Does Buildertrend have a CRM?

Yes. Buildertrend has a CRM hub for leads, proposals you can sign online, email campaigns and a client portal (buildertrend.com, checked September 2026). When a lead signs, it turns into a job. The sales record then carries into the schedule, the estimate and the budget.

Can you run Buildertrend and a configurable CRM together?

Yes. Buildertrend runs the job from contract to closeout. SalesCrew runs the months before the contract. It sends outbound to new accounts, follows up on open bids in steps, and puts every enquiry in one inbox. SalesCrew connects to other tools through webhooks, its API and MCP.

What does SalesCrew cost next to Buildertrend?

SalesCrew Core is $299 a month with unlimited seats, so your whole office gets a login at one price. The trial runs 14 days with a card on file. Buildertrend keeps its own plan for project and financial management.

How do I move my leads into SalesCrew?

Export your leads to a CSV file and import it into the SalesCrew Data Bank. You map the columns as you go. Contacts are matched on email and filled in, never overwritten. Contacts, companies, deals, notes and tasks all come across. Migration help is included on every tier, and a standard import is done within 7 business days.

Buildertrend CRM or a configurable CRM?

Buildertrend's CRM feeds leads into its construction job platform. A configurable CRM runs the long sales cycle and outbound around it, at one price for everyone.

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Pipeline with weighted forecast and stage breakdown

Buildertrend's CRM turns a signed lead into a job with a schedule, an estimate and a client portal (buildertrend.com, September 2026). SalesCrew runs the sales work before the contract: outbound, follow-up on open bids and one inbox for every lead, with unlimited seats for $299 a month.

The short answer

Buildertrend's CRM hub captures and tracks leads, sends proposals for e-signature and runs email marketing campaigns (buildertrend.com, checked September 2026).
Buildertrend converts a signed lead into an active job, with schedules, daily logs, change orders, estimates and online payments on the same platform.
SalesCrew is a configurable CRM: pipeline stages, a data bank, multi-step cadences on your own mailboxes and a unified inbox, with unlimited seats on every tier.
In SalesCrew every action is also an MCP tool, and every AI draft waits in one approval queue until a person approves it.

Buildertrend's CRM and a configurable CRM, side by side

Dimension	Buildertrend CRM	A configurable CRM (SalesCrew)
Built for	Home builders, remodelers and specialty contractors	Any pipeline you configure, including long construction sales cycles
Lead capture	A CRM hub with four ways to add leads	Web forms and Calendly bookings flow into one inbound channel
After the sale	Leads convert into jobs with schedules, estimates and budgets	The deal record and its full history stay in your own database
Follow-up	Automated email marketing campaigns	Multi-step cadences across a pool of your own mailboxes, with suppression at send
Proposals	Templated proposals with e-signatures	Deals, tasks and meetings track every open bid
AI and agents	Buildertrend AI inside the platform	Every action is an MCP tool; AI drafts wait in one approval queue

Buildertrend facts checked on buildertrend.com/sales-process/construction-crm, September 2026 (read through a text reader because the site served a browser check). SalesCrew facts from the SalesCrew product fact sheet, September 2026. Disclosure: SalesCrew is our product.

What Buildertrend's CRM does well

Buildertrend CRM

A signed lead becomes a job without re-entry, so sales data carries into estimates and budgets
Proposals go out with e-signatures, and clients follow their project in the client portal

What decides it

Start with where your leads come from. If most are referrals and they sign fast, Buildertrend's CRM keeps it all in one place. The lead, the proposal and the job share one record. You never copy a client between tools.

Selling to developers or commercial owners is slower. A bid can sit open for months. You need the second and third follow-up to go out on time, and you need to reach new accounts. SalesCrew runs that as cadences on your own mailboxes. It checks the opt-out list before each send, and every reply lands in one inbox.

Headcount matters too. SalesCrew has unlimited seats on every tier, so your estimators and owners all log in for $299 a month. See SalesCrew for construction and the construction CRM roundup for the full picture.

Buildertrend and CRM questions

Does Buildertrend have a CRM?: Yes. Buildertrend has a CRM hub for leads, proposals you can sign online, email campaigns and a client portal (buildertrend.com, checked September 2026). When a lead signs, it turns into a job. The sales record then carries into the schedule, the estimate and the budget.
Can you run Buildertrend and a configurable CRM together?: Yes. Buildertrend runs the job from contract to closeout. SalesCrew runs the months before the contract. It sends outbound to new accounts, follows up on open bids in steps, and puts every enquiry in one inbox. SalesCrew connects to other tools through webhooks, its API and MCP.
What does SalesCrew cost next to Buildertrend?: SalesCrew Core is $299 a month with unlimited seats, so your whole office gets a login at one price. The trial runs 14 days with a card on file. Buildertrend keeps its own plan for project and financial management.
How do I move my leads into SalesCrew?: Export your leads to a CSV file and import it into the SalesCrew Data Bank. You map the columns as you go. Contacts are matched on email and filled in, never overwritten. Contacts, companies, deals, notes and tasks all come across. Migration help is included on every tier, and a standard import is done within 7 business days.