Buildlr vs Nialli Visual Planner

Buildlr brings construction CRM, estimating, project management, invoicing and a customer portal together in one platform. Its preconstruction tools cover lead and client management, scope-based estimates, quotes with online approval and requests for subcontractor pricing. For active projects, teams can use an interactive Gantt schedule, project files, change orders and client approvals. Workforce tools include GPS check-in, task-level time tracking, live crew locations and time-off requests. Financial features cover invoicing and accounts receivable tracking, with dashboards for revenue, margins and KPIs. Cortex uses workspace context for task suggestions, daily briefings, automated updates and assisted actions. Buildlr describes the service as offline-first and says it works offline on any device. Customers can choose to connect Fortnox or QuickBooks for accounting. The company says it processes personal data under the EU and UK GDPR, hosts service data in Germany and keeps backups in the EU. It lists TLS encryption in transit, API-level workspace isolation, adaptive password hashing and encryption of integration credentials at rest. The Value-based plan has no subscription or per-user charge: it bills 0.35% of each invoice sent through Buildlr, weekly. A 30-day trial is available, but there is no free plan.

Nialli Visual Planner is cloud-based software for construction teams coordinating project schedules as work changes. It brings milestone planning, phase pull planning, lookahead planning, and weekly work plans onto one canvas. Multiple users can update a plan simultaneously, with changes reflected across devices, and the product supports interaction across up to three connected displays. Each plan supports up to 25 lanes of activity; Nialli recommends splitting large or complex projects across plans to improve loading and performance. Teams can import milestones and activities from Oracle Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, or Microsoft Project. Task status updates generate Percent Plan Complete and reasons-for-variance data, while plan data can be exported to Microsoft Power BI for portfolio reporting and resource planning. Mobile and tablet browsers provide a field view for upcoming work, progress tracking, and photo capture without a download. The single-plan subscription costs $1,400 per year and allows any number of users. A 30-day full-access trial requires no credit card.