ContractShield vs Fieldwire

Fieldwire is jobsite task and plan management software built for commercial construction crews. The core object is the blueprint sheet. Punch items, RFIs, and task assignments anchor to a pin on the drawing. Fieldwire shines when 10 to 50 people on a commercial project all need to pull up the latest drawing and see who is assigned to what.

ContractShield is a residential and light commercial Work Order Marketplace and project management platform. The core object is the work order. A homeowner posts a project; contractors bid; the accepted bid runs the rest through quote-to-invoice with milestone payments inside the platform.

The two solve different bottlenecks. Fieldwire solves the commercial jobsite coordination problem. ContractShield solves the residential bid acquisition and payment problem.

Fieldwire pricing in 2026: Basic plan free for up to 3 users with limited tasks per project. Pro plan $39 per user per month. Business plan $59 per user per month. Premier plan $89 per user per month with advanced reporting and SSO.

ContractShield pricing: $14.99 per month per tenant on the contractor side, with team members invited at no per-seat cost. A flat 2% platform fee on the accepted bid, split 1% client and 1% contractor.

A 5-person crew on Fieldwire Business pays $295 per month. The same crew on ContractShield pays $14.99 per month plus 1% of revenue at payment. For revenue over about $30,000 per month, Fieldwire is cheaper per dollar. Below that, ContractShield is cheaper. The crossover depends on per-project value and project frequency.

• Fieldwire Basic: free for 3 users with task limits.
• Fieldwire Pro: $39 per user per month.
• Fieldwire Business: $59 per user per month with form templates.
• Fieldwire Premier: $89 per user per month with SSO and advanced reporting.
• ContractShield: $14.99 per month per tenant plus 1% platform fee per side.

Fieldwire wins on plan-heavy commercial work. Specifically:

Blueprint sheet management. Drawings sync across the team, version history is preserved, and tasks anchor to a pin on the sheet. Walk a site with an iPad and pull up the current sheet inline.

RFI and submittal workflow. Fieldwire models the commercial RFI process natively. Open an RFI, route to the relevant party, track response time, close out and reference inside the drawing.

Multi-stakeholder field coordination. Fieldwire handles GC, sub, and design-team coordination across a single shared plan set. For 5 to 50 people working from the same drawings, it is the best tool on the market.

Integrations with commercial tools (Autodesk, Procore, Box). Fieldwire moves in the commercial workflow stack cleanly.

ContractShield wins on residential and small commercial project work. Specifically:

The Work Order Marketplace is the differentiator. Fieldwire does not help you find new work. ContractShield's marketplace puts your bid in front of homeowners actively trying to hire. Win or lose, the cost is 1% only on accepted bids.

AI-generated quotes. Type a scope, get a quote out in 4 to 6 minutes. Fieldwire has form templates but no quote generation; quoting still happens outside the tool.

Milestone payments and Stripe escrow. Each accepted bid generates a contract with milestone-based payments held in escrow. Fieldwire has no payments module.

Verification of contractor license, insurance, and workers' comp before bidding. Fieldwire is contractor-facing software, not a marketplace, so verification is not part of the product.

Project workspace built for residential remodels, additions, and specialty trade work. Change orders, punch lists, lien waivers, and 5-dimension reviews all live in one workspace.

Yes. Many contractors who work across residential and commercial run Fieldwire on commercial projects (for the plan management) and ContractShield on residential projects (for the bidding and payment management). The two do not share a database, but they do not need to. They are tracking different kinds of work.

A general contractor running a commercial tenant fit-out uses Fieldwire for the drawing set and RFIs. The same GC running a residential remodel uses ContractShield for the bid, contract, and milestone payments. The split is not a duplicate license problem because Fieldwire prices per user and ContractShield prices per tenant.

If your business is commercial, plan-heavy, and you already have a steady project pipeline, Fieldwire is the better single tool. The Work Order Marketplace is not the lever you need. Commercial contractors typically win work through bid invitation lists or existing GC relationships, not through a homeowner-facing marketplace.

Do not migrate just because ContractShield is cheaper per user. Migrate when you want a marketplace for new project bids, or when your residential project share is growing.