Track and control costs
in real-time
Simple cost tracking for profitable projects and full financial control with LiveCosts.
Transforming the Way You Work
The right software can help you increase the efficiency of your team as well as the profitability of your business. Track costs, reduce manual work, and streamline reporting with tools built for efficiency. Discover how easy it can be to track and control costs in real-time with LiveCosts.
Detailed Job Budgets
Organise projects with simple or complex
budget structures.
Each construction project has its own challenges, so your job costing software needs to be flexible. LiveCosts allows you to tailor budgets and reporting to suit your company’s workflow, giving you full control over how you track and manage costs.
Live Budget v Actuals
Clear financial overviews with real-time
profitability reporting.
Stay on top of every dollar as it’s spent. LiveCosts compares your planned budgets against actual project spend, highlighting variances as they happen. That means you can correct issues early, manage changes confidently, and keep profit margins healthy from start to finish.
Procurement Workflows
Track Purchase Orders with instant visibility and approvals on-the-go.
With LiveCosts, procurement stays connected whether you’re on site or in the office. Your team can raise requisitions, create purchase orders, approve spend, and log deliveries – all from a phone or tablet. Every transaction updates your project budget instantly, giving you clear oversight of costs and commitments in real time.
Manage Invoices
No missed costs. Just clean, connected data that keeps every project on budget.
LiveCosts automates the invoice process by extracting invoice line items using AI and applying 3-way matching. Each invoice is linked to the correct budget, purchase order, and delivery record, creating full visibility and accuracy without manual entry.
As well as speeding up approvals and reducing errors, LiveCosts builds a detailed history of your project spend. This data lets you analyse pricing, spot cost trends, and make informed purchasing decisions – turning every invoice into valuable business intelligence.
Track Employee Time
Track data and costs with greater accuracy, precision, and control.
Capture labour hours seamlessly through the mobile app or web platform. Assign time to specific jobs or cost codes, apply multiple pay rates, and feed that data directly into your project budgets. It’s a straightforward way to maintain accurate job costing and eliminate guesswork when it comes to labour expenses.
Buildsoft is a licensed reseller of LiveCosts in Australia.
Track costs, reduce manual work, and streamline reporting
with tools built for efficiency.
Get started with a Demo
See the benefits of LiveCosts for yourself with a free demonstration.