Foundation Software
#2 of 9 in Construction Payroll Software
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| FOUNDATION Field Log (mobile app) | $0 | — |
| FOUNDATION | — | — |
| FOUNDATION construction accounting | — | Custom pricing based on modules and users |
From Foundation Software's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026. Every plan
What the maker publishes
- API authentication
- API integrations require user authorization or confidential-client credentials, bearer tokens and a connection GUID that should be refreshed each session. source
- Arcoro integration
- Arcoro’s New Hire Onboarding module integrates with FOUNDATION payroll and Payroll4Construction to connect new hires with payroll. source
- Billing
- The unit-price module imports bids, tracks completed quantities and produces unit-price, time-and-material and progress billing documents. source
- Company founded
- Foundation Software states it has operated since 1985. source
- Company headquarters and size
- LinkedIn lists Strongsville, Ohio headquarters and 201–500 employees. source
- Company history
- Foundation Software says it has focused on construction software since 1985 and has helped more than 43,000 construction professionals nationwide. source
- Company legal name
- The vendor’s privacy notice identifies the operating entity as Foundation Software, LLC. source
- Database technology
- The desktop product is a 32-bit Windows program built on Microsoft SQL Server. source
- Deployment
- FOUNDATION is offered as a hosted cloud service and as an installed/on-premises Windows application. source
- Documentation and support
- Purchase includes go-live training, six months of toll-free phone and web support, online help and regular updates; clients can download updates and training resources through the portal. source
- Estimating
- Its preconstruction tools include estimating, bid management, takeoff, and cost databases. source
- Field operations
- Field tools include timesheets with GPS and biometric verification, labor hour tracking, safety checklists, incident reporting, and daily reports. source
- Field time tracking
- Mobile features include GPS stamps, geofencing, signatures, biometric identity checks, Spanish language support and approval workflows. source
- Financials and payroll
- Financial tools include job costing, change order management, prevailing wage calculations, union payroll reports, and certified payroll reports. source
- Founded
- 1985 source
- Headquarters
- Strongsville, Ohio, United States source
- Hosted connection and MFA
- FOUNDATION Hosted recommends at least 3 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload per user and supports Microsoft Authenticator or Google Authenticator for multifactor app verification. source
- Hosted platform requirements
- FOUNDATION Hosted requires AppController and supports Windows 11 Pro or Enterprise and macOS Sequoia 15 on a laptop or desktop; tablets and smartphones are unsupported. source