Different primary job
SubTrack vs Fieldwire: Billable T&M Tickets vs Field Coordination
Fieldwire is a useful construction product built around a different primary job: drawings, tasks, punch lists, and field coordination. SubTrack is construction T&M and LEM software for billable field tickets, rate sheets, and client approvals.
Published by SubTrack. Fieldwire did not write this page, and this is not the Fieldwire website.
Last reviewed: September 17, 2026
The short answer
Start with SubTrack if
- You need billable T&M / LEM tickets.
- You need rate sheets, scope breaks, and client approvals as the workflow.
- You are not buying a task-management product.
Fieldwire may already be in the mix if
- Your daily field job is drawings, tasks, and punch lists.
- You need plan markup and field coordination.
- You keep T&M billing in another system.
Side-by-side
SubTrack starts with T&M. Planned items are labeled so they are not implied as live.
| Criterion | SubTrack | Fieldwire |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product approach | Yes Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation | Different focus Field coordination: drawings, tasks, and punch workflows |
| T&M / LEM capture | Yes Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval | No Not a T&M / LEM billing product |
| Labor / equipment / materials | Yes Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket | No Task assignees, not T&M labor / equipment / material billing |
| Project rate sheets / price books | Yes Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets | No Not a rate-sheet product |
| Client approvals | Yes On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history | Partial Task completion, not T&M client signatures |
| Scope + revision workflow | Yes Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions | No Primary job is drawings, tasks, and punch lists, not T&M billing |
| Self-service signup | Yes Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card | Partial Demo-led field coordination evaluation |
| Public dollar pricing | Yes Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month | Partial Field coordination pricing. Not a T&M per-seat rate card. |
| Offline | Planned Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap. | Partial Confirm current offline plan/task behavior with Fieldwire |
| Timesheets | Planned In development. Not live production today. | No Not a timesheet product |
| Native invoicing | Planned Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap. | No Not an invoicing product |
| Dispatch | Different focus Not a current product focus | Different focus Task assignment, not crew dispatch |
| ERP / accounting integrations | Planned Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned. | No Not an accounting / ERP billing product |
| Proof at scale | Partial Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base | Yes Established field coordination product (Hilti Fieldwire) |
| Implementation approach | Yes Self-service plus optional assisted setup | Partial Field tool setup for plans and tasks, not T&M billing |
Primary product approach
SubTrack
Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation
Fieldwire
Field coordination: drawings, tasks, and punch workflows
T&M / LEM capture
SubTrack
Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval
Fieldwire
Not a T&M / LEM billing product
Labor / equipment / materials
SubTrack
Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket
Fieldwire
Task assignees, not T&M labor / equipment / material billing
Project rate sheets / price books
SubTrack
Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets
Fieldwire
Not a rate-sheet product
Client approvals
SubTrack
On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history
Fieldwire
Task completion, not T&M client signatures
Scope + revision workflow
SubTrack
Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions
Fieldwire
Primary job is drawings, tasks, and punch lists, not T&M billing
Self-service signup
SubTrack
Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card
Fieldwire
Demo-led field coordination evaluation
Public dollar pricing
SubTrack
Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month
Fieldwire
Field coordination pricing. Not a T&M per-seat rate card.
Offline
SubTrack
Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap.
Fieldwire
Confirm current offline plan/task behavior with Fieldwire
Timesheets
SubTrack
In development. Not live production today.
Fieldwire
Not a timesheet product
Native invoicing
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap.
Fieldwire
Not an invoicing product
Dispatch
SubTrack
Not a current product focus
Fieldwire
Task assignment, not crew dispatch
ERP / accounting integrations
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned.
Fieldwire
Not an accounting / ERP billing product
Proof at scale
SubTrack
Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base
Fieldwire
Established field coordination product (Hilti Fieldwire)
Implementation approach
SubTrack
Self-service plus optional assisted setup
Fieldwire
Field tool setup for plans and tasks, not T&M billing
Sources
Reviewed September 17, 2026. These public pages support the claims about Fieldwire. If a page does not mention a capability, that is not proof the product lacks it.
Why contractors start with SubTrack
Start smaller
Solve the T&M workflow before deploying a broader operating system.
Get to value faster
Create an account, load project rates, and use SubTrack on a real job without waiting for a full software rollout.
Built around field adoption
The product is designed for supervisors and crews who do not have time for lengthy training.
See the price
Published subscription pricing lets contractors understand the commitment before speaking with sales.
Grow modularly
Add more contractor workflows as the business needs them rather than replacing the original system.
Start with the LEM. Build the operating system around it.
The LEM is SubTrack's entry point, not the end state. Once the field record contains trusted project, labor, equipment, material, rate, scope and approval data, adjacent workflows can reuse that same foundation.
Live today
T&M / LEMs
Rate sheets
Scope
Revisions
Approvals
Product roadmap
Expanding
Timesheets
Lump-sum projects
Estimates
Invoicing
Daily / progress reporting
Product roadmap
Connected operations
Cost tracking
Progress claims
Project scorecards
Longer-term vision
Longer term
Voice entry
AI insights
Automation
Start with one workflow. Grow without switching platforms.
Each workflow builds on the same projects, people, equipment, rates, scopes and field history. Roadmap and longer-term items are labeled and are not live production features.
Why start focused?
Many smaller contractors are not choosing between SubTrack and a massive enterprise deployment. They are choosing between new software and the paper, spreadsheets and custom tools they already know. SubTrack is designed to make that first software decision easier.
Less change at once
Start with the workflow already causing billing pain.
Less training
Give field crews a focused workflow instead of introducing an entire operating system.
Room to grow
Add more connected workflows as the contractor becomes ready for them.
What contractors already using SubTrack report
“It used to take me an hour to do daily entries. With SubTrack it takes me 10 minutes.”
Martin, TCL Contracting
Customer-reported
“We recovered a $14,000 invoice that was previously declined. SubTrack's documentation made the difference.”
Lynn Farrel, TCL Contracting
Customer-reported
“It's intuitive. I barely needed any help to create my first LEM. The PDF export looks great.”
Jacob O., Waiward Construction
Customer-reported
“We are never going back to paper.”
Wade, Danoe Vac
Customer-reported
Already committed to Fieldwire?
Fieldwire coordinates drawings, tasks, and punch lists. If that is the daily field job, keep it. If you need billable T&M / LEM tickets with rate sheets and client approvals, start with SubTrack.
SubTrack vs Fieldwire FAQ
Is Fieldwire a T&M competitor to SubTrack?
No. Fieldwire's primary job is field coordination: drawings, tasks, and punch lists. SubTrack's primary job is billable T&M / LEM tickets.
Can Fieldwire replace SubTrack?
Not for T&M billing. You can use both if you need plan coordination and LEM tickets, but they do not replace each other.
When should a contractor choose SubTrack?
When extras, force account, and T&M tickets need rate sheets, signatures, and a path to billing.
Start your first daily ticket today.
Run SubTrack on a live job before you pay for a seat. If it does not save your crew time, you walk away.
- 14-day free trial
- No credit card required
- Setup help included
Comparing costs? See pricing or Calculate ROI.
What happens next
Create your account
Sign up in a few minutes. No sales call needed.
Add your crew and rates
Enter them yourself, or send us your roster and rate sheets and we load them for you.
Log the first daily ticket
A supervisor can log the first ticket from the field the same day.