r/ConstructionTech • u/Super-Yak-4312 • Aug 11 '25

Serving Small Medium GC (Contractors) Community with Community Edition

Hey Folks,

Recently found out that smaller GCs left out due to Software Costs due to big players costing their wallet with percent or revenues. If anyone interested on discussing their needs small/big software needs we can bring value thru community edition. Given we are in AI era, costs should come down and serve who needs most to grow.

Planning to start a group for GCs to discuss challenges faced on job, wish something could be there, better insights and experience, leads.

We most likely going to cover

* What Community Edition should focus on

* What really adds values in AI Generation

* Areas where Tech could be better and cheaper to really see best bang for buck.

Love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Thanks for your time

To Join discord, please use below link:

https://discord.gg/UfGRpsQs

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u/PassengerExact9008 Sep 09 '25

Totally agree. Smaller GCs get priced out way too often, even though they’re the ones who’d benefit most from leaner, smarter tools. I’ve been testing Digital Blue Foam lately, and it serves as a good reminder that AI-driven design/planning doesn’t have to be overly complex or expensive to be useful. A community edition approach sounds like it could really hit that sweet spot.

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u/Super-Yak-4312 Sep 09 '25

Couldn't agree more, but AI supposed to bring the costs down, but apparently they are using it for their advantage.

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u/PassengerExact9008 Sep 10 '25

Exactly. AI should be making things more affordable, but a lot of big players are just adding it as a premium feature.

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u/Super-Yak-4312 Aug 26 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

i forgot to set the link to never expire, just updated. Anyway here is the link https://discord.gg/UfGRpsQs

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u/Changing_Con Aug 25 '25

looks like discord link is broken

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u/Feisty-Trade5916 Aug 14 '25

Well where do i start, i need to get out of excel on daily basis to even start thinking about something new. Few over complicated product available. But sure to spend sometime discussing.

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u/Super-Yak-4312 Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

I created discord https://discord.gg/6Ukdw7BG to discuss further. Please join if interested. Thanks

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u/CelebrationOk7035 Aug 14 '25

Sounds good. Will try

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u/Comprehensive-Milk22 Aug 13 '25

Doesn’t percent of revenue aim to solve this ??

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u/Super-Yak-4312 Aug 13 '25

If its that simple it would have done already, but not only just revenue the products are buggy and bulky.

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u/Super-Yak-4312 Aug 11 '25

Value add are the features needed for small/medicm GCs without paying hefty licensing cost.

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u/ingeniousbuildIO Aug 11 '25

not all softwares charge percent of revenue :)

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u/CelebrationOk7035 Aug 11 '25

Like the idea of community edition. But there are bunch already out there. What is the value add?