Trade and construction software Switzerland — comparison

Name: Trade and construction software Switzerland — comparison
Creator: Stefan Bernhard
Published: 2026-08
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Time-and-material reports, quantity surveying, site billing.

5/5 shown

As of August 2026

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

Trades software

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

Time-and-material reportsThe daily report on work billed not at a fixed price but by time and material: hours, materials, machines, countersigned on site. It is the basis of the invoice and the most frequent point of dispute — software must allow it to be captured where it arises.
Quantity surveyingThe measurement of work actually performed, which in Swiss main construction is the basis of the invoice — by item and quantity, usually against a bill of quantities. It is the reason trade software needs more than a timesheet.
SIA project phasesRegulation 102 of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects divides a project into phases from strategic planning to operation and allocates the fee across them in percentages. Billing that way requires a project structure, progress tracking and partial invoicing per phase.
Construction agreementThe national collective agreement for main construction governs minimum wages, the flexible annual working-time calendar, supplements and travel time. It is declared generally binding: payroll that does not compute it is not merely inconvenient, it is wrong.
Data locationSwiss data centres are not a legal requirement, but often a procurement criterion – especially for personal data and public-sector contracts.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Comparison of 5 solutions in Trades software, data from vendor sources with check date. As of August 2026. Surveyed and verified by Stefan Bernhard.
Criterion	Cheap, offline, QR-billDetails	Flat price, unlimited usersDetails	Industry solution, price on requestDetails	Full solution, CRB-certifiedDetails	Planner side, SIA feesDetails
Site and standards
Time-and-material report	not researched	✓	✓	✓	not researched
Quantity take-off	✓	✓	✓	✓	not researched
SIA/CRB interface	not researched	✓	not researched	not researched	✓
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendorbars: 0 to CHF 175	CHF 40–170	CHF 150–175	on request	on request	on request
Pricing model	Subscription	Subscription	Subscription	not researched	not researched
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	not researched	not researched
Payroll, VAT & law
Data location	Switzerland	Switzerland	not researched	not researched	not researched
Payments
QR-bill	✓	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched
Scope & extensions
Mobile app	✓	✓	✓	✓	not researched
Works offline	✓	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE	not researched	not researched	DE · FR	not researched
Vendor	Werkli Software Herrmann	Brixx GmbH	SORBA EDV AG	ABBF Bausoft AG	Messerli Informatik AG
Headquarters	Horgen ZH	Luzern	St. Gallen	Givisiez FR	Spreitenbach AG
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗

✓ available~ limited– not availableFit = feature-based suitability for the selected profile, not a quality ratingPrices = indicative, excl. VAT, as of August 2026Surveyed and verified by: Stefan Bernhard · Method