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Pricing and features verified October 2026 from each vendor's own website and help centre. Software changes fast, so recheck pricing and plan inclusions with each vendor before you commit.\n\n## Quick verdict\n\n**If you spend most of your week in takeoffs and want live supplier pricing from merchants like Bunnings Trade and Bowens, Buildxact is the strongest estimating tool of the four.** If you want one platform that runs the whole building business on one price, from lead to final invoice, with scheduling, job financials, progress claims, 12-month cashflow forecasting, safety compliance and a native mobile app included, **JACK App is the only one of the four that does all of it without tiers or add-ons**. Wunderbuild is the budget pick for builders running one or two jobs at a time, and Buildertrend suits larger custom builders who can justify a US-built workflow and a quote-only, US-dollar subscription. JACK also backs its subscription with a 30-day refund and includes a dedicated Australian implementation specialist and training team at no extra cost.\n\nWe built JACK, so take our verdict as a starting point, not the final word. Every number below is sourced from the vendors' own sites, and we have said plainly where the other three beat us.\n\n## What are we comparing, and how did we check it?\n\nThese are the four platforms Australian residential builders most often shortlist against each other: two Melbourne-founded tools (Buildxact and Wunderbuild), one US giant with an Australian presence (Buildertrend), and us, JACK App, built in South Australia by a working builder.\n\nFor each one we pulled the current Australian pricing page, feature pages, help centre articles, Xero App Store listings, app store ratings and Capterra reviews in October 2026. Where a vendor does not publish something (Buildertrend's pricing, for example), we say so rather than guessing. Where a third-party comparison site has a figure that no longer matches the vendor's own page, we have gone with the vendor.\n\nOne thing to know before you read any comparison site, including this one: most of the \"JACK App vs Buildxact\" pages floating around still quote our old five-tier pricing (A$199 to A$749), list us as Brisbane-based, and say we have \"limited OHS tools\". None of that is current. JACK is one plan, Adelaide-built, and safety is a full module. More on that below.","left",{"id":646,"width":636},9323,{"id":648,"space":639},10902,[],{"__component":641,"id":651,"copy":652,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":653,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":655,"buttons":657},3644,"## At a glance: JACK App vs Buildxact vs Buildertrend vs Wunderbuild\n\n### Company, pricing and support\n\n| | JACK App | Buildxact | Buildertrend | Wunderbuild |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Built in** | South Australia, by a builder | Melbourne, 2011 | Omaha, USA, 2006 | Melbourne |\n| **Price from** | A$349/mo inc GST, one plan | A$199/mo ex GST, three tiers | Quote only, in USD | A$123/mo inc GST |\n| **Price grows with** | Extra users (A$59 full, A$10 mobile) | Tier. Unlimited users | Quote. Unlimited users | Active jobs. Unlimited users |\n| **Try first** | 30-day refund. No self-serve trial | 14-day free trial | Demo only | Free trial |\n| **Onboarding** | Free. Australian implementation specialist and trainers | Free training, weekly webinars | Paid packages, per third-party reports | Phone and video help |\n| **Support** | Live chat, phone, email, 8:30am to 5pm Adelaide time | AU/NZ team. Priority support on Master only | 7am to 5pm Sydney time | Melbourne office |\n| **Capterra (Oct 2026)** | 4.9 (7 reviews) | 4.6 (184) | 4.5 (2,489) | 4.9 (31) |\n\n### Estimating and job management\n\n| | JACK App | Buildxact | Buildertrend | Wunderbuild |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Digital takeoffs** | Yes ([digital takeoffs](https://jackapp.io/features/estimating/digital-takeoffs)) | Yes, the strongest of the four | Yes, higher tiers | Yes |\n| **Live supplier prices** | No. Import price lists | Yes: Bunnings Trade, Bowens, Mitre 10, Dahlsens | No | No |\n| **RFQs** | Yes ([requests for quote](https://jackapp.io/features/estimating/request-for-quotes)) | Pro tier | Yes (bids) | Yes (tenders) |\n| **CRM and leads** | Yes, with automations | Lead management | Yes | Yes |\n| **Client portal** | Yes, free client logins | Pro tier | Yes | Yes |\n| **Gantt scheduling** | Yes | Pro tier | Yes | Yes, reviewers' weakest area |\n| **Site diary** | Yes, from mobile | Onsite app, Pro tier | Yes | Yes |\n\n### Money, safety, mobile and AI\n\n| | JACK App | Buildxact | Buildertrend | Wunderbuild |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Costing, POs, bills, claims** | Yes, plus AI bill scanning | Pro tier | Yes, US-style progress invoicing | Yes |\n| **12-month cashflow forecast** | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found |\n| **WIP reporting** | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found |\n| **Safety (SWMS, inductions, incidents)** | Built in | Paid HazardCo add-on | Not found | Site diary notes only |\n| **Mobile app** | Native iOS and Android, included | Onsite: 3.4 Play, 3.6 App Store | 4.3 Play, 4.4 App Store | 3.8 Play, 3.1 App Store |\n| **Accounting** | Xero two-way. QuickBooks in North America | Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks | Xero, QuickBooks, Sage. No MYOB | Xero two-way. MYOB, QuickBooks |\n| **AI** | AI bill scanning. Read and write MCP for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok | Blu AI tools, some paid add-ons | Built-in AI tools (2026) | Read-only MCP |\n\n\"Not found\" means we could not find the feature on the vendor's website or help centre in October 2026. It may exist in a form they have not documented publicly. Capterra figures are from the Australian Capterra site in October 2026.",{"id":654,"width":636},9324,{"id":656,"space":639},10903,[],{"__component":641,"id":659,"copy":660,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":661,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":663,"buttons":665},3645,"## How much does construction management software cost in Australia?\n\nThis is where the four differ most, and where the third-party sites are most often wrong. Here is what each vendor's own pricing page said in October 2026.\n\n| Platform | Monthly price (AUD) | GST | What drives the price up | Annual option |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **JACK App** | A$349 for everything, including 1 full-access user. Extra full-access users A$59, mobile-only users A$10. Client, subcontractor and supplier logins free. | Inc GST | Only the number of staff who need a login. No feature tiers, no software add-ons. The one optional extra is physical: a customised corflute safety site sign with QR sign-in, A$199 per sign, shipped to you. | Yes, one month free on annual billing |\n| **Buildxact** | Foundation A$199, Pro A$399, Master A$599. Blu AI add-ons A$99 to A$149 each on lower tiers. | Ex GST | Features. Scheduling, job management, client portal, invoicing and accounting sync need Pro. User access controls need Master. | About 15% off, 12-month commitment (A$169 / A$339 / A$509 per month) |\n| **Buildertrend** | Not published. Quote only, in USD. Last published tiers (2024) were about US$449 to US$1,099 per month. For an average-sized Australian builder the annual subscription typically comes to more than A$20,000. | Priced in USD. Does not account for Australian GST | Business size and tier. Buildertrend says it is built for 5+ projects a year and 6 to 8 figure revenue. | 10% off when paid annually upfront |\n| **Wunderbuild** | Starter A$123 (1 active project), Premium A$249 (2 to 10), Platinum A$375 (11 to 20), Ultimate A$499 (unlimited). | Inc GST | Active project count. Every tier has all features and unlimited users. | Not shown. Month to month, no lock-in |\n\nA worked example helps. Say you are a builder with four staff who need full access, running eight jobs at once, and you want scheduling, invoicing and a client portal. All figures here include GST so they line up. JACK is A$349 plus three extra users at A$59, so A$526. Buildxact needs Pro at A$399 ex GST, about A$439 with GST (unlimited users). Add one Blu AI tool at A$99 ex GST and it is about A$548, and safety means a separate HazardCo subscription on top. Wunderbuild is A$249 at Premium, but if a ninth and tenth job land you are still fine, and an eleventh pushes you to A$375. Buildertrend you would need to ring for a quote.\n\nWhich is cheapest depends entirely on your shape: Wunderbuild wins on raw price for small job counts, Buildxact wins for big teams who only need estimating, and JACK wins once you add up what the others charge in tiers and add-ons to get close to the same feature set, because none of the other three list cashflow forecasting or a built-in safety module at any price.",{"id":662,"width":636},9325,{"id":664,"space":639},10904,[],{"__component":667,"id":668,"title":669,"blockWidth":670,"blockTheme":672,"bottomSpacing":675},"builder-modules.section-title",2034,"We built JACK, so take our verdict as a starting point, not the final word.",{"id":671,"width":636},9326,{"id":673,"theme":674},4674,"whiteBgWithBrick",{"id":676,"space":639},10906,{"__component":641,"id":678,"copy":679,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":680,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":682,"buttons":684},3646,"## Is JACK App better than Buildxact for Australian builders?\n\nThis is the comparison most builders are really asking about, so we will be blunt in both directions.\n\n### Where Buildxact is stronger\n\n**Takeoffs and live supplier pricing.** Buildxact started life as an estimating tool and it shows. Its takeoff workflow is mature, its Blu AI Takeoff Assistant can auto-scale and auto-measure plans, and it is the only platform here with live price-list feeds from Australian merchants, including Bunnings Trade, Bowens, Mitre 10 and Dahlsens. If your supplier is on the list, your estimate prices update when theirs do, and you can push a purchase order straight back to the merchant. That is a real advantage and nobody else in this comparison has it.\n\n**Unlimited users on every tier.** If you have a big office team, Buildxact's per-tier pricing with unlimited users can work out cheaper than paying per seat.\n\n**A free trial and a huge training library.** 14 days free, weekly live webinars at 10am AEST, and years of help articles. Buildxact has been at this since 2011 and has 184 Capterra reviews to our seven. One thing to go in with your eyes open on: in our experience Buildxact's chat support starts with an AI assistant before you reach a person, and priority support is reserved for the A$599 Master tier. JACK's support team is a person on live chat, phone or email from 8:30am to 5pm Adelaide time, on every plan.\n\nOne claim you will see repeated, \"complete takeoffs up to 80% faster\", comes from Buildxact's own 2022 marketing and is still live on some of its partner pages. Its current feature pages say 50%, and its Blu AI page says 65%. There is no published methodology for any of those figures, so treat them as marketing rather than measurement. Our own view: Buildxact takeoffs are quick, and the speed-up over Excel and a scale ruler is real for anyone.\n\n### Where JACK App is stronger\n\n**Everything is in one plan.** Buildxact's Foundation tier is estimating only. To run the job after you win it, with scheduling, purchase orders, invoicing, a client portal and Xero sync, you need Pro at A$399. User access controls and priority support are Master at A$599. The Blu AI tools are A$99 to A$149 per month each on the lower tiers. JACK is one price, and every feature on this page is in it.\n\n**Business cashflow forecasting.** JACK gives you a rolling [12-month cashflow forecast](https://jackapp.io/features/billing-and-finance/cashflow-forecasting) built from the expected timing of client payments and supplier bills across every active job. Buildxact tracks estimate versus actual on a job but does not, as far as its website and help centre show, forecast cashflow for the business. For a builder, knowing the job made money is nice. Knowing you can make payroll in March is the thing that keeps you up at night. (More on that in [why profitable builders still run out of cash](https://jackapp.io/articles/why-profitable-builders-in-australia-still-run-out-of-cash-and-how-to-fix-it).)\n\n**Safety is built in, not bolted on.** JACK's [safety module](https://jackapp.io/features/safety) covers site inductions, SWMS with digital sign-off, toolbox meetings, a live who's-on-site register, QR code site signage, licence and insurance tracking, and incident reports. If you want the sign itself, JACK will print a customised corflute site sign with your branding and the QR sign-in code and ship it to you for A$199 a sign, so a subbie can scan in at the gate and land on your induction without anyone in the office lifting a finger. Buildxact does not have a safety module; it connects to a paid HazardCo subscription by matching project names.\n\n**A mobile app your crew will actually use.** JACK's [native iOS and Android app](https://jackapp.io/jack-mobile-app) covers daily logs with photos, tasks, schedule, timesheets, safety check-ins and job files, and it is included for every user. You can also upload supplier bills straight from your phone: snap the docket at the merchant counter and it lands in JACK, where [AI bill processing](https://jackapp.io/features/billing-and-finance/ai-powered-bill-processing) reads the supplier, dates and amount and codes it to the job. No more crumpled receipts in the ute. Buildxact's Onsite app sits at 3.4 stars on Google Play and 3.6 on the App Store at the time of writing, and GetApp reviewers score its mobile access 3.3 out of 5.\n\n**CRM with automations.** JACK's lead pipeline includes [process automations](https://jackapp.io/features/client-management/process-automations), so a new lead gets a follow-up email and a task without anyone remembering to do it. Buildxact's lead management is lighter.\n\n**Built by someone who runs a building company.** [Dan Morton](https://jackapp.io/who-is-jack), JACK's founder, has run a residential building business in South Australia for over a decade and still does: Adelaide Green Homes runs its jobs on JACK. JACK started as the tool he built to replace the six apps that would not talk to each other. Every feature is judged on one question: would this make a builder's day easier?\n\n**Bring your own AI.** Buildxact's Blu tools are useful, but they are Buildxact's AI, priced as add-ons on the lower tiers, and they only do what Buildxact built them to do. JACK takes the other approach: an MCP connection that lets you plug Claude, ChatGPT or Grok straight into your JACK account with read and write access. Your assistant can read your jobs, estimates, schedules, cashflow forecast and job financials, and it can also make changes: code supplier bills to an account and tax code and assign them for approval, add products and update prices in your supplier catalogues, price estimates, cost options, selections and variations, add notes and reminders to schedule items and tasks, and upload files such as bills into JACK. It works with the assistant you already pay for, and it is included in the subscription.\n\n**A person sets you up, and you can get your money back.** Every JACK account gets a discovery call and free onboarding with a dedicated Australian implementation specialist, then free training from an Australia-based training team, with each session recorded and sent through so your staff can rewatch it. If you are not happy in the first 30 days, we refund the subscription. Buildxact's 14-day trial is self-serve; JACK's 30 days come with a human attached.\n\n### JACK App vs Buildxact: the verdict\n\nIf estimating is 80% of what you need software for, and your merchant is on Buildxact's integration list, buy Buildxact Foundation and do not look back. If you are a builder who wants the estimate to flow into the schedule, the purchase orders, the progress claims, the cashflow forecast and the safety paperwork without changing apps or tiers, JACK is the better fit. For a small office team it lands at a similar monthly price to Buildxact Pro with one Blu AI tool, and it includes cashflow forecasting and safety that Buildxact does not.",{"id":681,"width":636},9327,{"id":683,"space":639},10905,[],{"__component":641,"id":686,"copy":687,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":688,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":30,"buttons":690},3639,"## Is JACK App better than Buildertrend for Australian builders?\n\nBuildertrend is the biggest name in residential construction software worldwide. It was founded in Omaha in 2006, claims over 20,000 builders, has 2,489 Capterra reviews, and says more than 25,000 of its users are in Australia. It is a serious, deep platform.\n\n### Where Buildertrend is stronger\n\n**Breadth and polish for larger teams.** Buildertrend has a very wide feature set, including a warranty module, email marketing, a sub portal, GPS time clock, and in 2026 a run of AI features (AI submittals, bill capture, client updates and plan reading) plus a Sage Intacct sync for bigger operations.\n\n**Highly rated mobile app.** 4.4 on the App Store and 4.3 on Google Play, with a new app released in September 2026.\n\n**Local support hours.** Buildertrend runs AU/NZ support from 7am to 5pm Sydney time. (JACK's team is on live chat, phone and email from 8:30am to 5pm Adelaide time, so the two are close on coverage.)\n\n### Where JACK App is stronger\n\n**Published Australian pricing.** Buildertrend stopped publishing prices. You fill in a form with your revenue band (in US dollars), then book a sales call. There is no AUD price list, no free trial, and its own pricing page says it is built for builders doing 5+ projects a year with 6 to 8 figures in revenue. For an average-sized Australian builder, the annual subscription that comes out of that process is typically more than A$20,000, billed in US dollars, and it does not account for Australian GST. JACK's price is on the website, in Australian dollars, with the GST position stated, and it comes with a 30-day refund if it is not for you.\n\n**Australian workflow out of the box.** Buildertrend's product and help docs use US terms: change orders, daily logs, AIA-style progress invoicing with retainage. Its Australian landing page relabels some of these (variations, programme, site diary), but the Xero integration help article talks about \"sales tax\" and notes that tax rates are not created automatically on contacts. There is no MYOB integration and the Home Depot supplier feed it once had has been discontinued. JACK was built for the Australian residential workflow: variations, progress claims, GST and Xero two-way sync for invoices, bills and timesheets.\n\n**Cashflow forecasting and safety.** We could not find a cashflow forecasting module or a safety module on Buildertrend's feature pages or in its glossary. Both are included in JACK.\n\n**Open AI access.** Buildertrend's 2026 AI features live inside Buildertrend. JACK's read and write MCP connection lets you use Claude, ChatGPT or Grok directly on your JACK data, so the AI you already use can work your jobs rather than you learning a vendor's.\n\n**Right-sized for the typical Australian builder.** Buildertrend has written down who it is for: bigger builders with admin staff. Australian reviewers describe it as powerful but bulky with a steep learning curve. JACK is built for the builder doing 3 to 100 homes a year who wants the whole business on one screen and does not want to hire someone to run the software.\n\n### JACK App vs Buildertrend: the verdict\n\nIf you are a larger custom builder with office staff, US-dollar quote-based pricing does not bother you, and you want the deepest feature set money can buy, Buildertrend deserves a demo. For most Australian residential builders, JACK gives you the parts of Buildertrend you will actually use, localised for Australia, with cashflow forecasting and safety on top, at a price you can read before you ring anyone.",{"id":689,"width":636},9328,[],{"__component":641,"id":692,"copy":693,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":694,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":30,"buttons":696},3640,"## Is JACK App better than Wunderbuild for Australian builders?\n\nWunderbuild is the closest thing to a like-for-like Australian competitor: Melbourne-based, all features on every tier, Xero two-way sync, a client portal, site diary, timesheets and a strong 4.9 Capterra score from 31 reviews. Builders who use it like it, particularly its support.\n\n### Where Wunderbuild is stronger\n\n**Entry price.** A$123 a month including GST for one active project with unlimited users is the lowest entry point of the four, and there is no lock-in contract. If you are a small builder running one or two jobs at a time, it is hard to beat on cost.\n\n**Unlimited users on every tier.** Like Buildxact, Wunderbuild never charges per seat. For a growing office team on a small job count, that matters.\n\n**A self-serve free trial.** Wunderbuild lets you poke around on your own before you buy. JACK does not run a self-serve trial; we walk you through a demo, then an Australian implementation specialist onboards you, and you have 30 days to get a full refund if it is not right. Different approach, same protection.\n\n### Where JACK App is stronger\n\n**Pricing that does not jump when you win work.** Wunderbuild charges by active project count: A$249 for up to ten jobs, A$375 for up to twenty, A$499 for unlimited. The eleventh job you win pushes your software bill up by half. JACK's price is tied to the staff who need a login, not to how busy you are.\n\n**Cashflow forecasting and WIP reporting.** Wunderbuild has invoicing, budgets, cost tracking and progress claims, but we could not find a cashflow forecast or WIP report anywhere on its site. JACK has both.\n\n**A real safety module.** Wunderbuild lets you note safety findings in the site diary. JACK gives you inductions, SWMS sign-off, toolbox talks, who's on site, incident reporting and licence tracking.\n\n**Scheduling.** Scheduling is the feature Wunderbuild's own reviewers most often call out as needing work. JACK's Gantt, calendar, list and planner views with dependency shifting and schedule templates are a core strength.\n\n**Mobile.** Wunderbuild's app sits at 3.1 stars on the App Store and 3.8 on Google Play at the time of writing, with reviewers reporting trouble opening plans on site. JACK's native app is where daily logs, photos, timesheets, safety check-ins and bill uploads happen.\n\n**CRM automations.** JACK's CRM runs automated follow-ups, so a new lead gets an email and a task without anyone remembering to do it.\n\n**Running two companies.** Like Wunderbuild, a JACK account connects to one Xero file. If you run a second building company, JACK sets it up as its own account with its own Xero connection and gives you a discount on the second subscription.\n\n**AI that can do things, not just look.** Credit where it is due: Wunderbuild was early to offer an MCP connection so an AI assistant can read your project data. JACK's MCP connection is read and write, and it supports Claude, ChatGPT and Grok, so your assistant can code bills, update supplier prices, price variations and selections, and update schedules and tasks in JACK, not only report on them.\n\n### JACK App vs Wunderbuild: the verdict\n\nFor a one or two job builder on a tight budget, Wunderbuild is a very good, very Australian choice. Once you are running more than ten jobs, or you need cashflow forecasting, a proper safety system or a schedule your subbies will actually follow, JACK is the stronger platform, and the price gap closes. For a small office team running more than ten jobs, it can flip.",{"id":695,"width":636},9329,[],{"__component":641,"id":698,"copy":699,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":700,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":30,"buttons":702},3641,"## Which construction management software is best for which builder?\n\n| You are | Best fit | Why |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| An estimator or builder who lives in takeoffs and buys from Bunnings Trade, Bowens, Mitre 10 or Dahlsens | **Buildxact** (Foundation or Pro) | Live merchant price lists and the most mature takeoff tooling. Add JACK or another tool later if you need the rest of the business covered. |\n| A small builder running 1 to 2 jobs at a time on a tight budget | **Wunderbuild** (Starter or Premium) | Lowest entry price, unlimited users, all features, Xero two-way. |\n| A residential builder doing 3 to 100 homes or major renovations a year who wants the whole business in one place | **JACK App** | Estimating through to cashflow forecasting and safety on one price, native mobile app, Australian workflow, built by a builder. |\n| A builder whose number one problem is cash, not winning work | **JACK App** | The only one of the four with a 12-month business cashflow forecast and WIP reporting. |\n| A builder who needs SWMS, inductions and incident reporting in the same system as the job | **JACK App** | Built-in safety module. Buildxact needs HazardCo, and we could not find one in the other two. |\n| A larger custom builder with dedicated admin staff and US-dollar budget tolerance | **Buildertrend** | Deepest feature set, strong mobile app, AU support hours. Be ready for quote-only pricing and US terminology. |\n| A builder running two separate companies, each with its own Xero file | **JACK App** | Each company gets its own JACK account and Xero connection, with a discount on the second subscription. Wunderbuild and JACK both connect one Xero file per account, so check how any vendor prices a second company before you sign. |\n\n## What does \"built by a builder\" actually change?\n\nPlenty of software says it. Here is what it means in practice at JACK.\n\nJACK started as the internal system Dan Morton built for his own South Australian building company because the six apps he was juggling did not talk to each other. Other builders asked to use it. That is still how the product gets built: the team includes builders and trainers who have run jobs, and the test for any new feature is whether it saves a builder time on a real job.\n\nIt is why the estimate flows into the schedule, the purchase orders, the variations and the progress claims without re-keying. It is why daily logs are done from a phone on site with photos, not from a laptop at 9pm. It is why cashflow forecasting is in the product at all, because the thing that nearly sinks a profitable builder is timing, not margin. And it is why onboarding, training and local support are part of the subscription rather than an upsell: a builder does not have a spare week to teach themselves software. Every new account starts with a discovery call with a dedicated Australian implementation specialist, who sets the account up around how you actually run jobs. Training is delivered by a dedicated training team based in Australia, and every session is recorded and sent through so the next person you hire can watch it too. After that, the support team is a real person on live chat, phone or email from 8:30am to 5pm Adelaide time. If it is not working for you inside 30 days, we refund the subscription. We would rather lose a sale than have a builder stuck on software they are not using.",{"id":701,"width":636},9330,[],{"__component":641,"id":704,"copy":705,"alignment":644,"buttonsAlignment":644,"blockWidth":706,"blockBackground":30,"bottomSpacing":30,"buttons":708},3642,"## Frequently asked questions\n\n### Is JACK App better than Buildxact?\n\nIt depends on what you need. Buildxact is the stronger pure estimating and takeoff tool, with live supplier price lists from merchants like Bunnings Trade, Bowens and Mitre 10. JACK App is the stronger choice if you want one platform to run the whole business: estimating, CRM, scheduling, job financials, progress claims, 12-month cashflow forecasting, safety compliance and a native mobile app, all on one price with no tiers.\n\n### How much does JACK App cost in Australia?\n\nJACK App has one all-inclusive plan at A$349 per month including GST, with every feature and one full-access user. Additional full-access users are A$59 per month and mobile-only users are A$10 per month, also including GST. Logins for your clients, subcontractors and suppliers are free. There are no feature tiers and no paid software add-ons; the only optional extra is a customised corflute safety site sign with QR sign-in at A$199 per sign, shipped to you. Pricing was last verified in October 2026 and can change, so check the [JACK App pricing page](https://jackapp.io/pricing).\n\n### How much does Buildxact cost in Australia?\n\nAs of October 2026, Buildxact's Australian pricing is A$199 per month for Foundation, A$399 for Pro and A$599 for Master (ex GST, billed monthly), with about 15% off on a 12-month commitment. All tiers include unlimited users. Scheduling, job management, the client portal, invoicing and accounting integrations start at the Pro tier, and some Blu AI tools are paid add-ons of A$99 to A$149 per month on the lower tiers.\n\n### Does Buildertrend have Australian pricing?\n\nNo. Buildertrend does not publish pricing and quotes each business individually in US dollars. There is no AUD price list, no free trial, and its pricing does not account for Australian GST. Its last publicly listed tiers (late 2024) ran from roughly US$449 to US$1,099 per month, and for an average-sized Australian builder the annual subscription typically costs more than A$20,000. Buildertrend states it is built for builders doing five or more projects a year with six to eight figures of annual revenue.\n\n### How is Wunderbuild priced?\n\nWunderbuild is priced by the number of active projects rather than users. As of October 2026 its tiers are A$123 per month for one active project, A$249 for two to ten, A$375 for eleven to twenty, and A$499 for unlimited projects, all including GST and all with unlimited users and access to every feature.\n\n### Which construction software has supplier price integrations in Australia?\n\nBuildxact is the only one of the four with live price-list feeds from Australian merchants, including Bunnings Trade, Bowens, Mitre 10 and Dahlsens. JACK App and Wunderbuild let you import supplier price lists and catalogues and send requests for quote, but the prices are not fed live from the merchant. Buildertrend has no Australian supplier integrations.\n\n### Which builder software has cashflow forecasting?\n\nJACK App includes a 12-month business cashflow forecast built from the expected timing of client payments and supplier bills across all your jobs. We could not find a cashflow forecasting module on the Buildxact, Buildertrend or Wunderbuild websites as of October 2026; they report on job costs and invoices but do not forecast business cashflow.\n\n### Which construction management software integrates with Xero?\n\nAll four integrate with Xero. JACK App syncs client invoices, supplier bills and staff timesheets two-way. Buildxact sends invoices and received purchase orders to Xero and pulls payments and bills back. Wunderbuild syncs invoices, contacts, quotes and purchase orders two-way. Buildertrend pushes invoices, bills and contacts to Xero and pulls payments back, but tax rates must be set up manually. For MYOB, Buildxact supports MYOB AccountRight and Wunderbuild advertises MYOB; JACK App and Buildertrend do not currently integrate with MYOB.\n\n### Which construction software is best for safety and OHS compliance?\n\nOf the four, JACK App is the only one with a built-in safety module: site inductions, SWMS with digital sign-off, toolbox meetings, a live who's-on-site register, QR site signage (with an optional printed corflute site sign at A$199, shipped to you), site surveys, licence and insurance tracking and incident reporting. Buildxact handles safety through a paid HazardCo integration, Wunderbuild records safety notes in its site diary, and we could not find a dedicated safety module in Buildertrend.\n\n### Does JACK App have a free trial?\n\nJACK App does not run a self-serve free trial. Instead, every new account gets a 30-day risk-free period: if you are not happy in the first 30 days, JACK refunds your subscription. Onboarding with a dedicated Australian implementation specialist, a discovery call, and training from an Australia-based training team are all included, and training sessions are recorded and sent to you. Buildxact offers a 14-day free trial, Wunderbuild offers a free trial, and Buildertrend offers demos only.\n\n### What onboarding and support do you get with JACK App?\n\nEvery JACK App subscription includes free onboarding with a dedicated Australian implementation specialist, a discovery call to map your workflow, free training from a dedicated Australia-based training team, recorded training sessions sent to you afterwards, and ongoing local support. The support team is available on live chat, phone or email from 8:30am to 5pm Adelaide time. None of this is a paid add-on or a higher tier.\n\n### Which construction management software works with ChatGPT, Claude or Grok?\n\nJACK App has a read and write MCP (Model Context Protocol) connection that supports Claude, ChatGPT and Grok. An AI assistant can read your jobs, estimates, schedules, cashflow forecast and job financials, and it can also do the work: code supplier bills to the right account and tax code and send them for approval, add products and update prices across a supplier catalogue, price estimates, cost options, selections and variations, add notes and reminders to schedule items and tasks, and upload files such as bills into JACK. Wunderbuild offers a read-only MCP connection so an assistant can view approved project data. As of November 2026, Buildxact and Buildertrend have their own built-in AI features but no published MCP connection for outside AI assistants.\n\n## See JACK on your own jobs\n\nThe quickest way to know if JACK fits is to put one of your real jobs through it. [Book a 30-minute demo](https://jackapp.io/book-a-demo) with someone who has run a building business, bring your messiest estimate, and we will show you how it flows through to the schedule, the claims and the cashflow forecast. No pressure, no sales script.\n\nAlready using Buildxact, Wunderbuild or Buildertrend? Ask us about moving your clients, catalogues and templates across. Onboarding with an Australian implementation specialist and training are part of the subscription, and you have 30 days to change your mind and get your money back.\n\nPricing, plan inclusions and ratings above were taken from each vendor's own website, help centre and public listings in October 2026. They change, so recheck before you buy. If you spot something out of date, tell us and we will fix it.",{"id":707,"width":636},9331,[],{"__component":710,"id":711,"heading":712,"subheading":30,"buttonLabel":713,"blockWidth":714,"blockTheme":716,"bottomSpacing":30},"builder-modules.subscribe-box",735,"Subscribe to Newsletter","Subscribe",{"id":715,"width":636},9332,{"id":717,"theme":718},4675,"eskyBgWithCharcoal",{"id":720,"metaTitle":721,"metaDescription":722,"noindex":72,"shareImage":30},3456,"JACK App vs Buildxact vs Buildertrend vs Wunderbuild","JACK App vs Buildxact, Buildertrend and Wunderbuild for Australian builders: 2026 AUD pricing, features, Xero, safety and who each one suits best.",[],{"pagination":725},{"page":5,"pageSize":726,"pageCount":5,"total":5},25,1793771648438]