Comparison
SpoilStack vs Projul for Excavation
Projul is a big construction management platform. Scheduling, estimating, financials, CRM, the works. Some dirt guys end up on it because there's no excavation-specific option. It's built for a GC running a whole project, not for a small crew that just needs to know where the iron is and how many loads went out.
Projul does a lot. That's the point.
Estimating, scheduling, project management, CRM, financials, reporting, all in one platform. If you're a GC managing subs, budgets, and a schedule across a big job, that breadth earns its keep. Nothing wrong with it.
Dirt work isn't that job. You're on a site for a few weeks. You're moving the 330 from Henderson to Maple St, counting loads, logging hours, and keeping a daily record so the GC has backup at closeout. Most of Projul just sits there. You still pay for all of it.
What Projul doesn't do for dirt work
No machine tracking.Projul doesn't know your 330 moved from Henderson to Maple St at 2 PM. If you care where your iron is, it can't tell you.
No machine hours.It doesn't log how many hours the excavator ran on each job. SpoilStack does, with weekly totals and a heatmap that shows which iron is busy and which is sitting.
No haul counts.Timestamped load in, load out. That's the fight every excavation contractor has with a trucker. Projul has nothing for it. You're back to a paper tally that ends up wet in a back pocket.
Weak offline. Your guys down in a hole on a rural site? A browser-first PM tool wants signal. SpoilStack caches every tap locally and syncs when signal comes back.
Priced for bigger outfits.Projul runs around $399/mo (as of July 2026) for the whole suite. SpoilStack is $99 flat, whole crew, and there's nothing the crew has to learn that they won't use.
Head to head
| Feature | Projul | SpoilStack |
|---|---|---|
| Built for excavation | No, generic construction | Yes, only |
| Machine tracking | No | Core feature |
| Machine hours logging | No | Core feature |
| Haul counter | No | Timestamped |
| Daily logs | Generic PM logs | Excavation field record |
| Extra work tags (T&M) | Change orders in PM | Signed on site |
| Plan markup | Varies by plan | PDF markups |
| Closeout package | Manual assembly | Branded export |
| Offline-first | Limited | Full offline |
| Weather per site | No | 5-day forecast |
| Estimating and financials | Built in | Use your estimator + QuickBooks |
| Full GC scheduling and CRM | Yes | No, by design |
| Price | ~$399/mo (as of July 2026) | $99/mo flat |
Which one
Big GC that needs full construction PM, scheduling, estimating, and financials in one place? Projul is the better fit, and it's worth what it costs.
Small excavation crew that just needs to track the iron, log hours, count loads, and hand the GC a clean closeout package? That's SpoilStack. Keep your estimator and QuickBooks. SpoilStack is the field record between the bid and closeout, and it's $99 flat.
14 days free, no credit card. Try it and see.
Frequently asked questions
Should an excavation contractor use SpoilStack instead of Projul?
Depends on your size. Projul is a full construction PM suite around $399/mo (as of July 2026), built for larger GCs that need scheduling, estimating, and financials in one place. SpoilStack is the field record for a small dirt crew: machine tracking, machine hours, haul counts, daily logs, plan markups, and closeout, at $99 flat. If you run dirt and not a whole GC operation, SpoilStack fits tighter.
Does Projul track machines, machine hours, and haul counts?
No. Projul is generic construction PM. No machine tracking, no machine hours, no haul counter. Those are the three things a dirt owner actually tracks, and SpoilStack makes all three core.
Does SpoilStack do estimating and financials like Projul?
No, and it does not try to. Projul bundles estimating, scheduling, and financials. SpoilStack stays out of all of it. Keep your estimator and QuickBooks. SpoilStack handles the job and field record between the bid and closeout.
How does the pricing compare?
Projul runs around $399/mo (as of July 2026) for the whole suite. SpoilStack is $99/month flat, whole crew, unlimited users, no per-seat fees.
Does SpoilStack work offline better than Projul?
Yes. SpoilStack is offline-first, so every tap caches locally and syncs when signal returns. That matters when your crew is down in a hole on a rural site and a browser-first PM tool wants signal it cannot get.
Try the free tools first
You don't need a $399/mo suite to handle the dirt-work basics. These free tools do one piece by hand, no signup, and show you the workflow SpoilStack keeps for the whole job.
- Dump truck load ticket generator. The paper version of the haul counter Projul doesn't have.
- Equipment hourly rate calculator. Set the rate before you start logging machine hours on the job.
- Daily field report generator. The excavation-native daily log a generic PM suite was never built for.
Keep reading
- Excavator hours and equipment utilization. Log machine hours per job with weekly totals Projul has no equivalent for.
- Excavation equipment tracking app. Track which machine is on which job.
- SpoilStack vs Jobber and vs spreadsheets.