BuildOps is built for commercial multi-trade contractors. PowerOps is built for one thing: generator sales, service, rental, and repair, and the compliance record that comes with it.
Pick BuildOps if:
Your shop runs HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical jobs side by side, generators are one line among several, and you need cross-trade job costing more than generator-specific compliance depth.
Pick PowerOps if:
Generator sales, service, rental, or repair is the business, or the part of it growing fastest, and you sell PM contracts to hospitals, data centers, or municipalities where the audit trail is what keeps the account.
Cells reflect BuildOps’s publicly documented features as of July 2026, not a claim about the current state of their product. Verify specifics with BuildOps directly.
| Capability | PowerOps | BuildOps |
|---|---|---|
| Generator + ATS tracked as a first-class asset (make, model, serial, kW, fuel, install date) | ||
| Load bank test documentation with pass/fail criteria | ||
| ATS transfer-time readings captured on PM checklists | ||
| NFPA 110 monthly inspection checklist built into the field app | ||
| Attributed, append-only audit trail on every workflow gate | ||
| PM contract / service agreement builder with e-signature | ||
| CSV import for customers, sites, and equipment | ||
| Offline-capable mobile field app | ||
| Cross-trade job costing (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical) | ||
| Published pricing, visible without a sales call | ||
| Office & back-office seats included free | ||
| QuickBooks Online sync |
PowerOps
$189–$549/tech/mo
Published on this site, right now. 4 tiers, billed annually.
BuildOps
Custom quote
Not published. A discovery call is required to get a number.
We don’t publish a dollar figure for BuildOps because they don’t, and third-party estimates for undisclosed enterprise software pricing are routinely wrong. Get a quote directly from them and compare it to the numbers above, which are exactly what you’ll pay.
Export your customers, contacts, and equipment from BuildOps as a CSV. PowerOps’s import wizard handles column mapping, validation, and a preview before anything commits.
No. BuildOps is a capable, well-funded platform built for commercial multi-trade contractors: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical shops running job costing and project management across trades. If that describes your business, it is a reasonable option. It was not built around a generator as a tracked asset: no load bank pass/fail fields, no ATS transfer-time log, no NFPA 110 checklist. Those live as notes and attachments instead of structured, reportable data.
BuildOps does not publish pricing; their pricing page routes to a discovery call, and the number depends on headcount and negotiation. We are not going to guess a figure for them here; get a quote directly from BuildOps and compare it against the tier prices on this page, which are published and current.
PowerOps charges per technician seat. Dispatchers, estimators, billing staff, and managers are free on every tier. If they are not turning a wrench in the field, they are not on the bill.
Yes. Export customers, contacts, and equipment as a CSV from BuildOps and run it through the PowerOps import wizard: column mapping, validation, and a preview before anything commits.
If generator work is a minor line inside a multi-trade commercial business, BuildOps’s cross-trade breadth may still be the right call. PowerOps is the right call when generator sales, service, rental, or repair is the business, or the fastest-growing part of it, and the compliance record is what keeps the account.
Start a free trial and import your equipment, or book a demo and bring your toughest compliance customer.