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Outbuild vs SmartPM

Two scheduling products that both publish starting prices and include unlimited users, but do different jobs: Outbuild is a scheduling and field-coordination platform that can replace your CPM tool; SmartPM analyzes the schedules you build elsewhere. Vendor-published facts only.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 15, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

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Outbuild vs SmartPM: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowOutbuildSmartPM
CategoryCollaborative scheduling & lookaheadSchedule analytics & project controls
AI role (our label)AI-firstNot AI-first
What it doesVendor describes itself as an AI-powered, collaborative scheduling and field coordination platform: build master schedules (or import from MS Project or P6), create lookaheads from the master schedule with progress pushing back automatically, weekly work plans with trade commitments, and reporting such as Percent Planned Complete, Percent Roadblocks Removed, Reason for Variance, and S-curves. Procore integration is described by customers; the pricing FAQ (checked Oct 15, 2026) lists two-way Procore integration, Autodesk Construction Cloud integration, and export to PDF, XML, or XER. Vendor cites 450+ customers and $50B+ in active projects (vendor claims).Project controls and schedule analytics platform that connects to existing CPM scheduling software and runs what the vendor calls Automated Project Controls: schedule quality checks, progress against baselines, delay and compression metrics, and windows analysis (a customer quote says this went from weeks to minutes or hours; customer claim, not verified). Company, executive, and project dashboards plus a web-based Gantt. Procore integration is mentioned in a customer quote. The homepage does not describe the product as AI, so we tag it Not AI-first.
Who it's forGeneral contractors, owners, trade partners, and architects; superintendents and schedulers.General contractors, owners, and developers in commercial construction (vendor wording).
Pricing (as publicly stated)Starts at $999/month, billed annually, scaled by the company's annual construction volume rather than by user or project; every plan includes unlimited users and projects. Outbuild Pro (portfolio dashboards, risk and variance analysis) is custom-priced. Free trial offered. (Pricing checked Oct 15, 2026.)Annual plans with unlimited users. Essentials $12K per year for up to 50 projects (automated schedule health checks, revision compare, core analytics). Controls $25K per year with 5 Controls slots (adds full project analytics, interactive Gantt, what-if scenarios and time impact analysis, portfolio insights). Pricing page offers a 60-day risk-free trial. (Pricing checked Oct 15, 2026.)
Test statusNot tested. No scores.Not tested. No scores.
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