SubTrade – Construction Software Built for Subcontractors Skip to main content

Stop Losing
Money On The Job.

Change orders slip. Hours go untracked. The field and office never sync. SubTrade fixes all three — in one construction management platform built exclusively for trade contractors.

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Hours saved / week
15+
Change order revenue
2×
Jobs completed
1,500+

All Trades Supported:

  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC
  • Drywall
  • Concrete
  • Masonry
  • Painting
  • Excavating
  • Roofing
  • Flooring
  • Structural Steel

3 Features That Make You More Money

Save Time & Money

Time Tracking & Job Costing

Crew clocks in from their phone. You see exact labor costs per job in real time. Know if a job is profitable before you invoice.

15h+

Saved per week on timesheets and admin

Top Revenue Driver

Change Order Management

Stop letting scope changes disappear into texts and emails. Create, send, and get change orders approved from the job site in minutes — before the work is done. Every dollar earned gets captured.

2×

Average change order revenue after switching to SubTrade

Field-to-Office

Real-Time Field Communication

Daily logs, photos, drawings, and RFIs — all synced live between field and office. Your foreman updates a task; your PM sees it instantly. No more phone tag.

25%

Productivity increase from connected teams

SubTrade App Screenshots – See the Software in Action

The App Built for How You Actually Work

No generic software. No steep learning curve. SubTrade looks and feels exactly like a tool built for trade contractors — because it was.

SubTrade project management dashboard for subcontractors showing a list of active construction projects — including Pro-Air Metal Industries, Elite Drywall, JocaWest's Project, and Brian's Project — with pending status badges, crew counts, task completion progress bars, and project start and end dates on desktop. A mobile app overlay shows the same project list on iPhone with GPS location pins and crew member avatars, demonstrating full desktop and mobile access for trade contractors.

Core Feature

Project Management — Desktop & Mobile

SubTrade drawings and markups screen showing construction plans with annotation and markup tools — subcontractors can view, highlight, and share the latest drawing revisions directly from desktop or mobile on the job site, eliminating wrong-revision mistakes and reducing RFI delays.

Field Ready

Drawings & Markups

SubTrade time tracking screen showing GPS-verified crew clock-in and clock-out logs, weekly hours by employee, and real-time labor cost breakdown by project — helping trade contractors eliminate paper timesheets and understand exact job costs before sending an invoice.

Save 15h/Week

Time Tracking & Job Costing

SubTrade crew scheduling screen showing a weekly calendar with color-coded crew assignments across multiple active job sites — subcontractors can manage shifts, push schedule changes to crew phones instantly, and prevent conflicts across multiple concurrent projects.

Stay on Schedule

Crew Scheduling

SubTrade tasks and reminders screen showing a list of assigned tasks with priority levels, due dates, assigned crew members, and completion status — allowing subcontractors and foremen to delegate work and receive automated follow-up reminders so nothing falls through the cracks on busy job sites.

Never Miss a Deadline

Tasks & Reminders

SubTrade daily log entry screen for subcontractors showing fields for site conditions, crew attendance count, weather, work completed, delays, and notes — creating a time-stamped job record that protects trade contractors in the event of disputes and impresses general contractors with professional documentation.

Document Everything

Daily Logs

SubTrade jobsite photo documentation screen showing a grid of geo-tagged construction site photos attached to a daily log — subcontractors can capture, organize, and share photos from the mobile app, building a complete visual job record for every project and providing evidence for dispute resolution.

Visual Job Record

Jobsite Photos

SubTrade change order management screen showing a list of change orders with approval status labels — approved, pending, and draft — along with dollar amounts and project names. Subcontractors can create and send digital change orders from the job site in under 60 seconds, capturing every dollar of extra scope work before it gets forgotten.

Never Miss Revenue

Change Order Management

SubTrade submittals tracking screen showing shop drawings, product data sheets, and material submittals organized by approval status — draft, pending review, and approved — helping subcontractors streamline the GC review and approval process and keep construction projects moving without administrative delays.

Faster GC Approvals

Submittals

SubTrade CRM and vendor management screen showing a pipeline of general contractor leads tagged as hot, warm, and cold — alongside vendor contacts with purchase history and follow-up reminders, giving trade contractors a single place to grow their GC relationships and manage supplier partnerships.

Grow Your Business

CRM & Vendor Management

SubTrade safety compliance screen showing safety inspection forms, toolbox talk logs, employee certification records, and incident reports — giving subcontractors a centralized system to keep their crew protected, satisfy job site compliance requirements, and maintain a complete auditable safety record for every project.

Protect Your Crew

Safety Compliance

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SubTrade Features – All-in-One Software for Subcontractors Skip to main content

Your All-in-One Subcontractor Command Center

One platform. Every tool your trade business needs — from winning the bid to closing out the job. No more juggling spreadsheets, texts, and paper timesheets.

  • Core Feature

    Project & Task Management for Subcontractors

    Stay on schedule and within budget with intuitive project tracking designed for how subcontractors actually work. Real-time visibility into all your projects, milestones, deadlines, and stakeholders — from one dashboard.

    • Milestone tracking
    • Task assignment
    • Deadline alerts

  • Field Ready

    Construction Drawings & Markups

    Access the latest plans directly from your phone or tablet on the job site. Annotate, mark up, and share drawing changes instantly — no more printing, no more "wrong revision" mistakes. Everyone always works from the current set.

    • Mobile access
    • Real-time annotations
    • Version control
    • PDF support

  • Save 15h/week

    Time Tracking & Job Costing

    Crew clocks in and out from their phones — GPS-verified, no paper required. See exact labor costs per project in real time. Know your margins before you send the invoice, not two months later from your accountant.

    • GPS clock-in
    • Job cost reports
    • Payroll export
    • Labor analytics

  • Stay on Schedule

    Crew Scheduling for Trade Contractors

    View your crew's assigned work by day or week. Push schedule updates instantly and your team sees them on their phones. No more "I didn't know we had a shift change" — everyone stays in sync automatically.

    • Weekly view
    • Mobile notifications
    • Crew management
    • Shift changes

  • Never Miss Revenue

    Change Order Management

    Create a change order on your phone in 60 seconds, send it to the GC for approval, and track every status in one place. Stop leaving money on the table because verbal approvals got forgotten — get it in writing, instantly.

    • Mobile creation
    • Digital approval
    • Status tracking
    • Revenue reports

  • Document Everything

    Daily Logs & Jobsite Photo Documentation

    Log daily site conditions, crew counts, delays, and milestones in seconds. Attach geo-tagged photos directly to your logs. Build a complete, time-stamped job record that protects you in disputes and impresses GCs.

    • Photo documentation
    • Geo-tagging
    • Weather logging
    • Dispute protection

  • Grow Your Business

    CRM & Vendor Management for Contractors

    Track leads, manage GC relationships, and never miss a follow-up. Keep your vendor contacts, pricing, and purchase history organized in one place — so you always know who to call and what you paid last time.

    • Lead tracking
    • Vendor management
    • Follow-up reminders
    • GC relationships
    • Purchase history

  • Stay Compliant

    Construction Submittals & Safety Compliance

    Streamline submittal packages for faster GC approvals — track every status from draft to approved in one place. Manage safety forms, toolbox talks, and incident reports so your crew stays protected and your jobs stay compliant.

    • Submittal tracking
    • Approval workflow
    • Safety forms
    • Toolbox talks
    • Incident reports
Why Subcontractors Choose SubTrade – Real Results & Reviews Skip to main content

Problems Every Subcontractor Knows

  • A GC approved verbal scope changes — you forgot to write a change order. Now you're eating $4,000.

  • A crew member's timesheet is wrong — again. You spend Friday afternoon playing detective.

  • Your foreman called 3 times today to ask where the drawings are. They're in your email. Somewhere.

  • You finished a job and had no idea if you made money until your accountant told you two months later.

SubTrade was built by subcontractors who lived every one of these problems.

Generic construction software is built for GCs. SubTrade is engineered for the unique workflows, billing cycles, and daily chaos of trade contractors. It fits how you already work — not the other way around.

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What the Trades Are Saying

★★★★★
"We used to lose $8–12K a month in missed change orders. That number is basically zero now. SubTrade paid for itself in the first week."

Electrical Contractor · Alberta

★★★★★
"My foreman was calling me 6 times a day. Now he checks the app. I got my afternoons back. Game changer for a 3-crew HVAC operation."

HVAC Subcontractor · Ontario

★★★★★
"Time tracking alone saved us 12 hours of admin a week. Now I actually know if a job is profitable before I send the invoice."

Drywall Contractor · BC

★★★★★
"We run 6 crews across three provinces. Before SubTrade, scheduling was a nightmare of phone calls and spreadsheets. Now I assign shifts in two minutes and everyone knows where to be."

Plumbing Subcontractor · Manitoba

★★★★★
"The daily logs and photo documentation feature has saved us twice in disputes. A time-stamped record of every day on the job is worth more than I can quantify."

Concrete Contractor · Saskatchewan

★★★★★
"I tried three other apps that didn't stick. SubTrade was set up in a day and my guys were using it by the end of the week. It's actually built for how we work."

Roofing Subcontractor · Ontario

Frequently Asked Questions

  • SubTrade is an all-in-one construction management platform built exclusively for subcontractors and trade contractors — including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, concrete, masonry, roofing, and more. Unlike generic construction software built for GCs, SubTrade is engineered around how trade contractors actually work: mobile-first time tracking, fast change order creation, field-to-office communication, crew scheduling, and real-time job costing.

  • SubTrade offers a completely free trial—no credit card required and zero setup fees. Get started in under 10 minutes and enjoy the flexibility to cancel anytime. Our standard pricing begins at $299/month plus tiered per-user rates. We frequently offer special promotions, so we encourage you to contact the SubTrade team for the most competitive current rates tailored to your team.

  • Most subcontractors are fully set up and have their crew clocking in within one business day. The platform is designed to be intuitive — no IT team or lengthy onboarding required. Your field crew can start using it on their phones the same day you sign up.

  • SubTrade lets you create a professional change order directly from your phone in under 60 seconds — before the extra work is done. Send it to the GC for digital approval, track the status in real time, and keep a complete record of every approved, pending, and rejected change order. Our customers report doubling their captured change order revenue after switching to SubTrade.

  • Yes. SubTrade is fully mobile on iOS and Android, built specifically for use on the job site. Crew members can clock in with GPS verification, foremen can update daily logs and attach photos, and change orders can be created and submitted — all from a phone, even in areas with limited connectivity.

  • SubTrade supports all trade contractors including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, concrete, masonry, painting, excavating, roofing, flooring, and structural steel subcontractors. If your trade isn't listed here, reach out — if you're a subcontractor, SubTrade is built for you.

  • Yes — that's exactly what SubTrade is designed to do. GPS-verified mobile time tracking eliminates paper timesheets entirely. Real-time project dashboards replace status update spreadsheets. Crew scheduling, daily logs, and change order tracking all live in one place, so you can retire the combination of texts, emails, and spreadsheets for good.

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15 Hours a Week.

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