A field-first plan, task, punch, forms, RFI, and submittal tool for crews that already handle estimating and accounting elsewhere.
Fieldwire is best judged as a jobsite coordination app, not the system that runs the whole contracting business. It makes the most sense when field teams need current drawings, markups, tasks, photos, punch items, inspection records, RFIs, and submittals on web and mobile. It is not built to replace estimating, dispatch, payroll, or accounting software.
This 2026 pass found a stronger product than the older review reflected. Fieldwire now publishes clear per-user pricing, lists QuickBooks Online among its integrations, and puts RFIs, submittals, change orders, and budget in Business Plus. The caution buyers need to price carefully: Basic is tight, paid access is seat-based, and the heavier PM modules sit on the top public tier.
Right for: GCs, specialty contractors, supers, project engineers, and field crews that need plan viewing, task tracking, punch lists, inspections, and documentation across web plus mobile.
Not for: Contractors that want one system for estimating, bid management, service dispatch, payroll, invoicing, and accounting.
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Third-Party Rating: G2 lists Fieldwire at 4.5 stars across 411 verified reviews. That rating is useful context, but it is not a shortcut for choosing software. This review puts more weight on contractor fit, pricing, plan limits, and whether Fieldwire solves the field-coordination problem better than broader construction platforms.
| Area | Verdict | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plan Viewing | Excellent fit | Plans, markups, versions, tasks, and sheets are the center of the product. |
| Task Management | Excellent fit | Tasks can live on plans and include messages, checklists, attachments, photos, and attributes. |
| Punch / Inspections | Good fit | Handled through tasks, checklists, reports, and forms. Custom inspection forms require Business or Business Plus. |
| RFIs / Submittals | Plan-gated | Full RFI and submittal management require Business Plus. |
| Mobile / Offline | Excellent fit | iOS and Android support offline work for downloaded project data; users must log in before going offline. |
| Integrations | Better than the old review implied | Official docs list QuickBooks Online, cloud storage, Microsoft tools, Viewpoint, Hilti On!Track, API options, and more. |
| Pricing | Clear but seat-based | Public pricing is clear, but every paid user adds cost. |
Fieldwire starts where field teams usually start: drawings. The Basic plan includes plan viewing, task management, specifications, files/photos, and checklists. That is enough to see whether your crew will actually use it, but the Basic ceiling is small: 5 users, 3 projects, and 100 sheets.
Paid plans remove the published project and sheet caps. Pro, Business, and Business Plus all allow unlimited projects and sheets, which is where Fieldwire starts to make more sense for real plan sets, multiple jobs, or more than a few people in the field.
The official pricing matrix lists files and photos across all plans, but the public limits are framed around users, projects, and sheets rather than a simple storage number. Business and Business Plus add more control around documents, including app integrations and file access control. If your team keeps heavy photo or video records, confirm storage, export, and retention expectations before rolling it out company-wide.
Tasks are the main work-tracking unit in Fieldwire. They can be created from the Plans tab, pinned to a location, and filled with messages, attachments, photos, checklists, priority, assignee, category, status, and other task data. That setup fits punch items, QA/QC notes, safety observations, and short-cycle field work.
Fieldwire does not need a separate punch-list module to be useful at closeout. Pro and higher tiers add reports and exports, including punch-list reporting. Business adds custom task fields and custom forms, which gives teams more structure for inspections, safety audits, daily reports, timesheets, and QA/QC documentation.
The practical question is not “Can Fieldwire track punch and inspections?” It can. The question is which plan gives you enough structure. A small team can use Basic tasks and checklists. A contractor that needs formal inspection forms, signatures, and repeatable templates should expect to evaluate Business or Business Plus.
Custom forms are a Business and Business Plus feature. Fieldwire’s help center says forms can be filled out, signed off, and submitted on both web and mobile. Form templates can cover daily reports, timesheets, inspection requests, safety audits, time-and-material tags, job hazard analysis, QA/QC inspections, and similar field documents.
This is one of the clearest paid-tier breakpoints. If the crew only needs plan-based tasks and photos, Pro may be enough. If the office wants standard field forms and inspection records, Business is the more realistic entry point.
Business Plus is where Fieldwire’s heavier project-management work starts. It adds RFIs, full submittal management, change orders, and budget. That makes Fieldwire more useful for GCs and commercial specialty contractors than the old review suggested, but the most important project-management modules are still missing from the lower paid tiers.
The distinction inside submittals matters. Fieldwire’s public pricing matrix shows submittal extractor on paid tiers above Basic, while full submittal management is Business Plus. In plain English: lower paid plans may help extract a log from specifications, but Business Plus is the tier for managing the submittal workflow.
Change orders are also Business Plus, and Fieldwire’s help center currently notes that change orders are available only on the web version. That is a real workflow issue for field supervisors who spot scope changes onsite and expect the phone app to carry the full change-order process.
Fieldwire’s iOS and Android apps work online or offline for project content that has already been downloaded onto the device. Users can view downloaded content and add new content while offline; those updates sync back to the web version once the device is connected again and the mobile app is open.
There are two important limits. First, users need to be logged into the mobile app before losing connection because offline login is not available. Second, Fieldwire says offline functionality is not available on the Windows app and cannot be used with Surface Pro tablets. For iPad, iPhone, and Android field teams, offline mode is a real advantage. For Windows tablet teams, it is a mismatch.
Smart Sync and selective sync matter too. Fieldwire can download a lot of plan, photo, video, and file data. Before a remote job or basement workday, crews need the right projects and sheets synced, and the device needs enough local storage.
Fieldwire’s integration list is broader than the old article claimed. Fieldwire’s official integration reference lists cloud and office tools such as Box, Dropbox, Egnyte, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Microsoft OneDrive, Outlook, Excel, Power BI, Project, SharePoint, Teams, Smartsheet, and DocuSign. It also lists construction or business tools such as 4PS by Hilti, Hilti On!Track, QuickBooks Online, Viewpoint Spectrum, Viewpoint Vista, Truebuilt, and API-based connections.
An integration list is not the same as deep accounting. Fieldwire remains a field and project-management tool. If QuickBooks Online is central to your books, verify exactly which records sync, whether the connection is native or needs setup, and how cost codes, change orders, budget data, and invoices flow before you make it the hub of your tech stack.
Fieldwire is Fieldwire by Hilti. Hilti announced its acquisition of Fieldwire in 2021 for approximately $300 million, after previously investing in Fieldwire. That ownership matters because Fieldwire now sits inside Hilti’s wider construction software direction.
Fieldwire is not an Autodesk product. Autodesk Build and Autodesk Construction Cloud are separate products to compare, especially if your team is coming from PlanGrid or already works inside Autodesk’s design and BIM tools. Treat Fieldwire vs Autodesk as a product-fit decision, not a parent-company relationship.
Fieldwire’s public pricing is straightforward: free Basic for small teams, then paid per-user tiers. The annual prices shown on Fieldwire’s pricing page are monthly equivalents billed annually. Fieldwire’s help center lists the corresponding month-to-month prices.
| Plan | Annual Billing | Month-to-Month | Key Limits / Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0/user/month | $0/user/month | 5 users, 3 projects, 100 sheets; plan viewing, tasks, specifications, files/photos, and checklists. |
| Pro | $39/user/month | $54/user/month | Unlimited projects and sheets; adds reports/exports, sheet compare, project templates, custom task statuses, and paid-tier admin features. |
| Business | $64/user/month | $79/user/month | Adds custom forms, custom task fields, app integrations, BIM viewer, 360° photos, phone support, and more document controls. |
| Business Plus | $89/user/month | $104/user/month | Adds RFIs, submittal management, change orders, budget, and the broader project-management tier. |
The per-user model is easy to understand, and it can get expensive quickly. A 10-user team on Business is $640/month on annual billing, or $790/month month-to-month. A 20-user Business Plus rollout is $1,780/month on annual billing, or $2,080/month month-to-month, before any enterprise terms, training, add-ons, or implementation help.
The seat-count exercise matters because Fieldwire creates value only when the people doing field work actually use it. If only the project manager has a paid seat, the tool becomes another office checklist. If foremen, supers, project engineers, and key subcontractor leads all need access, the per-user math rises quickly. Price the real adoption plan, not the smallest possible admin-only deployment.
For budget planning, do not stop at the list price. Confirm the number of billable users, whether outside collaborators need seats, whether API access or SSO requires an enterprise arrangement, how integrations are licensed, and whether Business Plus is required for the workflows your team cannot give up.
The free plan is useful because it is real: 5 users, 3 projects, and 100 sheets. That ceiling is easy to hit on commercial work. One drawing set plus a few revisions can consume much of the sheet allowance. A contractor with multiple active jobs will likely need paid seats quickly.
Forms starting on Business is reasonable. RFIs, full submittal management, change orders, and budget sitting on Business Plus is a bigger buying decision. If you need drawings and tasks, Fieldwire can be a lower-cost field tool. If you need the full project-management stack, price the Business Plus tier from the beginning.
The current help documentation says change orders are available only on the web version. That does not make the module useless, but it creates friction for teams that expect the supervisor’s phone or tablet to capture the entire change-order workflow onsite.
Fieldwire is not the tool I would choose for estimating, bid management, customer CRM, service dispatch, payroll, invoicing, or accounting as the main workflow. QuickBooks Online being listed as an integration helps, but it does not turn Fieldwire into a financial operating system. Most contractors will run Fieldwire beside accounting and preconstruction tools.
Procore is the heavier project-management platform. It is usually a better fit for larger GCs that want one broad construction platform with deeper financials, documents, RFIs, submittals, bidding, and owner-facing project controls. Fieldwire is easier to evaluate from public pricing and stays closer to daily field execution. Compare our Procore review if you are deciding between a field-first tool and a larger construction platform.
Contractor Foreman is more of an all-around contractor business system for smaller companies. It covers more back-office ground than Fieldwire, including estimating and wider company operations, while Fieldwire is more specialized around plans, tasks, field documentation, RFIs, and submittals. Read the Contractor Foreman review if flat-rate-style contractor software is part of your shortlist.
Buildertrend is aimed more at residential builders and remodelers with client communication, selections, scheduling, change orders, and job management. Fieldwire is the better fit when field crews live on drawings and need tasks, punch, forms, RFIs, and submittals tied to jobsite documentation. For custom-home or remodeling workflow, see the Buildertrend review.
Autodesk Build belongs in the comparison when your team already uses Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, BIM coordination workflows, or legacy PlanGrid data. Fieldwire is simpler to price publicly and remains centered on field coordination. Autodesk may make more sense when design-to-build coordination inside the Autodesk environment is the primary need.
| Buyer Profile | Likely Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial specialty contractor | Strong fit | Plan access, task tracking, photos, forms, and punch lists match field crew needs. |
| GC project team | Strong fit on Business Plus | RFIs, submittals, change orders, and budget make sense if the per-user price works. |
| Small crew testing digital plans | Good fit on Basic | The free tier is enough to test plans, tasks, files/photos, and checklists. |
| Residential remodeler needing client selections | Mixed fit | Fieldwire can handle field documentation, but Buildertrend or similar tools may fit client workflow better. |
| Service contractor needing dispatch and invoicing | Weak fit | Fieldwire is not built around service calls, price books, route dispatch, and customer billing. |
Fieldwire earns the recommendation when the problem is field coordination: keeping crews on current plans, assigning work from drawings, documenting punch/photos/forms, and routing RFIs/submittals. Its mobile/offline support is a real advantage for iOS and Android crews that prepare their projects before going into low-signal areas.
The buying caution is plan fit and seat count. Basic is useful but capped. Pro is for drawings, tasks, reports, and sheets at scale. Business is the jump for forms and integrations. Business Plus is where RFIs, submittal management, change orders, and budget arrive. If those modules matter, price Business Plus from day one instead of starting with the lower tiers and hoping they will be enough.
Choose Fieldwire if drawings and field ownership are the pain. Skip it if estimating, dispatch, payroll, or accounting is the core problem. In that case, compare a broader contractor platform first and add Fieldwire only if plan-based field coordination remains a separate gap.
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