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Dili vs Miter

Two certified payroll tools that sit on opposite sides of the report. Miter is construction payroll software that produces certified payroll for a contractor's own employees; Dili is a compliance layer for developers and EPCs that collects and checks the certified payroll many contractors submit, with optional full-service monitoring. Desk research from vendor pages read Oct 24, 2026; not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 24, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Dili (Prevailing wage and certified payroll compliance; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Miter (Construction payroll, HR & field ops; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 24, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Dili vs Miter: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowDiliMiter
CategoryPrevailing wage and certified payroll complianceConstruction payroll, HR & field ops
AI role (our label)AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesCompliance automation for prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements on projects tied to federal funding and tax credits. The site (read Oct 18, 2026) describes an AI engine that ingests certified payroll reports in any format (PDF, Excel, CSV; WH-347 and state forms) and cross-references them against prevailing wage requirements and SAM.gov wage determinations, flagging issues such as underpayments, fringe benefit gaps and missing apprentice certifications; drag-and-drop payroll uploads for subcontractors; apprenticeship tracking; dashboards; and project closeout reporting. Alongside the software it sells full-service compliance monitoring, retroactive look-back compliance assessments, alterations and repairs monitoring, ongoing monitoring and compliance training. Its YC profile says it serves energy, infrastructure, data centers, advanced manufacturing and construction and has helped customers secure over $1 billion in federal funding; the site cites five minutes a week per contractor and a 5-minute average payroll review (vendor claims, not verified). Y Combinator batch: Summer 2023 (YC company profile). Re-read Oct 19, 2026: unchanged in substance; the services section says full-service monitoring is backed by former DOL and EPC compliance experts, and the homepage says Dili was built by a team that automated $2T+ in compliance in a heavily regulated industry (vendor claims, not verified). Re-read Oct 20, 2026: homepage and YC profile unchanged in substance; the integrations section names ADP and Acumatica payroll, SAM.gov data feeds and an open API. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (certified payroll and prevailing wage compliance, apprenticeship ratio tracking, audit-ready reports, subcontractor management and payroll integrations including Acumatica); it now calls itself the operating system for construction projects, names SAM.gov integration across all 50 states, and says it is backed by Khosla Ventures, Allianz, Y Combinator and Brick and Mortar Ventures (vendor statements). Its new outcomes section (fines avoided per dollar, hours saved and amounts processed) is vendor material and is not used. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (operating system for construction projects; prevailing wage and apprenticeship compliance; drag-and-drop payroll uploads, SAM.gov wage validation, fringe calculations and backpay detection; full-service, look-back, alterations and repairs and ongoing monitoring plus training). It now names Payroll, Audit and Support agents, lists ADP, SAM.gov and RAPIDS integrations and says it is SOC 2 compliant (vendor statements). Outcome figures and quotes are not used.Construction workforce-management platform covering certified, union and prevailing-wage payroll, HR, benefits, expenses and field operations. It also lists recruiting; expense management covers per diems, reimbursements and corporate cards; field operations cover time tracking, production, equipment, photos, schedules and daily reports; it adds job costing and a REST API. Its Sept 30, 2026 Series B release says Miter's AI parses invoices, receipts, and pay rate tables, surfaces labor and job-cost trends while jobs are running, and creates field safety reports from photos or voice notes; the homepage itself did not itemize AI features when we first read it. Vendor says more than 2,000 contractors run on Miter (vendor claim). Re-read Oct 17, 2026: the homepage headline is now "Construction workforce management for the AI era" and it says it helps 2,000+ companies grow and manage their teams (vendor claim); its hero product demo shows a "Miter AI" assistant with suggested prompts such as "Compare budget vs actuals" and "Review unapproved timesheets" (vendor demo; the panel is drawn by script, so a raw-HTML read misses it), but the page does not otherwise itemize AI features, and it lists certified, union and prevailing-wage payroll, HR, expenses and per diems, field reporting (time, production, equipment, photos, schedules), off-the-shelf integrations and a REST API; miter.com/pricing still returns a not-found page. Its certified payroll page (read Oct 17, 2026) lists WH-347 and state forms, direct submission to state portals in 11 states, exports to LCPTracker, eMars, eComply and Elation, and an Apprentice Ratio Report, and says Miter is not a portal for collecting subcontractors' certified payroll; its integrations page lists CMiC, HCSS, Foundation, Sage, Viewpoint, Acumatica, NetSuite, Procore and QuickBooks among others. A second read the evening of Oct 17, 2026 found the homepage unchanged; the certified payroll page also says Miter supports New York's electronic submission mandate that took effect in January 2026, that an authorized signer at the company signs the statement of compliance before submission, and that GCs usually collect subcontractors' reports through the agency's system or a platform such as LCPtracker, whose Preferred Affiliates page lists Miter as a payroll provider whose data can be imported. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: homepage, certified payroll and integrations pages unchanged in substance. The certified payroll page names the state forms it generates (Connecticut WWS-CPI, Illinois IL-452CM02, New Jersey MW-562, California A-131, New York DOL uploads, Oregon WH-141 and WH-38), lists the 11 direct-submission states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington), and says reports are stored at the job level with all versions and timestamps kept for audits and resubmissions. The HCM menu lists HRIS, payroll, recruiting, benefits and learning. Customer-story time savings are vendor-published and not used here. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance ("Construction workforce management for the AI era", payroll, HR, finance and field operations, with the Ask Miter AI demo panel); demo figures on the page are sample screens, not data. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: homepage and certified payroll page unchanged in substance (WH-347 and state reports, direct submission to 11 state portals, exports to LCPTracker, eMars, eComply and Elation Systems).
Who it's forDevelopers and EPCs on prevailing wage and apprenticeship projects (energy, infrastructure, data centers, manufacturing and construction), and the subcontractors who submit payroll to them.General and specialty contractors, from large builders to family-owned specialty contractors (vendor wording).
Pricing (as publicly stated)No public prices found (checked Oct 18, 2026): dili.com/pricing returns a not-found page and the calls to action are "See Dili" and "Schedule a Demo". Confirm with Dili. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: dili.com/pricing still returns a not-found page. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: dili.com/pricing still returns a not-found page. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged (dili.com/pricing still returns not found; no prices published). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: unchanged (dili.com/pricing still returns not found; Schedule a Demo).No public prices found (checked Oct 16, 2026): the vendor site has no pricing or plans link in its navigation or footer; miter.com/pricing returns a not-found page and /plans redirects to the homepage (dollar figures on the homepage are sample payroll and job-cost screens, not prices). The site's calls to action include "Get a demo". Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns a not-found page and /plans still redirects to the homepage. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns a not-found page. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns a not-found page and the site offers Get a demo. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns a not-found page. The homepage now says Miter helps 2,000 companies (vendor claim, not used). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: unchanged; /pricing still returns a not-found page and the site offers Get a demo.
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Facts last checked: Oct 24, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • What each does (vendor pages): Dili's homepage describes compliance automation for prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements: drag-and-drop payroll uploads in PDF, Excel or CSV (WH-347 and state forms), wage validation against SAM.gov wage determinations, fringe calculations, backpay detection, apprenticeship tracking and audit-ready reports, plus services: full-service monitoring, look-back compliance assessments, alterations and repairs monitoring, ongoing monitoring and compliance training. Miter's certified payroll page describes payroll that applies Davis-Bacon, state and local prevailing wage rates by job location and classification (including fringe credits, mid-project rate changes and workers split across jobs), WH-347 and state forms generated from payroll data, direct submission to state portals in 11 states and exports to LCPTracker, eMars, eComply and Elation Systems.
  • Who submits and who checks: Miter's FAQ says it generates certified payroll for your own employees and is not a portal for collecting reports from subcontractors; GCs usually collect those through the agency's system or a compliance platform. Dili is built for the collecting side: developers and EPCs on projects tied to federal funding and tax credits, with subcontractors uploading payroll in whatever format they have. Our reading: a subcontractor could run payroll in Miter and the project owner could check it in Dili; neither vendor page describes a direct integration between them.
  • Where the AI is: Dili's homepage names Payroll, Audit and Support agents that read uploaded payroll and flag issues such as underpayments, fringe gaps and missing apprentice certifications. Miter's Sept 30, 2026 Series B release says its AI parses invoices, receipts and pay rate tables and surfaces labor and job-cost trends; its homepage shows an Ask Miter AI demo panel. Miter's certified payroll page itself describes rule-based rate application rather than AI.
  • Apprentices: Dili lists apprenticeship tracking and names RAPIDS among its integrations. Miter's FAQ says apprentice classifications, hours and rates appear on its reports and its Apprentice Ratio Report flags jobs that are over ratio, while crew scheduling stays the contractor's job.
  • Integrations and security: Dili names ADP and other payroll systems, SAM.gov and RAPIDS, and says it is SOC 2 compliant (vendor statement). Miter's integrations page lists CMiC, HCSS, Foundation, Sage, Viewpoint, Acumatica, NetSuite, Procore and QuickBooks among others.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 24, 2026): neither publishes prices. dili.com/pricing returns a not-found page and the site offers Schedule a Demo; miter.com/pricing returns a not-found page and the site offers Get a demo.
  • Not used here: Dili's funding-secured, ROI, hours-saved and error-rate figures and customer quotes, and Miter's contractor counts and customer-story hours saved. Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.

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  • Whether you need to produce certified payroll for your own crews (Miter) or collect and check it from many contractors on a funded project (Dili)
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