Build LessKnow if your project is making money — while it's still being built.
Build Less puts your estimate, expenses, materials and payroll in one place, then shows estimate vs actual for every scope. Stop finding out at turnover.
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The money leaks long before anyone notices.
Most small and mid-size contractors track costs in notebooks, Viber threads and one big Excel file. It works — until it doesn't.
The notebook says one thing
…and the bank balance says another. Receipts pile up and nobody knows which scope they belong to.
You find out at turnover
The project looked fine until the last billing. By then the loss is already locked in.
Saturday payroll eats the afternoon
Attendance, cash advances and deductions recomputed by hand, every cutoff.
Materials bought twice
No one sees what was ordered, what arrived, or what is still owed to the supplier.
Estimate. Record. Compare.
One loop, every project. The comparison updates the moment an expense is approved.
Estimate
Build the BOQ scope by scope. Use ready-made compositions — footing, column, beam, CHB wall — so quantities turn into materials, labor and equipment automatically.
- Templates per building type
- Your own cost library & unit prices
- Contract price with your charges & taxes
Record
The office or the foreman encodes expenses, purchases and attendance as they happen. You approve before anything counts.
- Encoder ≠ approver
- Purchases, deliveries & supplier payables
- Attendance posted and locked with a PIN
Compare
See estimate vs actual per scope in real time. Over-budget scopes turn red while there's still time to act.
- Drill down to the line item
- Owner summary across all projects
- Morning reminders for what needs chasing
Built for the way a site actually runs.
From the first estimate to the last payroll — no more copying numbers between five files.
Estimate & BOQ
Scopes, line items, equipment as fixed ₱ or % of labor, and a contract price that adds up.
Composition library
Place “12 footings” once and get every bag of cement, bar and man-day in the BOQ.
Expenses with approval
Encode by scope with receipt and reference; approve or reject from your phone.
Materials & payables
Bulk purchases, allocations per scope, reorder list, and what's still owed to each supplier.
Payroll & attendance
Daily batch entry, cash advances, deductions, weekly or semi-monthly cutoffs, payslips.
Progress & site reports
Schedule with sub-tasks, site reports and a tools & equipment register.
PDFs with your letterhead
BOQ, bill of materials, cost report, payroll and attendance sheets — ready to print.
Standard & upRoles, PINs & audit trail
Decide who sees money. Posted days and paid cutoffs change only with a PIN and a reason.
Pesos, cutoffs and cash advances — not an American template.
Build Less was designed around how Philippine contractors pay, buy and bill.
Accurate to the centavo
Every amount is stored exactly — no rounding surprises between the estimate, the payroll and the report.
Works on the foreman's phone
Any phone browser. Sign in with a code sent by email or with Google — no password to forget.
Pay the way you already pay
Subscribe with GCash, Maya, card or GrabPay — or bank transfer with an uploaded proof.
Start free. Pay when it earns its keep.
Every new workspace gets the full Standard plan for 14 days. After that, choose a plan — or stay on Free with all your records.
Free
To try the costing loop on one job.
- Estimate / BOQ & composition library
- Expenses with approvals & comparison
- Materials, payroll & attendance
- Progress, site reports, document vault
- On screen only — no printing or exports
Standard
For a small office running a few jobs at once.
- Everything in Free
- PDFs with your letterhead: BOQ, BOM, cost report
- Payslips, payroll summary & attendance sheets
- CSV / Excel exports & workspace backups
- Project Stage checklist
- Extra storage packs
Enterprise
For contractors dealing with formal clients and bigger teams.
- Everything in Standard
- Proposals, quotations & follow-up reminders
- Agreement, contract lock & change orders
- Progress billing with online payment
- Client progress link & sign-off, turnover
- 3D model & quantity take-off
- Company warehouse & client directory
Prices in Philippine pesos. Pay monthly, or 12 months for the price of 11. No lock-in — stop renewing and your workspace simply moves to Free.
Serious about the data you trust us with.
Your own workspace
Each company's projects, people and money are kept separate from every other company.
Locks that mean it
Posted attendance and paid cutoffs can't be edited without a PIN and a written reason.
Every change on record
An audit trail shows who encoded, approved, unlocked or deleted what — and when.
Take it with you
Download backups and CSV exports any time on Standard and Enterprise.
Before you start
Do I need a credit card for the trial?
No. Enter your email and company name, confirm the code we send you, and you're in — with the full Standard plan for 14 days.
What happens after the 14 days?
If you don't upgrade, the workspace moves to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted: every project, expense and payroll stays. Printing and exports pause, and you can't add another project or user until you upgrade. We'll email you three days before and on the last day.
Can my foreman or office staff use it too?
Yes. Standard includes 3 users and Enterprise is unlimited. Each person gets a role — for example, the foreman can encode attendance and expenses without seeing the contract price or your margin.
Does it work on a phone at the site?
Yes. It runs in any modern phone or computer browser — nothing to install. Sign in with a one-time code sent to your email, or with Google.
How do I pay?
From inside the app: GCash, Maya, credit/debit card or GrabPay, or a bank transfer with a photo of the deposit slip. Pay monthly, or 12 months for the price of 11.
Can I switch plans or stop anytime?
Yes. Upgrade whenever you need more projects, users or client features. There's no contract — if you stop renewing, the workspace moves to Free and keeps your records.
I already have my estimates in Excel. Do I start over?
You can start with your next project: pick a building-type template or place compositions, then adjust quantities and unit prices to match your own. Most of the work is typing what you already know — once.
Your next project deserves real numbers.
Set up your company in two minutes and see estimate vs actual on your own job — free for 14 days.
Start your 14-day free trial