Excavation software for crews that go to the client
Digging and grading by the hour or the day, as one-off jobs or as projects for a builder. Settles books the work, sends the crew, invoices the job and gets you paid, from $79 a month in Canadian dollars.
What goes wrong in excavation, and what Settles does
Budgets that drift a little every week
Projects track every day, change orders the client signs online, and sub bills against the budget.Pro and up
Progress billing done in a spreadsheet
Progress invoices with holdback, made from the project.Pro and up
Receipts lost in the truck
Receipts snapped on site are read for you and filed under the project.Pro and up
Set up for excavation on day one
Pick excavation when you create your account and Settles suggests a starter list for it. You set your own prices, and nothing is added until you tick it.
Services
- Excavator, per hourabout 1 h to start
- Grading and levelling, per dayabout 8 h to start
- Trenching, per metreabout 15 minutes to start
Extras clients can add
- Locates booked: Utility locates before digging
- Fill hauled in, per load: Clean fill delivered and spread
- Spoil hauled away, per load: Dirt taken off site
Equipment the crew checks off as they load the truck: mini excavator, dump truck. Materials tracked against each job: gravel.
Everything else the business runs on
- A schedule the whole crew sees, and a crew app in any phone browser with clock in, checklists and photos
- New requests priced as they arrive, and accepted quotes that book a day, a time and a crew
- Every finished job on a draft invoice right away, paid by card from the link or by e-transfer
- Reminders that chase late invoices, and a Home screen that shows who to call
See it on the homepage, or look around a real workspace with no signup.
What it costs
Base is $79, Pro $129 and Elite $179 a month in Canadian dollars, plus $4.95 for each employee. Owners are free, and there is no setup fee. Card payments are Stripe's standard rate with no markup from Settles.
See what each plan includes · How it compares with Jobber and others
Questions owners ask
Can I bring my clients from Jobber or a spreadsheet?
Yes. Import your client list from a spreadsheet or a Jobber export and be scheduling the same afternoon.
Does it work if it is just me, or one small crew?
Yes. Base is made for one to three people, and owners are never charged as an employee. Add people as you hire and the bill moves by $4.95 each.
Do my crew need to install an app?
No. The crew app runs in the phone's browser. They open a link, sign in, and see their day.
More in construction and projects
Try it with your own jobs
From $79 a month plus $4.95 per employee, cancel any time. Import your clients and be running in an afternoon, with no sales call.
Talk to the person who built it
No sales team, no ticket queue. Petr answers, usually the same business day.