Track site costs, manage receipts, and monitor budgets in an AI-powered ERP built with AI you customize to fit your project workflow.




Customize your construction expense management setup with the exact steps and views your team needs. Add features as processes evolve—no code.





Connect material logs, subcontractor invoices, and project budgets with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create one source of truth for your site.
Let field crews, project managers, and clients log in to a fully branded ERP. Set up permissions and personalized access in minutes—no code needed.
Automate your site operations with workflows for budget alerts, approval notifications, and expense status updates that trigger instantly.
Automate your site operations with workflows for budget alerts, approval notifications, and expense status updates that trigger instantly.
Assign roles for site foremen, accountants, or executives—each gets access to only the project budgets and expense logs they need.
Control who can view, edit, or approve expenses—down to the specific cost code or project level—to ensure financial integrity.
Keep sensitive project financial data safe. Softr is fully compliant with SOC2 and GDPR regulations for enterprise-grade security.
Capture receipt details, material logs, or mileage using flexible form blocks tailored to specific construction tasks and cost categories.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.

Build your construction expense management ERP in minutes with AI—no manual configuration needed.

Add features like field receipt uploads and automated approvals as your project grows—no rebuild needed.

Start with expense tracking, then add subcontractor portals and dashboards—all in one place.
Co-build with AI
Simply describe what you need. Let Softr handle everything - Interface, database, workflows.
Iterate with AI or visually
Control most critical parts of your app yourself - roles, permissions, security.
Ship the same day
Invite team members or external clients and partners right away. No developer handover.
Use drag-and-drop blocks to build a portal that looks sleek and modern out of the box. Add only the features you need, and iterate as your workflows evolve.




Construction expense management is a secure digital space where project managers, contractors, and site supervisors can log in to track project costs, submit receipts, and monitor budget health. It keeps all financial documentation in one place, so you don't have to rely on disorganized paper receipts or complex spreadsheets. This makes it easier to stay organized and provide a clear financial audit trail for both your field crews and office accountants.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. It makes it easy to build a construction expense management system that fits the way your job site operations work. You can describe your needs to the AI Co-Builder to instantly generate your database, pages, and logic—already connected and secure.
You don't need to code anything. You can start by generating with AI, using a template, or building from scratch. Everything runs on Softr Databases, the native, relational database built into the platform, or you can connect external tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, and more. You have full control to adjust the layout visually, decide who can approve vendor payments, and brand it to match your construction company. It's quick to get up and running, simple to update, and flexible enough to grow with your project portfolio.
You can include a wide range of features in your construction expense management system, depending on what your field-to-office workflow looks like. A great expense app usually mixes classic functional blocks with AI-powered intelligence:
- AI-Powered Intelligence – Use Ask AI to let project managers query job costs conversationally, or set up Database AI Agents to automatically categorize invoices or flag duplicate vendor bills.
- Vibe Coding Blocks – Build custom UI elements—like a site-specific inventory tracker—using the AI Code block to "vibe code" exactly what you need.
- Softr Workflows – Build native automations (like an automatic email notification to the CFO for expenses over $5,000) that trigger whenever a new receipt is uploaded.
- User Portals & Logins – Securely manage access so subcontractors only see their own payment status while managers see total project spend.
- Forms & Data Collection – Capture field expenses with custom forms, mobile photo uploads of receipts, and job-code selection.
- Dashboards & Charts – Visualize your budget vs. actuals performance with real-time charts and cost-to-complete summaries.
- Lists & Advanced Filtering – Display and manage your vendor records with searchable tables, status-based kanban boards, and detailed line-item views.
Everything is built using Softr's drag-and-drop blocks, so you can create these features without writing code. Need something more custom? Use the Vibe Coding block to generate a tailored component with AI.
Vibe coding is all about moving fast and using AI to build exactly what you need for your job sites. You can "vibe code" construction expense management in Softr by simply describing your requirements—like needing a mobile-friendly receipt uploader for foremen—to the AI Co-Builder. Softr then generates a production-ready ERP on top of a stable, secure foundation.
Unlike other tools that just generate raw, fragile code, Softr handles the "boring 80%"—like subcontractor authentication, database logic for line items, and financial security—natively. This means you get the speed of vibe coding without the "Day Two" headaches of managing raw code for critical financial data. You describe it, Softr builds it, and it’s ready for your field workers instantly.
Yes. You can manage multiple job sites or various sub-contracting teams in a single ERP. Each user only sees the specific project expenses and data assigned to them, based on their login and role. This is useful for general contractors, architectural firms, or developers working across multiple developments simultaneously.
Yes, you can. You don't need to bring your expense data from elsewhere to start building with Softr. If you're starting from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and integrates perfectly with the expense tracking application you build.
But if you already have your vendor lists or equipment logs in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, or SQL, you can connect those too. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in data from accounting software. Either way, you have full control over how your construction categories and budgets are structured and displayed.
Softr Databases is the recommended native, relational data source for Softr. It is built explicitly for business apps like ERPs, offering high performance for long lists of transactions, instant automation triggers for approvals, and a lightning-fast experience for field crews since the data is native to the platform.
If you already keep your project ledgers elsewhere, Softr also connects to 17+ external sources. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, SmartSuite, BigQuery, and more. You can even integrate multiple data sources—so your app could pull payroll data from Softr Databases and material costs from an SQL database at once. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, ensuring your budget remains accurate.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how users experience your construction expense portal. You can customize the layout, navigation, and content to match your project management workflow. Each page or block can be shown or hidden based on who's logged in, so a site foreman only sees receipt submission tools while the owner sees the whole company’s financial health.
You can also set up different user roles, such as Foreman, Accountant, or Executive—and define exactly what each role can view or edit. For example, foremen can only see expenses for their specific site, while internal auditors can manage all company-wide records.
This level of customization is especially useful when you're managing dozens of active construction projects in the same app. It helps keep the experience clean, secure, and tailored to each team member's responsibilities.
Yes, you can fully white-label your construction expense management app in Softr. You can use your own logo, brand colors, fonts, and custom domain to make the ERP feel like a natural extension of your construction company's operations. You can also remove all Softr branding, so your employees and subcontractors only see your firm's professional identity throughout the portal.
Yes, you can. Softr gives you a lot of flexibility to control both the design and layout of your expense management system. You can adjust colors, fonts, and page structure to match your corporate branding. You can also choose how each budget page is laid out and set what different field roles see when they log in.
To display your financial data, you can add different types of blocks:
- Table blocks – to show structured data like expense logs, invoice history, or material costs.
- List or Card blocks – to highlight things like active vendor profiles or project sites.
- Detail View – to show one record at a time, like a specific project’s budget breakdown.
- Forms – for field receipt capture and mileage logs.
- Charts – to show spend per category or site progress.
- Calendar blocks – to display payment deadlines or milestones.
If your project needs change, it's easy to go back and make updates right in the visual builder.
Softr is built with security in mind. All expense data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and your ERP is hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. Softr apps give you full control over who can view sensitive financial records. You can set up role-based permissions, manage users directly within your data source, and apply global restrictions to protect proprietary unit costs and labor rates across your entire app.
For apps using Softr Databases, your data is stored in a secure environment with SOC 2 Type II compliance. For apps connected to external sources like Airtable or SQL, Softr doesn't store your data—it just displays it in real time based on your specific field access settings. You are always in control of your project's financial information.
It is fully production-ready. Unlike many AI tools that just "vibe code" fragile scripts for expense tracking, Softr builds your system on top of a stable, construction-grade foundation.
We handle the "boring 80%" (like secure login for workers, encrypted hosting, and granular visibility roles) natively, so you don't have to. This solves the reliability problem of AI: you get the speed of instant generation for your budget trackers without the headache of managing raw, unreliable code that might crash on the job site. Your app is secure, scalable, and ready for your crews to use on day one.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software like construction ERPs. Unlike pure "vibe coding" tools that generate fragile code or traditional no-code platforms that require weeks of manual setup, Softr's AI Co-Builder creates apps on top of a secure, production-ready foundation.
What sets it apart is the hybrid advantage: you can use AI to generate your cost database and app logic in minutes, then use visual controls for precise design adjustments. You get the speed of AI with the reliability of business-grade infrastructure (auth, roles, and hosting) built-in. It's designed for construction firms who want to move from manual tracking to digital production on day one.
Yes. Softr supports powerful native workflows and a wide range of integrations so you can connect your expense management to the rest of your tech stack. You can automate tasks using Softr Workflows—like triggering a notification when an expense is approved—or sync with tools like Quickbooks, Stripe, or Intercom. Softr also supports REST API and webhooks for advanced accounting integrations.
Whether you need to send cost data to an external ERP, trigger vendor payments based on field approval, or display data from inventory management tools, you can build it into your system without writing code.
Go from idea to a live construction expense ERP in under an hour. Build and customize everything without code.