Vendor list · AI construction tech
AI construction tech, scored.
How we score
Four stages, evidence-graded throughout.
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Inclusion criteria
Public pricing. Integrations doc. Ten or more customers. Self-serve path.
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Weighted rubric
Each dimension scored zero to four. Every cell tagged MEASURED, CITED, or ESTIMATED.
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Total score
Weighted sum out of one hundred. Seven-day right-of-reply window before publishing.
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Ranked and published
Updated when new vendors qualify or when fact-check replies land corrections.
Top 3 by headline score. Scored at desk-research depth. The full 12-vendor scorecard with dimension breakdowns lives under Scored vendors.
- Procore Construction OS + Helix/Assist/Datagrid AI layer 75 /100
- Autodesk Construction Cloud Revit-anchored VDC + Build/BIM 360/Takeoff/Cost 67.5 /100
- DroneDeploy Ground Ground + aerial reality capture (formerly StructionSite, brand sunset 2024-11) 56.25 /100
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01 Procore Construction OS + Helix/Assist/Datagrid AI layer 68 /100
Top strength De facto construction OS. 17,850 organic customers, 2,710 over $100K ARR, 115 over $1M ARR, 3M+ projects across 160+ countries, $1.323B FY2025 revenue. Best-in-class native ERP coverage (Sage 300 CRE, Viewpoint Vista, CMiC, QuickBooks, Acumatica, Foundation, Dynamics 365 BC)....
Top gap AI accuracy benchmarks not published (~96% takeoff per Robotics & Automation News vs Togal 97-98%). Azure OpenAI model version powering Assist + Agents undisclosed. ACV-compounding pricing per third-party teardowns; 106% NRR + 5-14% renewal escalator hard on small customers. ISO...
Best for GCs above $50M annual construction volume. Pilot, Scale, and Optimization stages.
02 Autodesk Construction Cloud Revit-anchored VDC + Build/BIM 360/Takeoff/Cost 63 /100
Top strength Default pick for mid-to-large GCs with active VDC obligations and Revit-anchored design spine. $3.30B FY25 AEC-segment revenue. Named top-50 ENR customers (McCarthy, DPR, Skanska, Mortenson, Brasfield & Gorrie). Public OpenAPI on Autodesk Platform Services, SDKs in...
Top gap AI accuracy benchmark on takeoff not published ('up to 5x faster' is speed, not accuracy). AI Assistant foundation-model providers not named (the AI Trust page references 'selected third-party foundation models' without naming any). Build/Cost Management/AI Assistant pricing...
Best for Mid-to-large GCs with Revit-anchored design spine and VDC team. Pilot and Scale stages.
03 CMiC Integrated construction-ERP + NEXUS AI (ENR-Top-400 incumbent) 47 /100
Top strength ERP-incumbent for ENR-Top-400 GCs. Vendor-claimed 25% of ENR Top 400. NEXUS AI layer (mid-2025, full debut CONNECT 2025 Nov 2025). Strongest model-disclosure in cohort: 'OpenAI Assistants API with GPT-4' explicitly disclosed for CMiC Assistant V2.
Top gap For buyers not on CMiC, NEXUS is not a reason to switch ERP providers (it's an upgrade path for incumbents). NEXUS production status post-CONNECT 2025 unclear (which features are GA vs controlled-availability vs roadmap, with named customers in production). Construction-task...
Best for Existing CMiC customers (Optimization). Conditional Scale for buyers committing to CMiC as system of record.
04 Trimble Construction One ERP-anchored construction suite (acquiring Document Crunch Q2 2026) 44 /100
Top strength $3.57B parent, $1.48B AECO ARR, 11,500+ employees, ENR Top-400 install base. Deep intra-Trimble integration (Vista, Spectrum, ProjectSight, Tekla, SiteScan). Strong on certified-payroll / Davis-Bacon compliance. Procore connector GA; ACC connector beta.
Top gap No public per-seat pricing. LLM-provider undisclosed for ProjectSight Help Agent, AI Title Block Extraction, Tekla AI Model and Drawing Assistant, Trimble Connect Help Assistant. Several flagship AI features still in Trimble Labs. SYNCHRO 4D divested to Bentley (no first-party...
Best for Mid-to-large GCs already running Vista, Spectrum, or other Trimble construction tools. Pilot and Scale stages, post-Document-Crunch-close.
Trimble announced acquisition of Document Crunch (same list, vendor #9) on April 2, 2026; closing Q2 2026. This list will reconcile whether Document Crunch persists standalone or folds into TC1 post-close.
05 Bluebeam Revu PDF markup + takeoff + drawing AI 38 /100
Top strength Best-in-class drawing markup and PDF takeoff workstation. Used at >1,000-employee GC scale. Strong Procore bidirectional integration. AI Markup + AI Search shipped.
Top gap Structurally scope-limited (covers 2 of 7 cohort dimensions well, 2 not at all). AI Markup / AI Search underlying model undisclosed. No third-party benchmark for AI symbol-recognition accuracy. Moderate ACC integration (one-way per vendor docs). Absent on Sage 300 CRE /...
Best for GCs using Bluebeam as the drawing markup layer beneath Procore or ACC. Not a system of record.
06 Raken Raken Cross-industry 31 /100
Top strength Scores highest on field_execution_mobile (3/4, weight 15) with real-time sync and app ratings of 4.7 (16k reviews); lists bidirectional ERP connectors (Procore, Autodesk, Sage 300 CRE, Viewpoint Vista, QuickBooks) and a named customer Hensel Phelps.
Top gap ai_native_score is 25; estimating_takeoff, schedule, and document-control AI are all [UNKNOWN] or 1/4, and AI is limited to photo ID verification.
Best for Mid-market GCs and subcontractors needing daily reporting, time tracking, and safety compliance with existing Sage or Procore stacks.
07 Trunk Tools Trunk Tools Cross-industry 30 /100
Top strength Scores highest on document_control_rfi (3/4, weight 10) with TrunkRFI, TrunkSubmittal (auto-reviews 90% of submittals), and TrunkReview; $70M total funding, 500+ jobsites live, and named customers Suffolk and Gilbane with no integration or scale penalty.
Top gap safety_compliance_payroll scores 0/4 (no OSHA, certified-payroll, or PPE module); schedule and field-mobile evidence is thin at 1/4 each.
Best for Mid-to-large GCs seeking AI agents that reduce RFI noise, automate submittal registers, and surface drawing changes inside existing Procore or Autodesk environments.
08 Togal.AI AI takeoff + estimating (97% measured space-detection) 29 /100
Top strength Best measured AI takeoff in cohort. Independent 97% space-detection measurement on clean 2D architectural drawings. Public PEPM pricing. Named customers (Coastal Construction). Fast time-to-value. Procore + Bluebeam connectors.
Top gap Narrow preconstruction-only point tool (covers 2 of 7 cohort dimensions well, 4 not at all). LLM provenance for Togal.CHAT not disclosed. No SOC 2 / ISO attestation, no trust page, no named compliance framework. No Autodesk ACC / Viewpoint Vista / CMiC connectors. 'Occasional...
Best for Preconstruction estimators at GCs running Procore + Bluebeam + Sage. Foundation and Pilot stages.
09 Document Crunch AI contract + spec review (Trimble acquiring Q2 2026) 28 /100
Top strength Best-in-cohort AI for reading construction contracts + specifications. $350B+ construction volume processed, 10,000+ project kickoffs. Named ENR Top 100 customers (Balfour Beatty, DPR, Swinerton, Webcor, Barton Malow, Boldt). Procore + ACC + Trimble ProjectSight + Microsoft Word...
Top gap Tenant-isolation policy + routing logic across OpenAI/Anthropic not public. Speed claim ('80%+ faster risk reviews') but no measured-accuracy number on rubric-named tasks. No Sage 300 CRE / Viewpoint Vista / CMiC / Buildertrend connectors. G2 reviewers report 'time-consuming...
Best for GCs on Procore or ACC with high contract-review volume. Layer on top of PM platform, not a replacement.
Trimble announced acquisition April 2, 2026; closing Q2 2026. Procore embed surface may become structurally fragile post-close given Procore's own AI Agents investment. Buyer should evaluate whether Document Crunch persists standalone or folds into Trimble Construction One.
10 OpenSpace 360 reality capture + Vision Engine progress AI 26 /100
Top strength Best-in-class reality capture + field-mobile capture. Named top-25 ENR GCs (Suffolk, Layton, Hensel Phelps, Lendlease, Skanska, Turner). Per-project pricing handles enterprise. Strong Procore + Autodesk Build connectors.
Top gap Three of seven cohort dimensions are category mismatches (estimating, safety/payroll, document-control AI). Vision Engine / ClearSight underlying model architecture + training-data source undisclosed. No published accuracy benchmark methodology on construction-specific tasks. No...
Best for Top-50 GCs that have standardized on Procore + Autodesk and want unified jobsite reality capture. Pilot and Scale stages.
11 Buildots BIM-compare progress tracking ($100M+ schedule-sensitive projects) 25 /100
Top strength Narrow BIM-compare progress-tracking specialist. Intel multi-fab ($10B project, 50,000+ activities/fab, 6 weeks delay avoided per fab) is upper-bound proof. Mortenson + Turner + JE Dunn + Multiplex + Mace + NCC + Wates + Sir Robert McAlpine triangulates scale claim. Native...
Top gap Three of seven dimensions are category mismatches (estimating, document-control AI, safety/payroll). Element-level detection precision and recall by trade category not disclosed (only headline outcome metrics). Trust page returns 404 (/security and /security-center both 404 as...
Best for $100M+ schedule-sensitive BIM-driven projects (data centers, semiconductor fabs, large commercial). Layer next to Procore or ACC. Wrong fit for typical GC ops.
12 DroneDeploy Ground (formerly StructionSite) Ground + aerial reality capture. StructionSite brand sunset Nov 2024; product is now DroneDeploy Ground. 24 /100
Top strength Vendor-claimed '40% of top 400 GCs'. Native Procore + ACC + PlanGrid + Bluebeam connectors. Unified ground + aerial capture via DroneDeploy combined platform. SOC 2 Type 2 recurring.
Top gap iOS-only ground app (no Android). 95% Progress AI accuracy methodology undisclosed (task definition, sample size, reference standard, trade mix all unspecified). No Sage 300 CRE / Viewpoint / CMiC / Foundation ERP-side connectors. No public API surface. AI training-data opt-out...
Best for Top-400 GCs on Procore/ACC with iOS-standardized field tablets. Pilot stage.
Acquired by DroneDeploy Oct/Nov 2022. Standalone product sunset Nov 1, 2024; migrated to DroneDeploy Ground. Scored against live DroneDeploy Ground + Progress AI surface. Buyers should evaluate this as a DroneDeploy purchase.
13 Converge Converge Cross-industry 23 /100
Top strength Raised USD 22m in May 2025 led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund; technically deep concrete-monitoring platform with embedded sensors, real-time strength/temperature data, and AI mix predictions.
Top gap estimating_takeoff scores 0/4 (no takeoff module); a -10 integration penalty and -5 cohort-fit penalty apply, with no named ERP/PM connectors documented.
Best for Contractors focused on mass concrete pours, post-tensioning, and carbon-reduction programs needing sensor-driven strike-time decisions and mix optimisation.
14 Bentley SYNCHRO 4D 4D BIM scheduling for megaprojects 21 /100
Top strength Depth leader on 4D BIM scheduling. Strong on Primavera P6 + IFC/COBie/BCF model exchange. Built for megaproject scale ($100M+ infrastructure / vertical projects). Bentley E365 enterprise subscription model.
Top gap HARD integration penalty: no native first-party bidirectional connectors to Procore, ACC (beyond IFC), Sage 300 CRE, Viewpoint Vista, or CMiC. GC operating-system layer is the gap. Opaque pricing, sales-mediated, steep learning curve. Field app exists but has low adoption....
Best for VDC director on $100M+ infrastructure / vertical projects. Optimization stage. Overkill below $50M.
15 Reconstruct Reconstruct Cross-industry 19 /100
Top strength Scores highest on field_execution_mobile (3/4, weight 15) with smartphone/360/drone reality capture, plus a patented overlay and Oracle Construction and Engineering integration.
Top gap Three dims are [UNKNOWN] (estimating, document control, safety/payroll); total score 14/100 with integration, scale, and cohort-fit penalties of -5 each.
Best for Reality-capture progress monitoring and 4D schedule visualization on projects requiring remote oversight.
16 Contilio Contilio Cross-industry 18 /100
Top strength Scores highest on data_integration_accuracy (2/4, weight 25) via its AI Quantity Tracker, tested on 3.5M sq ft with named enterprise deployments including Aldar Properties, Balfour Beatty, Prologis, and TUV SUD.
Top gap Most dims score 1/4 (schedule, field, document control, safety); a -10 integration penalty applies for generic BIM/schedule only with zero named Procore/ACC/ERP connectors.
Best for Developers and GCs on large Lidar/drone-captured projects needing automated as-built quantity tracking and BIM augmentation, accepting a demo-gated, quote-only path.
17 Buildertrend Residential / light-commercial PM (post-CoConstruct merger) 14 /100
Top strength Residential-construction PM default after 2021 CoConstruct acquisition. AI Takeoff, AI Daily Log Summaries, AI Message Summaries shipped. '1M+ users' across builders + subs + homeowners + trades. PEPM attractive at 250 field staff.
Top gap HARD integration penalty: zero native connectors to Procore, ACC, Sage 300 CRE, Viewpoint Vista, or CMiC. Of the four upmarket platforms named in the cohort inclusion criteria, Buildertrend integrates with none. LLM powering AI Takeoff / Summaries undisclosed. No published...
Best for Residential and light-commercial builders + remodelers. Foundation and Pilot stages. Disqualifying for upmarket-cohort buyers.
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