JobTread vs Sledge for construction teams
JobTread is construction estimating and project management with a published price for one internal user and a fee for each additional internal user. Customer and vendor portals are free, and some limited field roles can be free users. Sledge is an all-in-one construction OS for small and mid-sized general contractors and subcontractors, from bid to build to paid, with unlimited seats during open beta. QuickBooks stays your books. Sledge runs the job.
At a glance
Bid, build, and get paid
- All-in-one construction OS from bid to build to paid
- Open beta, unlimited seats
- Accounting stays in the system you already run
- For small and mid-sized general contractors and subcontractors
Estimating and project management
- Estimating, takeoff, project management, job costing, and customer portals
- Published price for one internal user, with a discount on an annual plan
- Additional internal users are paid. Portals and some field roles are free.
- Builders, remodelers, small and mid-sized commercial crews, and specialty trades
Feature by feature
| Feature | Sledge | JobTread | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bid to build to paid | Yes | Yes | Sledge is an all-in-one construction OS for that path. JobTread publishes estimating, takeoff, budgets, daily logs, job costing, customer invoices, and AIA payment applications. |
| Published monthly price | No | Yes | Sledge is in open beta with no published list price. JobTread publishes a price for one internal user and a discount on an annual plan. The figures and the date they were checked are on the pricing card. Every feature is included. The bill changes with internal users, not with feature gates. |
| Unlimited seats | Yes | No | Sledge includes unlimited seats during open beta. JobTread charges for each internal user. Customer and vendor portal users are free, and some limited field roles can be free users. |
| Accounting system | Yes | Yes | Sledge runs the job and syncs with QuickBooks. JobTread's published accounting connection is QuickBooks Online, so the ledger stays there. |
| Estimating and pay apps | Partial | Yes | JobTread publishes estimating, takeoff, a cost catalog, bid requests, and AIA payment applications. Sledge covers bid to build to paid for small and mid-sized crews. |
Pricing
Unlimited seats. No tiered feature gates.
Base price is $199 per month for 1 internal user, with 20% off an annual plan. Additional internal users are paid on a tiered schedule: $20 or $16 each for users 2 to 10, $15 or $12 for 11 to 20, $10 or $8 for 21 to 30, and $5 or $4 for 31 and up (monthly, or annual). Portal users are free, and some limited field roles can be free users.
Source: jobtread.com/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026
Pick the right fit
Choose JobTread if
- You want estimating, takeoff, job costing, and portals on one published price
- Paying for each internal user, with free portals, matches how the team is staffed
- You want QuickBooks Online to remain the accounting system
Choose Sledge if
- You want one construction OS from bid to build to paid
- You want the job in Sledge and the books left in your accounting system
- You run a small or mid-sized general contracting or subcontracting business
JobTread is a transparent peer for builders and specialty trades: one feature set, a published price, and a fee for each internal user. The difference is seats: Sledge includes unlimited seats during open beta, and the JobTread bill scales with internal users.
Moving from JobTread to Sledge
- 1Export the vendor and project lists you want to carry over
- 2Leave the accounting file in QuickBooks
- 3Bring active jobs into Sledge so the team can run bid, build, and paid in one OS
- 4Walk the team through the workflow in a single working session
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