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Kojo vs Trimble

Kojo logo

Kojo

Construction

Materials procurement and inventory for speciality trade contractors

From
On request
Rated
-
Trimble logo

Trimble

Construction

Construction and building information platform

From
$500/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Kojo benefits depend on distributors providing electronic catalogues and pricing, and a contractor whose main supplier will not participate is left keying quotes by hand.; Trimble listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £30 to £50 per user per month for Viewpoint Field View, Trimble's construction field management product, submitted directly by Trimble UK Limited
  • They diverge on capability: Kojo covers Field material requests, Trimble covers Project management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kojo and Trimble actually diverge.

Attributes where Kojo and Trimble differ
AttributeKojoTrimble
Starting priceOn request$500/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
FoundedUnknown1978

Identical on both: 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 Kojo

  • Field material requests
  • Multi-supplier quoting
  • Purchase order management
  • Inventory and warehouse
  • Committed cost visibility
  • Enterprise resource planning integration

Only in Trimble

  • Project management
  • BIM collaboration
  • Document management
  • Field coordination
  • Analytics
  • Revit
  • AutoCAD
  • Procore

What people use each for

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

Kojo

  • An electrical or mechanical contractor where materials are close to half of job cost and buying happens dailynot Trimble
  • A trade contractor that cannot see committed material cost against a job until the invoice arrivesnot Trimble
  • A contractor consolidating purchasing across branches to negotiate better distributor pricingnot Trimble
  • A subcontractor tracking warehouse stock and job transfers that currently live in a spreadsheetnot Trimble

Trimble

  • BIM collaborationnot Kojo
  • Project coordinationnot Kojo
  • Document managementnot Kojo
  • Field operationsnot Kojo

Where each one falls short

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

Kojo

  • Benefits depend on distributors providing electronic catalogues and pricing, and a contractor whose main supplier will not participate is left keying quotes by hand.
  • It serves speciality trade contractors; general contractors procure subcontracts rather than materials and get almost nothing from it.
  • Enterprise resource planning integration quality varies by system and version, so confirm the depth for your exact configuration rather than accepting the logo on the website.
  • Field adoption is the whole game, and foremen who lose signal in a plant room or basement revert to phoning the office within days unless offline capture genuinely works.
  • It changes purchasing process as well as software, so contractors whose buying authority is informal have to formalise who can commit money before the system produces clean data.

Trimble

  • Listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £30 to £50 per user per month for Viewpoint Field View, Trimble's construction field management product, submitted directly by Trimble UK Limited

Pricing, plan by plan

Kojo

On request
  • Kojo$undefined/year
    • Materials procurement workflow
    • Supplier quoting and purchase orders
    • Inventory tracking

Trimble

$500/month
  • Connect$500/month
    • Project management
    • Collaboration
    • Document control
  • EnterpriseFree
    • BIM integration
    • Advanced analytics
    • Custom workflows

Which should you pick?

Choose Kojo if

  • You need field material requests.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want multi-supplier quoting.

Choose Trimble if

  • You need project management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want bim collaboration.

Questions people ask

Is Kojo or Trimble better?
Neither clearly leads. Kojo starts at On request and Trimble at $500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kojo or Trimble?
Kojo starts at On request and Trimble at $500/month.
Does Kojo or Trimble run on more platforms?
Kojo runs on Web, iOS, Android. Trimble runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Kojo best used for?
Kojo is most often used for an electrical or mechanical contractor where materials are close to half of job cost and buying happens daily, a trade contractor that cannot see committed material cost against a job until the invoice arrives, a contractor consolidating purchasing across branches to negotiate better distributor pricing, a subcontractor tracking warehouse stock and job transfers that currently live in a spreadsheet. Of those, an electrical or mechanical contractor where materials are close to half of job cost and buying happens daily and a trade contractor that cannot see committed material cost against a job until the invoice arrives are not what Trimble is typically brought in for.
What can Kojo do that Trimble cannot?
Kojo covers Field material requests, Multi-supplier quoting, Purchase order management, Inventory and warehouse. Trimble covers Project management, BIM collaboration, Document management, Field coordination.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kojo: Is this for general contractors?

No. It is built for speciality trade contractors buying materials. General contractors procure subcontracts and would get little from it.

Kojo: What if our suppliers will not connect?

You lose most of the quoting benefit and keep only the internal workflow. Check distributor participation before purchase, because it determines the return.

Kojo: Does it work without signal on site?

Field requests are designed for site use, and offline behaviour should be tested with your own crews in your worst locations, because that is where adoption is won or lost.

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