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Station 1 vs FYLD

Two ways to get what happened in the field off a phone and in front of managers, built for different crews. Station 1 lets general contractor superintendents call or text their day in, and the vendor says each conversation is filed into Procore or Autodesk daily logs, with role-specific briefs for PMs by text, email or podcast. FYLD is a mobile app where utility, energy and heavy civil crews film and describe the task, hazards and controls, and its AI turns that into video risk assessments and flags what may be missing, with a cloud dashboard for managers. Not like-for-like (our reading): Station 1 is about daily logs for building GCs, FYLD is about risk assessments and field work visibility for infrastructure crews. Desk research from vendor sites read Oct 31, 2026; no winner.

DESK RESEARCH FROM VENDOR SITES. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Station 1 Nov 2, 2026; FYLD Nov 1, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Station 1 (Daily logs by phone; vendor publishes prices) vs FYLD (AI field-work capture for utility & infrastructure crews; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Station 1 Nov 2, 2026; FYLD Nov 1, 2026. No winner declared; desk research from vendor sites.

Side by side

Station 1 vs FYLD: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowStation 1FYLD
CategoryDaily logs by phoneAI field-work capture for utility & infrastructure crews
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstAI-first
What it doesDaily logs by phone call or text that the vendor says are mapped into Procore or Autodesk daily logs, plus role-specific briefs for PMs. Superintendents call or text Station 1 during the day or on the way home (or use an on-site kiosk), and the vendor says each conversation is mapped into daily logs automatically (manpower, delays, inspections, safety, deliveries, weather, visitors, equipment). The FAQ says completed reports auto-populate Procore daily logs, while for Autodesk each day's log is filed to the project as a PDF in a Station 1 folder, with structured Daily Log entries "coming soon". PMs and leadership get role-specific briefs (the homepage shows a sample morning brief with flags and delays) by text, email or podcast. No app or training is needed; sign-up is at station1.app/register with a Procore or Autodesk login. Listed on the Procore and Autodesk marketplaces; a demo phone line (about 3 minutes) needs no signup. The homepage does not describe the product as AI, so we do not label it as AI. Time-saved and field-knowledge percentages and customer quotes are vendor claims and are not used.AI platform for high-risk infrastructure field work (utilities, heavy civils, energy, highways, water); not a timesheet app. The homepage leads with a frontline intelligence message. The product page says the FYLD app converts crew video, photo, audio and text into video work or risk assessments, records progress through the day, flags issues to managers and hands over incomplete jobs, while FYLD Cloud (described as AI-powered) alerts managers only to events that need action and supports setting job-duration targets, comparing team performance and scheduling. The FAQ says crews film and describe the task, hazards and controls, FYLD analyses site activity in real time with natural-language processing and computer vision and flags conditions the worker might have missed, and managers can add controls remotely; it lists offline mode with original timestamps on sync, Android, iOS and browser access, open APIs and data services for ERP/EAM/GIS, English and Spanish, and ISO 27001 / SOC 2 Type II / GDPR (vendor statements). Outcome and ROI figures, customer quotes and funding news are vendor material and are not used.
Who it's forSuperintendents and field teams.Utility, energy, highways and water contractors and asset owners managing large field crews and subcontractors; DOT-scale field programs.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Vendor pricing page: $99 for each project reported on that month, with no minimum (one project or forty); quiet projects and project setup are not billed. No setup fee and no annual contract; cancel any time from Settings in the app. 30 days free; a card is added at the end of setup with nothing charged during the trial, and billing then starts on its own, each month billed after it ends. The page includes a monthly bill estimator. Vendor-listed figures; confirm current terms with the vendor.Not publicly listed. The FAQ says subscription tiers are tailored by use case and scale; fyld.ai/pricing returns 404 and the call to action is a demo request. Confirm pricing with the vendor.
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Facts last checked: Station 1 Nov 2, 2026; FYLD Nov 1, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • How the field reports: Station 1 says supers call or text during the day or on the way home, or use an on-site kiosk, with no app or training. FYLD says crews use its app on Android or iOS phones and tablets to capture video, photo, audio and text, with offline mode that syncs with original timestamps (vendor statements).
  • What comes out: Station 1 says conversations become daily log entries (manpower, delays, inspections, safety, deliveries, weather, visitors, equipment) that auto-populate Procore daily logs; for Autodesk each day's log is filed as a PDF in a Station 1 folder, with structured Daily Log entries listed as coming soon. FYLD says the app produces video work and risk assessments, records progress through the day, flags issues and hands over incomplete jobs, and FYLD Cloud alerts managers to events that need action and supports job-duration targets, team comparison and scheduling (vendor statements).
  • Who they name: Station 1 names superintendents, PMs and leadership at general contractors using Procore or Autodesk, and sign-up uses a Procore or Autodesk login. FYLD names utilities, heavy civils and energy, with pages for managers, fieldworkers, contractors and civil engineers (vendor statements).
  • Integrations and security (vendor statements): Station 1 is listed on the Procore and Autodesk marketplaces. FYLD lists open APIs and data services for ERP, EAM and GIS, and ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.
  • AI (our reading): FYLD is tagged AI-first; its FAQ says it analyses site activity with natural-language processing and computer vision. Station 1's homepage does not describe the product as AI, so it is tagged Not AI-first.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 31, 2026): Station 1 publishes $99 per project reported on each month with no minimum, billed after the month ends, 30 days free with a card added at setup, no setup fee or annual contract. FYLD publishes no prices; its FAQ says it offers tailored subscription tiers by use case and scale after a demo, and /pricing returns a not-found page.
  • Not used here: Station 1's customer quotes and FYLD's injury, paper, productivity and ROI figures and customer quotes (vendor claims). Facts for both tools come from vendor websites (desk research).

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

What users say

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Questions to ask in your review

  • Whether your crews would rather talk or text their day in, or film and describe each task in an app
  • What FYLD costs for a crew or division of your size
  • Whether Station 1 plans risk-assessment features or FYLD plans Procore or Autodesk daily log output
  • What did you use it for, on what kind of work and project size?
  • How long did setup and training take, and who on your team did it?
  • What does it cost you in practice, compared with what the sales call said?

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