The Consolidation Kill-Shot · Deck building
All-in-one deck building software. Kill the 4-tool stack.
Most deck and railing companies pay for a build-management app like JobTread or Buildertrend, CompanyCam for the photo trail, a separate time clock, and QuickBooks — every month, every seat. Vexor consolidates the takeoff-to-final-inspection workflow into one flat workspace from $99/mo. Line-item takeoffs, inspection sequencing, the structural photo record, fall-protection JSA, and crew time in one audit trail — no per-carpenter fees.
4-person deck & railing crew
Your current stack
With Vexor
What Vexor consolidates
One workspace for the whole deck building job.
- JobTread / Buildertrend → Line-item quoting with material takeoffs — joists, beams, decking, railing, footings, fasteners — e-signature straight into a job, plus inspection-sequenced scheduling (footing / framing / final).
- CompanyCam → Job-scoped photos tagged Before / Footings / Ledger & Flashing / Framing / Decking / Railing / Final / Inspection — EXIF + GPS + crew attribution, searchable for warranty years later.
- A separate time clock → GPS clock-in per site, drive-vs-job time, OT rules, and payroll reports — built into the Field plan, no add-on.
- Paper JSA → Digital fall-protection JSA with PPE checklist and mobile crew signatures before anyone frames above grade.
- Scattered daily notes → Daily logs with auto-pulled weather, crew count, and blockers — documents the rain days that pushed the pour or the deck.
Why the stack fails for deck building
- A deck lives or dies on the takeoff — joists, beams, ledger, footings, decking, railing, and fasteners all scale with the framing plan — and a build-management tool priced for whole-house remodels makes you pay for a rebar-to-drywall workflow you never use.
- The build sequence is gated by inspections — footing before the pour, framing before you deck, final before the client pays — and a photo app plus a generic scheduler have no concept of a sign-off that idles the crew for days.
- Ledger flashing, hold-downs, joist hangers, and footing depth are exactly what fails and exactly what an inspector or homeowner asks about later — a camera roll spread across CompanyCam and phones loses the structural context.
- Elevated framing puts carpenters above grade where OSHA expects a documented fall-protection plan — a paper JSA in a truck folder, separate from the schedule and the photos, does not hold up for insurance.
Questions
How much does a deck crew save consolidating to Vexor?
A 4-person deck & railing crew paying for JobTread or Buildertrend (~$199/mo) + CompanyCam (~$76/mo) + a time clock (~$40/mo) + QuickBooks (~$99/mo) runs about $414/mo. Vexor Field covers the field workflow — takeoffs, inspection scheduling, the photo trail, JSA, and crew time — at $99/mo flat. That is roughly $315/mo, or about $3,780/year, and Vexor never scales by carpenter. Keep QuickBooks if you like it, or move to Vexor Operations at $199/mo to fold invoicing, profit dashboards, and QuickBooks Online sync in too.
Do I lose my photos and job history switching over?
No — you import going forward and keep the old app read-only during the transition, so the existing footing and framing photos stay accessible while every new photo lands in Vexor timestamped, GPS-tagged, and pinned to the job next to the takeoff, JSA, timecard, and inspection record.
Does Vexor do the takeoff automatically from a drawing?
No — Vexor is not a CAD or takeoff tool. You enter the takeoff as quote line items, using your own saved templates for common deck sizes, and Vexor keeps that data attached to the job, ordering, and profit tracking. It organizes the estimate and the material list; it does not generate framing plans.
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