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Document Crunch vs Trunk Tools

Two AI-first tools that read a project's documents, aimed at different jobs. Document Crunch is a construction risk platform built around contracts: CrunchAI flags risk with clause citations, Project Assist answers questions and drafts submittals, notices and RFIs, and risk items are assigned and tracked from pursuit through closeout. Trunk Tools builds a knowledge graph (Cortex) from every document and drawing on a job and runs task tools on top for RFIs, submittals, bulletins, bids, change events and SMS Q&A for site teams. Vendor pages read Oct 22, 2026; desk research, not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 22, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Document Crunch (Contract & document review; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Trunk Tools (Document intelligence; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 22, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Document Crunch vs Trunk Tools: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowDocument CrunchTrunk Tools
CategoryContract & document reviewDocument intelligence
AI role (our label)AI-firstAI-first
What it doesAI construction risk platform: CrunchAI reviews contracts and project documents and flags risks such as flow-down clauses with citations. Project Assist is described as an agentic layer for submittals, notices, and RFIs, and for asking questions across contracts, specs, and addenda. Vendor says findings are cited, knowledge carries from pre-con to the field, and contracts stay with the customer (SOC 2 by default). Use cases listed across pursuit (auto redlining, version compare), pre-con (division checklists, contract/spec inconsistencies), and construction (playbooks, project artifacts, mobile access). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: the homepage also describes assigning and tracking risk items as open, overdue or done and invites readers to join 500+ companies using it (vendor claim). Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (CrunchAI cited flags, Project Assist as the agentic layer for submittals, notices and RFIs, playbooks, risk items tracked as open, overdue or done, auto redlining and version compare in pursuit; the 500+ companies line is a vendor claim). Customer quotes were not used. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged in substance; the homepage headline now reads 'Every dispute started somewhere. It was probably page 47.', CrunchAI, Project Assist, playbooks and risk tracking are still described, and the 500+ companies line was not in today's read. Customer quotes and logos were not used.AI platform that reads project documents and drawings into a knowledge graph and runs tools for bids, RFIs, submittals, bulletins and SMS Q&A. The platform ("Cortex") plugs into a project's tech stack, reads documents and drawings into a living knowledge graph, and runs tools on top: TrunkBid (maps subcontractor bids against scope and highlights gaps), TrunkRFI (catches RFIs documents already answer and drafts the rest), TrunkRegister (reads a spec book and builds the submittal register), TrunkSubmittal (reviews submittals against the specs and drafts responses), TrunkReview (highlights clouded and unclouded changes from new bulletins), and TrunkText (SMS Q&A with source checks). Vendor says custom AI models are trained on 5+ years of jobsite data, live on 1,000 U.S. projects handling $50B in construction volume, and that teams get in-person jobsite training plus head-office change management (vendor claims). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: (rendered in headless Chrome) the tool list now adds TrunkBrowse, which identifies and classifies objects on each sheet and links each one to its schedule row, spec section, RFIs, submittals and other sheets, and TrunkChange, which detects a change event when a bulletin or RFI response lands, traces affected trades and drafts the change event and potential change order with a rough-order-of-magnitude estimate by discipline, writing them back to the system of record. TrunkText now answers by text, web or Teams. Headline figures (1,000 U.S. projects, $50B volume) are unchanged vendor claims; the TrunkBrowse page's door-detection comparison against a generic AI model is a vendor claim, not verified. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (Cortex knowledge graph across project documents and drawings, with tools including TrunkText, TrunkSubmittal, TrunkRFI, TrunkReview, TrunkBid, TrunkBrowse, TrunkChange and TrunkRegister; the 1,000-project and $50B figures are unchanged vendor claims). A banner says it is at Groundbreak this week. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged in substance; Cortex plus TrunkText, TrunkRFI, TrunkSubmittal, TrunkRegister, TrunkReview, TrunkBid, TrunkBrowse and TrunkChange are still listed, and the Groundbreak banner is still up.
Who it's forConstruction teams managing contract risk from pursuit through closeout.Superintendents, project managers, project engineers, project executives, subcontractors, and owners.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed (a 14-day free trial is offered: up to 3 projects, full access, no demo call required; the sign-up form references Trimble Offering Terms). (Re-checked Oct 17, 2026: homepage still lists CrunchAI cited flags, Project Assist answers across every contract, spec and addendum, and playbooks; the security page states a SOC 2 Type II attestation, AES-256 encryption at rest and AWS KMS key management. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: trial terms unchanged, and the security page also states at least yearly third-party penetration testing, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit and SSO for customers who need it.) Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: trial unchanged (14-day free trial, up to 3 projects, no demo call required; the sign-up form still references Trimble Offering Terms and states SOC 2 Type II certification). Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged; no prices published; the trial link still opens a self-serve sign-up form that references Trimble Offering Terms; the security page still describes AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, AWS KMS and yearly third-party penetration testing.Not publicly listed. Pricing page lists Core and Enterprise, each "one clear price based off your construction volume" and each quoted on request. Both list unlimited seats, no token limits, site team training and dedicated customer success support; Enterprise adds change management training, a custom LMS, forward-deployed expert support for custom skills and tools, and early access to new products. The page says Trunk Tools avoids consumption pricing. No dollar amounts shown. (Checked Oct 16, 2026.) Earlier note (Oct 15, 2026): Not publicly listed. Pricing page lists Core and Enterprise plans, each described as "one clear price based off your construction volume," with unlimited seats and no token limits; both are quoted on request. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: Core and Enterprise unchanged and still quoted by construction volume; the page now also says Trunk Tools does not train on your project data and that Enterprise includes an LMS with AI Foundations and role and product certifications. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: the page is now headed Simple, transparent pricing but still shows no figures: Core and Enterprise are each one price based on construction volume, both Request a quote. Both list every user included, unlimited usage (the vendor absorbs model cost), site team training and dedicated customer success; Enterprise adds change management training, a custom LMS, forward deployed experts for custom skills and tools, and early access to new products. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged (Core and Enterprise, one price based on construction volume, quote on request, unlimited users, no token limits); the page now invites starting on live projects and says results show within two weeks (vendor statement).
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Facts last checked: Oct 22, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Starting point: Document Crunch starts from contract risk. CrunchAI reviews contracts and project documents and flags risks such as flow-down clauses, and the vendor says every flag is traced to a clause. Trunk Tools starts from the whole document set: Cortex plugs into a project's tech stack, reads every document and drawing and maps how they connect into a knowledge graph that updates as the project moves.
  • Task tools: Document Crunch lists auto redlining and version compare in pursuit, division checklists and contract/spec inconsistency checks in pre-con, and playbooks and generated submittals, notices and other project artifacts during construction, through Project Assist. Trunk Tools lists TrunkRFI (catches RFIs the documents already answer and drafts the rest), TrunkRegister (builds the submittal register from a spec book), TrunkSubmittal (reviews submittals against specs), TrunkReview (highlights changes in new bulletins), TrunkBid (maps sub bids against scope), TrunkBrowse (links objects on each sheet to schedule rows, spec sections, RFIs and submittals) and TrunkChange (drafts change events and potential change orders when a bulletin or RFI response lands).
  • Who uses it: Document Crunch names construction teams managing contract risk from pursuit through closeout, with assigned risk items tracked as open, overdue or done, and mobile access on phones and tablets. Trunk Tools names superintendents, project managers, project engineers, project executives, subcontractors and owners, and TrunkText answers questions by text message, web or Teams.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 22, 2026): Document Crunch publishes no prices; it offers a free trial (14 days, up to 3 projects, no demo call, per our Oct 21 read), and its sign-up form references Trimble Offering Terms. Trunk Tools publishes no figures either: Core and Enterprise are each one price based on your construction volume, quoted on request, with unlimited users, no token limits, site team training and dedicated customer success; Enterprise adds change management training, a custom LMS and forward-deployed experts for custom tools.
  • Security and data: Document Crunch's security page describes AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, AWS KMS key management and at least yearly third-party penetration testing, and its homepage says SOC 2 by default. Trunk Tools' pricing page says it does not train on your project data. These are vendor statements.
  • Onboarding: Trunk Tools describes in-person training on your projects and suggests starting on live jobs, saying you will see results within two weeks (vendor statement). Document Crunch's trial is self-serve.
  • AI tags: both are tagged AI-first.
  • Not used here: Document Crunch's customer quotes and logos, and Trunk Tools' 1,000-project, $50B construction-volume, team-weeks-returned and submittal-cycle-time figures and customer quotes (vendor material). Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

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  • Whether Document Crunch's pricing or terms change as the sign-up moves to Trimble Offering Terms
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