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Value-based pricing for construction intelligence

Plans That Scale With Your Projects

Start with one real project. See what VU-QC finds in your contracts, drawings, schedules, RFIs, obligations, risks, field quality records, and surety readiness data before you commit.

VU-QC pricing is built around project risk, document workload, AI analysis depth, schedule risk visibility, field quality execution, surety readiness, implementation support, and enterprise-grade reliability — not just user seats.

Best First Step

Free Project Pilot

Upload one real contract or drawing package and see how VU-QC extracts obligations, risks, RFIs, design issues, schedule signals, and document intelligence from your own project data.

$0
14-day project pilot
Start Free Pilot
  • 1 project
  • 1–2 users
  • 14-day access
  • Up to 5 AI analysis credits
  • Contract Intelligence sample run
  • Design Review sample run
  • Basic schedule signal sample if included in pilot scope
  • RFI candidate review
  • Obligation & risk sample extraction
  • Drawing Register preview
  • Watermarked exports
  • No credit card required

For large contracts, full drawing sets, schedule-risk reviews, or surety portfolio reviews, ask about a paid pilot.

Starter

For teams that need AI-powered contract and drawing review on a small number of projects.

$799
per month
Start Starter
  • Up to 3 active projects
  • 5 users
  • 20 AI analysis credits/month
  • Contract Intelligence — single document
  • Design Review — single discipline
  • RFI Register
  • Obligation Register
  • Risk Register
  • Document Control
  • Source Evidence
  • Basic AI Agent assistance
  • Basic reports
  • Email support
  • Schedule Intelligence — not included
  • Field Quality Suite — not included
  • Surety & Bonding — not included

Ideal when one missed issue could cost more than an annual subscription.

Most Popular

Professional Core

The full VU-QC project intelligence layer for teams reviewing contracts, drawings, RFIs, risks, obligations, equipment, source evidence, and project quality records.

$2,999
per month
Start Professional Core
  • Up to 15 active projects
  • 25 users
  • 125 AI analysis credits/month
  • Full Contract Intelligence
  • Contract Package Upload
  • Exhibit & Package Dependency tracking
  • Multi-discipline Design Review
  • Drawing Register + revision tracking
  • Design Flaw Register
  • Equipment Register
  • RFI Management
  • Obligation & Risk Registers
  • Source Evidence & Audit Trail
  • AI Agent across core modules
  • Basic schedule signals from contracts
  • Basic reports and exports
  • Priority support
  • Full Schedule Intelligence Suite — add-on from $1,500/mo
  • Field Quality Suite — add-on from $1,500/mo

Best for teams that want VU-QC as the project-level quality intelligence layer across active projects.

Best for Closed-Loop Quality

Professional Plus

Everything in Professional Core plus Schedule Intelligence and Field Quality workflows for teams that need to connect AI findings to project execution.

$5,999
per month
Start Professional Plus
  • Up to 25 active projects
  • 50 users
  • 225 AI analysis credits/month
  • Everything in Professional Core
  • Schedule Intelligence Suite included
  • Field Quality Suite included
  • ITP / ICL Management
  • Mobile Inspection workflow
  • Punch List Management
  • NCR / CAR / CAPA workflow
  • Closeout tracking
  • Lessons Learned Intelligence
  • AI-generated ITP seed recommendations
  • Schedule milestone tracking
  • RFI delay impact tracking
  • Priority implementation support
  • Full Surety & Bonding Suite — add-on

Designed for teams that need the full VQC loop: Find it → assign it → schedule it → inspect it → correct it → close it → learn from it.

For Growing Portfolios

Portfolio

Portfolio-level visibility across active projects, contract risk, design risk, schedule risk, RFIs, field quality, corrective actions, closeout, and early warning indicators.

$8,499
per month
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  • Up to 50 active projects
  • 100 users
  • 400 AI analysis credits/month
  • Everything in Professional Plus
  • Cross-project dashboard
  • Portfolio risk trends
  • Portfolio schedule risk dashboard
  • Portfolio obligation tracking
  • Portfolio RFI trend dashboard
  • Portfolio NCR / CAPA trend dashboard
  • Portfolio field quality trends
  • Surety readiness dashboard — basic
  • AI usage analytics
  • Advanced exports & API access
  • Custom onboarding
  • Quarterly business review

Designed for teams that need visibility across many projects, not just one project dashboard.

Enterprise / Surety Partner

Custom VU-QC deployment for organizations that need portfolio risk intelligence, schedule intelligence, surety readiness, contractor visibility, custom workflows, integrations, governance, and enterprise support.

Custom
Starting from $15,000/mo
Schedule Enterprise Call
  • Unlimited or custom project volume
  • Unlimited or custom users
  • Custom AI analysis volume
  • Everything in Portfolio
  • Full Surety & Bonding Intelligence
  • Full Schedule Intelligence
  • Surety Partner Portal
  • Contractor invite workflow
  • Contractor risk scorecards
  • 4C readiness scoring
  • Bond exposure monitoring
  • Early warning alerts
  • Project health scoring
  • Custom AI rule packs
  • Regional compliance packs
  • SSO / SAML
  • Dedicated customer success
  • Custom integrations & API
  • Private deployment options
  • SLA and governance support

Built for organizations where one avoided claim, delay, default, major rework event, or contractor failure can justify the platform.

Currency conversions are estimates for display only. Final pricing is confirmed in your regional proposal.

Add-On Suites

Extend VU-QC Beyond Document Intelligence

Add schedule risk, field execution, surety readiness, enterprise workflows, and advanced AI.

Schedule Intelligence Suite

Connect project schedule risk to contracts, drawings, RFIs, equipment, inspections, closeout, and surety readiness.

From $1,500/month · $16,200/year

Included in: Professional Plus, Portfolio, Enterprise

Available as: Add-on for Professional Core

  • Contract milestone extraction
  • Notice deadline tracking
  • Liquidated damages exposure tracking
  • Baseline schedule review
  • Schedule update comparison
  • Contract-to-schedule milestone alignment
  • Drawing revision schedule impact
  • RFI delay impact tracking
  • Long-lead equipment schedule risk
  • Inspection readiness timeline
  • Schedule risk dashboard & report
Add Schedule Intelligence

Field Quality Suite

Turn AI findings into field execution.

From $1,500/month · $16,200/year

Included in: Professional Plus, Portfolio, Enterprise

Available as: Add-on for Professional Core

  • ITP / ICL Management
  • Mobile Inspection workflow
  • Punch List Management
  • NCR / CAR / CAPA
  • Closeout tracking
  • Lessons Learned Intelligence
  • Inspection and evidence tracking
  • Field quality dashboards
  • AI-generated ITP seeds
  • AI lesson candidate suggestions
Add Field Quality

Surety & Bonding Intelligence

Early warning visibility for contractors, sureties, bonding partners, insurers, lenders, SBA programs, public agencies, and owners.

From $2,500/month · $27,000/year

Included in: Enterprise / Surety Partner (full)

Available as: Add-on for Professional Plus, Portfolio

  • Surety Partner Portal
  • Contractor invite workflow
  • Contractor project health dashboard
  • Bond exposure visibility
  • 4C readiness score
  • Early warning signals
  • Open RFI & NCR trend monitoring
  • Overdue obligation tracking
  • Corrective action tracker
  • Surety-ready audit trail
  • Evidence vault
  • Project risk scorecards
  • Partner review dashboard
  • Bond-readiness report
Schedule Surety Partner Call
Portfolio Score87.4
Open Risk Items14
Overdue Obligations3
Bond Coverage98.2%
Active RFIs28
Doc Compliance94.7%

Advanced AI + Data Suite

Customize VU-QC for your industry, standards, region, portfolio, and project controls.

Custom

  • Custom AI rule packs
  • Historical project import
  • Managed analysis workflows
  • API access
  • Regional standards packs
  • Custom report templates
  • Data migration
  • SSO / SAML
  • Integrations
  • Portfolio analytics
  • Custom dashboards
  • Dedicated implementation support
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Managed Quality Support

Future / Available by Request

When your team needs help acting on what VU-QC finds.

Custom

VU-QC is a platform first. For teams that need extra capacity, VU-QC can provide managed support.

  • Managed Analysis Support
  • QA/QC Document Control Support
  • Virtual QA/QC Coordinator
  • Embedded QA/QC Manager
  • Design Review Engineer Support
  • Schedule / Project Controls Support
  • Field Quality Support
  • Surety Readiness Coordinator
  • Closeout Evidence Support
  • Training & Onboarding Support

Managed Quality Support is quoted separately and is not included in standard software subscriptions.

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Implementation, Pilots, and Services

Enterprise & Sales-Led Deployment Support

Sales-led and enterprise deployments may include onboarding, configuration, managed analysis, custom workflows, and implementation support.

Implementation, onboarding, managed services, staffing, paid pilots, training, travel, and custom professional services are quoted separately and are not automatically discounted by annual billing.

Paid Pilot

$10,000–$25,000

For larger contracts, full drawing sets, schedule-risk reviews, surety portfolio reviews, or guided enterprise pilots. Paid pilots may be credited toward an annual agreement when converted.

Professional Core Onboarding

From $5,000

Project setup, team onboarding, workflow configuration, AI configuration, and initial document analysis support.

Professional Plus Onboarding

From $10,000

Includes field quality workflow setup, schedule-intelligence setup, ITP/ICL planning, NCR/CAPA configuration, and closeout workflow setup.

Portfolio Onboarding

From $20,000

Portfolio dashboards, project templates, user roles, reporting setup, adoption planning, and cross-project workflow configuration.

Enterprise / Surety Implementation

From $50,000

Custom workflows, partner portal configuration, surety dashboard setup, schedule-risk configuration, rule packs, integrations, governance support, and enterprise rollout.

Managed Analysis Service

From $3,500–$7,500/project

VU-QC team helps upload, run, review, organize, and prepare findings for your project team.

Custom Rule Pack

From $5,000 setup + annual maintenance

Custom AI rules for solar, BESS, substation, water/wastewater, transportation, industrial, owner-specific standards, regional compliance, or surety requirements.

Historical Project Import

From $2,500/project

Import and analyze past project records for lessons learned, claims review, quality trend analysis, risk patterns, and future AI rule recommendations.

Surety Portfolio Pilot

Custom

Analyze a contractor or project portfolio for early warning indicators, documentation gaps, corrective action status, and surety readiness.

AI Analysis Credits

How Credits Work

Credits are consumed when VU-QC runs AI analysis. Usage varies by document type, size, and complexity.

Analysis TypeCredits
Contract analysis — single document1 credit
Contract package — primary + exhibits3–5 credits
Drawing review — one discipline2 credits
Full multi-discipline drawing review5–10 credits
Drawing revision comparison2 credits
RFI / obligation / risk re-analysis1 credit
Schedule milestone extraction from contract1–2 credits
Baseline schedule review2–3 credits
Schedule update comparison2–3 credits
Contract-to-schedule milestone alignment2–4 credits
Drawing revision schedule impact review1–2 credits
RFI / NCR delay impact scan1–2 credits
Long-lead equipment schedule risk scan1–2 credits
Full schedule risk review3–5 credits
ITP / ICL seed generation1–2 credits
Punch list / closeout review1–2 credits
NCR / CAPA review1–2 credits
Lessons learned analysis1–2 credits
Surety project health scan2–4 credits
Portfolio trend reviewCustom
Surety portfolio risk scanCustom

Credit usage varies based on document size, page count, OCR requirements, complexity, analysis depth, and whether the analysis includes contracts, drawings, schedules, RFIs, equipment, inspections, field quality, closeout, and surety risk alignment.

Overage Pricing

Starter

$35/credit

Professional Core

$25/credit

Professional Plus

$22/credit

Portfolio

$18/credit

Enterprise

Custom bundled volume

Plan Comparison

Compare All Plans

Module / Feature Free Pilot Starter Professional Core Professional Plus Portfolio Enterprise / Surety Partner
Core PlatformSampleIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Contract IntelligenceSampleBasicFullFullFullFull
Contract Package UploadLimitedNoIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Design ReviewSampleSingle DisciplineMulti-DisciplineMulti-DisciplineMulti-DisciplineFull Custom
Drawing Revision ControlLimitedBasicIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Schedule IntelligenceSample if scopedNoBasic signals / Add-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Field Quality SuiteNoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
ITP / ICLNoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Mobile InspectionNoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Punch ListNoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
NCR / CAR / CAPANoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Closeout TrackingNoNoAdd-OnIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Lessons Learned IntelligenceNoNoLimitedIncludedIncludedIncluded / Custom
Surety & Bonding SuiteNoNoOptional by approvalAdd-OnBasic included / Full add-onFull
AI AgentBasicBasicIncludedAdvancedAdvancedCustom
API AccessNoNoAdd-OnOptionalIncludedIncluded
Custom Rule PacksNoNoAdd-OnAdd-OnAdd-OnIncluded / Custom
SSO / SAMLNoNoNoOptionalOptionalIncluded
Dedicated Customer SuccessNoNoNoOptionalQuarterly ReviewIncluded
Managed Quality SupportOptional paidNot includedAvailable by requestAvailable by requestAvailable by requestCustom available
Return on Investment

The Cost of Missing One Issue

One missed contract clause

$50K–$500K+

One drawing coordination issue

$25K–$250K+

One schedule delay or long-lead equipment issue

Delay exposure, acceleration cost, liquidated damages, or claim risk

One uncontrolled quality issue

Rework, NCR/CAPA escalation, punch list delay, closeout delay, or surety concern

If VU-QC helps catch just one issue that would have cost $25,000, it can pay for months of platform use.

ROI Calculator

$50M
10
4%
$50K
2
2,000
$125
$15,000
Potential Risk Exposure$2,000,000
Estimated Preventable Cost$1,000,000
Estimated Review Time Savings$75,000
VU-QC Annual Cost$32,390
Estimated Payback Period~1 month
Suggested PlanProfessional Core

ROI estimates are illustrative and depend on project size, document quality, team adoption, project controls, and risk profile.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing FAQ

Annual customers receive a 10% discount compared to paying monthly for 12 months.

VU-QC includes AI analysis, onboarding, support, infrastructure, product updates, enterprise readiness, and high-touch construction workflows. A 10% annual discount rewards commitment while keeping the platform sustainable.

An active project is a project with documents uploaded, analysis activity, active registers, or active workflows within the current billing period.

Credits are used when VU-QC runs AI analysis on contracts, drawings, packages, revisions, schedules, RFIs, obligations, risks, field quality records, closeout records, or surety scans.

AI document analysis has real compute costs and varies by document size, page count, OCR needs, and analysis depth. Credits let pricing scale with workload rather than only with user seats.

Yes. VU-QC offers a Free Project Pilot using one real project so teams can see actual results before committing.

Yes. Larger teams, sureties, and enterprise buyers can start with a paid pilot that can be credited toward an annual agreement if converted.

No. Implementation, onboarding, managed analysis, training, staffing, and custom services are quoted separately and are not automatically discounted by annual billing.

Yes. You can upgrade as project volume, users, AI analysis needs, schedule workflows, field quality workflows, and surety readiness needs increase.

No. VU-QC helps engineers, QA/QC managers, project managers, field teams, and surety partners find issues earlier. Humans approve final actions.

Yes. The platform is being designed for multilingual, multi-currency, metric/imperial, and region-specific construction workflows.

Schedule Intelligence is included in Professional Plus, Portfolio, and Enterprise / Surety Partner plans. Professional Core includes basic schedule signals and can add the full Schedule Intelligence Suite.

Field Quality is available as an add-on for Professional Core and included in Professional Plus, Portfolio, and Enterprise.

Surety Intelligence is available as an add-on, included as a basic dashboard in Portfolio, and fully included in Enterprise / Surety Partner plans.

Yes. The Enterprise / Surety Partner plan supports contractor invite workflows, bond-readiness review, corrective action tracking, evidence review, and project risk visibility.

VU-QC is a platform first, but Managed Quality Support is available by request for teams that need help with document control, managed analysis, QA/QC coordination, design review support, schedule risk support, field quality workflows, closeout, or surety readiness.

Displayed prices are standard starting points. Final pricing may vary by region, project volume, AI analysis volume, implementation scope, support level, and enterprise requirements.

Ready to See What VU-QC Finds in Your Projects?

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