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The SiteLive alternative to Buildots

Buildots uses helmet-mounted 360° cameras and AI to track interior fit-out progress against the BIM model on large projects — impressive computer-vision progress measurement. If you're evaluating alternatives for ai construction progress tracking, here is what SiteLive does differently — fairly stated, so you can choose with your eyes open.

Why teams look for a Buildots alternative

Most teams don't switch because their current tool is bad — they switch because the work outgrows it. The common thread we hear: records live in one system, the programme in another, the claim in a third, and nothing proves anything when a dispute lands. SiteLive was built as one operating system where the records generate themselves from the work and stand up as evidence.

What Buildots does well

  • Automated interior progress detection from 360° walks
  • Strong BIM-based progress analytics
  • Proven on large enterprise projects

What SiteLive does differently

  • Progress is one thread of a whole operating system — the same ledger drives claims, programme, labour and supply
  • Human-confirmed progress (scan-assisted, foreman-verified) — defensible in a payment dispute, not just a dashboard
  • Works for every trade and site size, no special hardware required — phones, drones or scanners all feed the twin
  • Honest accuracy grades and freshness on every number; the AI never pretends detection is certainty

Try it against your current setup

The honest way to evaluate an alternative is side by side on a live job. SiteLive's 7-day free trial gives you the full platform — set up a project, run a week of sign-ons, bookings and captures, and see what the records look like at the end of it.

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This page is offered in good faith from public information — Buildots is good at what it was built for, and many teams run both. For a feature-by-feature view, read SiteLive vs Buildots. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.