Walnutcrew vs Raken
Raken is a field app for contractors built around daily reports, crew time and safety. Walnutcrew is built around the job's photos, for trade crews. Here is what you get with each, from their own websites, and where Raken is the better choice.
What you get, side by side
- Built for
- Raken: Subcontractors, general contractors and heavy civil
- Walnutcrew: Trade and service crews: HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical, field service
- How you pay
- Raken: Per user, with a minimum of three users
- Walnutcrew: Per company, flat
- Job photos
- Raken: Photos and videos that sync to a web gallery
- Walnutcrew: Photos and videos straight into the project, with time, place and tags
- Without signal
- Raken: Photos and daily reports offline on the phone; the time clock needs a connection
- Walnutcrew: Shots wait on the phone and upload when there's signal
- Plans and drawings
- Raken: Document management with PDF markup
- Walnutcrew: Drawings and PDFs kept with the project; no plan-sheet tools
- Reports and checklists
- Raken: Daily reports and photo reports as PDFs; checklists and inspections
- Walnutcrew: Photo reports with templates, and checklists with required photos
- Proposals and invoices
- Raken: Change orders; customer proposals and invoices not listed
- Walnutcrew: Proposals, invoices and a price book
- Time tracking
- Raken: Time clock, kiosk mode, crew time cards and payroll exports
- Walnutcrew: Clock in and out on a job, weekly timesheets and payroll exports
- For your customers
- Raken: Daily report PDFs by email; no portfolio or review requests listed
- Walnutcrew: Share links, galleries, a public portfolio and review requests
- Phones
- Raken: iPhone, Android and web apps
- Walnutcrew: iPhone app; Android coming soon
Raken'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
Raken is the better fit for
- Field reporting built on daily reports, with production, equipment and material tracking.
- Crew time tracking with kiosk mode and payroll integrations.
- Safety programs: toolbox talks, incidents and OSHA reporting.
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 Raken
Export your photos and documents from Raken, and we'll help you bring them into Walnutcrew projects for free. Tell us about your company.
Questions
Is Walnutcrew a good Raken alternative?
Yes, if your crews mostly need job photos, reports and checklists, and you'd rather not pay for each person. 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 daily reports and safety programs are the center of your field work, Raken is built for that.
Can we use Walnutcrew next to Raken?
Yes. Nothing ties one to the other: Raken 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 Raken?
Yes. Export your photos and documents from Raken, 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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