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Databuild — done right.

A long-standing estimating and job-costing platform used by Australian residential builders for decades. We implement, train and support Databuild — and migrate teams from it to costed.app when the time comes.

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Who it suits

Best for established residential builders.

Volume residential

Repeatable house designs, supplier price lists, structured BOQs.

Established teams

You've been using it for years and want to keep it running smoothly.

Migration candidates

Or you're considering moving to a modern cloud platform like costed.app.

Key features

What Databuild does well.

Estimating

Detailed BOQ creation with structured cost centres and supplier price lookup.

Job costing

Track actual costs against estimates throughout the build lifecycle.

Purchase orders

Generate POs from BOQ line items with automatic supplier price application.

Progress claims

Stage-based claims with retention handling.

Variations

Track variation orders and their financial impact across the job.

Reports

Standard suite of profitability, margin and cash-flow reports.

Our role

What we do for Databuild users.

New implementations

Database setup, template build, supplier import, integration with your accounting system.

Training

Remote sessions for estimators and admin. Recorded for new starters.

Migration to costed.app

If you're ready for the cloud, we can move your data and templates across with minimal disruption.

Often paired with

Databuild + zzTakeoff

Many of our Databuild customers run zzTakeoff alongside it for fast PDF takeoffs that flow into Databuild's estimating workflow.

Top-down view of an Australian estimator's desk: laptop showing on-screen takeoff, printed BOQ spreadsheet, mug of coffee, highlighter and pencil
In real estimator hands

Databuild, configured for the way you work.

We don't just install Databuild — we set it up around your supplier list, your cost centres, your job templates and your reporting needs. So you're productive on day one, not month three.

Get the most from Databuild

Talk to a team that's
used it for 25 years.

Whether you're rolling it out, training your team, or planning a migration — we've done it all before.