10 Best Construction Accounting Software in the US (2026)

Sage Intacct Construction, from the UK-based Sage Group, is a true cloud, multi-entity accounting system with AIA billing, fixed-price, time-and-materials and cost-plus invoicing, retainage and certified payroll reporting, with payroll itself running through Sage HCM or ADP Workforce Now for Construction. Its Procore integration syncs budgets, change events, commitments, invoices, lien waivers and approvals, and Sage sells a joint Procore bundle. Pricing is by quote, based on company size, entity structure and modules; in August 2026 it added retainage enhancements, while a new construction billing module is still in an early-adopter program. Best for: growing, multi-entity contractors that run Procore and want cloud accounting.

Viewpoint, part of Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB), sells two construction ERPs inside its Trimble Construction One suite: Vista, a highly customizable, cloud-hosted system for large contractors with complex multi-entity accounting, and Spectrum, a web-based cloud ERP for mid-to-large contractors. Both handle job costing with work-in-progress tracking and payroll for multiple unions, and Vista adds multi-state and multi-company payroll and full equipment management. Subscriptions include 24/7 support and are priced by quote. Best for: mid-size and large contractors with union payroll and multiple entities.

Sage 100 Contractor, formerly Sage Master Builder, is an installed, SQL-based system that Sage says is built for small to mid-sized contractors. It calculates retention automatically on each invoice, prints progress bills on AIA certificates, runs union and certified payroll with local taxes, and includes equipment costing and job-cost reports that compare budgets with committed costs. Sage doesn’t publish prices; you get a quote after a demo. Best for: small and mid-sized contractors that want an installed system with built-in union and certified payroll.

QuickBooks, from Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU), is where many small contractors start: QuickBooks Online costs $38 to $340 a month, with project profitability tracking on Plus ($140, five users) and a construction financials solution on Advanced ($340, 25 users). In February 2026 Intuit launched a construction edition of its Intuit Enterprise Suite with cost groups for labor, materials, equipment and subcontractors and phase-level AIA-style invoicing, sold as a paid add-on for QuickBooks Online Advanced, and a fall 2026 beta adds schedules of values, G702/G703 payment applications and retainage tracking. Best for: small contractors that want familiar accounting and can add construction tools as they grow.

Premier, a cloud-only construction accounting system founded in 2009 and owned by Constellation Software, runs on Microsoft Azure and serves more than 900 construction clients. It handles AIA progress billing, cost-plus, lender draws and time-and-materials billing, retainage, work in progress by percent complete, certified payroll and prevailing-wage reporting, plus subcontract management with an online pay-application portal, vendor compliance and automated lien waivers. It advertises flat-rate pricing with a 30-day money-back guarantee but doesn’t publish figures, and payroll is an add-on. Best for: general contractors, developers and home builders that want cloud accounting with a subcontractor pay-app portal.

Acumatica, the Bellevue, Washington ERP company acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2025, sells its Construction Edition to small and midsized construction firms with pricing based on the applications and resources you use rather than per user, so everyone in the company can have access. It covers real-time job costing, equipment and maintenance, payroll, project billing, subcontracts linked to estimates and a self-service portal for vendors and subcontractors, with connectors for Procore and BuildingConnected. It is sold and implemented through more than 350 reseller partners, and pricing is by quote. Best for: small and midsize contractors that want unlimited users and a cloud ERP with Procore integration.

ComputerEase, founded in 1983 and owned since 2019 by Deltek, part of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), is aimed at small to mid-sized and specialty contractors that run multiple jobs. It offers real-time job costing, work-in-progress reporting, committed costs, AIA and unit billing, retainage, union and certified payroll with prevailing wage and fringe credits, and service management with a dispatch board, service contracts and work orders, on desktop or secure cloud hosting. Deltek doesn’t publish prices but says you pay only the first month to start, with no lump sums or separate consulting fees; payroll tax filing and W-2s are a separate Payroll Services extension. Best for: small and mid-sized specialty subcontractors that have outgrown generic accounting software.

CMiC, the Toronto company founded in 1974, builds an enterprise ERP that combines accounting and project management and says it is used by a quarter of the ENR Top 400 contractors, handling more than $100 billion in construction revenue a year. It covers payables and receivables, billing, a consolidated general ledger, job and labor costing, equipment, construction payroll and HR, work-in-progress forecasting and subcontractor compliance through Textura and Jones integrations, on premises, in a private cloud or as SaaS. In November 2025 it unveiled NEXUS, an AI-powered version of its ERP built on OpenAI technology, and added AI job-budgeting agents in September 2026. Pricing is by quote. Best for: large general, specialty and heavy-civil contractors that want one system for accounting and project management.

Knowify, a New York company backed by MassMutual Ventures and Companyon Ventures, is a lighter, QuickBooks-centered tool for trade contractors: it builds AIA G702/G703 pay applications with retainage, stored materials and change orders, tracks Davis-Bacon wages, fringes and classifications for certified payroll reports, and offers job costing with real-time work-in-progress reporting and a mobile app. Core costs $99 a month billed yearly ($149 monthly) for one user and Advanced $329 ($399 monthly) for ten, with extra users at $29 a month and a 14-day free trial. It relies on QuickBooks for the books and QuickBooks Online Payroll for payroll. Best for: small trade subcontractors that already run QuickBooks.