Unibuild compared
with Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Autodesk Construction Cloud, now part of Autodesk Forma, is built around drawings, models and the project team. Unibuild is built around the contracting business: labour on site, subcontract, CIS and the application for payment, shaped to the way each UK firm already works.
Autodesk facts read from construction.autodesk.com and the app stores on
The project against the firm.
Autodesk announced in March 2026 that Autodesk Construction Cloud is now Autodesk Forma, and that product names have changed: Autodesk Docs is now Forma Data Management, for example. It states that licensing, integrations and project data did not change.
| Autodesk Construction Cloud (Forma) | Unibuild | |
|---|---|---|
| The meter | User, project or account-based pricing, sold as bundles or product by product | The firm. Unlimited users, never per person or per seat |
| Published rate | No. Get a quote | One figure per firm, quoted in writing, usually the same working day. It covers everything |
| Who it serves | Main contractors, specialist contractors, owners and designers | UK contractors and specialists |
| Centre of gravity | The project: drawings, 3D models, a common data environment, take-off and tendering | The contract and the site: labour, subcontract, CIS and the valuation |
| The app your staff install | Autodesk Forma, published by Autodesk Inc. on the App Store and Google Play | Published on the App Store and Google Play under your company's own name and icon |
| Changes to fit your process | Professional services for onboarding, configuration and consulting, and over 400 pre-built integrations | Built around your process. Changes requested after go-live are inside the monthly fee |
| Setup | Offered as professional services. Whether it is charged separately is not published | No setup fee. Configuration, training and data migration included. Most firms live in about two weeks |
Sources, read : Pricing · construction.autodesk.com · Professional services · Name change · App Store · Google Play
Your process stays. The software moves.
Unibuild is bespoke construction management software for UK contractors: a platform in daily production since 2016, shaped to the way each firm already works. It was written inside Electrical & Mechanical Services (UK) Ltd and has run that business every working day since.
Anything a firm needs, Unibuild builds for it. Changes asked for after go-live are included in the monthly fee rather than charged at a day rate.
The build starts from a working platform rather than an empty screen. A firm gets the fit of a bespoke system without the cost, the timescale or the risk of commissioning one from scratch. The detail is on how Unibuild delivers bespoke construction software.
Autodesk's route is configuration and connection. Its professional services team helps configure Forma tools and standardise procedure across an organisation, and over 400 pre-built integrations connect it to ERPs, CRMs and analytics tools. Unibuild's route is that the people who built the platform change it for you.
Your operatives download your app.
Your staff app is published on the App Store and Google Play under your company's own name and icon. Your operatives download your app, not ours. Each person is granted the modules they need, from the 25+ in the app.
The office portal carries your name, logo and colours. Fifty-eight document types generate on your own letterhead, and the QR clock-in posters at the gate are printed in your branding. A client app under your brand is available for firms that want one.
The Autodesk app on both stores is Autodesk Forma, published by Autodesk Inc. Unibuild publishes yours under your name. More on publishing your own branded staff app.
Where Autodesk Construction Cloud fits.
| If this is you | Why |
|---|---|
| You coordinate designers, consultants and a supply chain around drawings and 3D models | That is Forma's centre, with Forma Data Management as the common data environment and Navisworks Manage among its model tools |
| Your clients require a recognised common data environment by name | Forma Data Management is Autodesk's common data environment, for contracts that name one |
| Take-off and tender management are the heart of what you need | Autodesk sells Forma Takeoff, Forma Estimate, BuildingConnected Pro and Bid Board Pro for preconstruction |
Autodesk and Unibuild, asked plainly.
Is Autodesk Construction Cloud suitable for a small UK contractor?
Is Autodesk Construction Cloud now called Autodesk Forma?
Does Autodesk Construction Cloud charge per user?
What is a UK alternative to Autodesk Construction Cloud for a subcontractor?
Can our site app carry our own company name instead of the vendor's?
Compared with the rest.
Same axis, same standard of evidence, one page each.
| System | What the bill scales with | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Joblogic | Named users, field engineers included | Field service and maintenance firms billing by job |
| Procore | Annual construction volume | Large main contractors running many projects at scale |
| BigChange | Licences | Mobile workforces where vehicle tracking is the point |
| Eque2 | Not published | Firms whose centre of gravity is Sage and the ledger |
| Causeway | Not published | Large contractors, highways, infrastructure and local authorities |
| COINS | Per user licence | Contractors and homebuilders wanting one ERP with the ledger inside |
| Commusoft | A licence per office user, manager and engineer | Heating, plumbing and electrical service firms |
| PlanRadar | Named users, with subcontractors and watchers free | Firms whose work is defects, inspections and handover records |
| Fieldwire | Named users, with unlimited-user options on custom contracts | Teams coordinating field tasks against drawings |
| Every system, side by side | The hub table | Anyone still drawing up a shortlist |