BuildPass is construction management software for builders and head contractors: site safety, programmes and RFIs, with estimating and finance as add-ons. CREW25 is built for builders and trades running their own crews, from takeoff and quote to hours, margin and invoices, with an AI office manager. Both run sites; they differ in who they’re built around.
Job management with an AI office manager, for builders and trades running their own crews: takeoff, quotes, the crew schedule, SWMS and diaries, hours, costs and invoices.
Choose CREW25 when you run your own crews and want margin on every job.
Construction management for builders and head contractors: inductions, sign-ons, SWMS and diaries, scheduling, RFIs and defects, with estimating and finance add-ons.
Choose BuildPass when you run sites full of subcontractors.
Last updated: October 2026, from BuildPass’s own pages. Parts of CREW25 that are not built yet say so.
| Feature | CREW25 | BuildPass |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Job management with plan takeoff and an AI office manager. | Construction management for builders and head contractors. |
| Pricing | One plan with the whole platform, given in a demo. Only people who sign in are billed; crew without a login are free. 14-day free trial. | Not published; by plan and admin users. Subcontractors and workers are free. |
| Takeoff and estimating | Plan takeoff priced from your price book, sent to a quote. | Takeoff and estimating in the Win add-on. |
| Site safety | Forms, SWMS sign-ons and a site diary on every job. | Inductions, sign-ons, SWMS and site diaries on every plan; permits on Pro. |
| Scheduling and timesheets | Crew timeline, and timesheets costed at each person’s rate, included. | On the Standard and Pro plans. |
| RFIs, defects and submittals | Not built. | On the Pro plan. |
| Invoicing and claims | Invoices with GST, card payments and Xero two-way. Progress claims are being built. | Invoices, progress claims and bills in the Pay add-on. |
| Job costing | Margin after overheads and on-costs on every job. | Budgets, commitments, claims and bills in the Pay add-on. |
| AI | Sets you up from your files, answers from your records and drafts quotes. | BuildPass AI, an agent and MCP on all plans. |
Construction platforms are built around a head contractor managing subcontractors.
CREW25 is built around the people you employ: their schedule, their hours at their own rate, and what each job makes after overheads.
YouWhich jobs are losing money this month?
CREW25 AITwo jobs are under 10% margin after overheads: Harbour St deck at 6%, with 18 hours over the estimate, and Lee bathroom at 8%, with 6 hours waiting for approval.
SWMS, checklists and the site diary sit on the job alongside the quote, the crew and the costs.
Ask CREW25 AI for a form and it builds it for you to check.
YouAdd a pre-start checklist for framing with a SWMS sign-on.
CREW25 AIAdded “Framing pre-start” to your forms with eight questions and a SWMS sign-on. It’s ready to attach to framing jobs.
RFIs, defects, submittals, permits and pre-qualifications suit builders running sites full of subcontractors. CREW25 has none of these.
Site inductions and sign-on for every worker are at the core of BuildPass, on every plan.
Its worker app is in use now. CREW25’s iPhone and Android apps are still in testing.
Staff lists, rate cards and customer spreadsheets. CREW25 AI reads them into your team, customers and price book, and you check everything before it is created.
Customers and price lists import from a CSV, with columns matched from Tradify, ServiceM8 and Xero exports. Importing the same file twice changes nothing.
Run one crew or one job alongside your current system, then move the rest. Job and quote history is not imported.
Sources: BuildPass pricing, BuildPass features. Prices and features change; check them before you decide.
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