.	Invoicing plus documented two-way QuickBooks and Xero sync.
Mobile platforms	Windows Beta 2 Build 17 (1.2.0-beta.2+17), signed by ARMM General llc, is available through the private signed-in download flow for entitled testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. On Android, version code 18 has been submitted for review on the private Founding 50 closed track and is not available yet, while version code 17 remains the build available to selected testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. No iOS app.	Web plus the documented Onsite mobile app; the mobile app is included from the Pro tier.
Pricing	Not published. Drevanto is in an invite-only private beta with founding-tester pricing conversations only — no public price list yet.	The official US pricing page on September 7, 2026 showed a credit-limited Go plan at $0 and monthly Foundation, Pro and Master rates of $199, $399 and $599. Annual options were shown at a 15% discount with a 12-month commitment. Included limits, add-ons and rates vary by tier and region — check the official pricing page and plan guide.
Tier differences	One beta product; no tiers published.	Foundation excludes job management and scheduling; Pro adds job management, schedules and mobile; Master includes advanced Blu tools, permissions and priority support per current official pages.
Published verification	Public verification page: 250 accepted independently sourced references across 92 source documents, all 20 currently supported estimating scopes coordinated in one synthetic All-Trade fixture, modeled transition verification closing 983 tested edges with 0 untested cells, plus historical release proof for Windows Build 15, the accepted Android v12 candidate and cloud acceptance in isolated local staging. Current Windows Build 17 and Android version codes 17 and 18 have not completed full manual acceptance, and Android version code 18 is still submitted for review. Drevanto designed, ran, and scored this internal certification, and no head-to-head comparison against any product is claimed.	No comparable published verification program is claimed here; only documented features are reported.
Availability	Invite-only Beta 2, private staged-activation program. Windows Beta 2 Build 17 (1.2.0-beta.2+17), signed by ARMM General llc, is available through the private signed-in download flow for entitled testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. On Android, version code 18 has been submitted for review on the private Founding 50 closed track and is not available yet, while version code 17 remains the build available to selected testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. No iOS app. No announced general-availability date.	Generally available, including a $0 Go tier.

Who it is built for
Drevanto
Residential contractors and small crews running scoped construction work.
Buildxact
Residential builders, general contractors, remodelers and trades (official positioning).
How an estimate starts
Drevanto
Describe the work in plain language, answer governed Guided questions, and get an editable estimate — locally on the device. This is not a blueprint or PDF takeoff path.
Buildxact
Digital plan takeoffs feed estimating and quoting.
Cost and material data
Drevanto
Governed, centrally maintained material catalog of canonical records behind Guided estimating.
Buildxact
Dealer integration supplies supplier pricing into estimates.
Quoting and client communication
Drevanto
Estimates go out as a local PDF / print and approvals are recorded on the job. Commercial proposals, customer portal, online approval and e-signature are not active in the current beta.
Buildxact
Quoting plus lead and customer communication are documented.
Scheduling and site management
Drevanto
Scheduling is part of the current beta workflow, stored locally on the device.
Buildxact
Schedules and site management are documented; note that Foundation excludes job management and scheduling, while Pro adds job management, schedules and the mobile app.
Job costing and profit
Drevanto
Jobs, scheduling, job costing, profit, change orders and reports are part of the current beta workflow, stored locally on the device; photo / media attachments are local records.
Buildxact
Cost tracking is documented alongside estimating and quoting.
Purchasing and suppliers
Drevanto
Materials planning against the approved scope and the canonical catalog works today; sending orders to suppliers is not active in the current beta.
Buildxact
Dealer and supplier connection is a documented part of the estimating flow.
Invoicing and accounting
Drevanto
Job costing and reports give you the number to bill from. In-app invoicing, live payment collection and accounting export are not active in the current beta.
Buildxact
Invoicing plus documented two-way QuickBooks and Xero sync.
Mobile platforms
Drevanto
Windows Beta 2 Build 17 (1.2.0-beta.2+17), signed by ARMM General llc, is available through the private signed-in download flow for entitled testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. On Android, version code 18 has been submitted for review on the private Founding 50 closed track and is not available yet, while version code 17 remains the build available to selected testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. No iOS app.
Buildxact
Web plus the documented Onsite mobile app; the mobile app is included from the Pro tier.
Pricing
Drevanto
Not published. Drevanto is in an invite-only private beta with founding-tester pricing conversations only — no public price list yet.
Buildxact
The official US pricing page on September 7, 2026 showed a credit-limited Go plan at $0 and monthly Foundation, Pro and Master rates of $199, $399 and $599. Annual options were shown at a 15% discount with a 12-month commitment. Included limits, add-ons and rates vary by tier and region — check the official pricing page and plan guide.
Tier differences
Drevanto
One beta product; no tiers published.
Buildxact
Foundation excludes job management and scheduling; Pro adds job management, schedules and mobile; Master includes advanced Blu tools, permissions and priority support per current official pages.
Published verification
Drevanto
Public verification page: 250 accepted independently sourced references across 92 source documents, all 20 currently supported estimating scopes coordinated in one synthetic All-Trade fixture, modeled transition verification closing 983 tested edges with 0 untested cells, plus historical release proof for Windows Build 15, the accepted Android v12 candidate and cloud acceptance in isolated local staging. Current Windows Build 17 and Android version codes 17 and 18 have not completed full manual acceptance, and Android version code 18 is still submitted for review. Drevanto designed, ran, and scored this internal certification, and no head-to-head comparison against any product is claimed.
Buildxact
No comparable published verification program is claimed here; only documented features are reported.
Availability
Drevanto
Invite-only Beta 2, private staged-activation program. Windows Beta 2 Build 17 (1.2.0-beta.2+17), signed by ARMM General llc, is available through the private signed-in download flow for entitled testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. On Android, version code 18 has been submitted for review on the private Founding 50 closed track and is not available yet, while version code 17 remains the build available to selected testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. No iOS app. No announced general-availability date.
Buildxact
Generally available, including a $0 Go tier.

What Buildxact does well

PDF and digital plan takeoffs, which is the fastest path when you do have drawings.
Dealer and supplier connection bringing real pricing into estimates.
Two-way QuickBooks and Xero sync.
Construction scheduling and site management from the Pro tier upward.
An established web plus Onsite mobile operation covering iOS and Android.
Published tiers including a credit-limited $0 Go entry point, monthly paid-plan rates and discounted annual options requiring a 12-month commitment.

Who should choose Drevanto?

Much of your work arrives as a conversation or a walkthrough, not a drawing set.
You want one governed catalog rather than assembling recipes per project.
You want the estimating engine's verification published with its limits — see /benchmark.
Windows and Android cover your team and a closed beta is acceptable.

Worth stating plainly: Drevanto is an invite-only Beta 2. Windows Beta 2 Build 17 (1.2.0-beta.2+17), signed by ARMM General llc, is available through the private signed-in download flow for entitled testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. On Android, version code 18 has been submitted for review on the private Founding 50 closed track and is not available yet, while version code 17 remains the build available to selected testers; full manual acceptance remains pending. No iOS app. Pricing is not published yet, and in the current beta proposals, online approval, e-signature, payments, purchasing transmission, accounting export, invoicing, live customer communications and public Cloud sign-in / sync are not active. No head-to-head accuracy test against Buildxact exists. See verification, features, the product overview and current availability.

Who might prefer Buildxact?

You estimate from plans and want onscreen takeoff as your primary input.
Dealer or supplier pricing integration matters to your margins today.
You need QuickBooks or Xero two-way sync now.
You want published pricing with a free entry tier and the ability to start today.
You need iOS field access.

Comparison methodology

Competitor information is based on publicly available official product information re-accessed page by page through September 7, 2026, with the access date, plan/region/platform scope and claim mapping listed for every source. Where a vendor does not publish plan rates on a public page, no amount is stated here — use the vendor’s current pricing page. Features and pricing may change. Drevanto is not affiliated with or endorsed by the companies compared on this page. If information is inaccurate or outdated, contact us and we will review it.

Last verified: September 7, 2026

No head-to-head accuracy claim

No head-to-head accuracy claim. Drevanto's verification results describe Drevanto only. We have not run a controlled head-to-head accuracy test against any product on this page, and nothing here should be read as one.

Evidence intentionally not claimed

No controlled head-to-head accuracy test between the two products exists.
No unpublished competitor roadmap is described here.
No undisclosed or negotiated pricing is inferred.
No claim is made that a capability is missing simply because an official page does not mention it.
Tier inclusions and Blu add-on availability change; the official pricing page and plan guide are the current authority.

Official sources reviewed

Every Buildxact statement on this page is bounded by these official pages. Trademarks are used only to identify products.

Buildxact — US homepage(opens in a new tab)
https://www.buildxact.com/us/
Accessed:
September 7, 2026
Plan / region / platform:
US region site (rates and plans differ by region), all plans.
Bounds:
Who Buildxact serves: residential builders, general contractors, remodelers and trades.
Buildxact — features(opens in a new tab)
https://www.buildxact.com/us/features/
Accessed:
September 7, 2026
Plan / region / platform:
US region site; feature availability varies by tier.
Bounds:
Digital plan takeoff feeding estimating and quoting, dealer integration, QuickBooks and Xero sync, schedules, cost tracking, invoicing.
Buildxact — US pricing(opens in a new tab)
https://www.buildxact.com/us/pricing/
Accessed:
September 7, 2026
Plan / region / platform:
Public US-region pricing page, accessed September 7, 2026; monthly and annual options differ, annual plans require a 12-month commitment, and tier limits and add-ons vary.
Bounds:
Credit-limited Go at $0; monthly Foundation $199, Pro $399 and Master $599; annual options discounted 15% with a 12-month commitment; separate tier limits and add-ons.
Buildxact Help — choosing a subscription plan(opens in a new tab)
https://help.buildxact.com/en/articles/11559145-which-buildxact-subscription-plan-is-right-for-my-business
Accessed:
September 7, 2026
Plan / region / platform:
Official help documentation, all regions, current plans.
Bounds:
What is included at each subscription level.

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