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SubTrack vs HCSS HeavyJob: Focused T&M vs Heavy-Civil Operations
HCSS HeavyJob is a powerful heavy-civil operations platform. Foremen can mark T&M on time cards, capture owner or inspector signatures, produce DFRs, and generate T&M billing reports. SubTrack is not a HeavyJob replacement. It is a lighter T&M / LEM starting point for contractors that do not yet need a company-wide heavy-civil suite.
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Last reviewed: September 17, 2026
The short answer
Start with SubTrack if
- You specifically need lightweight T&M / LEM field tickets.
- You do not need company-wide heavy-civil cost control yet.
- You want published per-seat pricing and self-service onboarding.
- You want to start with T&M, then add modules later.
HCSS HeavyJob may already be in the mix if
- You run heavy-civil operations at scale.
- You already run time cards, digital DFRs, and job costing as the daily system.
- You need HeavyJob to HeavyBid estimating feedback.
- You are ready for a suite-wide HCSS deployment.
Side-by-side
SubTrack starts with T&M. Planned items are labeled so they are not implied as live.
| Criterion | SubTrack | HCSS HeavyJob |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product approach | Yes Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation | Yes Heavy-civil operations platform (HeavyJob plus the wider HCSS suite) |
| T&M / LEM capture | Yes Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval | Yes T&M from time cards, signed daily T&M reports, and T&M billing reports |
| Labor / equipment / materials | Yes Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket | Yes Crew hours, equipment hours, materials, and quantities on time cards / DFRs |
| Project rate sheets / price books | Yes Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets | Yes Job rates, margins, and T&M billing templates |
| Client approvals | Yes On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history | Yes Owner, GC, or inspector signatures on daily T&M reports |
| Scope + revision workflow | Yes Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions | Partial T&M toggle and billing reports. LEM-style scope/revision tickets are not the HeavyJob story. |
| Self-service signup | Yes Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card | No Sales-led evaluation for HeavyJob / HCSS |
| Public dollar pricing | Yes Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month | No Enterprise sales-led suite pricing |
| Offline | Planned Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap. | Partial HeavyJob is a field operations product. Confirm current offline behavior with HCSS. |
| Timesheets | Planned In development. Not live production today. | Yes Time cards are a core HeavyJob workflow |
| Native invoicing | Planned Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap. | Yes T&M billing reports that support invoicing and accounting handoff |
| Dispatch | Different focus Not a current product focus | Partial Resource and job-site operations live in the wider HCSS suite. Confirm the exact product. |
| ERP / accounting integrations | Planned Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned. | Yes Payroll and accounting integrations are part of the HCSS platform story |
| Proof at scale | Partial Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base | Yes Mature heavy-civil vendor with a large North American contractor base |
| Implementation approach | Yes Self-service plus optional assisted setup | No Real implementation for a company-wide operations platform |
Primary product approach
SubTrack
Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation
HCSS HeavyJob
Heavy-civil operations platform (HeavyJob plus the wider HCSS suite)
T&M / LEM capture
SubTrack
Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval
HCSS HeavyJob
T&M from time cards, signed daily T&M reports, and T&M billing reports
Labor / equipment / materials
SubTrack
Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket
HCSS HeavyJob
Crew hours, equipment hours, materials, and quantities on time cards / DFRs
Project rate sheets / price books
SubTrack
Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets
HCSS HeavyJob
Job rates, margins, and T&M billing templates
Client approvals
SubTrack
On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history
HCSS HeavyJob
Owner, GC, or inspector signatures on daily T&M reports
Scope + revision workflow
SubTrack
Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions
HCSS HeavyJob
T&M toggle and billing reports. LEM-style scope/revision tickets are not the HeavyJob story.
Self-service signup
SubTrack
Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card
HCSS HeavyJob
Sales-led evaluation for HeavyJob / HCSS
Public dollar pricing
SubTrack
Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month
HCSS HeavyJob
Enterprise sales-led suite pricing
Offline
SubTrack
Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap.
HCSS HeavyJob
HeavyJob is a field operations product. Confirm current offline behavior with HCSS.
Timesheets
SubTrack
In development. Not live production today.
HCSS HeavyJob
Time cards are a core HeavyJob workflow
Native invoicing
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap.
HCSS HeavyJob
T&M billing reports that support invoicing and accounting handoff
Dispatch
SubTrack
Not a current product focus
HCSS HeavyJob
Resource and job-site operations live in the wider HCSS suite. Confirm the exact product.
ERP / accounting integrations
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned.
HCSS HeavyJob
Payroll and accounting integrations are part of the HCSS platform story
Proof at scale
SubTrack
Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base
HCSS HeavyJob
Mature heavy-civil vendor with a large North American contractor base
Implementation approach
SubTrack
Self-service plus optional assisted setup
HCSS HeavyJob
Real implementation for a company-wide operations platform
Sources
Reviewed September 17, 2026. These public pages support the claims about HCSS HeavyJob. 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 HCSS HeavyJob?
HCSS HeavyJob is a heavy-civil operations suite with real T&M inside time cards, DFRs, and job costing. If you are already standardizing on that stack, keep it. If you need a lighter T&M starting point that crews can adopt without a company-wide HCSS rollout, start with SubTrack.
SubTrack vs HCSS HeavyJob FAQ
Does HCSS HeavyJob support T&M?
Yes. HeavyJob supports marking T&M on time cards, capturing signatures on daily T&M reports, and producing T&M billing reports. That lives inside a heavy-civil operations product.
Is SubTrack a HeavyJob replacement?
No. SubTrack is a lighter T&M / LEM starting point. HeavyJob remains the better fit for company-wide cost control, DFRs, and the HCSS suite.
When should a contractor choose SubTrack instead?
When the immediate job is getting T&M / LEM tickets, rate sheets, and client approvals in place without buying a full heavy-civil operating suite.
Does SubTrack have job costing like HeavyJob?
Not as a live production module. Cost tracking and scorecards are on the SubTrack platform roadmap and will reuse LEM field data.
How does pricing compare?
SubTrack publishes $45 to $135 USD per seat per month. HCSS suite pricing is enterprise sales-led.
Start your first daily ticket today.
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What happens next
Create your account
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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
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