The operating system for builders
Build more. Higher margins. Same team.
Perch connects your whole building company — sales, estimating, the build, and the money — into one record. Enter something once, by photo, voice, text, or tap, and the whole company knows.
The front door of your company: cash warnings, schedule conflicts, and punch-list drift — each with the next action attached.
Who it's for
Built for the companies that actually build.
Home builders
Production or custom — every lot, every PO, every homeowner in one place, from first call to warranty and beyond.
Remodelers
Many small jobs, one system. Change orders, selections, and subs stay connected instead of living in your text messages.
Small commercial contractors
Company-wide cash, overhead, and payroll connect to the jobs that drive them — no separate spreadsheet layer.
What Perch does
Enter it once. The whole company knows.
Most software makes your people learn it. Perch learns your people — it takes information in whatever form it arrives and turns it into the right action.
Snap it
A photo of the super's notepad becomes the daily log, notes, and tasks.
Say it
"Move framing to Thursday." Perch drafts the change; one tap approves it.
Text or CC it
Text the Perch number or CC Perch on an email — it lands on the right job.
Tap it
The full dashboard is there for anyone who wants it. Subs and homeowners never need to log in.
Company Brain
Perch learns how you run your company — who approves, who orders, who calls the homeowner — so every task lands with the right person, and know-how stays when people leave.
Sub Intelligence
Every trade scored on on-time starts, inspections passed, and bid accuracy — from data you already have. Know who you're hiring before the job goes wrong.
AI proposes. You decide.
From "suggest" to "autopilot," you choose how much Perch does for each kind of action. Every dollar stays under your rules.
See it work
A closer look at Perch
01 · The app
Everything that needs you, on one screen
Tap a marker to see what each part of Perch does.
Perch Inbox — full app view
2400 × 1500 px · 16:10 · PNG
Desktop app, 3–5 decision cards visible, one 'Critical' badge, margin widget top-right. Real job names, no personal data.
Showing: Decision inbox
02 · Field to office
Crews text. The office log writes itself.
No app to install in the field. Texts, photos, and voice notes become tracked work in seconds.
SMS · Perch
Marco (framing)
Dana (site)
Luis (electric)
Field photo
1080 × 1350 px · 4:5
Real jobsite photo sent by a crew member.
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Materials
PO draft · 12 LVL 1.75×11.875 · $1,840
from Marco (framing) · just now
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Issue
Issue logged · Lot 19 · pump-out scheduled
from Dana (site) · just now
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Schedule
Inspection requested · Fri 9am
from Luis (electric) · just now
03 · Bid leveling
The cheapest bid isn't always the cheapest.
Perch lines up every sub's scope, flags what's missing, and shows the real cost to your margin.
| Scope item | Summit Framing | Ridge Co. | Prairie Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rough framing | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Sheathing | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Blocking | ✓ Included | Gap +$1,900 | ✓ Included |
| Stairs | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | Gap +$2,400 |
| Cleanup / haul | ✓ Included | Gap +$1,100 | ✓ Included |
| Bid total | $48,200 | $43,900 | $46,500 |
| Leveled cost | $48,200 | $46,900 Best value | $48,900 |
| Margin impact | −$1,300 | — | −$2,000 |
04 · Lot 19 schedule
Rain hits. Perch reshuffles everything downstream.
Drag the slider to add rain days and watch every trade and sub notification update.
Closing date: On track
Perch texted the framing, roofing, MEP, and drywall subs their new start dates.
05 · Screenshot slots
More of Perch in action
Each slot lists the exact size and content so real screenshots drop straight in.
Margin dashboard
2400 × 1500 px · 16:10
Portfolio view with 6–10 jobs and margin trend line.
Mobile crew view
1170 × 2532 px · iPhone
Today's schedule for a field lead, portrait screenshot.
Bid builder
2400 × 1500 px · 16:10
A proposal mid-build with line items and totals.
Builder on site
1600 × 1200 px · 4:3 · JPG
Real customer photo with tablet or phone, natural light.
How it works
One rain delay. The whole company reacts.
One event → the right decisions, people, and actions. Nobody copied. Nobody chased. Nothing fell through.
Super says it once
Daily log · voice
"Rain delay on Lot 19. Framing moves two days."
Logged by voice. No typing, no app to learn.
Perch understands the impact
Lot 19 – Schedule
Schedule, cost, and downstream work recalculate.
Perch does the coordination
Text · Framing sub
Framing moved to Thursday. Can you confirm?
The sub confirms by text. No login.
Everyone gets the next action
Purchasing
Move
drywall delivery
Super
Updated
Thursday schedule
Homeowner
Framing
delayed two days (weather)
Everyone knows what changed and what happens next.
Why Perch
Others record the work. Perch helps run the company.
Legacy platforms
Systems people operate
Your team types the work in, then chases it by phone and email.
AI point tools
Automate one task
Faster estimates or documents, but still another login and another copy of the data.
PerchOS
A connected system that does the coordination
One record for the company and every job; Perch carries out the next steps, with your approval.
The result: delays priced in dollars as they happen, permit and inspection issues flagged before you submit, and hours back from re-typing and chasing — more homes from the same team.
Request a demo
See your own company in Perch.
Tell us about your jobs and we'll walk you through Perch on a call — using your workflow, not a canned script. We'll also run a free margin audit on one of your recent jobs.
- A 30-minute walkthrough with our team
- Free margin audit on one of your jobs, in dollars
- No pitch, no pressure — just your numbers
Thanks — your request is in.
We'll reach out to set up your walkthrough and free margin audit.