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Krane vs Voyage Control

Two tools for getting materials from procurement to the site, starting from opposite ends. Krane is AI-native procurement and material management: it reads specs and drawings to build procurement and submittal logs, chases lead times and schedules deliveries. Voyage Control is delivery booking and logistics: bookable gates, bays, cranes and hoists, shipments followed container by container, and throughput reporting, and its pages do not describe AI. Neither publishes prices. Vendor pages read Oct 29, 2026; desk research, not tested, no winner, and not like-for-like.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 29, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Krane (AI procurement & material management; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Voyage Control (Delivery & logistics management; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 29, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Krane vs Voyage Control: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowKraneVoyage Control
CategoryAI procurement & material managementDelivery & logistics management
AI role (our label)AI-firstNot AI-first
What it doesAI-native procurement and materials platform (Krane Procurement OS) that the vendor says flags procurement risks before they hit the schedule. It describes six AI "collaborators" that, for example, read specs to find materials, score suppliers and screen bids; turn specs and drawings into a procurement log and identify critical-path materials; build a submittal log for review; follow up with trade partners by call, email or text for missing lead times; and schedule deliveries to avoid dock conflicts. Products named: Material Management, Auto Log (material lists and submittals from drawings and specs) and Delivery (vendor claims up to 30% fewer site disruptions and material delays). Site has a data centers section. Vendor cites $17B+ in active projects among its customers (vendor claim). Re-read Oct 17, 2026: unchanged (same six AI collaborators, Procurement OS, Material Management, Auto Log and Delivery). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged in substance. The homepage names the six collaborators: Theo (marked new; Procurement OS: reads specs, finds materials, scores suppliers, screens bids, flags risk), Milo (procurement log and critical-path materials from specs and drawings), Lana (submittal log and document QC), Chase (follows up with trade partners by call, email or text for lead times and flags log risks), Arlo (ties install activities to submittals and materials) and Rio (delivery scheduling, dock conflicts, late-arrival follow-up). Case studies posted Jan 2026 cover Juneau Construction student housing and the UCSF Helen Diller Hospital project (vendor-published). Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (the six-agent Krane Crew, with Theo and Krane Procurement OS marked new, plus Material Management, Auto Log and Delivery); its active-project dollar figure and delay-reduction percentage are vendor claims and not used. Re-read Oct 22, 2026: the homepage lists six AI collaborators: Theo (marked new, Procurement OS: reads specs, finds materials, scores suppliers, screens bids and flags risk), Milo (procurement log and critical-path materials from specs and drawings), Lana (submittal log and document QC), Chase (follows up by call, email or text for lead times), Arlo (links activities, submittals and materials) and Rio (delivery scheduling, dock conflicts and late arrivals). Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (six-agent Krane Crew with Theo marked new; Procurement OS extracts critical-path materials from specs, surfaces lead times from live project data and flags supplier and compliance risks; Arlo ties install activities to submittals and materials; Material Management; Auto Log; Delivery; a Data Centers menu entry). The $17B+ and up-to-30% figures are vendor claims and not used. Re-read Oct 29, 2026 for a compare: homepage unchanged in substance (six AI collaborators Theo, Milo, Lana, Chase, Arlo and Rio; Procurement OS, Material Management, Auto Log and Delivery; data centers section).Delivery booking and logistics management for construction sites, events venues, facilities and ports, including crane scheduling. It offers pre-booked delivery slots for gates and loading bays with automated confirmations and conflict detection, live visibility of inbound vehicles, crane scheduling and material inventory for construction, supply chain analytics (material throughput, supplier performance, audit-ready reports), and a developer API for ERP, procurement and project management tools. Modules listed include Construction Freight, Hoyst and Cranetime. Vendor states Cyber Essentials and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation (vendor claims). The homepage we read Oct 17, 2026 does not describe AI. Re-read Oct 18, 2026: the Cranetime page describes real-time crane planning, lift scheduling and utilisation reporting for single and multi-crane projects, instant availability search for crane service requests, spot and future scheduling on one display, day-to-day reconfiguration of loading and unloading jobs, and reports on the bottlenecks and delays using crane hours; it calls Cranetime a patented crane management application and does not describe AI (vendor statements). Re-read Oct 19, 2026: the homepage FAQ says Voyage Control has an open developer API and an App Marketplace, naming Procore, Autodesk, Oracle P6, Power BI and Azure AD among existing integrations, and the homepage describes international freight tracked container by container; the certifications are unchanged and the pages still do not describe AI (vendor statements). Re-read Oct 21, 2026: the homepage was rewritten around construction logistics and supply chain, connecting procurement to the site gate: plan and procure (submittals, lead times, required order dates, delivery readiness), track shipments container by container, book deliveries, manage cranes, hoists, gates, bays and forklifts as bookable resources, track materials and assets, and report throughput, dwell time, supplier punctuality and CO2. It says most sites are live within days, with Voyage Control configuring the site map. Industries listed are construction, events, facilities management and cruise terminals. Integrations and certifications are unchanged, and the pages still do not describe AI. Headline counts and case-study savings are vendor figures and not used here. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (connects procurement to the site gate: long-lead materials, international shipments, delivery slots, cranes and hoists; most sites live within days; open API and App Marketplace naming Procore, Autodesk, Oracle P6, Power BI and Azure AD; ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 1 and Cyber Essentials). The menus list modules Construction Freight, Cranetime and Hoyst and solution pages by role (project managers, site managers, logistics teams, operations leaders). The pages still do not describe AI. Case-study savings figures are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (procurement to site gate: long-lead materials, international freight followed container by container, delivery slots, cranes and hoists; modules Construction Freight, Cranetime and Hoyst; most sites live within days; open API and App Marketplace naming Procore, Autodesk, Oracle P6, Power BI and Azure AD; ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 1 and Cyber Essentials). The pages still do not describe AI. Case-study figures are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: homepage and Cranetime page unchanged in substance (construction, events, facilities and cruise terminal pages; Construction Freight, Cranetime and Hoyst modules; integrations and API, app marketplace). Case-study savings figures are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: homepage and Cranetime page unchanged in substance (procurement to site gate; Construction Freight, Cranetime and Hoyst modules; open API and App Marketplace; ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 1 and Cyber Essentials). The pages still do not describe AI. Case-study figures are vendor claims and not used.
Who it's forGCs, owners and subcontractors.Large sites with heavy delivery volumes.
Pricing (as publicly stated)No public prices (checked Oct 16, 2026): krane.tech/pricing redirects to a "Schedule Demo" sales form. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 17, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the sales form. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: /pricing still loads the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-checked Oct 28, 2026: /pricing still redirects to the Schedule Demo form; no prices. Re-read Oct 29, 2026: /pricing still loads the Schedule Demo form; no prices.No public prices found (checked Oct 16, 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 are "Get a demo". Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 18, 2026: the homepage and Cranetime page show no prices; the calls to action are "Book a demo" and a 20-minute walkthrough. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged (no prices; Book a demo and a 20-minute walkthrough). Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: still no prices (Book a demo and a 20-minute walkthrough); /pricing failed with a redirect loop in our read. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: unchanged (no prices; Book a demo); /pricing again failed with a redirect loop. Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: unchanged (no prices; Book a demo); /pricing again failed with a redirect loop. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: unchanged (no prices; Book a demo). Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: unchanged (no prices; Book a demo).
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Facts last checked: Oct 29, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Who each names: Krane names GCs, owners and subcontractors, with a data centers section. Voyage Control names construction plus events, facilities management and cruise terminals, with pages by role for project managers, site managers, logistics teams and operations leaders.
  • Upstream (procurement): Krane describes six AI collaborators that read specs to find materials, score suppliers and screen bids (Theo, Procurement OS), turn specs and drawings into a procurement log with critical-path materials (Milo), build and QC a submittal log (Lana), follow up with trade partners by call, email or text for missing lead times (Chase) and link install activities to submittals and materials (Arlo). Voyage Control's homepage covers plan and procure (submittals, lead times, required order dates and delivery readiness) and international freight tracked container by container.
  • At the gate: Krane's Rio and its Delivery product schedule deliveries to avoid dock conflicts and follow up on late arrivals from one board. Voyage Control books delivery slots for gates and loading bays with confirmations and conflict detection, treats cranes, hoists, gates, bays and forklifts as bookable resources (modules Construction Freight, Cranetime and Hoyst), and reports throughput, dwell time, supplier punctuality and CO2.
  • AI: Krane calls itself AI-native. Voyage Control's pages read Oct 29, 2026 do not describe AI.
  • Integrations and setup: Krane says it integrates with construction platforms and accounting systems without naming them on its homepage. Voyage Control has an open developer API and an App Marketplace, names Procore, Autodesk, Oracle P6, Power BI and Azure AD, and says most sites are live within days with Voyage Control configuring the site map; it states ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 1 and Cyber Essentials.
  • Pricing (read Oct 29, 2026): no public prices from either. krane.tech/pricing loads its Schedule Demo form; Voyage Control's calls to action are Book a demo.
  • Not used here: Krane's $17B+ active-projects figure, up-to-30% fewer disruptions claim and customer quotes; Voyage Control's headline counts and case-study savings (vendor claims). Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

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  • What you actually pay, and on what basis (neither publishes full prices)
  • Whether a team would run both, Krane for the procurement log and Voyage Control at the gate, and how they would connect
  • How either handles heavy civil material flows such as aggregates, rebar and precast rather than building deliveries
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