MotionOps vs. BuildOps
Four questions. One honest answer.
Looking for a BuildOps alternative? Both run scheduling, dispatch, quoting, and invoicing for contractors. BuildOps is built for commercial service and projects; MotionOps is built for growing teams that want published prices and HR tools. Answer four questions and see which one fits the work you actually do.
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Built for different contractors.
Both MotionOps and BuildOps handle scheduling, dispatch, quoting, and invoicing.
The question is: what kind of work do you run, and how do you want to buy?
BuildOps goes deep on commercial service and projects. MotionOps goes deep on crews and HR, at a published price.
MotionOps
Published prices. Built for growing crews.
- Published plans from $39/mo (annual) and a 14-day free trial.
- Change orders with customer e-signature on every plan, from Solo up.
- Online payments and automatic payment reminders built in, with no payments add-on.
- HR built in: employee files and onboarding documents, certifications and skills, day-off requests and approvals.
- Job costing, timesheet approval, and payroll prep, so you see where the money goes.
- A free onboarding session and phone support with real people from day one.
BuildOps
Deep for commercial work. Quote-only.
- Built for commercial service: service agreements, preventive maintenance, and service history per asset.
- AIA-style pay applications with retainage, RFIs, and submittals on its projects plan.
- Integrates with Viewpoint Vista, Viewpoint Spectrum, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, and QuickBooks Online.
- Implementation included in every plan. Most customers go live in 8 to 12 weeks.
- No published prices: quoted per field and office user, with Fleet+, Payments+, and CRM+ as add-ons.
- No HR onboarding document storage and no day-off request flow that we could find.
Side-by-side feature breakdown
An honest look at what each platform delivers, and where the gaps are for growing teams.
| Features | MotionOpsFor Growing Contractor Teams | BuildOpsFor Commercial Contractors |
|---|---|---|
| Estimating & Quoting | ||
| Job estimates & quotes | ||
| Line-item materials & labor | ||
| Quote-to-invoice conversion | Quote becomes a job, then invoiced | |
| Change orders | Service + Projects plan | |
| Digital customer signature | On-site only; emailed quotes lack signature | |
| Contract & bid management | Bid pipeline needs CRM+ add-on | |
| Multi-location job quoting | One property per quote | |
| Scheduling & Dispatch | ||
| Job scheduling calendar | ||
| Multi-crew dispatch | ||
| Drag-and-drop rescheduling | ||
| GPS tracking | Fleet+ add-on; core has location snapshots | |
| Route optimization | OpsAI Smart Dispatch, enabled on request | |
| Emergency / on-call dispatch | After Hours schedules | |
| Field Operations | ||
| Mobile app for crew | ||
| Job checklists & forms | ||
| Photo & video documentation | ||
| Time tracking on-site | ||
| Materials used tracking | ||
| Asset / equipment tracking | ||
| Service history per asset | ||
| Preventive maintenance schedules | ||
| Invoicing & Payments | ||
| Invoice creation & sending | ||
| Online payment collection | Payments+ add-on, no monthly fee | |
| Deposit collection | Quote deposits via Payments+ add-on | |
| Automatic payment reminders | Requires Payments+ add-on | |
| Progress billing | AIA pay apps with retainage on projects | |
| Contract billing schedules | ||
| Customer Management | ||
| Customer records (CRM) | ||
| Customer portal | ||
| Job history per customer | ||
| Multi-site / multi-location clients | ||
| Service agreement management | SLA tracking not documented | |
| Email & SMS notifications | SMS needs customer opt-in | |
| Team & HR | ||
| Employee profiles | Labor rates, departments, skills, certs | |
| Certifications & skills tracking | Expiry dates and certificate attachments | |
| Days-off / time-off requests | PTO as events; no request flow found | |
| Onboarding document storage | Only certificate attachments found | |
| Payroll prep workflow | Approve, lock and export time for payroll | |
| Crew mobile time clock | ||
| Reporting & Integrations | ||
| Job profitability reports | ||
| Revenue by customer | ||
| Technician performance reports | ||
| QuickBooks Online sync | ||
| Custom report builder | Built-in and advanced reports | |
IncludedPartial or add-onNot available
What MotionOps adds as your business grows
MotionOps covers the same scheduling, quoting, and invoicing basics as BuildOps. What sets it apart is what's already
built in for when your business needs more, no upgrade to a different platform required.
Crew management that actually scales
Track skills, grades, and availability per employee, approve day-off requests, and assign the right person to every job.
Multi-crew dispatch works, but live GPS needs the Fleet+ add-on and time off has no request flow.
Full digital paperwork chain
Proposals, change orders, liability waivers, and contracts with version tracking, all with digital signatures, from day one.
Change orders come with the Service + Projects plan, and emailed quotes are approved without a signature.
Real financial visibility
Job costing, payroll prep with QA approval, AI receipt scanning, and profitability per job, available as soon as you need it.
Strong job costing and profitability dashboards, sold by custom quote per user.
HR tools when your team grows
Store employee IDs, certs, and agreements. Manage day-off requests. Run performance leaderboards.
Personnel records with skills and certifications, but no onboarding document storage and no day-off requests.
Payments without an add-on
Online payment collection and automatic payment reminders, built in.
Online payments, deposits, and automatic invoice reminders need the Payments+ add-on.
Published pricing, no surprises
Every plan is published, and extra users on Go are $29/mo.
Quote-only per field and office user, with Fleet+ and CRM+ priced separately.
BuildOps pricing vs MotionOps: Published plans vs. a custom quote
BuildOps does not publish prices. It quotes per field and office user, by trade and module, with Fleet+, Payments+, and CRM+ as add-ons. Implementation is included.
MotionOps publishes every plan, so you know the number before the demo.
Up to 5 people: MotionOps Go covers 5 users at $119/mo with job costing and change orders. BuildOps prices per field and office user.
MotionOps
Solo
$39 / mo (annual) · 1 user
CRM, proposals, scheduling, invoicing, digital contracts, QuickBooks Online
Go
Most Popular$119 / mo (annual) · 1–5 users incl.
Everything in Solo + job costing, overtime tracking, HR docs, AI expense tracking. Additional users $29/mo.
Scale
$199 / mo (annual) · 5 users incl.
Everything in Go + multiple locations & service areas, multi-timezone scheduling, team skills & grades, time-off management, job costing reports, white glove onboarding.
BuildOps
Service
contact sales per field and office user · custom quote
Dispatching, scheduling, maintenance agreements, quoting, invoicing, reporting, mobile app.
Implementation and onboarding included.
Service + Projects
contact sales per field and office user · custom quote
Service plus submittals, RFIs, change orders, daily reports, and project job costing.
Add-ons
contact sales priced separately
Fleet+ for live truck GPS and CRM+ for a sales pipeline are quoted.
Payments+ has no monthly fee, only per-transaction rates.
MotionOps prices are annual. BuildOps publishes no plan prices; users, modules, and add-ons are quoted by sales. Checked on 2026-10-26; promotions are excluded.
See all MotionOps plans and features“Before MotionOps, we needed to be present on every job site, every day. Huge change for us was being able to monitor our projects remotely. This gave us time to focus on growth.”
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Is MotionOps a good alternative to BuildOps?
Yes, for growing contractor teams that want published prices and a free trial. MotionOps handles quoting, change orders, scheduling, invoicing, and job costing, then adds HR tools BuildOps lacks: onboarding document storage and day-off requests and approvals. BuildOps stays stronger for commercial service agreements, asset history, and AIA-style project billing.
How much does BuildOps cost compared to MotionOps?
BuildOps does not publish prices. It quotes based on your number of field and office users, your trades, and the modules you pick, and subcontractors need no license. Implementation is included. MotionOps publishes every plan: Solo at $39/mo, Go at $119/mo for up to 5 users, and Scale at $199/mo, billed annually.
Does BuildOps offer a free trial?
No. BuildOps asks you to book a demo for a custom quote. MotionOps has a 14-day free trial, and you can also book a demo first to see how it handles your crews and project types.
Do both tools sync with QuickBooks Online?
Yes. BuildOps has a two-way sync of customers, items, vendors, invoices, receipts, and payments with QuickBooks Online, and also integrates with Viewpoint Vista, Viewpoint Spectrum, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite. MotionOps syncs with QuickBooks Online on every plan and connects to 7,000+ apps through Zapier.
Is it hard to switch from BuildOps to MotionOps?
No. BuildOps says most customers go live in 8 to 12 weeks. MotionOps is easy to set up and use from day one, with no setup fee. Every account gets a free onboarding session and phone support with real people, and larger teams get white-glove onboarding plus a customer success program. You can try it first with a 14-day free trial.
What does MotionOps have that BuildOps doesn't?
HR tools: employee files and onboarding documents, and day-off requests and approvals. BuildOps blocks time off on the schedule but has no request flow we could find. MotionOps also includes change orders with customer e-signature on every plan, and online payments and automatic reminders without a payments add-on.
How do payment fees compare?
Both start at 2.9% + $0.30 per card payment. On ACH, BuildOps Payments+ charges 1% capped at $10, which is cheaper on large payments. MotionOps charges 1% up to $20k and 0.5% over. BuildOps Payments+ is an add-on with no monthly fee; MotionOps payments are built in.
Who should stay on BuildOps?
Stay if you run commercial service with maintenance agreements, preventive maintenance, and service history per asset, if you bill projects with AIA-style pay applications and retainage, or if your books run on Viewpoint Vista, Viewpoint Spectrum, Sage Intacct, or NetSuite. MotionOps has no service agreement management or asset service history.
Does MotionOps offer a mobile app? Is there an additional cost for it?
Yes, MotionOps has a mobile app with no additional charge. This app has a variety of features that allow you to manage your MotionOps account through your smartphone or tablet. With the app, you can monitor your workers' activities, keep track of their progress, and stay up-to-date on your project management tasks. The mobile app is designed to be user-friendly, intuitive, and easy to use, making it an excellent tool for managing your business even while you're on the go.
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