Walnutcrew vs Fieldwire
Fieldwire, by Hilti, is jobsite management built around plan sheets, tasks and punch lists for project teams. Walnutcrew is built around the job's photos, for trade crews. Here is what you get with each, from their own websites, and where Fieldwire is the better choice.
What you get, side by side
- Built for
- Fieldwire: General and specialty contractors, owners and architects
- Walnutcrew: Trade and service crews: HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical, field service
- How you pay
- Fieldwire: Per user, in tiers, with a limited free plan
- Walnutcrew: Per company, flat
- Job photos
- Fieldwire: Photos and files on plans, tasks and forms
- Walnutcrew: Photos and videos straight into the project, with time, place and tags
- Without signal
- Fieldwire: Its core features work offline
- Walnutcrew: Shots wait on the phone and upload when there's signal
- Plans and drawings
- Fieldwire: The heart of it: sheets, versions, markups and sheet compare
- Walnutcrew: Drawings and PDFs kept with the project; no plan-sheet tools
- Reports and checklists
- Fieldwire: Forms, inspections and checklists; custom PDF reports on paid tiers
- Walnutcrew: Photo reports with templates, and checklists with required photos
- Proposals and invoices
- Fieldwire: Change orders and budgets; customer proposals and invoices not listed
- Walnutcrew: Proposals, invoices and a price book
- Time tracking
- Fieldwire: Timesheets as a form; no time clock listed
- Walnutcrew: Clock in and out on a job, weekly timesheets and payroll exports
- For your customers
- Fieldwire: Not listed on its website
- Walnutcrew: Share links, galleries, a public portfolio and review requests
- Phones
- Fieldwire: iPhone, Android and web apps
- Walnutcrew: iPhone app; Android coming soon
Fieldwire's side is from its own website. "Not listed" means we didn't find it there, not that it can't be done.
Which one fits
Fieldwire is the better fit for
- Plan-centered work: sheet versions, markups pinned to drawings, as-builts and BIM.
- Formal construction workflows on its higher tiers: RFIs, submittals and change orders.
- Commercial projects where several companies share one task and punch-list flow.
Walnutcrew is the better fit for
- Trade and service crews. HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical and field service companies whose work is documented in photos.
- From the photo to the invoice. Photo reports, checklists, proposals, invoices and time tracking in the same app as the photos.
- Everyone, one price. Add part-timers, contractors and the front desk; the bill depends only on storage.
- The company's files underneath. Mac and Windows apps that put the files in Finder and File Explorer, versions and a locked backup.
Moving from Fieldwire
Export your photos and documents from Fieldwire, and we'll help you bring them into Walnutcrew projects for free. Tell us about your company.
Questions
Is Walnutcrew a good Fieldwire alternative?
Yes, if your crews mostly document jobs with photos rather than work from plan sheets. Walnutcrew puts photos and videos into the project with the time and place, and adds photo reports, checklists, proposals, invoices, time tracking and the company's files. If your work runs on plan sheets, RFIs and submittals, Fieldwire is built for that.
Can we use Walnutcrew next to Fieldwire?
Yes. Nothing ties one to the other: Fieldwire can stay where your team relies on it, and your crews use Walnutcrew for job photos, checklists, reports and the company's files.
Can we bring our photos over from Fieldwire?
Yes. Export your photos and documents from Fieldwire, and we help you bring them into projects for free and check the result with you.
See Walnutcrew with your own files.
Tell us how much you store. Free migration help: we'll help you plan the move and bring your files over, and for 50 TB or more we work through it with you hands-on.
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