The field reporting tool built for superintendents. Here's what it actually delivers — and where it falls short.
Raken has carved out a specific and valuable niche: making daily reports, field logs, safety observations, and time cards fast and reliable for construction field teams. Now owned by Hilti (the tool and fastening manufacturer), it's a well-funded, focused platform that does what it promises.
If your biggest field documentation pain is daily reports that don't get done, safety logs that are inconsistent, or time cards that get lost — Raken is designed specifically for that problem.
| Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | ~$15/user/mo | Daily reports, time cards, photos, weather stamps |
| Business | ~$19/user/mo | Adds safety tools, toolbox talks, subcontractor reports |
| Enterprise | Custom | Multi-company, advanced analytics, dedicated support |
Note: Raken uses per-user pricing, which is different from flat-rate platforms like Buildertrend. For a 10-person field team, you're looking at $150–190/month — reasonable for what you get. Enterprise pricing varies significantly based on company size.
Raken's core innovation is making daily reporting fast enough that field staff actually complete it. The mobile app walks workers through a structured report — weather, crew count, work performed, equipment on site, materials received, visitors — in a few taps. It auto-populates weather data from the job location and timestamps everything automatically.
The result: daily reports that used to take 20 minutes now take 3–5, which means they actually get done consistently. And consistent daily reports become your best legal protection when disputes arise months later.
Photos taken through Raken are automatically tagged to the project, the date, and the report. No more hunting through a phone's camera roll trying to remember which photo was from which project last Tuesday. Everything is organized, searchable, and reportable.
The Business plan adds safety observations, near-miss reporting, toolbox talk tracking, and safety form templates. For GCs and subs working on projects that require documented safety programs, this alone can justify the platform.
GCs can invite subs to submit their own daily reports through Raken, consolidating all field reporting in one place. This is valuable for GCs trying to maintain project documentation across multiple subs without chasing everyone for paperwork.
Beyond daily logs, Raken tracks labor hours and can handle production quantities — units of work completed — which is useful for commercial GCs and subs tracking productivity against estimates.
Raken is intentionally focused. It's not a project management platform, not an estimating tool, and not a financial system. Specifically, it lacks:
Raken is typically used as a complement to a broader platform — alongside Procore, Buildertrend, or Autodesk Build — not as a replacement for them.
| Feature | Raken | Procore (Field Tools) | Buildertrend Daily Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily report UX | ⭐ Best in class | Good | Good |
| Safety tools | Strong | Excellent | Basic |
| Sub report collection | Strong | Strong | Limited |
| Project management | None | Excellent | Excellent |
| Cost | $15–19/user/mo | Custom (much higher) | Included in flat rate |
Raken is genuinely excellent at what it does. If inconsistent daily reporting and field documentation are costing you time or legal exposure, Raken solves that problem better than any competitor. But be clear about what it is: a field reporting specialist, not a construction management platform.
For most contractors, the question is whether you need Raken as a standalone or as a complement to your existing platform. At $15–19/user, it's affordable enough to layer on top of Procore or Buildertrend if those tools' built-in daily logs aren't getting used consistently.
If daily reports and field documentation are your pain point, Raken is the most focused solution in the market.
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