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Adaptive vs Sitemark

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Adaptive

Construction

AI-assisted project accounting, job costing and payments for construction contractors

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Sitemark

Construction

Drone-based progress tracking, quality control and commissioning built specifically for solar farms

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

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.; Sitemark it only does solar, so a mixed renewables portfolio still needs a second platform for wind, storage and substations, and the consolidation argument for buying it collapses.
  • They diverge on capability: Adaptive covers AI invoice capture, Sitemark covers Construction progress tracking.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Adaptive and Sitemark actually diverge.

Attributes where Adaptive and Sitemark differ
AttributeAdaptiveSitemark

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 Sitemark

  • Construction progress tracking
  • As-built versus design comparison
  • Thermographic inspection
  • Defect localisation
  • Commissioning workflows
  • Ticketing and work management
  • Portfolio dashboards
  • Drone and robotics ingestion

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 Sitemark
  • 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 Sitemark
  • A company that has outgrown QuickBooks for job costing but is not ready to spend a year implementing Sage 300 or Viewpointnot Sitemark
  • A contractor whose lender or bonding agent wants a monthly WIP schedule that reconciles to the ledger without a two-day spreadsheet exercisenot Sitemark

Sitemark

  • An EPC contractor on a multi-hundred-megawatt ground-mount plant that must report weekly installed counts to a lender and cannot do it by walking the rowsnot Adaptive
  • An asset owner accepting a plant at provisional acceptance who needs documented evidence that what was built matches the issued design before signingnot Adaptive
  • An operations team running annual thermographic inspection across a portfolio, wanting defects mapped to module positions so a technician goes straight to the faultnot Adaptive
  • A developer comparing defect and underperformance rates across contractors and module suppliers to inform the next procurement roundnot 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.

Sitemark

  • It only does solar, so a mixed renewables portfolio still needs a second platform for wind, storage and substations, and the consolidation argument for buying it collapses.
  • Pricing is quoted on site count and unpublished variables, which penalises owners of many small distributed assets relative to one operator of a single large plant with the same total capacity.
  • You still need someone to fly the site, and Sitemark does not remove the drone operator cost, permits or airspace constraints; it monetises the data after the flight.
  • Automated progress counting depends on a clean, current design layout, and on projects where the layout changes weekly the comparison generates false deviations that erode trust in the numbers.
  • Thermographic defect detection needs the plant producing at sufficient irradiance, so inspection windows in northern latitudes are narrow and a missed window pushes findings into the next season.

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

Sitemark

On request
  • Sitemark Construction$undefined/year
    • Priced on number of sites and other variables
    • Progress tracking across construction activities
    • As-built versus design quality control
  • Sitemark Operations$undefined/year
    • Thermographic inspection and defect detection
    • Ticketing and work management
    • Portfolio dashboards

Which should you pick?

Choose Adaptive if

  • You need ai invoice capture.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want job costing.
Adaptive review

Choose Sitemark if

  • You need construction progress tracking.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want as-built versus design comparison.
Sitemark review

Questions people ask

Is Adaptive or Sitemark better?
Neither clearly leads. Adaptive starts at On request and Sitemark at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Adaptive or Sitemark?
Adaptive starts at On request and Sitemark at On request.
Does Adaptive or Sitemark 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 Sitemark is typically brought in for.
What can Adaptive do that Sitemark cannot?
Adaptive covers AI invoice capture, Job costing, Approval routing, Lien waiver collection. Sitemark covers Construction progress tracking, As-built versus design comparison, Thermographic inspection, Defect localisation.

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.

Sitemark: Is Sitemark priced per megawatt?

No. Sitemark states pricing is based on number of sites and other variables. Ask explicitly how a portfolio of small sites is treated, because per-site pricing is unkind to distributed assets.

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.

Sitemark: Do we have to use Sitemark drone pilots?

No. It accepts data from third-party drone operators, which lets you keep an existing flight contractor.

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.

Sitemark: Does it cover anything other than solar?

No. It is built specifically around solar plant structures and defect types.

Adaptive: Who is it aimed at?

Construction companies roughly between $5m and $1bn in annual revenue, both general and specialty contractors.

Sitemark: Can we export our data?

Yes, orthomosaics, defect lists and reports export. Confirm the format and whether historical inspections remain accessible after a subscription lapses.

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.

Sitemark: Where is the company based?

Leuven, Belgium, with customers across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.

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