Aequo Build and Built Technologies side by side
Built Technologies: real estate and construction finance platform (construction lending, draw and payment management). Aequo Build: construction accounts payable for contractors on QuickBooks Online.
| Aequo Build | Built Technologies | |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Construction accounts payable for contractors on QuickBooks Online | Real estate and construction finance platform (construction lending, draw and payment management) |
| Built for | General and specialty contractors (the paying side of subcontractor and supplier invoices) | Lenders and owners for draws; payment management for general contractors and owners |
| Pay applications / SOV | AIA billing register: creates owner pay applications from the job’s schedule of values, with approved change orders, previous certificates and retainage, and generates a G702/G703-style PDF | Collects G702/G703-styled progress bills or one-time invoices from subcontractors and suppliers; vendors can bill only the remaining contract amount including approved change orders |
| Lien waivers | Explicit waiver requirements that hold payment until satisfied, with audited overrides; e-signature waiver requests | Primary and lower-tier waivers, state statutory templates, waivers generated from payables, payment exchanged for signed waivers |
| Retainage | Calculated from the subcontract’s retention percentage when an invoice is approved, linked to that invoice, with release schedules | Not stated on vendor site |
| Invoice approval / AP automation | AI invoice capture, job and cost-code coding, three-way PO matching, approval routing, audit trail | Sequential and parallel approval workflows; ACH payments. OCR and three-way matching not stated |
| QuickBooks | QuickBooks Online: imports vendors, bills and purchase orders and pushes approved bills back | Lists QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop |
| Procore | Procore integration in development; not available today | Procore integration: waivers generate from requisitions and pay applications in Procore |
| Other integrations | QuickBooks Online is the live accounting integration for Aequo Build | Xero, Sage 100, Sage 300, DocuSign, Plaid |
| Pricing | $599/month, published | Not published |
When Built Technologies is the better fit
Built fits when the problem is funding and paying a project across lenders, owners, GCs and subs, with lien waivers exchanged for payment.
- Built’s own pages describe construction lending draw management (it states 340+ lenders on Built) and payment management for GCs and owners.
- It collects G702/G703-styled progress bills from subcontractors and suppliers and limits billing to the remaining contract amount, including approved change orders.
- It lists lien waiver tooling with state statutory templates and lower-tier waivers, plus QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, Sage and Procore integrations.
When Aequo Build is the better fit
Aequo Build fits a general or specialty contractor whose AP team processes subcontractor and supplier invoices in QuickBooks Online and wants published, flat pricing.
- AI invoice capture, job and cost-code coding, and three-way PO matching for invoices that arrive by email or upload.
- Retainage calculated from the subcontract’s rate when an invoice is approved, linked to that invoice for release.
- Explicit lien waiver requirements that hold payment, with audited overrides.
- An AIA billing register that creates G702/G703-style owner pay applications from the job’s schedule of values.
- Published price: $599/month. Built does not publish pricing on its site.
Frequently asked questions
Is Aequo Build an alternative to Built?
Partly. Both handle construction payments, but Built is centered on lending draws and multi-party payment management, while Aequo Build is a contractor’s accounts payable system on QuickBooks Online. A contractor that only needs AP controls may not need Built; a lender or owner managing draws would not use Aequo Build for that.
Does Built integrate with QuickBooks?
Built’s site lists QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop integrations, as well as Xero, Sage 100 and Sage 300 (checked 2026-10-21).
How much does Built cost?
Built does not publish pricing on its website (checked 2026-10-21). Aequo Build is $599/month.
Do Built and Aequo Build integrate with Procore?
Built’s site describes a Procore integration in which waivers generate from requisitions and pay applications in Procore. Aequo Build’s Procore integration is in development and not available today.
Run subcontractor invoices, pay apps and retainage in one place
Aequo Build is construction accounts payable for contractors on QuickBooks Online: invoice capture, approvals, lien-waiver payment holds, invoice-linked retainage and an AIA-style billing register.
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Checked on October 21, 2026. Vendor capabilities and prices change; confirm current details with each vendor.