The BuildPass Alternative Built for Commercial Builders in Australia and New Zealand
Built for site sign-ins. Not for your commercials.
BuildPass is a site compliance app now bolting on estimating and finance, with its finance module in early access since July 2026 and its growth focus shifting to the US. Deep Space was built as one platform from day one for mid-sized commercial builders in Australia and New Zealand: construction programme, takeoff to estimate, procurement, commercials, reporting, client and subcontractor portals, DS Site and KAI. Not an afterthought. DS Site already runs on the phones of thousands of site workers.
Many BuildPass Builders Still Run a Second System. One Platform Replaces All of It
Many builders run BuildPass on site alongside Procore, Jonas, Jobpac or CATProjects for documents and financials, a connector to get bills into Xero, and spreadsheets for forecasting. Every join is another login, another subscription, and another place where the numbers drift apart.
Site in one system, money in another. The same subbie, variation and invoice keyed into both.
What's actually native in Deep Space:
- Native Xero sync for contacts, bills, invoices, payment status and tracking categories, including regional P&L by department.
- Quantity takeoffs measured on the drawings flow into the estimate, then the budget, so tender pricing is never re-keyed.
- Native programme module that ingests MS Project files and drives the procurement schedule, so nothing is let late.
- DS Site, already used by thousands of site workers, covers inductions, SWMS sign-on, incidents, inspections and daily site sign-in, connected to the commercials.
5 Reasons ANZ Commercial Builders Choose Deep Space Over BuildPass
Not a feature checklist. The five things mid-sized commercial builders tell us when they're comparing BuildPass to Deep Space.
Where it started
Site safety and compliance: sign-ons, inductions, SWMS and subcontractor insurances. Estimating and finance added in 2026.
One platform from day one: programme, takeoff to estimate, procurement, commercials, reporting, DS Site and KAI. Nothing bolted on.
Market focus
Expanding into the US, with a US office in Austin and integrations with QuickBooks and Sage Intacct.
Australia and New Zealand only. Built, supported and road-mapped here, around ANZ contracts, GST and Xero.
Commercial depth
Finance module in early access since July 2026. WIP reporting and cash forecasting marked coming soon.
Live cost to complete, WIP, SOPA and CCA payment schedules, retention release and NZS 3910 and AS 4000 contracts, in production today.
Invoices and AI
AI bill capture and coding in the new Pay module, syncing bills to Xero.
KAI reads every invoice and claim from your AP inbox. Approvals route by role and dollar limit. Bills land in Xero automatically.
Portals
Builders tell us it has a basic client portal and no real subcontractor portal.
Client and subcontractor portals: subbies submit claims and clients get visibility, without the email chains.
BuildPass Is Bolting On. Deep Space Was Built Whole From Day One.
BuildPass built its name on site sign-ins, inductions and SWMS. Estimating and finance only arrived in July 2026, and the finance module is still in early access, with WIP reporting and cash forecasting marked coming soon. Meanwhile its growth capital is going into the US market.
Deep Space was built as one platform from day one: construction programme, takeoff to estimate, procurement, commercials, reporting, site tools and KAI, all on one thread of cost. CCA and SOPA compliant claims and payment schedules, NZS 3910 and AS 4000 contract frameworks, GST, native Xero and local support. Nothing is re-keyed and nothing was added as an afterthought.
- Finance module launched July 2026, still in early access.
- WIP reporting and cash forecasting still marked coming soon.
- Growth focus on the US, with a US office in Austin.
- Client and subcontractor portals. Subbies submit claims. Clients get visibility.
- Native Xero sync. Contacts, bills, invoices and paid status. No middleware.
- CCA and SOPA compliant claims. Payment schedules, sliding retention, NZS 3910 and AS 4000.
What builders actually say
(...some very real conversations)
From real evaluation and implementation calls with commercial builders across Australia and New Zealand.
KAI Does the Data Entry. Your Team Does the Checking.
BuildPass calls itself AI-native, and its AI bill capture arrived with the Pay module in 2026. In Deep Space, KAI already reads invoices and subcontractor claims for ANZ builders, inside the same platform that issues the payment schedule and pushes the bill to Xero.
KAI is built into the Deep Space invoice inbox. It reads every invoice and subcontractor claim that lands in your AP mailbox, pulls out the supplier, amounts, GST and line items, suggests the project and matches the order. Your team reviews and approves, and the bill goes to Xero.
What KAI does in your AP inbox
Capture
AI bill capture in the Pay module, in early access.
Invoices and claims read straight from your AP mailbox, with the PDF alongside the data.
Coding
AI suggests cost codes and cost types.
Supplier, invoice number, GST and line items extracted. Project suggested.
Matching
Matched within Pay, new in 2026.
Matched to PO lines or the subcontract schedule of values, with over-commitment warnings.
Payment
Bills and invoices sync to Xero.
Delegation of Authority by role and dollar limit, a SOPA or CCA payment schedule for subbies, then a Bill to Pay in Xero with the invoice attached.
Three weeks. Hands-on.
Built around your project.
Most platforms are places teams go to file documents and generate reports after the work has already happened. Deep Space is where the work runs, with intelligence built into every workflow.
Programme to reporting, side by side
Construction programme
Scheduling in the Standard tier
Native programme: ingest MS Project, baseline, live lookahead, and it drives the procurement schedule
Takeoff to estimate
Takeoff and estimating in the new Win module, launched July 2026
Quantity takeoffs measured on the drawings, synced into the BoQ and estimate, then into the budget
Reporting
WIP reporting marked coming soon
WIP, cost forecasting, margin tracking and project dashboards, live today
Cost forecast
Forecast in Pay. WIP marked coming soon
Live cost to complete
Site to office
Sign-ons and checklists, with finance in a separate, early-access module
DS Site, used by thousands of site workers, lands sign-ins, inductions, SWMS, diaries and photos in the project, next to the commercials
We're not pretending to win in every dimension. Here's what we tell you straight, including where BuildPass is still catching up.
BuildPass has a simple worker app and a large subcontractor network. DS Site is just as quick on site and is already used by thousands of workers across ANZ, with sign-in that can require inductions and today's SWMS before anyone gets on. If site sign-on is the only thing you need, either works. If you also run claims, variations and payment schedules, that's where Deep Space goes further.
BuildPass is putting its growth capital into the US and connecting to US accounting systems like QuickBooks and Sage Intacct. Deep Space isn't chasing the US. We're built and supported in Australia and New Zealand, around SOPA, the CCA, NZS 3910, AS 4000, GST and Xero.
Deep Space integrates natively with Xero and keeps it as your ledger. If you're on MYOB or another accounting system, ask us before you assume it's a fit.
BuildPass, in builders' own words
Credit where it's due: builders tell us BuildPass does the site side well. What they raise is everything around it.
Moving from BuildPass is
simpler than you think
No big-bang cutover. We bring across your subcontractor directory, insurances, induction and SWMS forms, cost codes and live project data, and get your team running real projects within weeks of signing.
See your BuildPass stack mapped to Deep Space.
30 minutes with the team. Bring your current setup. We'll show you exactly how the workflows you run today translate into Deep Space, what you replace, and what stays. No generic demo.
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