Existing conditions blow the budget.
You open the wall and find knob-and-tube. Or settled framing. Or asbestos. The contingency line was a guess, and now it's an argument. Half the cost of a remodel is what you find behind the walls.
Construction software for California residential GCs
Catch the margin leak while you can still fix it.
Baxie tracks your estimate against actuals on every job. Margin leaks show up while you can still fix them. Built for $2M to $20M shops running 4 to 12 active jobs.
We call it Margin OS. Your margin shows up before the framer asks for more money.
Founding cohort pricing holds by county.
Join the waitlist.
California beta opens by county. Get in line before yours fills.
Construction software for California residential GCs
Built for residential. Not for commercial.
- Built for residential remodels and ADUs.Not for tilt-ups or warehouses.
- Built for $2M to $20M GCs running 4 to 12 active jobs.Not for $50M commercial shops on Procore.
- Built for owners running 4 to 12 active jobs.Not for crews running one project at a time.
- Built for California.Not yet open outside it.
The pain that costs you money
You priced the margin. Then the job ate it.
Where residential GCs leak money every week.
Your PM caps at two jobs.
Past two active jobs, the daily logs and sub invoices stop getting watched. Cost overruns show up at month-end accounting, not week three when the framer asks for more money. You hire another PM, or you stop scaling.
Change orders sit in your inbox.
The client asks for one more thing. The crew does it. The paperwork follows three days later, if it follows at all. You eat the scope every time.
What you actually get
Estimate versus actual, on every job. So margin can't leak quietly.
Built for the way you already run jobs. First estimate inside week one. No implementation team. No software class to take.
Upload the architect's PDF. Baxie pulls the takeoff and drafts the estimate. Accept the estimate and the schedule builds itself. Your daily logs feed the budget. Variance surfaces before it becomes a fight. Office and field work the same job.
One PM, four to six jobs at once. Not two.
Other tools stop at the estimate. Baxie tracks it against actuals through closeout, and it's built to get sharper with every job you finish.
Built on your jobs only. Not a benchmark from everyone else's.
Proactive by default
Baxie watches the jobs. You don't have to ask.
Most software waits for you to log in. Most AI waits for you to type. Baxie sends you the margin call before you knew to look.
Before the next sub bid lands.
Framing is trending over the estimate by more than 10%. Look at job 2147 today, not at month-end.
Before the sub shows up uncovered.
Pacific Solar's certificate of insurance expires in 12 days. Renew it now or they don't pour Monday.
Before the crew arrives to nothing.
Windows for job 1893 were due Tuesday. Still not on site. The framers are scheduled Thursday.
Alerts hit your phone. The job ID is right there. You set your margin threshold once, Baxie watches every job against it.
What it looks like
The product, in four moves.
Each step closes the loop. Field feeds office. Office feeds the next estimate.
01 · Estimating
Drop in the plans. Get a priced estimate the same day.
Upload the architect's PDF. Baxie pulls quantities by assembly and drafts the line items with California pricing. You review the numbers and send.
No spreadsheet rebuild on every job. No re-keying takeoff into your bid template.
- Rough estimate before plans. Full estimate when plans land. One flow either way.
- Margin watched live as you adjust line items
- Send the proposal from the same screen
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PDF takeoff completeHenley ADU · 720 sf detached, 2-bed
San Leandro, CA · Alameda County
Site & demo(3)
$14,200Site clearing & grading1LS$4,200$4,200
Trenching for utilities60LF$85$5,100
Demo of existing slab480SF$10.20$4,900
Shell(4)
$96,800Foundation, slab on grade720SF$32$23,040
Framing labor & material720SF$58$41,760
Roofing, comp shingle820SF$14.50$11,890
Windows & exterior doors7EA$2,872$20,110
Finishes(7)
$74,500Kitchen finish package1LS$18,400$18,400
Drywall hang, tape, texture2,180SF$4.85$10,573
Subtotal$185,500
Overhead & profit (18%)$33,390
Client price$218,890
Priced margin watched live$33,390 (15.2%)
Learning · Framing
Last 3 ADUs ran 14% over your estimated hours. Review the labor line?
02 · Scheduling
Accept the estimate, the schedule builds itself.
The Gantt populates with phases and dependencies pulled from the accepted estimate. Adjust the dates. Lock the calendar. Send it to the client portal.
Subs get a portal link. No accounts. No login wall.
- Phase dependencies stay in sync when you slip a date
- Crew callouts ride the schedule, not your inbox
- Client sees the same milestones you see
Diaz Kitchen + Primary Bath
Oakland, CA · Week 4 of 10
WaterfallCalendarMonth
Phase
Feb 3
Feb 10
Feb 17
Feb 24
Mar 3
Mar 10
Mar 17
Mar 24
Mar 31
Apr 7
Today · Feb 24
Demo
Feb 3 to 7
Plumbing rough-in
Feb 10 to 17
Electrical rough-in
Feb 11 to 18
Framing
Feb 19 to 27
MEP top-out & insulation
Mar 2 to 6
Drywall
Mar 9 to 18
Finishes
Mar 19 to Apr 10
Punch list
Apr 13 to 17
Generated from estimate v3 · Feb 1
03 · Budget
Budget that warns you, not your accountant.
Daily logs and sub invoices post against the estimated baseline in real time. Material orders too. Your PMs see the burn the day it happens.
Variance gets surfaced in the same screen the estimate lives on. No CFO escalation needed.
- Categories flagged when variance crosses your threshold
- Estimate vs actual vs forecast, one screen
- Sub and supplier invoices match against POs
Patel Master Suite AdditionBerkeley, CAActive · Week 6 of 14
Updated 12 minutes ago
CategoryEstimateActualVariance
Labor
$74,200$72,800-$1,400 (-1.9%)
Materials
$58,400$66,150+$7,750 (+13.3%)
Equipment
$9,800$7,200-$2,600 (-26.5%)
Permits & fees
$5,400$5,400On budget
Subs (HVAC, plumbing, electrical)
$48,200$49,100+$900 (+1.9%)
Total$196,000$200,650+$4,650 (+2.4%)
2 categories flagged
04 · Field
Photos and crew time, straight to the office.
PMs log photos and crew hours from the field in one tap. Notes thread to the right scope and the right job.
The office sees what happened today. Not what someone remembered to write up Friday.
- Photos auto-tagged to scope, not buried in iCloud
- Crew hours flow to the budget as labor actuals
- Weather and inspections logged in the same flow
9:41
Daily log
Synced to office. Materials variance updated.
Cisneros 2nd-Story Addition
Fremont, CA · Week 4
May 18, 2026Sunny, 71°F · Fremont
Crew on site
3 framers · 8.5 hrs each = 25.5 hrs
M. Lopez, J. Tran, A. Hernandez
Photos(3)
1
2
3
Notes
Second-floor framing inspection scheduled for Thursday. Lumber package short 4 LVLs. Dario at supplier confirmed Wed delivery. No weather impact today.
If you've tried the others
You bounced off Procore. You bounced off Buildertrend. Here's why.
Most construction software was built for a band you're not in.
Procore
Procore is for $50M+ commercial GCs running 100-person job sites. Baxie is for residential GCs at $2M to $20M running 4 to 12 active jobs. Different band, different product.
Buildertrend, CoConstruct, BuildBook
The feature lists check the boxes. The interface looks like 2014. The client portal feels older. You tried it for 18 months and went back to Excel.
JobTread
JobTread is the closest neighbor in residential. The lens is operations. The lens we built around is margin. Their setup is a guided onboarding with a customer success manager. Ours is same day. Their software waits for you to log in and look. Baxie pushes the alert before you knew to look.
Spreadsheets and QuickBooks
It worked until you hit four active jobs. Now the estimate template is six versions deep. Nobody can find the current numbers.
Baxie.
The office work that used to take your Sunday now runs in the background. You stay in charge of the calls and the judgment. Baxie absorbs the keystrokes.
Lead magnet
Not ready for the waitlist? Get the checklist.
12 margin leaks we see on California residential jobs. 2-page PDF, free, no commitment.
What the founding cohort gets100 slots. 8 counties.
100 slots. 8 counties.
Pricing locks the day yours opens.
Baxie opens the beta one California county at a time, capped per cohort so we can actually support every GC properly. Founding cohort pricing locks in for the life of your account the day your county opens.
100Slots
Founding cohort
Capped on purpose. We sit down with every shop in the first cohort.
8Counties
Opening Q3 2026
Bay Area first. Inland Empire and San Diego next. Then more.
2 to 8Weeks
From signup to onboarding
Depending on where you are in the rollout. Your county locks your slot.
Founding cohort guarantee.
You’re not charged until your first estimate clears in Baxie. If we can’t get you to first value in 30 days, you walk with everything we built for you. No questions.
Built on California assembly pricing pulled from live remodels. Trained on your jobs only. Your bid history never trains another GC’s model.
Claim your slot
US infrastructure · CCPA compliant · Export anytime
The beta cohort
Real GC quotes drop when the cohort opens publicly.
We don't fake testimonials. The first three California GCs running jobs on Baxie are pre-launch and private until they choose to go public.
Join the waitlist and you'll hear from them directly when your county opens.
Questions GCs ask us
What you're probably wondering.
Real answers. Short.
Is this for commercial work?
No. Baxie is for single-family residential GCs. ADUs and remodels. Additions and custom new builds. Not commercial, not multi-family.
Are you replacing Procore or Buildertrend?
Different band. Procore is for $50M+ commercial, Buildertrend for a wide swath that fits no one well. Baxie is built specifically for California residential GCs at $2M to $20M, the band the others miss. If you bounced off the others, that's why.
How long does setup take?
Days, not months. Most GCs in the beta cohort are uploading their first plan set and reviewing a draft estimate inside week one. No 6-month rollout. No implementation team.
What does it cost?
Seat-based, billed monthly. No per-job or usage fees. Founding cohort rates: Solo $149 and Team $299 per seat, with Studio at $499 on request. Your rate locks for the life of your account. Standard pricing is $199, $389, and $649. You're not charged until your first estimate clears in Baxie.
Do my subs need an account?
No. Subs get a portal link. They open scope and accept work without logging in. Same for clients.
What happens to my data if I leave?
You export everything. Estimates, budgets, photos, logs. We delete the rest on request. CCPA-compliant.
Last thing
Get in line before your county fills.
California counties open one at a time. Spots in each cohort are capped.
When your county opens, you get an email with your tier and a setup link. Founding cohort pricing holds for the life of your account.
Join the waitlist.
We'll only email you about Baxie. Takes 30 seconds.