Desktop Planroom vs Projectmates

Desktop Planroom is a Windows application for managing construction bidding projects, documents, bidders, contacts, and communications. AI can extract project details, contacts, and bid information from uploaded documents, while full-text search covers project PDFs for specifications, notes, and other details. Users can track bidders, bid amounts, results, addenda versions, and acknowledgments. The contact database organizes contractors and suppliers by trade. A bid calendar covers bid dates and pre-bid meetings, with reminders and calendar integration mentioned on the homepage. Bid invitations, addenda notices, and updates can be sent to contacts, and message history is available by project. Projects can be published online so bidders and team members can view documents, download files, and receive updates. Projects can be imported, while contacts, bid results, and project data can be exported to Excel and other formats. The Free plan costs nothing and is a Windows desktop app at version 0.1a. Requirements include 64-bit Windows 10 version 1903 or later, 4 GB RAM, and 500 MB free disk space.

Projectmates is construction project management software for owners and capital program leaders. Its modules cover capital and asset planning, bids, construction, costs, documents, risk, schedules, analytics and reporting. It manages workflows including RFIs, submittals, change orders, daily field reports and punch lists. Cost tools cover budgets, bids, contracts, change orders, pay applications and invoices. Teams can use more than 100 pre-built reports or create custom reports with drag-and-drop tools. Integrations include Box and Dropbox, with business-intelligence connections for Microsoft Power BI and Tableau; optional add-ons include an API and connectors for PlanGrid and Procore. The service is hosted on Microsoft Azure and offers a dedicated private cloud with a dedicated database. Projectmates states SOC 2 Type II compliance and TX-RAMP Level 2 certification, and describes disaster-recovery protocols and active geo-replication. Native iOS and Android apps are free to users of Systemates-hosted websites. Pricing is on request; one listed dedicated private-cloud site-license plan costs $39,500 a year for 40 user licenses.