Construction Project Cost Management Software

Control construction project costs from budget to closeout

Construction cost management software for owners and project managers. Connect budgets, contracts, changes, and payments to see what's committed, what's paid, and the expected final cost.

16+
Hours saved per project per month
50+
Spreadsheets killed per project
60%
Reduction in time preparing reports

Trusted by the owners and firms behind major capital projects

A logo with black text that says "Australian Department of Defence"
Jacobs company logo with stylized 'JACOBS' text in bold black letters on white background.
The Projects Group logo with blue and orange squares beside the text.
The word Tango in bold orange letters with a stylized lowercase g.
A logo of RPS.
Wellington Water logo with stylized W and water droplet in blue and teal colors.
Logo with a blue cross and heart symbol next to text St Vincent's Health Australia.
Superyacht Project Management logo with a circular symbol above the text.
Summertown Interiors logo with a stylized white tree on a red square and text on gray background.
SOILCO logo with stylized dark and green shapes forming an S above bold text
Black and white diagram of a traditional crossbow with labeled parts and descriptions.
Octopus Energy Generation logo with octopus and energy words in dark and green text.
Waterfall with wide streams flowing down rocky cliffs surrounded by green hills and trees.
Exagen company logo with purple letters and a teal accent on the letter X.
The Australian Army emblem with crown and sunburst above the word Army in red text.
Super Retail Group text logo with three slanted bars in orange, blue, and red on the right.
HOLT Group logo with stylized vertical bars and bold letters.
Newcastle Airport logo with colorful star-shaped graphic and text.
Text logo with PAULSON above PUERTO RICO, separated by horizontal lines.
Cheo in bold rounded purple letters on a transparent background.
Retire Australia company logo with blue diamond icon next to gray text.
Logo with maroon double arrow curving right above lowercase 'cfb' and text Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.
COHA Group logo with stylized 'A' and horizontal line beneath.
Airport Retail Group
A logo with black text that says "Australian Department of Defence"
Jacobs company logo with stylized 'JACOBS' text in bold black letters on white background.
The Projects Group logo with blue and orange squares beside the text.
The word Tango in bold orange letters with a stylized lowercase g.
A logo of RPS.
Wellington Water logo with stylized W and water droplet in blue and teal colors.
Logo with a blue cross and heart symbol next to text St Vincent's Health Australia.
Superyacht Project Management logo with a circular symbol above the text.
Summertown Interiors logo with a stylized white tree on a red square and text on gray background.
SOILCO logo with stylized dark and green shapes forming an S above bold text
Black and white diagram of a traditional crossbow with labeled parts and descriptions.
Octopus Energy Generation logo with octopus and energy words in dark and green text.
Waterfall with wide streams flowing down rocky cliffs surrounded by green hills and trees.
Exagen company logo with purple letters and a teal accent on the letter X.
The Australian Army emblem with crown and sunburst above the word Army in red text.
Super Retail Group text logo with three slanted bars in orange, blue, and red on the right.
HOLT Group logo with stylized vertical bars and bold letters.
Newcastle Airport logo with colorful star-shaped graphic and text.
Text logo with PAULSON above PUERTO RICO, separated by horizontal lines.
Cheo in bold rounded purple letters on a transparent background.
Retire Australia company logo with blue diamond icon next to gray text.
Logo with maroon double arrow curving right above lowercase 'cfb' and text Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.
COHA Group logo with stylized 'A' and horizontal line beneath.
Airport Retail Group

Understand what’s driving your project costs

Trace cost movements back to the contracts, change orders, and payments behind them. Give owners and stakeholders a clear explanation of the current financial position and expected final cost.

Reduce manual cost data entry with AI

Upload contract and payment PDFs, and let Mastt AI fill in the key details. Review the extracted information before saving it to your project records.

Spend less time transferring figures from documents and more time reviewing the costs, changes, and payments that need your attention.

Mastt AI populating contract details and line-item amounts from an uploaded PDF for review before saving.
Mastt cost tracker comparing the project budget, forecast final cost, and payments, with a $253,000 favorable variance.

Track project costs against your budget

See how committed costs and payments compare with your budget, and identify variances in one live cost tracker.

Drill into the underlying contracts and changes to understand what is driving the numbers and where your team needs to act.

Keep contract changes and payments under control

Track contract commitments and change orders alongside the project budget. Distinguish pending changes from approved amounts as the cost position evolves.

Review payment applications and progress claims against the relevant contract, with submitted amounts, approved amounts, and supporting documents in view.

Mastt contract record showing change order statuses, a $400,000 progress payment, and the remaining contract balance.
Mastt monthly cash-flow forecast showing paid costs and projected spending, with a breakdown of commitments, uncommitted costs, risk, and contingency.

Forecast final costs and plan cash flow

Include uncommitted costs and contingency in your forecast to understand the expected final cost and potential pressure on the budget.

Plan spending by month and compare projected cash flow with recorded payments, so you can see when funding will be needed.

Connect cost management with the rest of your project

Explore how Mastt connects cost management with reporting, risk, schedules, and documents, supported by AI tools that help your team work with project information.

AGENT

AI Agent for Construction

A simple white robot head icon with two eyes and an antenna on a dark background.

Agent

Multiply your people with AI Agents. Helps one person produce the output of many.

Minimalist white icon of three vertical lines and a diagonal line resembling a stylized book.

Knowledge

AI that knows your company’s templates, procedures and lessons learned.

Three white rounded rectangles arranged in a grid on a dark blue background.

Templates

Upload the templates you already use, and your AI Agent drafts on-brand, every time.

Two interlinked chain links forming a diagonal connection on a dark gray background.

Workflow

Set up a process once, and let Agent run it every time.

Learn More
User interface showing approval queue with tasks and a completion popup with logged updates and draft reply.
Program

Unlock program visibility, control and results

Program Dashboard

Mastt brings every project in your program into one clear, connected view.

Program Controls

Roll up cost, risk, schedule, and reporting from every project into one unified, real-time view.

Data Confidence

Consistency across every project. Secure, centralized data, full audit trails, and real-time decision-making.

AI That Scales Across Your Portfolio

Mastt’s trusted AI eliminates the admin and manual standardization that slow your team down.

Learn More
User interface displaying multiple project cards with images of buildings and construction, showing project counts and team member icons with check marks.
Dashboard

Turn project chaos into clarity with real-time dashboards

Project Dashboard

Keep track of projects with live, interactive reports 24/7

Report Templates

Fast & automated reports from project status to project portfolio reports

Powerful Visualizations

Capital project charts, maps, visualizations and other components out of the box!

Report Storage

Snapshot & store entire projects or reports for record keeping & compliance

Learn More
Dashboard interface showing Budget and Committed metrics, a dropdown menu with options to Download PDF or Share Dashboard highlighted with a cursor, and key performance indicators for Scope, Time, Cost, Risk, Safety, and Quality.
Cost

Project cost management software for total control

Project Budgeting

Digital ledgers and smart forms for financial precision

Variance Analysis

Track costs back to budgets and see unders/overs

Commitments

Centralize all contracts & payments back to budgets

‍Cash Flow & Forecasting

Report on cash flow actuals, forecasts, and baselines

Learn More
Finance dashboard showing Budget vs Actual chart with colored bars for Budget, Variance, Forecast Final Cost, and Payment Progress, and a Finance Bar Chart by Project with purple and green bars.
Schedule

Know what’s happening, what’s next, and what’s at risk

Complete Visibility

Manage the complete project lifecycle across your portfolio

Key Milestones

Tracks your project through key milestones

Track Phases & Stages

Manage projects through clear phases, stages and gates

Health Reporting

Measure performance of a portfolio of projects

Learn More
Project schedule interface showing task progress with green checkmarks, colored bars, and icons, overlaid with Oracle P6 and Microsoft Project logos.
Risk

Risk management made easy

Best Practice

Risk Management process made simple and configured to your likelihood & impact ratings

Impacts & Treatments

Streamline Risk Analysis on your 5x5 or 4x4 Risk Matrix and identify Treatments

Report & Workshop

Visualize Risks for fast, easy reporting and workshopping. Generate a Risk Register

Project or Program

Maintain Risk Registers at a Project or Program / Portfolio level

Learn More
Project risk matrix for Pre-Treatment showing likelihood versus impact with colored risk levels and a table listing three risks with post-ratings labeled Low, Very Low, and Medium.
Document Management

Everything you need for document management

One central hub

Store every contract, report and project file in one secure place.

Organized project folders

Structure every project with clear, consistent folders your whole team can navigate.

AI Chat with your files

Ask questions in plain English and get answers from your documents instantly.

Linked to finances

See every document tied back to its source in your project - contract, payments, changes and more.

Learn More
Document list with folders and files showing AI Ready status, classifications, and menu options including Ask AI.

Construction cost management software for owners and their project teams

Mastt gives owners, developers, consultants, and owner’s representatives a shared financial record to support funding decisions, payment reviews, and client advice.

Practical resources for managing project costs

Get a head start on your budget, keep track of spending, and plan upcoming cash flow with these downloadable templates.

Explore Mastt’s cost management features

See how Mastt supports your day-to-day work, from adjusting budget allocations and reviewing payment applications to updating forecasts and preparing cost reports.

Budgets

Manage Budgets, Sub-Budgets. Add, remove or transfer funds easily between budgets.

Learn more

Contracts

Track construction contracts, changes, payments, and commitments with clear financial control.

Learn more

Change Orders

Manage change orders with software that tracks scope changes, costs, approvals, and contract impacts.

Learn more

Payments

Digitize and automate payment management, retentions and recommendations.

Learn more

Cash Flow Forecasting

Forecast cash flow from live budget and payment data.

Learn more

Forecasts & Uncommitted

Track forecasts and uncommitted costs with real-time budget visibility.

Learn more

Cost Reporting

Generate real-time cost reports with budget and forecast performance data.

Learn more

Invoice Management

Manage construction invoices with software that handles billing, approvals, and payment tracking in one system.

Learn more

Automated AI Invoice Scanning

Capture and process invoice data automatically with AI-powered OCR.

Learn more

Dashboard

Automated dashboards with charts, maps, and visualizations out of the box.

Learn more
Dashboard

Cost Tracker

Automate financial project controls in a single table for projects or programs.

Learn more
Cost Tracker

Andrew Benn, WSP Technical Director

"With Mastt, our client can see the status of the project anytime, reducing back and forth queries, and not having to wait until the end of the month to receive a monthly report."

Read Case Study

Rebecca White, RPS Program Manager

"Mastt has saved our team significant time and effort in managing the financials elements of 65+projects. The team now has total visibility over their individual projects as well as the overarching program of works."

Read Case Study

Erik Maasepp, Capital Insight Senior Project Manager

"Mastt takes away a lot of user error that spreadsheets bring. With Mastt, we are able to combine multiple projects into programs or portfolios for management level analysis and direction."

Read Case Study

CAPT. Dan Foley, Army Digital Transformation Manager

"Mastt is increasing the team’s tempo and productivity by enabling real time information across our portfolio of projects. This transparency is assisting us to make informed decisions, to identify opportunities and reduce the risk."

Read Case Study
A headshot of a male office worker wearing a suit

Dan Atkins, Jacobs National Program Manager

"Mastt's ability to record critical financial information as well as program forecasted delivery and milestones put Jacobs in a favourable position to our clients."

Read Case Study
A headshot of a male office worker wearing a suit

Mohammed Salameh, Compass' Associate Director

"Moving to Mastt is one of the best decisions my team has ever made. It’s cost-effective, easy to use, and a quick set up."

Read Case Study
A headshot of a male office worker wearing a suit

Fergus Bruce, Project Manager at WSP

"A key factor in our decision to adopt Mastt is its user-friendliness. It had to continue to empower us to work smart, allowing us to consistently deliver excellence across multiple sectors and geographic regions."

Read Case Study
Testimonials

How construction industry leaders use Mastt to manage project costs

Hear how Mastt customers reduce spreadsheet admin, gain clearer cost visibility, and simplify financial reporting. Their firsthand experiences show what these improvements mean for the people managing project finances and keeping clients informed.

Mastt provides standardisation of cost management tasks and centralises project cost information, which improves team collaboration, data access, budget planning, project governance, and reporting capability.

Andrew Boska

Project Manager

Mastt enables efficient and accurate forecasting and cash flow management at an individual project level, as part of a portfolio, or as part of a program of works. Communication with internal and external stakeholders is EXCELLENT. Risk management and communication of the risks at different business levels is excellent.

Mathew Jetson

Associate Director

So for us, Mastt allows us to have a single source of truth, as all the costs of instructions are in one centralised location, including payment claims. Because it’s not an Excel file, it can’t be manipulated to make a number work. It kind of pulls through the true cost.

Andrew Bowden - Colliers NZ
Andrew Bowden

Auckland Regional Manager

Since using Mastt, it has significantly increased the efficiency and accuracy of the financial management of infrastructure projects and programs. The ability to accurately manage cash flow and forecasting enables a greater level of planning within a program of work level.

Mathew Jetson

Associate Director

Great CAPEX management tool with intuitive infographics. The dashboard view of projects is something that we did not have before Mastt. I can see that it will deliver a clearer and more intuitive understanding of capital projects to executives.

Jonathan Glover

Mastt was easy to use and set up. It uses a lot of cost management principles that clients and contractors would be familiar with but takes away a lot of user error that spreadsheets bring. It also has the power to combine multiple projects into programs or portfolios to filter data for management-level analysis and direction.

Erik Maasepp

Associate Director

Mastt’s real-time updates allow our team to keep updated on progress and provide updates to clients whenever required. Mastt has saved our team significant time and effort by becoming a ‘one-stop shop’ for managing the financial elements of 65+ projects.

Rebecca White

Practice Lead

Since moving to Mastt, our reporting regime has become a lot simpler. We are able to report in real time, so there's no delay in financial data being updated. The time it takes is a lot quicker, making the fund a lot more efficient for investors.

Jacob Edwards

Fund Manager

Mastt allows us to complete our cost management activities in a more efficient way and gives us more time to focus on technical project management activities that we face in the role of project manager.

Therese Jensen

Project Manager

It's a great reporting tool for the college because it gives us a lot of transparency and visibility of information in regard to contracts, the contract sums, the actual spending against the variations, and where we are at.

Elke Forrest

Business Manager

It has been great to have the visibility to review our variations and ensure that we are getting value for them. We were also able to easily identify that we had circa 90k in credits, which prompted us to follow up. We are getting great value out of Mastt when we can do things like this.

Elke Forrest

Business Manager

Mastt helps reduce the opportunity for errors in cash flow and budgeting and provides insights into aggregated data and program trends that we need.

Stefanie Watts

Project Director

Frequently Asked Questions

What is construction project cost management software?

Construction project cost management software brings budgets, contract commitments, changes, payments, and forecasts into one system. It helps owners and their project teams understand what has been committed, what has been paid, and what the completed project is expected to cost. This supports financial oversight from the initial budget through project closeout.

How does Mastt compare with spreadsheets for project costs?

Mastt connects cost records so your team spends less time reconciling separate spreadsheets. Its cost tracker brings budget, contract, payment, and forecast information into a shared view, with totals that update as records change. This makes it easier to maintain a consistent financial position without manually rebuilding calculations for each report.

Can I bring my existing project budget from Excel into Mastt?

Yes. You can copy budget names and amounts from Excel into Mastt, reducing the need to retype each line. Mastt’s project budgeting tools support budgets and sub-budgets for organizing costs by phase, work package, or category. Your spreadsheet data needs to follow the required column format, and sub-budgets are added separately from the main budget import.

Can I manage costs across multiple contracts within a project?

Yes. Mastt links each contract to the relevant project budget and keeps its changes and payments together. Its contract management tools let you review individual contract values alongside the combined commitments across your project. This helps you understand how separate consultant, contractor, and supplier agreements contribute to the overall cost.

How does Mastt help me identify potential budget overruns?

Mastt compares your budget with the expected final project cost, known as the Estimate at Completion (EAC). This forecast includes committed costs and anticipated costs for remaining work. You can review the difference at project and budget-line levels to identify where costs are expected to exceed the available budget and investigate what is driving the increase.

Can I see the cost impact of change orders before they are approved?

Yes. Mastt includes forecast and pending change orders in the project’s forecast while keeping them separate from approved contract changes. Its change order management tools help you assess potential cost exposure while decisions are still being made. Approved changes then update the relevant contract value and committed costs.

Can I forecast the final project cost before all contracts are awarded?

Yes. Mastt lets you include forecasts for uncommitted costs, such as anticipated work and contingency allowances, alongside existing contract commitments. This gives you an expected final cost that accounts for work still to be contracted. You can refine those allowances as the scope, pricing, and contract awards become clearer.

Can Mastt help me forecast when project payments will be needed?

Yes. Mastt’s cash-flow forecasting lets you plan expected payments by month and compare those projections with payments recorded as paid. You can adjust the timing as delivery plans and forecasts change. This helps your project and finance teams anticipate funding needs and understand differences between planned and actual cash outflows.

Can I produce project cost reports for owners and clients?

Yes. Mastt generates project cost reports using recorded budgets, commitments, changes, forecasts, and payments. Reports can show the difference between the budget and expected final cost, with breakdowns by budget line or cost category. You can export them for owner and client reviews without manually consolidating separate cost spreadsheets.

How does Mastt use AI in project cost management?

Mastt uses AI data entry to extract details from documents and help prepare contract, payment, and change order records. Its AI payment verification checks submitted documents against configured contract requirements and flags items needing attention. Your team reviews the extracted information and verification results before accepting records or approving payments.

Flexible Pricing Plans

Become superhuman with AI today. Free to start, simple to scale.

Starter

Your first project is on us — no credit card required. Get started instantly with core tools.

Free
Get Started for Free
Month-to-month

Professional

Flexible month-to-month plan. Add projects as you grow and access free videos, training, and guides.

from $165

per month

Get Started for Free
Recommended

Enterprise

Full enterprise features, advanced security, and dedicated human rollout support.

Custom
Talk to Sales
New

Agent

Agentic AI that gives humans an AI Agent counterpart to accelerate work, increase quality, and boost output.

Custom
Book AI Demo

Take control of your next project