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SubTrack vs Raken: T&M / LEM Billing vs Daily Field Reporting
Raken is a strong daily reporting and field time product. SubTrack is not the same category. SubTrack is construction T&M and LEM software for subcontractors who need billable tickets, rate sheets, scope breaks, and client approvals.
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Last reviewed: September 17, 2026
The short answer
Start with SubTrack if
- You need native T&M / LEM tickets that reach billing.
- You need scope breaks, rate sheets, and client approvals, not just daily reports.
- You still have extras sitting in spreadsheets after daily reporting.
Raken may already be in the mix if
- You need daily reports, photos, and field time tracking as the core system.
- You are fine keeping T&M invoicing in another tool.
- You already standardized on Raken for field reporting.
Side-by-side
SubTrack starts with T&M. Planned items are labeled so they are not implied as live.
| Criterion | SubTrack | Raken |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product approach | Yes Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation | Yes Daily reporting and field time platform |
| T&M / LEM capture | Yes Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval | Partial Field time and reporting can support extras. Not a LEM-first T&M billing product. |
| Labor / equipment / materials | Yes Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket | Partial Strong on labor time. Equipment and materials are secondary to reporting. |
| Project rate sheets / price books | Yes Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets | Partial Limited versus a dedicated T&M rate-sheet workflow |
| Client approvals | Yes On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history | Partial Field sign-off for daily / time tools |
| Scope + revision workflow | Yes Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions | No Not positioned as a LEM scope/revision billing workflow |
| Self-service signup | Yes Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card | Yes Self-serve signup is available |
| Public dollar pricing | Yes Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month | Partial Published per-user tiers for field reporting, not a T&M LEM rate card |
| Offline | Planned Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap. | Partial Confirm current offline behavior with Raken |
| Timesheets | Planned In development. Not live production today. | Yes Field time tracking is a core Raken workflow |
| Native invoicing | Planned Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap. | Partial Time data can leave the product. Native T&M invoicing is not the center. |
| Dispatch | Different focus Not a current product focus | Different focus Not a dispatch product |
| ERP / accounting integrations | Planned Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned. | Partial Accounting and payroll sync exist. Confirm the current catalog. |
| Proof at scale | Partial Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base | Yes Established field-reporting vendor |
| Implementation approach | Yes Self-service plus optional assisted setup | Partial Simpler than an enterprise suite, still a different product job than LEM billing |
Primary product approach
SubTrack
Focused T&M entry point with modular expansion on one data foundation
Raken
Daily reporting and field time platform
T&M / LEM capture
SubTrack
Native T&M / LEM tickets from field capture through approval
Raken
Field time and reporting can support extras. Not a LEM-first T&M billing product.
Labor / equipment / materials
SubTrack
Labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the ticket
Raken
Strong on labor time. Equipment and materials are secondary to reporting.
Project rate sheets / price books
SubTrack
Project-specific digitized trade rate sheets
Raken
Limited versus a dedicated T&M rate-sheet workflow
Client approvals
SubTrack
On-site or secure-link client approvals with revision history
Raken
Field sign-off for daily / time tools
Scope + revision workflow
SubTrack
Core product focus: scope breaks, extras, and ticket revisions
Raken
Not positioned as a LEM scope/revision billing workflow
Self-service signup
SubTrack
Create an account and start a 14-day trial with no credit card
Raken
Self-serve signup is available
Public dollar pricing
SubTrack
Published per-seat pricing from $45 to $135 USD/month
Raken
Published per-user tiers for field reporting, not a T&M LEM rate card
Offline
SubTrack
Not a current production claim. Offline field capture is on the roadmap.
Raken
Confirm current offline behavior with Raken
Timesheets
SubTrack
In development. Not live production today.
Raken
Field time tracking is a core Raken workflow
Native invoicing
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports are live. Native invoicing is on the roadmap.
Raken
Time data can leave the product. Native T&M invoicing is not the center.
Dispatch
SubTrack
Not a current product focus
Raken
Not a dispatch product
ERP / accounting integrations
SubTrack
Invoice-ready exports today. QuickBooks and Procore connections are planned.
Raken
Accounting and payroll sync exist. Confirm the current catalog.
Proof at scale
SubTrack
Early-stage product with a growing contractor customer base
Raken
Established field-reporting vendor
Implementation approach
SubTrack
Self-service plus optional assisted setup
Raken
Simpler than an enterprise suite, still a different product job than LEM billing
Sources
Reviewed September 17, 2026. These public pages support the claims about Raken. 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 Raken?
Raken is built for daily reports, photos, and field time. If that is already the field system, keep using it. If daily reporting still leaves extras in spreadsheets, start with SubTrack for T&M / LEM tickets that reach billing.
SubTrack vs Raken FAQ
Is Raken a T&M / LEM platform?
Raken is primarily daily reporting and field time tracking. It is adjacent to T&M billing, not the same job as a LEM ticket system.
When is SubTrack a better fit than Raken?
When you need native LEM tickets, project rate sheets, scope breaks, and client approvals that survive the handoff to billing.
When is Raken the better fit?
When daily reporting and field time tracking are the core need and T&M invoicing can live elsewhere.
Does SubTrack replace daily reports?
Not today. Daily and progress reporting are on the SubTrack roadmap. Live SubTrack is the T&M / LEM ticket.
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.
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- No credit card required
- Setup help included
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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.