CortexPM is a complete construction project management platform designed specifically for Australian builders and construction professionals. It includes estimating, contract management, job costing, purchasing, CRM, and accounting features all in one integrated system.

How much does CortexPM cost?

CortexPM offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. After the trial, plans start at $179/month for Cortex Build and $299/month for Cortex Scale. Each plan is curated for growing tradies and builders, with no hidden costs to access necessary features.

What features does CortexPM include?

CortexPM includes advanced estimating with digital takeoff, contract management and administration, job cost tracking and analytics, smart purchasing and procurement, CRM and customer portal, project scheduling, accounting and financial management, and document management system.

Is CortexPM suitable for Australian builders?

Yes, CortexPM is specifically designed for Australian builders and construction professionals. It includes Australian-specific features, GST handling, and is built to comply with local construction industry standards and practices.

Can I try CortexPM before buying?

Yes, CortexPM offers a full 30-day free trial with no credit card required. You can explore all features, create projects, and test the platform with no commitment or pressure to upgrade.

New Mobile app now on iOS and Android

Made for every type of builder.

Estimating, contracts, purchasing, job cost and site in one system that doesn't force a workflow on you. Residential or commercial, fixed price or cost-plus, set it up the way your business already runs.

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CortexPM digital takeoff: a house plan with its walls, slab and roof measured in 2D, ready to check as a 3D model

CortexPM mobile app Today screen for a site manager, listing overdue tasks, defects and claims to assess

Xero Two-way sync. Bills in, claims out, no double entry.

Mobile app iOS and Android, with logins for staff, subbies and clients.

Contracts HIA, MBA and AS 4000, with GST, retention and SOPA built in.

Australian Built in Australia by a licensed builder.

How it fits

Set up for how you build. Not how a software company thinks you should.

Most construction software is made for one type of builder. CortexPM doesn't hard-code a workflow, so the same system runs a custom home, a townhouse development or a commercial fit-out.

Fixed price or cost-plus

Claim against scope, milestones or cost. Cost-plus clients review their claims in their own portal.

Residential or commercial

HIA, MBA and AS 4000 contracts, with variations, EOTs, retention and progress claims.

Your codes, your roles

Your own cost codes and job numbers. Decide what each role can see and edit, module by module.

Start with one module

Bring in estimating first, then purchasing, then site. Staged onboarding means live jobs aren't put at risk while you switch.

Job cost

The estimate you win the job with is the budget you build it with.

Most systems keep the estimate in one place and the costs in another, so you find out you've lost money at the final account. In CortexPM every PO, invoice and variation lands against the line it came from, and you see margin move while there's still time to act.

Cost forecast table showing budget, committed cost, actual cost, cost to complete, forecast at completion and gain or loss for each cost code

Committed before it's invoiced

Purchase orders commit cost the day you raise them, not when the bill turns up.

Variations, instruction to claim

Every variation is tracked and costed, so nothing gets built for free.

Forecast at completion

Update cost to complete and see the gain or loss on every cost code.

Enquiry to handover

One job record, from first call to final claim.

No re-keying between systems. Each stage picks up where the last one left off.

01
Enquiry

Leads, clients and follow-ups in one pipeline.
Clients →
02
Estimate

Measure from plans and price it in a sheet that works like Excel.
Estimating →
03
Contract

Contracts, variations, EOTs and progress claims.
Contracts →
04
Buy

Quote requests, comparisons and POs that commit cost.
Purchasing →
05
Build

Gantt program, diaries, defects and GPS site sign-in.
Program →
06
Handover

Final claims, retention and every document filed to the job.
Documents →

Job cost + Xero Running underneath every stage, so every dollar lands on a cost code and in your books. Job cost →

Estimating and takeoff

Measure it once. Price it. Win it.

Take off areas, lengths and counts straight from the PDF and check them in 3D. Quantities flow into an estimate sheet that works like Excel, and the estimate becomes the job budget the day you win.

Digital takeoff with a 3D view
Excel-style formulas and automatic markup
Export quantities and estimates to PDF and Excel

See estimating →

3D view of a takeoff, with the measured floor areas and walls built up over the floor plan

Approved progress claim with claim details, the head contract and a financial summary of previously claimed, this claim, retention held and balance remaining

Contracts and claims

Contract admin that doesn't suck.

Variations from instruction to claim, EOTs, progress claims and retention, all against the contract you actually signed.

HIA, MBA and AS 4000 contracts
Scope, milestone and cost-plus claims
Claims sent to Xero as invoices

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Mobile app · iOS and Android

Built for the people on site.

GPS sign-in, site diaries, toolbox talks with digital sign-off and defects, on the phone your supervisor already carries. Subbies and clients get their own view.

GPS site sign-in
Diaries, toolbox talks and defects
Logins for staff, subbies and clients

Site sign-in screen listing nearby sites inside their GPS boundary

Record defect screen with location, severity, assignee and photos

Russ in a white hard hat and orange vest, talking to the crew outside the site sheds — Russ (white hard hat) on one of his jobs

Built by a builder

“I started on the tools as a carpenter and spent 25 years in construction: on site, estimating, running jobs and running a building company. CortexPM is the system I wanted on every one of those jobs.”

Russ Sibbison Founder, QBCC licensed builder

Builders using CortexPM shape what gets built next. Your feedback goes straight to the builder who writes the software.

What builders say

“You can tell CortexPM was built by someone who has run jobs. It works the way we run ours, instead of making us work around it.”

Mike New Form Projects, Perth

Pricing

Simple pricing. No add-ons.

Every trial is 30 days of the full Scale plan. No credit card, no lock-in.

Cortex Build

Up to 50 projects · 10 users

$179/month inc GST

or $1,969 a year, one month free

Estimating
Quote requests and comparison
Purchasing and job cost reporting
Accounting with full Xero integration
Clients, reports and site management

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Cortex Scale

Best value

Unlimited projects · 20 users

$299/month inc GST

or $3,289 a year, one month free

Everything in Build, plus:
Contracts, progress claims and retention
Gantt program
Digital takeoff
Client portal and subbie quote portal
Document management