These two aren't the same kind of thing
SiteRecon leads with measuring [1]. Its home page pitches going from the map to the measurement, the estimate
and the win, with AI measurements "in minutes" [1]. Done-for-you takeoffs come with every published plan [2],
and its Plato phone app measures at the property [4]. The trades it lists are landscaping, lawn
care, paving and asphalt, snow removal, utilities and sitework, plant health care and landscape
construction [1].
Its paving page goes further than a takeoff tool, and it's fair to say so. It prices estimates from
your crew costs, equipment rates and material prices, lists change order calculators, delivers
branded PDF proposals, and builds history comparing actual with estimated costs [3].
Pavr is a system for running the jobs those measurements turn into. The measurement is the first
step, not the product.
So this page isn't a fight. It's a question about where your week actually goes. If you're an
estimator drowning in takeoffs for 40 properties a month, a measuring service is a good purchase. If
your proposals go out fine and the money disappears somewhere between the signature and the invoice,
measuring faster doesn't help.
Where the measurement comes from
In Pavr, you draw the lot on the satellite view, or set a scale on the GC's PDF plan and draw on
that, or type in the square feet you walked with the wheel. Cut-outs and islands come out of the
area. The curb line and the stall count come off the same drawing. Nothing gets retyped between the
drawing and the estimate, which is where most takeoff errors are born.
Set the scale from one dimension you know, and the takeoff comes off the GC's drawing.
SiteRecon's pitch is that you shouldn't have to draw at all: "Capture accurate AI measurements in
minutes, respond to more opportunities, and grow revenue without adding overhead" [1], with
done-for-you takeoffs included in the plans and done-for-you estimates on the Partner plan [2]. Its
Plato app measures from a phone before you leave the property, works offline in low-signal areas and
catches up when you reconnect, though the AI measurement itself needs a connection [4].
Both are legitimate. The question is volume. Drawing a lot in Pavr takes a few minutes; if that's
three lots a week, you'll never notice. If it's thirty, a service that hands you finished
measurements is buying your estimator back.
After the measurement
Here's where the two overlap, and where they part.
The price. SiteRecon's paving page prices from your numbers: "Input your paving crew costs,
equipment hourly rates (pavers, rollers, milling machines), material pricing (asphalt per ton, tack
coat, striping paint), and overhead once" [3]. You can also start from its production rates [5]. In
Pavr, 131 built-in services turn the measurement into money the same way: your mix price by the ton
at the depth you're laying, your sealer coverage by the gallon, your crew rates by the hour, your
equipment, your subs. Every line carries a markup slider, and the sell price and the margin sit
beside the lines while you work. That's how estimating works in Pavr.
The signature. SiteRecon delivers "branded PDFs with satellite imagery, phased paving maps, and
transparent milling/tonnage/striping breakdowns" [3]. An electronic signature isn't listed on its
site as of September 18, 2026 [1][2][3]. In Pavr the proposal goes out under your company's name;
the customer opens it on their phone from the email and signs with no password; the signature is
tied to the exact version they were shown; signing creates the job. Here's what the customer
sees.
What a measured estimate becomes: options the customer picks from, each with its total.
The extra work. SiteRecon lists "change order calculators that price extra work accurately"
[3]. A customer signature on the change order isn't listed as of September 18, 2026 [3]. In Pavr a
change order is priced with the markup the customer already agreed to, signed before the work
happens, and billed after it.
The week. SiteRecon lists crew planning — "Know equipment, materials, and labor needs before
mobilizing crews" [3] — and says its crew data sits "alongside your existing scheduling, payroll,
and HR systems" [6]. Scheduling and dispatch aren't listed as of September 18, 2026 [1][3][6]. Pavr's
schedule has weather rules per trade, a rain day that moves as one batch, sealcoat waiting 30 days
on new asphalt, striping waiting 24 hours on sealcoat, and crew and equipment conflicts flagged
before dispatch.
The hours. A crew time clock isn't listed on SiteRecon's site as of September 18, 2026
[1][3][6]. Pavr has clock-in with location, the foreman clocking the whole crew, daily logs and
punch list items that save with no signal and go up when there's some, a payroll CSV with the
overtime split at 40 hours a week, and crew screens in Spanish.
The costs. SiteRecon's paving page says it can "Build historical data comparing actual vs.
estimated costs" [3]. Pavr posts hours, material off the daily log, receipts, sub invoices, mileage
and equipment against the estimate, line by line, while the job is open — yellow at 5% over, red at 10%.
See job costing.
The line running over, found in week two instead of at closeout.
The money. Invoicing, pay applications and retainage aren't listed on SiteRecon's site as of
September 18, 2026 [1][2][3]. Its integrations carry measurements and estimates into other systems,
and QuickBooks isn't among the ones it lists [7]. Pavr builds the invoice from what was signed,
credits deposits, does pay applications by percent complete with retainage on the bigger jobs, bills
T&M weekly against a cap, sends reminders at 7, 14 and 30 days, and moves invoices and payments
between Pavr and QuickBooks Online without double counting.
Price
SiteRecon publishes plans: Growth at $250 a month with two creator seats, Teams at $400 with five,
and Partner at $500 with five seats plus done-for-you estimates [2]. Each includes $200 of takeoff
credits, with more set at checkout, and yearly billing takes 5% off [2]. Extra creator seats run
$39, $59 or $69 depending on the plan, and Partner carries a one-time onboarding fee [2].
Pavr is $85 a month for each person who estimates, schedules or runs jobs in it. Crew who only clock in,
and customers who sign and follow their jobs, are free. Try it for 14 days with no credit card.
Measuring is included; there are no credits to buy.
An estimator and an owner both estimating in Pavr: $170 a month. The same two people on SiteRecon's
Growth plan: $250, with $200 of takeoff credits included and more set at checkout [2]. They're not
the same purchase, though — one is measuring and estimating, the other is the whole job.
Where SiteRecon is the better fit
Takeoffs are the bottleneck and volume is high. If your estimator's calendar is full of
measuring, buying finished takeoffs gets those hours back.
You want somebody else to do it. Done-for-you takeoffs come with the plans, and the Partner plan
does the estimate for you too [2]. Pavr has no equivalent; somebody at your company draws the lot.
You measure at the property with no bars. Plato measures from a phone before you leave and
keeps working in low-signal areas [4]. Pavr's offline side is the crew's clock-ins, daily logs and
punch list items, not the measuring.
You do more than pavement. If you also price landscape maintenance or snow, one measuring tool
across all of it is tidier than a paving system plus a landscape system [1].
You're keeping the job system you have. SiteRecon's paving page lists connections to Beam,
Jobber, Bitumio, OneCrew, Projul and ServiceTitan [3]. Adding measuring to a system you're locked
into is a smaller change than switching everything.
Using both
There's no connection between the two products, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. What works
in practice: have the takeoff done wherever you like, then type the quantities into the Pavr
estimate — square feet, linear feet, counts — and let the catalog price it from your numbers. A
measured quantity typed in behaves exactly like one you drew, so the estimate, the proposal, the work
order and the invoice all carry the same figure.
If you'd rather stop paying for two things, the site map page
shows what the drawing side of Pavr does, and how to walk a lot before you
price it covers the part no software does for you:
base failure doesn't show from orbit.