Is CoConstruct shutting down?

Yes. Buildertrend acquired CoConstruct in November 2021 and is retiring it. CoConstruct stopped selling to new customers in 2024, March 31, 2027 is the last day to start a new project in CoConstruct, and migrations must be underway by June 30, 2027. Historical projects remain viewable.

What's the best CoConstruct alternative?

Bolster is a leading CoConstruct alternative for builders and remodelers. It covers what CoConstruct users rely on, including daily logs, chat, purchasing, change orders, a client portal, time tracking and payments, and adds what CoConstruct never had: AI estimating from an address, photo or prompt, interactive proposals with selections inside the checkout, live AutoCost pricing, automated scheduling, budgets, daily logs and RFQs, a vendor portal, lien waivers, retainage and same-day payments.

Do I have to move from CoConstruct to Buildertrend?

No. Buildertrend is the default migration path, but CoConstruct users can move to any platform. Client lists and cost catalogs usually export cleanly; templates and in-progress budgets generally need rebuilding wherever you go.

Does Bolster's price go up with my project volume?

No. Bolster publishes its plan pricing and charges no onboarding fee, and the plan price does not scale with the dollar volume of the projects you build. Migrating CoConstruct users are moved to Buildertrend's volume-based pricing.

Bolster vs CoConstruct A CoConstruct alternative with free migration

CoConstruct stops taking new projects on April 1, 2027, and its builders are being moved to Buildertrend. Before you go where you're sent, see the platform built to win the job, not just run it: AI estimates from an address, a photo or a prompt, interactive proposals with selections in the checkout, and a schedule, budget and RFQs that build themselves from your estimate.

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Short answer

What's the best CoConstruct replacement for a custom home builder?

CoConstruct is switching off, and its builders are being moved to Buildertrend; March 31, 2027 is the last day to start a new project. A replacement a custom home builder chooses, rather than a migration they are sent to, is Bolster: selections and upgrades inside an interactive proposal, AI estimates from an address, a photo or a prompt, and a schedule and budget built from that estimate. Bolster migrates CoConstruct data free with 1:1 onboarding, and its pricing is published, with no onboarding fee. The table below is that comparison.

What happens to my CoConstruct data when I switch to Bolster?

You bring across what you still use. Your cost catalog, client list and vendor list come in with Bolster's import tools, and active jobs move in so you can keep running them. Past CoConstruct projects stay viewable in CoConstruct, so closed jobs do not need to move. The migration is free, and a Bolster specialist does it with you in 1:1 onboarding.

How do I migrate from CoConstruct to Bolster?

Four steps, and the migration is free. Describe the work you do and the AI template builder sets up your estimate templates and assemblies. Import your items, clients and vendors. Move your active jobs in. Then a Bolster specialist finishes the setup with you and trains your team in 1:1 onboarding. Bolster pricing is published, with no onboarding fee.

Sales enablement + automation

CoConstruct just stores your job info. Bolster actually runs the job.

CoConstruct is where you file what happened. Bolster sells the job, then builds the schedule, budget and payments from your estimate, so you take on more work with the same team.

Win more work

+20%

more jobs won

Interactive proposals and 24/7 self-serve quoting from your website

+20%

bigger jobs

Clients make their selections and upgrades inside the checkout

84%

less time quoting

AI estimating and live AutoCost pricing

2×

win rate

Mesa Custom Homes and Terra Tech both doubled theirs

Run more jobs at once

1 estimate

sets up the whole job

Schedule, budget, material list and RFQs build themselves from it

100+ hrs

back every year

2+ hours a week of admin automated away

Same day

progress payments

Requested as tasks complete, so cash keeps moving. $1,440 saved per $50K job

50%

fewer unpaid change orders

Every change priced and signed before work starts

Backed by Y Combinator · trusted by builders and remodelers across North America

Sales enablement

Selections happen at checkout, not after the contract

In CoConstruct, selections are a separate process you chase for weeks after the job is signed. In Bolster there is no separate process. Your client opens an interactive proposal, picks their options and good/better/best upgrades, watches the price update, then signs and pays the deposit in the same checkout.

That saves you hours of selection meetings and follow-ups, and what your client sees is exactly what they bought, so expectations match the job from day one. Every decision is made while they're excited to buy, so you book more work, and bigger work, faster.

Not sure on the tile yet? Leave it open. Any selection that changes after signing becomes an automated change order, priced and sent for e-signature. Easy.

2x win rate · 20% bigger jobs on average

DeckingTry it

Deck build, 400 sq ft

Real products and swatches. Example prices.

AI estimating

Estimates from an address, a photo or a prompt

Type an address, snap a photo or describe the job, and Bolster's AI builds the estimate. Every line is priced by AutoCost from 100M+ real items with live, local material and labor costs. CoConstruct estimates start from cost data you maintain by hand.

84% less time estimating · 5× faster quotes

Bolster AI-generated estimate as a client proposal

Visualizations & Construction Intelligence

Show them the finished job before they sign

If you're switching anyway, switch to where the industry is going. Describe a project and Bolster's Construction Intelligence scopes the work, builds the estimate, measures the takeoff, and produces renderings and a client-ready proposal like the one shown.

Prompt → scope → estimate → takeoff → rendering → proposal

Bolster Construction Intelligence AI rendering

Pricing from 41 suppliers, updated live

Automated from the estimate

Estimate once. Bolster builds the rest.

Every line in a won estimate already knows its quantities, costs and trades. Bolster uses that to set up the job for you.

Automated scheduling

Your client approves the proposal.
Each estimate line becomes a scheduled task, in order.
Assign crew or subs; they're notified by text, email or chat, and the client gets a payment request as tasks are completed.

CoConstruct: schedules built by hand or from templates

Automated budget

The approved estimate becomes the job budget, line for line.
Your material list is generated from the same lines, with dimensions.
Log actuals as they come in and see margin on every job, live.

CoConstruct: budget from the estimate, without live pricing or material lists

Automated RFQs & subcontracting

Bolster splits the estimate's scope by trade and supplier, and sends the RFQs.
Subs bid through their own vendor portal, with free takeoff and bid tools.
Accept a bid and it flows into the budget. Pay subs in Bolster, with lien waivers and retainage handled.

CoConstruct: bid requests created and sent by hand

Switching

Switching is the easy part

You have to move off CoConstruct anyway. Moving to Bolster means AI does the setup and you bring your data with you.

AI template builder

Describe the work you do and Bolster builds your estimate templates and assemblies for you.

Import items, clients & vendors

Bring your cost catalog, client list and vendor list across with Bolster's import tools.

Import your current jobs

Move your active projects in. Past CoConstruct projects stay viewable there, so only bring what's live.

1:1 onboarding

A Bolster specialist sets up your account with you and trains your team.

Switching from CoConstruct

Everything you use in CoConstruct has a home in Bolster

CoConstruct covers daily logs, messaging, purchase orders, a GPS time clock, bid requests and payments. Every one of them has a home in Bolster, and most of them get an upgrade.

Estimates→AI estimating from an address, photo or prompt, or your own templates Upgrade

Proposals→Interactive proposals with checkout Upgrade

Selections & allowances→Selections inside the checkout, with automated change orders Upgrade

Schedules→Automated scheduling from the estimate Upgrade

Budgets→Automated budget and material list Upgrade

Bid requests→Automated RFQs and bid management Upgrade

Trade partner access→Vendor portal with free takeoff and bid tools Upgrade

Daily logs→Automated daily logs Upgrade

GPS time clock→Geo and item-by-item time tracking Upgrade

Client portal→Client portal with visualizations and scheduling Upgrade

Payments→Progress and same-day payments Upgrade

Mobile app→Field app for your crew, management app for you and your office team Upgrade

Messaging→Chat with team, subs and clients

Purchase orders→Purchasing

Change orders→Change orders with e-signature

QuickBooks sync→QuickBooks integration

Bolster vs CoConstruct, line by line

Everything CoConstruct does, plus the sales tools, automation and payments it never had.

Feature		CoConstruct
The value
More jobs won, on average	+20%	NoneNo sales enablement
Bigger jobs from in-checkout upgrades	+20%	NoneNo upsells at checkout
Less time spent quoting	84%	—No live pricing or AI
Sales & estimating
AI estimating	From an address, photo or prompt	None
Material & labor pricing	Live and regional (AutoCost)	Entered by hand
Spreadsheet estimating
Item library & assemblies
On-screen takeoff
Bids & presentations
Proposals	Interactive, with checkout	Standard
Selections & upgrades	Inside the checkout	Separate process
Optional & upgradable items in proposals
Sign and pay the deposit in one checkout
Visualizations of the finished job
E-signatures & approvals
Project management
Scheduling	Automated	Manual or template
Budget & material list	Automated	Budget only
Daily logs	Automated	Manual
Client portal	With visualizations & scheduling	Standard
Change orders	Automated from selection changes
Chat with team, subs and clients		Messaging
Mobile apps	Field app for crew, management app for office	Mobile app
Subcontractors & vendors
RFQs & bid management	Automated from the estimate	Manual bid requests
Vendor portal	Free takeoff & bid tools	Trade partner access
Purchasing		Purchase orders
Subcontractor payments		—Not listed
Lien waivers		—Not listed
Holdbacks & retainage		—Not listed
Automated vendor document management		—Not listed
Time tracking
Geo time tracking		GPS time clock
Item-by-item time tracking		—Not listed
Get paid
Progress payments	Automatic as tasks complete	Sent by hand
Same-day payments		—Not listed
ACH & card payments		Buildertrend Payments
Business account (wallet)		—Not listed
Marketing & CRM
CRM & lead management
Lead forms		—Not listed
OpenQuotes: customer self-serve estimating
Embeddable estimating wizard
Onboarding & support
AI template builder
Import items, clients & vendors		—Not listed
Import current jobs		—Not listed
1:1 onboarding		Closed to new customers
Integrations
QuickBooks
CompanyCam		—Not listed
Hover		—Not listed
The platform
Open for new projects after March 2027		Closed to new projects Apr 1, 2027
Actively developed		Being retired into Buildertrend
Plan price doesn't rise with project volume		Moves to Buildertrend volume pricing

"Not listed" means the feature does not appear in CoConstruct's published feature list as of October 2026.

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