Construction · head to head
Adaptive vs Assignar
Adaptive
Construction
AI-assisted project accounting, job costing and payments for construction contractors
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Assignar
Construction
Crew, equipment and compliance dispatch for self-perform and speciality contractors
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Adaptive revenue-band pricing means a company with high turnover and thin margins, such as a materials-heavy trade, pays as if it were far more profitable than it is, and there is no seat-count lever to bring the cost down.; Assignar it is built for contractors who own crews and plant, so a general contractor coordinating subcontractors gets little from it beyond its own self-perform scopes.
- They diverge on capability: Adaptive covers AI invoice capture, Assignar covers Crew and equipment scheduling.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Adaptive and Assignar actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Construction).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Adaptive
- AI invoice capture
- Job costing
- Approval routing
- Lien waiver collection
- Outbound payments
- Owner billing
- WIP reporting
- Accounting sync
Only in Assignar
- Crew and equipment scheduling
- Digital dockets and timesheets
- Compliance and competency tracking
- Forms and inspections
- Offline mobile capture
- Production and cost reporting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Adaptive
- A specialty contractor drowning in vendor invoices that need coding to cost codes, where the bookkeeper is the bottleneck on closing the monthnot Assignar
- A general contractor with dozens of project managers who all need to approve costs, and for whom per-seat construction ERP pricing is the reason field approval never got rolled outnot Assignar
- A company that has outgrown QuickBooks for job costing but is not ready to spend a year implementing Sage 300 or Viewpointnot Assignar
- A contractor whose lender or bonding agent wants a monthly WIP schedule that reconciles to the ledger without a two-day spreadsheet exercisenot Assignar
Assignar
- A civil contractor scheduling crews and plant across multiple sites from one dispatch boardnot Adaptive
- A concrete or earthworks subcontractor replacing paper dockets that arrive three days latenot Adaptive
- A contractor that must prove operator competency and induction status on regulated sitesnot Adaptive
- A self-perform contractor comparing actual crew hours against estimated production ratesnot Adaptive
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Adaptive
- Revenue-band pricing means a company with high turnover and thin margins, such as a materials-heavy trade, pays as if it were far more profitable than it is, and there is no seat-count lever to bring the cost down.
- Back charge handling is a recurring complaint; contractors that routinely back charge subcontractors find the workflow does not model it cleanly and end up tracking it outside the system.
- Budget structures are rigid relative to a full construction ERP, so companies that need to restructure cost codes mid-project or run multiple budget versions hit walls.
- The QuickBooks sync has documented gaps, and because Adaptive sits alongside rather than replaces the ledger, any sync failure produces two sets of numbers that someone has to reconcile by hand.
- It is a young company on a month-to-month contract with a Series A behind it, which cuts both ways: easy to leave, but the buyer carries the risk that a core accounting dependency changes ownership or direction.
Assignar
- It is built for contractors who own crews and plant, so a general contractor coordinating subcontractors gets little from it beyond its own self-perform scopes.
- It is not an accounting or payroll system, so the value depends on a clean integration to your finance system and on someone owning the reconciliation when hours disagree.
- Australian origins show in terminology and compliance defaults, and North American users spend setup time translating concepts such as tickets and inductions into local equivalents.
- Offline capture works, but photo-heavy forms on poor connections remain the weak point and should be tested on your worst site before a full rollout.
- Supervisors have to maintain the schedule for the reporting to mean anything, and dispatchers used to a whiteboard resist that for months unless the change is enforced.
Pricing, plan by plan
Adaptive
On request- Adaptive$undefined/month
- Priced by annual revenue band and workflow scope
- Unlimited users included
- Month-to-month billing
Assignar
On request- Assignar$undefined/year
- Crew and equipment scheduling
- Digital dockets and timesheets
- Compliance tracking
Which should you pick?
Choose Adaptive if
- You need ai invoice capture.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want job costing.
Choose Assignar if
- You need crew and equipment scheduling.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want digital dockets and timesheets.
Questions people ask
- Is Adaptive or Assignar better?
- Neither clearly leads. Adaptive starts at On request and Assignar at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Adaptive or Assignar?
- Adaptive starts at On request and Assignar at On request.
- Does Adaptive or Assignar run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Adaptive best used for?
- Adaptive is most often used for a specialty contractor drowning in vendor invoices that need coding to cost codes, where the bookkeeper is the bottleneck on closing the month, a general contractor with dozens of project managers who all need to approve costs, and for whom per-seat construction erp pricing is the reason field approval never got rolled out, a company that has outgrown quickbooks for job costing but is not ready to spend a year implementing sage 300 or viewpoint, a contractor whose lender or bonding agent wants a monthly wip schedule that reconciles to the ledger without a two-day spreadsheet exercise. Of those, a specialty contractor drowning in vendor invoices that need coding to cost codes, where the bookkeeper is the bottleneck on closing the month and a general contractor with dozens of project managers who all need to approve costs, and for whom per-seat construction erp pricing is the reason field approval never got rolled out are not what Assignar is typically brought in for.
- What can Adaptive do that Assignar cannot?
- Adaptive covers AI invoice capture, Job costing, Approval routing, Lien waiver collection. Assignar covers Crew and equipment scheduling, Digital dockets and timesheets, Compliance and competency tracking, Forms and inspections.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Adaptive: How is Adaptive priced?
By annual revenue band and the scope of workflows automated, billed monthly, with unlimited users. Adaptive does not publish a rate card; third-party listings have quoted entry points in the several hundred to one thousand dollars a month range, but the figure is negotiated.
Assignar: Is this for general contractors or subcontractors?
Speciality and self-perform contractors. The unit of work is a crew and a machine on a shift, which is not how a general contractor coordinates trades.
Adaptive: Does it replace QuickBooks or Sage?
No. It sits on top of your general ledger and syncs to it. You keep the accounting system you have.
Assignar: Does the mobile app work without signal?
Yes, entries are captured offline and synchronised later. Test it with photos attached on your worst site, because that is where sync problems appear.
Adaptive: Is it a full construction ERP?
No. There is no payroll, equipment costing or inventory. It targets accounts payable, job costing, billing and payments.
Assignar: Does it handle payroll?
No. It captures hours and quantities and passes them to your payroll or enterprise resource planning system.
Adaptive: Who is it aimed at?
Construction companies roughly between $5m and $1bn in annual revenue, both general and specialty contractors.
Adaptive: What happens to our data if we leave?
Adaptive syncs to your ledger, so the accounting record persists there. Extract documents and approval history before cancelling; month-to-month terms mean access ends quickly.
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