Assignar
Construction operations and margin control platform for civil contractors and specialty trades.
By Assignar · HQ Sydney, Australia · 4.0/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Civil, infrastructure and specialty trade contractors that self-perform work and need live job margin, crew and plant visibility.
- CFOs, controllers and commercial teams that want hours, plant and consumables costed to the job as work happens rather than at month-end.
- Field supervisors and schedulers allocating crews and equipment against the same job record.
- Contractors running multiple concurrent projects who want one portfolio view instead of spreadsheets.
- Businesses cutting manual timesheet, docket and compliance paperwork and speeding up T&M invoicing.
Ideal size: 50–500 field and office users people · Scaling civil or specialty trade contractor with project-based delivery
Not for
- Non-construction businesses; the product is built specifically for contractors and field operations.
- Buyers who want a transparent self-serve list price or free tier, as pricing is quoted only after a demo.
- Companies that do not run field crews, plant or job-based costing.
- Very small owner-operator businesses looking for a lightweight scheduling-only tool.
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 6–8 weeks (guided onboarding)
~45 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$30,000/yr
Starts at $12,000 · Tailored pricing quoted after a demo; no public list price. Figures shown are indicative annual estimates for a mid-sized contractor.
Implementation Friction
3/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No published seat tiers; custom quote per contractor. Unlimited users can be invited into the account.
Add-on costs
- Public API access is a paid add-on for custom-built integrations.
Company & support
Who is behind Assignar, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2014 · 12 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Business hours
- Response time
- SLA via support portal: 15 min (Fatal), 30 min (Severe), 60 min (Minor)
Technical support 6:00am–6:00pm AEST/AWST/ACST Monday–Friday excluding holidays. Enterprise contracts may name an assigned Customer Success Manager.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Assignar sits relative to every other solution in the database. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Assignar ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Industry verdicts
How Assignar speaks to each vertical it serves — same data, sector lens.
ConstructionWin bids, run sites, keep projects on margin.
Best for in Construction
- Civil, rail, earthworks, excavation and demolition contractors running field crews and plant.
- Asphalt, concrete, drilling, piling and traffic management contractors.
- Scaffolding, crane and specialty trade subcontractors that self-perform work.
- Contractors needing timesheets, dockets, prestarts and compliance forms captured in the field.
Not for
- Residential builders or developers that do not manage crews and equipment directly.
- General contractors that only coordinate subcontractors and do not self-perform.
- Firms outside construction and infrastructure wanting generic field service software.
Assignar targets construction almost exclusively: asphalt, concrete, drilling, piling, excavation, earthworks, non-destructive digging, rail, scaffolding, crane, demolition and traffic management contractors are named on its site. Its strength is self-perform contractors and subcontractors that own crews and plant and must cost labour, equipment and consumables to jobs. Field capture covers timesheets, dockets, prestarts, defects and compliance forms, feeding job costing, payroll and invoicing. Weak fit for residential builders, developers or firms that coordinate rather than self-perform, and for non-construction verticals.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Assignar is a construction operations and margin control platform for civil contractors and specialty trades. It captures hours, plant, dockets and variations once in the field, costs them to the job in real time against budget, and flows time-tracking data back to ERP and accounting systems. Operations, commercial and finance teams share one record of work covering scheduling, timesheets, digital forms, compliance and job costing, with a mobile app for crews and a public API add-on for custom builds. 800+ contractors use it.
Frequently asked questions
What does Assignar cost?
Assignar does not publish a list price. Its pricing page states that pricing is tailored to your team's needs and that you must book a demo for a custom quote. Buyers should expect a negotiated annual contract plus an optional charge for public API access, and should confirm seat, user and add-on definitions directly with the vendor.
Which systems does Assignar integrate with?
Assignar connects to ERP and accounting systems in three ways: connected integrations delivered through third-party partners that sync foundational data in and time-tracking data back, import/export integrations, and a public API offered as an add-on for custom-built integrations. The named partner logos are not readable on the public page, so confirm your specific ERP is supported during evaluation.
How is Assignar used in the field?
Crews and supervisors use Assignar's mobile app to clock in and out, submit timesheets, complete digital forms, log plant prestarts and defects, and record activities against the job. Data captured in the field flows to the office and finance without re-keying, which the vendor says removes double-entry and speeds up payroll and invoicing.
What security certifications does Assignar hold?
The security page states that Assignar maintains a management system meeting the requirements of ISO 27001:2013, encrypts data in transit with TLS and at rest, hosts in AWS data centres with 24/7/365 monitoring, and replicates data across geographically separated facilities. No SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP or ISO 42001 claim is published, so request current certification evidence during due diligence.
What support is included?
Assignar's published SLA provides technical support from 6:00am to 6:00pm AEST/AWST/ACST Monday to Friday via the support portal integrated with the dashboard, with guaranteed response times of 15 minutes for fatal issues, 30 minutes for severe and 60 minutes for minor, backed by service credits. Enterprise contracts may also include an assigned Customer Success Manager.
Who is Assignar built for?
Assignar is built for self-perform general contractors and subcontractors in civil and specialty trades, and for the finance, commercial and field operations teams behind them. The vendor states it serves over 800 contractors across Australia/New Zealand, North America and EMEA. It is a poor fit for firms that do not run field crews, plant or job-level costing.