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Visibuild vs Sitemate

Two field platforms that both handle ITPs and inspections, built around different jobs. Visibuild is a construction quality-management platform for inspections, ITPs, NCRs, punch lists, handover packs and defect liability workflows. Sitemate pairs Dashpivot forms and workflows for safety, quality, field reporting and time and materials with Storm, an AI agent that drafts records for human review. Partly like-for-like (our reading): both cover QA records and ITPs in the field; Visibuild goes deeper on quality through to handover, Sitemate spans safety, quality, time and equipment with AI drafting. Desk research from vendor sites read Nov 5, 2026; no winner.

DESK RESEARCH FROM VENDOR SITES. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Visibuild Nov 5, 2026; Sitemate (Dashpivot + Storm) Nov 4, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Visibuild (Construction QA, ITPs & punch/closeout; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Sitemate (Dashpivot + Storm) (Field forms, daily reports & voice-to-record AI; vendor publishes prices). Facts last checked Visibuild Nov 5, 2026; Sitemate (Dashpivot + Storm) Nov 4, 2026. No winner declared; desk research from vendor sites.

Side by side

Visibuild vs Sitemate: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowVisibuildSitemate (Dashpivot + Storm)
CategoryConstruction QA, ITPs & punch/closeoutField forms, daily reports & voice-to-record AI
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesConstruction quality-management platform for inspections, ITPs, NCRs, punch lists, handover packs and defect liability workflows. The homepage frames it in four stages: pre-construction (risk registers, ITP and ITC templates mapped to hold and witness points, milestones built once and pushed to every project), construction, project completion and maintenance and warranty. Homepage and punch-list pages describe mobile capture with photos and locations (online or offline), multi-reviewer sign-off, lot/zone closeout with punch items linked to inspections, lots, levels or zones, revision control that updates linked inspections when drawings change, commissioning, suppliers logging factory checks on precast or switchgear before delivery, a handover pack that builds from signed inspections and certificates as work happens, and post-completion defects linked back to the original inspection. The site also announces a Document Management feature, and lists data centres, healthcare, residential, commercial and infrastructure. The pages read do not describe AI, so it is tagged Not AI-first. Customer quotes and defect-cost figures are vendor material and are not used.Field data platform for construction teams: Dashpivot forms plus Storm, an AI layer that drafts reports for human review. Built for construction, infrastructure and other built-world teams, it lists Dashpivot (forms, templates and workflows for safety, quality, field reporting, time & materials), the login-free Sitemate App for front-line workers, Flowsite (no-code integrations), Gearbelt (fleet, tools & equipment), an Open API and a Sitemate MCP server with read access to Dashpivot data. Storm is the AI agent built into Dashpivot: the vendor says it is purpose-trained on built-world documents, drafts daily reports, permits, JSAs, ITPs and timesheets from voice notes, photos, typed notes, weather and location (through an Updraft intake layer that maps inputs to your forms), builds templates from a description or converts uploaded PDF/Word/Excel/photo-of-paper forms, works in workers' own languages and offline (queued until reconnect), and flags low-confidence fields. Workers without the app can answer a form by SMS or WhatsApp, or on a phone call from Storm. Output stays a draft until a person reviews it, with one exception: AI Call Fill submits the form when a call captures every answer (and texts a draft link to finish when it does not), and only runs on templates an admin has shared through a Sitemate Link. Admins set which workspaces, templates and fields Storm can write to, safety-critical fields can be locked to human-only entry, every input, draft, edit and approval is logged with a named owner, the LLM can be chosen per workflow, and MCP connectors expose Storm data to AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot. We tag it AI features added because Storm sits inside the established Dashpivot product. The homepage's "#1 Front Line AI Company" line and time-saved figures are vendor claims and are not used.
Who it's forGeneral contractors, trade partners, consultants, engineers and clients standardising QA across residential, commercial, infrastructure and data-centre projects (vendor framing; Australia-heavy customer examples).Infrastructure, civil and building contractors, trades, and supervisors/foremen, engineers, safety and quality teams who want field records drafted from voice and photos.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed. No public price list on the pages reached; calls to action are Book a Demo, Contact sales and onboarding requests. Confirm pricing with the vendor.Per-user (Dashpivot Contributor licenses) for companies up to about 150 employees, Enterprise Unlimited beyond; Sitemate App users have free and paid licenses; Dashpivot Visitors free and unlimited on Pro and above. Vendor-listed USD prices (pricing page rendered in a headless browser; Contributor licenses, 11-30 users band, page default 1-year term): Standard $25.20, Pro $45.00, Premium $64.80, Platinum $84.60 per user per month; paid Sitemate App users $10.80 / $13.50 / $16.20 per user per month on Pro / Premium / Platinum. Monthly term lists Standard $28.00, Pro $50.00, Premium $72.00, Platinum $94.00; 2-, 3- and 5-year terms list lower rates (5-year: $18.37 / $32.80 / $47.24 / $61.67; other terms as recorded Oct 16, 2026). Prices vary by user band, term and currency. Minimum license counts depend on company size (none under 10 employees; 10 Contributor licenses at 10-99; 20 at 100-999; 30 at 1,000+). Storm is included on all Dashpivot plans, including free trials, at no additional cost and with no separate subscription. Enterprise Unlimited has no user limit, but the page says additional fees may apply depending on the number of workspaces. Confirm current terms with the vendor.
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Facts last checked: Visibuild Nov 5, 2026; Sitemate (Dashpivot + Storm) Nov 4, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Who it is for: Visibuild names general contractors, trade partners, consultants, engineers and clients standardising QA across residential, commercial, infrastructure and data-centre projects. Sitemate names infrastructure, civil and building contractors, trades, supervisors, engineers and safety and quality teams.
  • Quality and ITPs: Visibuild lists ITP and ITC templates mapped to hold and witness points, multi-reviewer sign-off, revision control that updates linked inspections when drawings change, commissioning, and supplier factory checks before delivery. Sitemate says ITPs, defect reports and commissioning sheets are filled as inspections happen, photo-documented and timestamped for sign-off, within Dashpivot templates and workflows.
  • Punch, handover and defects: Visibuild links punch items to inspections, lots, levels or zones, builds a handover pack from signed inspections and certificates as work happens, and links post-completion defects back to the original inspection; it also announces Document Management. Sitemate's pages focus on capturing field records and do not describe a handover-pack or defects-liability workflow in the same way.
  • Breadth beyond quality: Sitemate also lists safety, field reporting, time and materials, a login-free Sitemate App for front-line workers, Gearbelt for fleet, tools and equipment, Flowsite no-code integrations, an Open API and a Sitemate MCP server. Visibuild stays focused on quality from pre-construction through maintenance and warranty, with on- or offline capture.
  • AI: Visibuild's pages do not describe AI, so it is tagged Not AI-first. Sitemate is tagged AI features added to established product: Storm drafts daily reports, permits, JSAs, ITPs and timesheets from voice, photos and notes, and output stays a draft until a person reviews it (with an AI Call Fill exception set by admins), per the vendor.
  • Pricing (read Nov 5, 2026): Visibuild publishes no prices; calls to action are Book a Demo and Contact sales. Sitemate lists Dashpivot Contributor licenses at Standard $25.20, Pro $45.00, Premium $64.80 and Platinum $84.60 per user per month (11-30 users, 1-year term; monthly term costs more), with minimum license counts by company size, Storm included on all Dashpivot plans and Enterprise Unlimited beyond about 150 employees. See each tool page for detail.
  • Not used here: customer quotes, defect-cost and time-saved figures, and the "#1 Front Line AI Company" line (vendor material). Facts for both tools come from vendor websites (desk research).

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

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  • Whether you need a quality system that carries through to handover and defects liability, or one field-forms platform for safety, quality and time with AI drafting
  • How each handles your existing ITP templates and hold-point sign-offs from consultants and clients
  • What Visibuild costs for your project count versus Sitemate's published per-user rates and license minimums
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