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Kahua vs Oracle Textura Payment Management

Kahua logo

Kahua

Construction

Cloud platform for construction and capital projects

From
$400/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Oracle Textura Payment Management logo

Oracle Textura Payment Management

Construction

Construction payment, lien waiver and compliance workflow where the subcontractor pays the fee

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Kahua no standard pricing tiers published; all pricing is custom and quote-based; Oracle Textura Payment Management the subcontractors pay 0.22 per cent of their contract value to invoice a customer that chose the platform for them, which makes rollout a negotiation with every trade on the job and produces genuine refusals from small specialty contractors
  • They diverge on capability: Kahua covers Project management, Oracle Textura Payment Management covers Pay application workflow.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kahua and Oracle Textura Payment Management actually diverge.

Attributes where Kahua and Oracle Textura Payment Management differ
AttributeKahuaOracle Textura Payment Management
Starting price$400/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionPercentage of subcontract value, plus a quoted contractor subscription
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2007Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Kahua

  • Project management
  • Document control
  • Collaboration
  • Issue tracking
  • Reporting
  • Microsoft 365
  • Slack
  • Box

Only in Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • Pay application workflow
  • Lien waiver automation
  • Compliance document tracking
  • Sub-tier visibility
  • Funds disbursement
  • Owner and lender draws
  • Integration to ERP

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Kahua

  • Acting as the system of record for a capital construction program across the asset lifecyclenot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • Public agencies and program managers tracking portfolios of projectsnot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • General contractors standardising project delivery and cost control across active projectsnot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • Specialty contractors managing crews, work orders and project financialsnot Oracle Textura Payment Management

Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • A general contractor on a 200 million dollar hospital wants every lien waiver in the correct state form before funds leave the account, with an audit trail the title company will acceptnot Kahua
  • A developer requires sub-tier visibility down two levels because a supplier lien on a previous project cost it a payment it had already madenot Kahua
  • An owner-lender arrangement needs the upstream draw package to be assembled automatically from the approved downstream billings each monthnot Kahua
  • A contractor operating across several US states wants the statutory waiver language selected by jurisdiction rather than by a coordinator with a template foldernot Kahua

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Kahua

  • No standard pricing tiers published; all pricing is custom and quote-based
  • Pricing varies by organization type, program or construction scale, selected package, and deployment environment
  • Implementation costs for data migration, integrations, training, and configuration scoped separately and included in quote

Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • The subcontractors pay 0.22 per cent of their contract value to invoice a customer that chose the platform for them, which makes rollout a negotiation with every trade on the job and produces genuine refusals from small specialty contractors
  • The fee is charged per project, so a subcontractor working ten projects a year for Textura-using general contractors pays ten times, and there is no annual cap across projects
  • Subcontractor-side usability is poor enough that trades routinely need coaching for their first pay application, and the general contractor absorbs that support burden even though Oracle collects the fee
  • It is an Oracle enterprise product, which means procurement, contract negotiation and an implementation partner, so the time from signature to first live project is measured in months and not weeks
  • Data export on project closeout is limited to reports and standard extracts rather than a full structured handover, so a contractor leaving the platform keeps the PDFs but loses much of the queryable payment history

Pricing, plan by plan

Kahua

$400/month
  • Professional$400/month
    • Project management
    • Document control
    • Collaboration
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Advanced analytics
    • Custom workflows
    • API access

Oracle Textura Payment Management

On request
  • Subcontractor usage fee$undefined/project
    • 0.22 per cent of subcontract value on projects created after 19 January 2023
    • No minimum fee
    • Capped at 5,000 USD, reached around 2.3 million USD of contract value
  • General contractor subscription$undefined/year
    • Quoted by Oracle against project volume and modules
    • Not published
    • Usually sold with Primavera or Aconex

Which should you pick?

Choose Kahua if

  • You need project management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want document control.
Kahua review

Choose Oracle Textura Payment Management if

  • You need pay application workflow.
  • You also want lien waiver automation.
Oracle Textura Payment Management review

Questions people ask

Is Kahua or Oracle Textura Payment Management better?
Neither clearly leads. Kahua starts at $400/month and Oracle Textura Payment Management at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kahua or Oracle Textura Payment Management?
Kahua starts at $400/month and Oracle Textura Payment Management at On request.
Does Kahua or Oracle Textura Payment Management run on more platforms?
Kahua runs on Web, Ios, Android. Oracle Textura Payment Management runs on Web.
What is Kahua best used for?
Kahua is most often used for acting as the system of record for a capital construction program across the asset lifecycle, public agencies and program managers tracking portfolios of projects, general contractors standardising project delivery and cost control across active projects, specialty contractors managing crews, work orders and project financials. Of those, acting as the system of record for a capital construction program across the asset lifecycle and public agencies and program managers tracking portfolios of projects are not what Oracle Textura Payment Management is typically brought in for.
What can Kahua do that Oracle Textura Payment Management cannot?
Kahua covers Project management, Document control, Collaboration, Issue tracking. Oracle Textura Payment Management covers Pay application workflow, Lien waiver automation, Compliance document tracking, Sub-tier visibility.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kahua: How much does Kahua cost?

Kahua does not publish standard pricing. Costs vary by organization type (Owners/Program Managers, General Contractors, Specialty Contractors), program scale, selected package, deployment environment, and implementation requirements. Customers must request pricing quotes.

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Oracle Textura Payment Management: Who actually pays for Textura, the general contractor or the subcontractor?

Both. The general contractor pays Oracle a subscription that is not published. Each subcontractor is separately billed 0.22 per cent of its contract value per project, capped at 5,000 US dollars, with a flat 100 dollars for sub-tier contracts.

Kahua: What package options does Kahua offer?

Kahua offers three main package categories: Owners and Program Managers, General Contractors, and Specialty Contractors. Additional specialty apps and suites including capital planning, analytics, asset management, and safety can extend the base solution.

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Oracle Textura Payment Management: Can a subcontractor refuse to use it?

In practice no, if the prime contract mandates it, because pay applications are only accepted through the platform. Some subcontractors price the fee into their bid instead.

Kahua: Are implementation and integration costs included in Kahua pricing?

Implementation details including data migration, integrations, training, and configuration are scoped based on requirements and clearly identified in the custom quote provided.

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Oracle Textura Payment Management: Is Textura the same thing as Textura Payment Management?

Yes. Oracle sells one product under the name Oracle Textura Payment Management. There is no separate Textura product line to buy.

Oracle Textura Payment Management: Does it handle lien waivers outside the United States?

It has European and Australian variants with local payment and compliance handling, but the statutory lien waiver machinery is a United States feature and is the main reason to buy it.

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