Comparison: Procore

Estimark and Procore, compared for UK contractors

Procore is a project management platform aimed at general contractors, owners and specialty contractors working on large capital projects, and it sells into a global market. Estimark is a UK product for trades and small to mid-sized contractors, where the work being priced is a job rather than a capital programme, and where CIS, the VAT domestic reverse charge and Construction Act payment dates decide whether the paperwork is right.

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What a UK buyer is actually choosing between

Project scale

A platform designed around a capital project has a shape that assumes one. A firm running forty small jobs at once is a different problem from a firm running one large one.

Statutory fit

CIS, section 55A and the Construction Act are UK obligations. Software written for a global market treats them as a localisation, if it treats them at all.

Who has to use it

On a small contract the person entering the data is the person on the tools. A tool that assumes a site office assumes staff that are not there.

What it costs to run

Read both price pages. Estimark publishes every plan and module figure at /pricing, so you can price it before you speak to anybody.

Comparison: how it works

Who is Procore built for?

General contractors, owners and specialty contractors on large projects, sold internationally.

Its positioning is around capital project delivery and the parties to one.
That is a genuine market and a different one from a twelve-person roofing firm in Wakefield.

NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.

Who is Estimark built for?

UK trades and SME contractors, from a sole trader up to a contractor running a full commercial pipeline.

Quote, job costing, CIS, payment applications, site safety, plant and fleet, in one record from quote to warranty.
The field app works offline, because a basement has no signal and a form that will not submit is a form that does not get filled in.
Accounting integration with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, which is the UK buying criterion most often named.

NoteEstimark holds no security certification: no ISO 27001, no SOC 2, no Cyber Essentials. If your procurement requires one, Estimark cannot meet it today.

What does Estimark do about UK statutory construction work?

It handles the four obligations a UK contractor is judged on: CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment timing, and the safety records that go with them.

CIS deducted on labour only, excluding materials, VAT and plant hire, on 6th-to-5th tax months, with HMRC verification when connected and the CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations.
VAT domestic reverse charge under section 55A: the statutory wording on the invoice, nil VAT, controlled per client.
Payment applications with Construction Act dates, the pay less deadline calculated, and retention tracked to release.
RAMS with operative sign-off, inductions, permits and a live muster roll, plus EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 certificates with typed test results.

NoteEstimark records the CIS300 and locks it to its tax period. It does not file the return to HMRC on your behalf.

When would Procore be the better answer?

When the work is a large capital project with many parties, or when a client or funder has named the platform in the contract.

A named platform in a contract settles the question before any feature comparison starts.
A programme with owners, designers and multiple tiers of contractor has coordination needs a job-level product does not carry.

NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.

Estimark, in numbers

CIS base: Labour only
CIS tax month: 6th to 5th
Reverse charge: Section 55A
Payment terms: Construction Act
Damp and mould: Awaab’s Law timescales
Certificates: EIC, EICR, CP12, PAT
Built for: United Kingdom
Field app: Works offline

Which plan

Pro

£299 a month +VAT

Job costing is included from Core and Payment Applications from Pro. CIS Compliance is included from Solo upward, so it is on every plan, starting at £39 a month +VAT.

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What you get

Quote to invoice with CIS and the reverse charge applied
Job costing with actual, committed and forecast cost
Payment applications on Construction Act dates
RAMS, inductions, permits and the muster roll
Offline field app for the people on site
Xero, QuickBooks and Sage integration

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Questions

Estimark vs Procore: frequently asked

Is Estimark a Procore alternative?

For a UK trade or SME contractor, yes. For a large capital project with owners and multiple tiers of contractor, the two are aimed at different work. Estimark is a UK product built around jobs, CIS, the VAT domestic reverse charge and Construction Act payment dates.

Does Estimark handle CIS and Procore not?

Estimark handles CIS: labour-only deduction, 6th-to-5th tax months, HMRC verification when connected, and the CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations. What another product does about CIS is a question for that vendor, and their own site is the place it is answered accurately.

Can I move from Procore to Estimark?

Estimark imports clients, jobs and price book data by CSV. There is no direct migration from any other construction platform, and anybody telling you a migration between two systems of record is a button press has not done one.

Which is cheaper?

Estimark publishes every plan and module price at /pricing. Compare it against the other vendor’s own current pricing rather than a figure quoted on a third-party site.

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