NoteVault vs. Stairkey

Stairkey

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
NoteVault	Score 7.9 out of 10	N/A	NoteVault is a construction reporting tool with three components. The Notes! app is supported by an audio-to-text translation service, and the Crew! app allows users to track labor, materials, and equipment quantities. The AlertMe! app supports group calls for issue notification.	N/A
Stairkey	Score 0.0 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Stairkey is a business management platform for contractors, trades, and home-services companies. It combines estimating, invoicing, project management, scheduling, job costing, and accounting in a single system, aiming to replace the mix of spreadsheets and disconnected point tools that small contracting businesses typically rely on. Core capabilities include customizable estimates that convert into projects—automatically seeding tasks, materials, and tool…	$20 per month

Pricing

NoteVault

Stairkey

Editions & Modules

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Base: $20
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
NoteVault	Stairkey
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

Additional Details

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Stairkey uses a simple usage-based model with a predictable ceiling. The $20/month base gives you full access to CRM, Takeoff (with a starting catalog), Estimates, Project Management (client and contractor portals, material and tool lists, change orders, job costing, and scheduling), and Invoicing — plus a $20/month activity allowance that covers your day-to-day work. Activity across the platform — creating contacts, invoices, and estimates, sending emails, uploading files, running reports, and using AI features — draws from that monthly allowance. Most small contractors stay within it. If you go beyond, additional activity is billed pay-as-you-go at low per-action rates (cents per item; AI actions range from $0.35 to $2.00), and total usage is capped at $100/month so your bill can never spike unexpectedly. Add-ons: Accounting module +$20/month (includes another $20 of allowance). Website page +$10/month. Additional users +$[10/20]/month each. Launch promotion: 50% off your base plan and add-ons for the first year (limited time).

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Community Pulse
	NoteVault	Stairkey
Considered Both Products	NoteVault Steve Rosenfield COO (Chief Operating Officer) Chose NoteVault We have not used other products Incentivized Helpful? Glen Nelson General Superintendent Chose NoteVault Notevault is who we decided to use, for the simple fact that it is the easiest on the market for our foremen to use. Make it easy, and they'll actually do it. Make it bulky and cumbersome, and they'll do a way less accurate job of daily reporting. This is why Notevault works … Incentivized Helpful? MQ Michael Quaid Chose NoteVault I am not aware of any similar products. Incentivized Helpful? Jason Burdette Foreman Chose NoteVault NoteVault is the superior product Incentivized Helpful? KH Karen Hughes Full charge bookkeeper Chose NoteVault None Incentivized Helpful? DB Derek Boatwright Project Superintendent Chose NoteVault I have used both Raken and NoteVault. It is my preference to use NoteVault due to the simplicity of it. Raken tended to be a bit cumbersome. I did not like the photo features used with Raken as opposed to the very simple straight forward approach with NoteVault. Incentivized Helpful? Mike Petrich Directer of Operations Chose NoteVault I have not found another program that can do or offers what Notevault does for our company. We like to be on the cutting edge of tech for our industry by investing in the best processes as they become available, but I simply have not found anything comparable to notevault at … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NoteVault I have not used other products similar to NoteVault Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Jewell Project Manager Chose NoteVault As a company, we relied on Word document as our daily report. We do not have any other products to evaluate against. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NoteVault none Incentivized Helpful? Will Kosnik IT Manager Chose NoteVault We could use the daily report feature in our current project management software, but it doesn't have any many features. NoteVault is a no-brainer. Incentivized Helpful?	Stairkey No answer on this topic

Features

NoteVault

Stairkey

Construction Project & Field Management

Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
	NoteVault 9.1 Ratings 20% above category average	Stairkey - Ratings
Photo documentation	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Jobsite reports	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	NoteVault	Stairkey
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	NoteVault	Stairkey
Likelihood to Recommend	NoteVault helps to reduce the amount of time to produce a daily report and makes the typically burdensome task easier to accomplish. Our Superintendents are able to craft their daily reports as they see the work activities being performed as opposed to trying to remember what happened during the day and then writing down those activities with accuracy after a long day in the field. NoteVault also allows our Superintendents to keep accurate manpower counts, material deliveries, equipment on site and weather reports. Steve Rosenfield COO (Chief Operating Officer) Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	Enhances safety; instead of writing notes, with my head down buried in a notebook, I am aware and looking around. I work on highway repair projects next to live traffic and all types of construction equipment moving in all directions and overhead. Documentation; I got in a dispute with a contractor recently and won it immediately by showing my Notevault notes with time stamped photos of the disputed work. Communication; I can keep other support staff back in the home office up to date with project developments and they get to see what is going on . Incentivized MQ Michael Quaid Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	The website for administrators setting up projects and users could be improved. It's hard to find where things are located. I would like it in more of a Office (Word) template, with tabs up top. Some things are in Settings, some are in tabs, some are on the right side. Incentivized Cheryll Blount Field Office Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	It flat works and has paid for itself quickly. Mike Petrich Directer of Operations Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Simple use of functions. Majority of people can become familiar with this product fairly quick Incentivized Jason Burdette Foreman Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Notevault is who we decided to use, for the simple fact that it is the easiest on the market for our foremen to use. Make it easy, and they'll actually do it. Make it bulky and cumbersome, and they'll do a way less accurate job of daily reporting. This is why Notevault works for us... IT'S EASY!! Glen Nelson General Superintendent Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	It has made it easy for our guys out in the filed to report all that is needed for daily reports so there is no scrabbling to remember and report at a later time. NoteVault has had no negative impact for us at all. Incentivized KH Karen Hughes Full charge bookkeeper Read full review	No answers on this topic
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