Projects and bidding
A Fieldwire alternative that also runs the business
Fieldwire puts plans, tasks, and punch lists on the jobsite. Published 2026 prices run about $39 to $89 per user per month on annual billing, after a free basic tier. Foremen like it because the sheet and the task are on the phone.
The sheet and the task are not the company. Quantities, purchase orders, shop routing, and the draw still happen somewhere else. TrueScope is the lite field tool — plan view, daily logs, photos, messaging, QR check-in — attached to takeoff, inventory, and progress billing so the punch item can also be a cost.
Relative cost for a small crew
Fieldwire
Specialist software
TrueScope
$20 / full user
Longer bar means a heavier bill. TrueScope stays at $20. Confirm the other price on the vendor site.
Apps on a typical week
Fieldwire plus
- Estimate
- Stock
- Books
One subscription
TrueScope
Takeoff, shop, field, and books
Fit for a small contractor
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Works on a Mac
Works on a phone
One app for the whole shop
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What Fieldwire is built to do
Fieldwire is task and plan management for the field. It is deliberately not an accounting system or a fabrication ERP. Companies pair it with other software and pay per user for the field slice alone.
- Punch, RFIs, and plan versioning aimed at larger jobsite teams
- A per-user field price that stacks on top of office software
- No bill of materials, warehouse, or ledger
The lighter version for a small contractor
Small contractors need the current drawing, a note, a photo, and a record of who was there. TrueScope projects cover that and stop short of a full GC document-control program. Takeoff on the same plans means the field is looking at the set you already priced.
A crew that frames, fabrics, and comes back for service does not want a field app, a shop app, and a service app. Fieldwire covers one of those. TrueScope covers the mix and lets you hide the modules you do not use this season.
Field use is the point. TrueScope is mobile, offline, and fine on a Mac in the trailer. Plan view is there for the site, not only for the estimator’s desktop.
Fieldwire’s paid tiers are commonly listed around $39 to $89 per user per month, and you still buy the office system. TrueScope full users are $20 a month for field and office together. Prices change. Check the vendor before you buy.
Fieldwire and TrueScope side by side
Plans on site
Fieldwire. Strong task and sheet workflow
TrueScope. Plan view, logs, photos, and messages
Estimating
Fieldwire. Not a takeoff product
TrueScope. The same plans can be measured and priced
Money and materials
Fieldwire. Outside the product
TrueScope. Stock, purchasing, SOV, and invoices
Price
Fieldwire. Per user, field only
TrueScope. $20 full user for the whole platform
Offline
Fieldwire. Field-oriented mobile
TrueScope. Offline cache for bids, photos, and ledger edits
TrueScope features that cover this work
- Projects
Sheets, logs, tasks, and QR attendance.
- Takeoffs
Measure the set the field is already opening.
- Progress billing
Turn completed work into a draw.
When Fieldwire is still the right call
Keep Fieldwire if a larger GC process depends on its punch and task habits and your office system is already settled. Switch when you are paying Fieldwire plus an estimator plus an inventory app for one small company.
Questions small contractors ask
Is TrueScope a Fieldwire alternative?
Yes for plan viewing, daily logs, photos, and crew communication, with takeoff and billing included. It is not a punch-list clone for a hundred-person jobsite.
Can the field work offline?
Yes. The device stores photos, bids, and ledger changes and syncs when the connection returns.
Does it replace my accounting file too?
For contractor bookkeeping, progress billing, retainage, and vendor bills, yes. It is single-entry books aimed at owners who are not accountants, not a Big Four general ledger.
$20 a full user. Every module.
Field contributors are $5. Mac, phone, and offline included.
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Fieldwire is a trademark of its owner. TrueScope is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Bars show a relative picture for a small crew, not a live quote.