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Newforma vs Siteline

Newforma logo

Newforma

Construction

Project information management system for construction

From
$300/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Siteline logo

Siteline

Construction

Pay application and billing workflow built only for speciality subcontractors

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Newforma pricing is by quote only, with no rate, tier or minimum published; the site offers only Book a Demo and Get Started; Siteline it serves subcontractors only, so a general contractor evaluating it is looking at the wrong side of the transaction entirely.
  • They diverge on capability: Newforma covers Document management, Siteline covers Pay application generation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Newforma and Siteline actually diverge.

Attributes where Newforma and Siteline differ
AttributeNewformaSiteline
Starting price$300/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2006Unknown

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 Newforma

  • Document management
  • Project collaboration
  • Transmittals
  • RFI tracking
  • Issue management
  • Autodesk BIM 360
  • Box
  • Dropbox

Only in Siteline

  • Pay application generation
  • Lien waiver management
  • Compliance document tracking
  • Billing status visibility
  • Accounting system integration
  • Accounts receivable reporting

What people use each for

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

Newforma

  • Managing project email, documents and submittals for architecture and engineering firmsnot Siteline
  • Keeping construction project information on-premises for control and security through Project Centernot Siteline
  • Coordinating issues and RFIs across design and construction teams in Konektnot Siteline

Siteline

  • A trade contractor whose billing team rebuilds the same pay application in four different general contractor formats each monthnot Newforma
  • A subcontractor losing a billing cycle to rejected applications over missing lien waiversnot Newforma
  • A finance director trying to forecast collections across dozens of general contractors and retention balancesnot Newforma
  • A growing subcontractor whose billing process depends entirely on one person and a spreadsheetnot Newforma

Where each one falls short

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

Newforma

  • Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, tier or minimum published; the site offers only Book a Demo and Get Started
  • The cloud product Konekt and the on-premises product Project Center are separate offerings, so the on-premises option requires a different product rather than a deployment setting

Siteline

  • It serves subcontractors only, so a general contractor evaluating it is looking at the wrong side of the transaction entirely.
  • It does not do job costing, project management or payroll, so it is an addition to your systems rather than a consolidation of them.
  • Value depends on a clean integration to your construction accounting system, and contractors with heavily customised or elderly installations should confirm the connection before signing.
  • General contractor portals and billing formats change without warning, and although the vendor absorbs that maintenance you still feel it as occasional friction in a month-end window with no slack.
  • The billing team has to adopt it fully in the first month-end or they revert to spreadsheets under deadline pressure, which makes the implementation timing more delicate than the software suggests.

Pricing, plan by plan

Newforma

$300/month
  • Standard$300/month
    • Document management
    • Project collaboration
    • Transmittals
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Advanced workflows
    • Custom reporting
    • API access

Siteline

On request
  • Siteline$undefined/year
    • Pay application workflow
    • Lien waiver and compliance tracking
    • Accounting system integration

Which should you pick?

Choose Newforma if

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

Choose Siteline if

  • You need pay application generation.
  • You also want lien waiver management.
Siteline review

Questions people ask

Is Newforma or Siteline better?
Neither clearly leads. Newforma starts at $300/month and Siteline at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Newforma or Siteline?
Newforma starts at $300/month and Siteline at On request.
Does Newforma or Siteline run on more platforms?
Newforma runs on Web, Ios, Android. Siteline runs on Web.
What is Newforma best used for?
Newforma is most often used for managing project email, documents and submittals for architecture and engineering firms, keeping construction project information on-premises for control and security through project center, coordinating issues and rfis across design and construction teams in konekt. Of those, managing project email, documents and submittals for architecture and engineering firms and keeping construction project information on-premises for control and security through project center are not what Siteline is typically brought in for.
What can Newforma do that Siteline cannot?
Newforma covers Document management, Project collaboration, Transmittals, RFI tracking. Siteline covers Pay application generation, Lien waiver management, Compliance document tracking, Billing status visibility.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Newforma: What is Newforma pricing?

Newforma does not publish pricing on its website. The company offers three product offerings: Newforma Konekt, Newforma Project Center, and Newforma ConstructEx. Customers must book a demo or contact the company directly for custom pricing.

Source
Siteline: Does it replace our accounting system?

No. It reads from Sage 300 CRE, Vista, Foundation and similar systems and handles the billing workflow those systems handle poorly.

Siteline: What should we measure in a trial?

Days sales outstanding and the number of rejected or delayed pay applications. The case is about cash timing, not headcount.

Siteline: Is it useful for general contractors?

No. It is built for the party submitting pay applications, not the party receiving them.

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