CBRE CostLab vs FacilityForce Operate Capital Improvement

CBRE CostLab is a web-based application for estimating and comparing facility operating costs across more than 400 locations and 75+ asset types worldwide. It provides equipment-level estimates for maintenance and repair, custodial work, energy, grounds management, and pest control. Its Cost Library includes labor, utility, and inflation rates, maintenance tasks, operating details, recapitalization assumptions, and national indexes. The Building Wizard uses seven questions to create a component-level estimate; Project Builder groups maintenance and repair work into projects and estimates material, labor, and equipment needs. For capital planning, CostLab estimates equipment failure probability and helps prioritize replacements by portfolio risk and budget. Users can customize building models and adjust rates and task assumptions. It also identifies deferred maintenance by equipment and provides deferred-cost reports and Facility Condition Index estimates. Mass Data Export sends annual and average asset costs, yearly task costs, deferred costs, and inventory to Excel. Access is through a browser on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Paid plans include a 7-day trial; there is no free plan.

FacilityForce Operate Capital Improvement helps organizations plan and manage capital projects, improve financial accountability, and connect investment planning with facilities maintenance. It records facility assessment data and groups needs for prioritization and funding decisions. Budget scenarios show what identified needs can be funded and where constraints may arise. An owner-focused project view includes budgets, expenses, commitments, contracts, change orders, payment applications, documents, workflows, and time management. RFIs, submittals, drawings, and correspondence stay together in a project record after completion. The solution supports multiple funding sources, consultant contracts and amendments, budget components, and invoicing against contracts. Integration options include APIs, single sign-on, financial-system connections, business-intelligence tools, and scheduled data connectors. Security listings include SSO for LDAP, Shibboleth, and CAS, API access controls, authentication auditing, and role- and row-level permissions. FacilityForce states it is FedRAMP compliant. Licensing may be perpetual, hosted perpetual, or SaaS subscription; pricing is on request.