Procore is built for the general contractor. You are the sub the GC is managing through it. If you're running a specialty trade business, you're paying GC-tier prices for a GC's tool — and the things you need are second-class because you're not the audience.
You manage subs, run owner-facing reporting, coordinate across architects and engineers, and your project budgets sit in the seven, eight, and nine figures.
You bid scope to GCs, install your trade, and bill the GC via AIA G702/G703. Your bid is built around units of your trade, not a generic cost-code library.
Both run a construction business's back office. They were built for different roles in the project chain and it shows in every workflow.
| Capability | Procore | Leviathan Built |
|---|---|---|
| Target customer | General contractors at scale; large self-perform GCs; owners with construction programs | Specialty subcontractors (masonry, veneer, stucco, concrete, drywall, framing, mechanical) |
| Pricing model | Custom annual contract negotiated per customer, plus add-on modules. No public list pricing. | FlatPer-seat. Public price. No custom contract, no annual renegotiation. Predictable line item, not a forecasting exercise. |
| Implementation | 3–6 months typical; often involves a paid implementation consultant | Days. Self-serve onboarding with a kickoff call. Scope library and customer list ported during setup. |
| PDF takeoff (native) | BasicMarkup tools designed for GC oversight; not used as a primary takeoff tool by most subs | FullMulti-page sets, calibrated scale, every measurement type, live multi-cursor collaboration |
| Scope templates | Generic CSI cost-code library; you build your own from blanks | Trade-specific templates — CMU partition, brick veneer, stucco systems, repointing — with unit math and waste factors baked in |
| AIA G702/G703 pay apps | Receives pay apps from subs; manages draw payments out | GeneratesSOV maps back to scope buildup; retainage tracking; stored material lines — the sub-side workflow |
| Labor classifications | Cost coding designed for GC self-perform; not built around mixed sub-crew dynamics | Mason / tender / helper as separate classes; mixed-crew costing on every scope; prevailing-wage overrides per project |
| RFIs, submittals, change orders | YesEnterprise-grade with cross-team workflows | YesSub-scale workflows; fast for a small office |
| BIM & connected documents | YesAutodesk-grade BIM viewing, model coordination | NoNot part of a specialty-sub workflow |
| Owner portal / reporting | YesFor GC reporting up to project owners | NoNot relevant to sub-side workflow |
| Mobile field experience | Designed for a super on a single large project | Designed for a foreman running multiple smaller jobs concurrently — PIN clock-in, photo verify, GPS |
| Procore Connect (sub side) | N/A — you'd be the GC instance | Subs on Leviathan Built can submit pay apps and RFIs into a GC's Procore instance via standard portal workflows. Run your shop here, integrate where the GC requires. |
Procore famously does not publish list pricing. Contracts are annual and custom-negotiated, with add-on modules priced separately. The price scales with your business profile, and for most specialty subs lands at a tier built around general-contractor economics rather than sub-shop economics.
Renewals are re-negotiated each year as your business changes.
One subscription line, scaled by seats — not by your business size. Takeoff, estimating, CRM, project management, accounting, time tracking, AIA pay apps all in the same subscription. Public pricing. No custom contract. No per-project fee. No annual renegotiation.
When a GC mandates Procore for their project, that's how the project runs — Procore Connect handles the sub-side touchpoints. For everything else — your bid pipeline, your scope buildup, your AIA pay apps for non-Procore GCs, your time tracking, your accounting — Leviathan Built runs your shop.
All bids start here. Takeoff, scope buildup, CRM pipeline, schedule, time tracking, accounting, AIA pay apps. The full back office runs on one platform.
For projects where the GC requires Procore, you submit pay apps and RFIs through their portal. Same underlying scope and budget, just routed through the GC's tool.
Your subscription tracks team size, not a custom annual contract. Growth doesn't trigger a renegotiation. Predictable line item.
Yes — most of our customers do exactly this. Your shop runs on Leviathan Built (bidding, scope, accounting, time, pay apps for non-Procore GCs). For the Procore-mandating GC's project, you submit pay apps and RFIs through their portal. You pay for one back-office platform; the GC keeps their visibility through their tool.
For specialty subs, almost always meaningfully cheaper. Procore is a custom-negotiated annual contract designed around GC economics. Our flat per-seat structure was designed around sub-shop economics. As your business grows, Procore's contract typically grows with it; ours scales only with team size.
No. BIM coordination is a GC and design-team workflow; we don't replicate it. If a project requires you to coordinate inside a BIM environment, that's a Procore (or Autodesk Construction Cloud) workflow and you'll need access to the GC's instance.
All supported. Sized for a sub-shop workflow rather than an enterprise-grade RFI tracking system with many concurrent stakeholders. For most specialty subs that's a feature, not a gap — the GC manages the formal RFI process; you manage your side of the conversation.
Days, not months. Self-serve onboarding with a kickoff call. We help port your scope library, customer list, and labor classifications during setup. There's no implementation consultant fee.
Procore is best-in-class for general contractors. We say so above. The honest comparison is — are you a GC, or are you the sub the GC is managing? If you're the GC, Procore. If you're the sub, the platform built for your side of the relationship will fit better.
Book a 30-minute call. Bring a current Procore project — or a bid you'd be running on either tool. We'll walk through where value shifts for your shape of work, and tell you straight if Procore is still the better fit.