Moving from another platform?
Honest comparisons below, and free white-glove migration whichever one you're coming from. We win by being good, not by locking the door.
Titus vs Buildertrend
If you use all of it, stay. Sincerely.
Buildertrend is excellent software. That's not the question. If you run complex residential projects with client selections, allowances, warranty workflows and deep estimating, it has two decades of features Titus doesn't have and isn't building. If you use all of that daily, stay. Sincerely. The question is whether your business needs all of it, and whether you know what you'll be paying for it next year.
Where Titus wins
You know the price.
Titus is $199/month AUD, flat, on the website. Buildertrend no longer publishes pricing. You get a quote based on your annual construction volume, and the more you build, the more you pay. Titus is $199 whether you do two jobs a year or twenty.
It's in your currency.
Buildertrend bills in USD; the exchange rate is your problem. Titus bills in AUD.
You can leave.
Buildertrend has no one-click account export. Getting your full history out means emailing a data request or exporting reports section by section. Titus exports everything yourself, any time, and imports your Buildertrend data on the way in.
Updates: theirs is the headline feature. Ours is included.
Buildertrend's most popular recent addition is AI Client Updates: progress summaries generated from daily logs. Titus has it too: same idea, drafted from your logs and photos, edited and sent by you. The difference is what's on the invoice. It's part of the one flat price, not a reason to move you up a tier.
Your team learns it in an afternoon.
Buildertrend's own users describe a weeks-long learning curve and overlapping features. Titus is one workflow: job → daily log → photos → done.
Subbies and clients don't need accounts.
Clients view a link. Only your team logs in.
Built for AU/NZ.
GST, ABN/NZBN, DD/MM/YYYY, local support hours. Not a US product with a currency selector.
The short version
| Titus | Buildertrend | |
|---|---|---|
| Price on the website | Yes: $199/mo flat | No: Quote only |
| Per-user fees | Yes: None, ever | Plan/volume based |
| Billing currency | AUD | USD |
| Bulk data export | Yes: Any time | No: On request only |
| Free migration in | Yes | Not offered |
| Daily logs | Yes | Yes |
| Updates | Yes: Included | Yes: Higher tiers |
| Document markup | Yes | Yes |
| Estimating | Not offered | Yes |
| Selections | Not offered | Yes |
| Warranty workflows | Not offered | Yes |
| Client share links | Yes | Yes |
| Learns in a day | Yes | No |
Four steps. One of them is ours.
Get your data out.
Our guide (below) shows which exports to pull from Buildertrend, section by section (contacts, jobs, schedule, to-dos, daily logs), plus your photos and documents. 30–60 minutes, mostly clicking Export.
We do the migration. Free.
Send us the files. We map and load your jobs, logs, photos, contacts and tasks into Titus, you review everything before it's final.
Run both for a couple of weeks.
Your Buildertrend subscription doesn't end overnight. Run Titus alongside it on one live job (free) and let your team vote with their thumbs.
Cancel at renewal.
Time the switch to your renewal date. We'll be ready when you are.
What to export from Buildertrend
Exports vary by plan and version. If you get stuck, send us a screenshot and we'll point you at the button.
Contacts
In Buildertrend, open your contacts list and use Export to download the file. One export covers clients, subs and suppliers.
Jobs list
Export your jobs list so we can recreate every job: names, addresses, status.
Schedule (per job)
Export the schedule from each active job. Closed jobs are optional: bring them if you want the history.
To-Dos
Export your To-Dos. These map to Titus tasks, including assignees and due dates where the export includes them.
Daily Logs (per active job)
Export daily logs from each active job. This is the history that matters most: it's exactly what Titus is built around.
Photos (bulk download, per job)
Bulk-download each job's photos. Keep them in one folder per job so we can match them back to the right place.
Documents (bulk download, per job)
Bulk-download each job's documents the same way, one folder per job.
Titus vs Buildxact
Credit where it's due: Buildxact publishes its pricing, and it bills in AUD. The difference is the structure: Buildxact's plans are tiered by users, so the bill climbs as your team grows, while Titus is $199 flat with the whole crew included. Bulk data export is limited on Buildxact; Titus exports everything, any time. And if you're coming across, migration is free. We move your jobs, contacts and history for you.
| Titus | Buildxact | |
|---|---|---|
| Price on the website | Yes: $199/mo flat | Yes: From ~$169/mo |
| Per-user fees | Yes: None, ever | Tiered by users |
| Billing currency | AUD | AUD |
| Bulk data export | Yes: Any time | Limited |
| Free migration in | Yes | Not offered |
Coming from spreadsheets and WhatsApp?
Most builders aren't leaving another platform. They're leaving a group chat, a camera roll and a spreadsheet only one person understands. There's no migration to speak of: Titus is set up in minutes, and your photos and contacts come straight off the phone you already use on site. Start with one live job and see if the evenings get shorter.
Honesty box: what doesn't carry over
Estimates, selections, client portal history and financials don't map to Titus, because Titus doesn't do those things. If they're core to your business, we're the wrong tool and we'll tell you so straight up.
Switching questions
How long?
Typically days, not weeks, once we have your files.
What does migration cost?
Nothing. It's how we'd want to be treated.
What if I leave Titus later?
Settings → Export everything. We win by being good, not by locking the door.