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Buildots vs Cupix

Two construction-phase tools that compare site captures with the plan to report progress. Buildots sells a construction intelligence platform built around progress, delay risk and trade performance, with a managed capture add-on. Cupix sells a 360-degree digital twin platform, with its SiteInsights add-on doing AI progress tracking against BIM and the schedule. Close but not identical: Cupix's platform also covers as-built documentation, point clouds and drone maps. Neither publishes prices. Desk research from vendor pages read Oct 27, 2026; not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 27, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Buildots (Progress tracking; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Cupix (360° digital twin; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 27, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Buildots vs Cupix: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowBuildotsCupix
CategoryProgress tracking360° digital twin
AI role (our label)AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesConstruction intelligence platform that compares what's built on site to the plan and flags deviations that could put the delivery date at risk. It also flags at-risk activities and adds trade/contractor management, workforce visibility, site documentation, and portfolio reporting by connecting BIM, schedule, site, and workforce data. Vendor says a local team helps set up on site and claims projects using Buildots reduce delays by up to 50% (vendor claim, not verified). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: the homepage also lists workforce intelligence, safety and logistics, and pages for commercial, multifamily, healthcare, industrial and education projects. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: the products menu lists Buildots (AI construction intelligence), Buildots Field (workforce intelligence, safety and logistics) and an add-on, Capture Services, for fully managed site captures; project types now also include data centers and airports, and use cases include payment applications. The homepage still claims delays cut by up to 50%, now glossed as 2-3 months of delays prevented on an average project (vendor claim, not verified), and promotes a Global Construction Benchmarks Report from its Buildots Intelligence Lab. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (construction intelligence comparing what is built to the plan, Buildots Field for workforce intelligence, safety and logistics, local on-site setup team, portfolio reporting); the up-to-50% delay claim and customer quotes are still vendor content and not used. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged in substance; project types listed are data centers, commercial, multifamily, healthcare, industrial and education. The up-to-50% claim and customer quotes are still not used. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (construction intelligence platform comparing what is built against plan, delay risk, trade management, Buildots Field for workforce, safety and logistics, and fully managed Capture Services); the menu now also promotes an AI research hub from the Buildots Intelligence Lab. The up-to-50% delay reduction and customer quotes remain vendor claims not used here. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (construction intelligence platform comparing what is built against plan, delay risk mitigation, trade management, Buildots Field for workforce, safety and logistics, and fully managed Capture Services); the menu now features a Global Construction Benchmarks Report from the Buildots Intelligence Lab. The up-to-50% delay reduction and customer quotes remain vendor claims not used here. Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance; the menu still features its Global Construction Benchmarks Report. Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (the menu still lists Buildots Field, Capture Services and the Global Construction Benchmarks Report). The delay-reduction line remains a vendor claim not used here. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026 (also read for a compare): homepage unchanged in substance (what is built versus plan, delay risk detection, trade management, workforce visibility, Buildots Field and Capture Services; says you can see the whole project even if the model is incomplete). The delay-reduction line and customer quotes remain vendor claims not used here.4D digital twin platform whose "spatial AI" turns 360° video into measurable 3D models over time, plus a SiteInsights AI progress add-on. Customers use it to digitize sites, reduce visits, track changes and validate work, and it unifies laser scans, drone orthophotos and BIM; it is also used in oil & gas, manufacturing and government. SiteInsights uses computer vision and geometry to detect changes between 360° captures against BIM and the schedule, needs a BIM model, and its 4.0 release (Jun 2026) added an AI S-curve forecast and an Oracle Primavera Cloud integration. It names integrations with BIM 360, Autodesk Forma, Procore, Revizto, Oracle and ArcGIS, and lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and CSA STAR. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged; the SiteInsights page names Oracle P6 and Microsoft Project among compatible scheduling platforms. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: the homepage now says Cupix is trusted by 70% of the ENR Top 30 general contractors, has captured over 20,000 project sites since 2023 and verifies more than 1 million as-built BIM elements a day (vendor claims, not verified), and lists industries from data centers, healthcare and airports to linear infrastructure, oil and gas and maritime. Its integrations heading names Procore, but the sentence under it lists only BIM 360, Autodesk Forma, Revizto, Oracle and ArcGIS, so confirm the Procore connection with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: homepage and SiteInsights page unchanged in substance (360° video turned into measurable 3D models; laser scans, drone orthophotos and BIM in one platform; SiteInsights needs a BIM model, detects changes between captures with computer vision and geometry, filters by trade, level and work area, forecasts completion dates from the past rate of work, works with Oracle P6 and Microsoft Project, and takes 4-6 weeks to set up with the customer success team). The homepage served to us also carried Korean-language sections and lorem ipsum placeholder text, and its second integrations block now lists BIM 360, ACC, Revizto and ArcGIS. The security page still lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. ENR, site-count and case-study figures remain vendor claims and are not used. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (360° video turned into measurable 3D models; SiteInsights add-on analyzes completion by work area, trade and BIM category). The integrations heading still names Procore while the sentences under it list Autodesk BIM 360, Autodesk Forma or ACC, Revizto, Oracle and ArcGIS, and lorem ipsum placeholder text is still on the page served to us. Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (360° video into a 3D/4D digital twin, SiteInsights progress add-on; integrations listed as BIM 360, Autodesk Forma, Revizto, Oracle and ArcGIS under a heading naming Procore); the page still carries some placeholder text, which we do not use. The menu now also lists CupixField, AssetAtlas, Compass and Cupix MCP, BIM Deviation Analysis and Point Cloud pages (not read this pass). Re-checked Oct 27, 2026 (read for a compare): SiteInsights page unchanged in substance (needs a BIM model for automatic progress; setup with customer success in 4-6 weeks; Oracle P6 and Microsoft Project compatible; completion forecasts from past rate of work). The active-user figure and customer quote are vendor material not used here.
Who it's forExecutives, owners, project teams, and CM services (construction phase rather than precon).General contractors, owners and operators.
Pricing (as publicly stated)No public prices found (checked Oct 16 and Oct 19, 2026): the vendor site has no pricing or plans link in its navigation or footer, and /pricing and /plans return a not-found page. The site's calls to action include "Get a demo". Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: the site still shows no pricing link in its navigation; calls to action are Get a demo. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns not found and calls to action are Get a demo. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns not found; Get a demo. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: unchanged (no public prices; /pricing still returns a 404 page; Get a demo). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: unchanged (no public prices; /pricing still returns a 404 page; Get a demo). Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: unchanged (/pricing returns not found; Get a demo). Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns not found; calls to action are Get a demo. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns not found; Get a demo.Custom quote / no public prices (re-checked Oct 17, 2026): the pricing link redirects to Cupix's contact sales page, which also offers a free start for capturing a project. The SiteInsights FAQ says its pricing takes into account total project value, square footage and other factors. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still opens the contact-sales page, which offers a free start for capturing a project, and shows no figures. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still opens a contact-sales page (Start for free with Cupix) with no figures, and the SiteInsights FAQ still says pricing takes into account total project value, square footage and other factors. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still opens a contact-sales page (Start for free with Cupix) with no figures. Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: still no prices; /pricing now redirects to a contact-sales page (Contact our sales team) that also offers a free start to capture a project. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still goes to a contact-sales page (Contact our sales team; Start for free with Cupix) with no figures.
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Facts last checked: Oct 27, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • What each sells (vendor wording): Buildots says it shows what is built and when compared to your plan, flags activities and deviations that could put the delivery date at risk, and adds contractor and trade management, workforce visibility, site documentation and portfolio reporting. Cupix describes a 4D digital twin platform that turns 360-degree video into measurable 3D maps over time; SiteInsights uses computer vision and geometry to detect changes between captures and tag the status of tracked BIM elements.
  • BIM requirement: Cupix's SiteInsights FAQ says you need a BIM model for its AI to measure progress automatically. Buildots says you can get a view of the entire project even if the model is incomplete.
  • Capture and setup: Buildots lists Capture Services, fully managed site captures by Buildots, as an add-on, and says a local team helps set up on site, with forward-deployed specialists on major projects. Cupix says you capture the jobsite with 360-degree cameras as usual; its customer success team sets up SiteInsights, which the FAQ says can take 4-6 weeks, while the rest of the platform is usable in the meantime.
  • Schedule and reporting: Cupix says SiteInsights works with Oracle P6, Microsoft Project and other scheduling tools, forecasts completion dates from past rate of work, and produces PDF reports and BIM progress drawings; updated WBS/CSV schedules and BIM files are re-applied when shared. Buildots says it connects BIM, schedule, site data and workforce insights into one system, and its Buildots Field product covers workforce intelligence, safety and logistics.
  • Who each names: Buildots names executives, owners, project teams and CM services. Cupix names general contractors, subcontractors and owners, and says SiteInsights adds most value on large projects such as data centers, factories, hospitals, multifamily and hotels.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 27, 2026): neither publishes prices. Buildots' /pricing returns a not-found page (Get a demo). Cupix's /pricing goes to a contact-sales page that also offers a free start; its SiteInsights FAQ says pricing reflects total project value, square footage and other factors. See each tool page for detail.
  • Not used here: Buildots' delay-reduction claim and customer quotes, and Cupix's active-user and adoption figures and customer quotes (vendor claims).

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