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Detailed insight into how RDash and Powerplay stack up against each other in pricing and features.
Rdash is a simple and easily adoptable software that brings rhythm across design, projects, finance, and procurement. It keeps the BOQ (Project Scope) at the center and ties progress, cashflows, margins, and quality control down to the item level. Also, Rdash is extensible to your clients and vendors to bring an all around rhythm on your project.
Built for fast adoption, Rdash is best fit for small and medium scale proejcts because it is simple enough for site teams and deep enough for CXO. for larger jobs, use Rdash as the digital backbone alongside specialized tools.
Why teams choose Rdash:
→ Best fit for small and medium scale construction projects
→ Adequate depth on both fronts i.e. progress tracking and financial management
→ Shortest cycle time, 90-day deployment guarantee
→ Dedicated Account Manager + On-Premise deployment support
*Pricing: RDash is priced on a per-user license model, so you scale seats as your team scale.
Powerplay is a project management software that solves for planning to execution for construction teams and is designed for owners, project managers and site teams.
It is a chat based platform that at the core works around the activity/task schedule and aims to simplify construction with focus on 6 core modules :
Project Management, Material Management, Labour Management, Issue Management, Reports and Dashboard, Petty Cash Management”
It is preferred by construction teams that are solving at the core for procurement/material/petty cash/labour tracking and visibility and want to link everything to a core activity schedule that takes centre stage.
*Pricing: Powerplay follows a tiered pricing model based on the number of users and features/add-ons selected.
Category & Features
Pre-sales / CRM
Rdash helps you smoothen the hand-off from sales to projects by bringing the project knowledge such as Design Iterations, Scope Changes, Quotations etc. together before you have won the project.
Powerplay does not have any module to specifically power pre-sales process. It doesn’t handle lead generation, marketing, or opportunity management. Its lifecycle starts after a project is awarded.
Lead capture & funnels
Built-in lead funnels; capture/import leads.
Not positioned as CRM.
Marketing integration
Integrates with ads/website for lead intake.
Not positioned as CRM.
Quotations & proposals
Quick quotations & proposals; convert to project.
Proposals cannot be generated on Powerplay
Convert lead to project
Convert lead into a project with all the information developed till date with a single click.
N/A
Site Survey / Recce
Rdash offers Smart recce & technical survey through Mobile App. You can configure survey templates based on project types which guides the site surveyor to complete the comprehensive survey in one visit.
Powerplay offers a QA/QC Checklist Module as an add-on to their standard plan at INR 60k which can be used to digitise checklists/reports
Survey Templates Configurations
Configure site survey templates from the frontend without needing a software developer support from Rdash
Checklists can be configured as site survey templaters. There is no approval process attached to these checklists though
Export survey report
Export surevey report in PPT or PDF
Assign Survey task for field team
Survey Task is assigned on web and conducted via mobile app
Contextual collaboration on survey docs
Go inside survey files i.e. images of PDF and initiate contextual collaboration in plangrid/fieldwire style
Context is limited to task/activity but not inside a particular file.
Design Management
RDash has a mini plangrid or a fieldwire built inside the design module where you can store design files, control versions, define approval workflows, and conduct digital review with design marking tools which are accessible both on mobile app as well as browser stack. RDash do not support BIM integration yet, it is a part of its roadmap.
Powerplay has a Drive (DMS, 100GB) priced additionally at INR 47k for 12 Months. This drive is used to maintain any documentation including dsign files however there is no intelligence or story built to cater specifically to design files/requirements/controls.
Design management / versioning
Design versions & change marks.
Design reviews / pin comments
Pin comments directly on design files (PDFs and Images)
Design Approval Workflows
Set-up a maker-checker workflow on design files
Share design files to vendors
Share specific design files to vendors, they get notified on whatsapp/email whenever there is a new version of the file
Project Scope Management / BOQ
RDash offers a fine tuned management of project scope (i.e. BOQ – bill of quantities) wherein you can track client confirmation on individual scope items, create BOQs from master catalogue of items, place order agains BOQ items, assign budget guardrails on BOQ elements, and much more.
Powerplay has a placeholder for a BOQ to upload against which entries are made to update the BOQ to track value of work to be installed in the project.
Powerplay does not focus much on the BOQ, they focus on the schedule. BOQ is a placeholder for the estimated work, nothing more
Change Order Management / NT Item addition is not solved for on PP
Client scope creation & sharing
BOQ authoring & sharing; item-level controls.
Client Scope Vs Order analytics
Automatically throws P&L against BOQ elements for a handy review.
Change order management
Seemlessly track client approval status against BOQ elements. Consolidate all changes in the BOQ and create change order proposal for clients in one click. Client can approve via email without login into the system.
Budget rates on BOQ
Manage both client rates and budget rates against BOQ elements → take charge of the P&L right at the planning stage
Client PO/Invoices & Payments
Track client side documentation in tandem with BOQ progression
Orders
‘Order’ is the second most comprehensive module (after work progress) inside RDash to manage ‘all things payables’ inside a project. You can create an order batch linked to BOQ, set approval permission chain, and automate order creation and communication to vendors. Link orders to your ERP for seamless data management. You can manage supplier’s running invoices and final invoices and initiate payment requests. Also, manage imprest expanses of your site executives.
‘Order’ module allows you to share extend Rdash access (as collaborators) to your vendors and helps you automate reconciliation, change order management, and project tracking with your suppliers.
For Powerplay Orders ia very important since their core proposition lies within construction contractors who at the core want to solve for material and labour overruns.
Inside a project you create material requirements and place orders to vendors. Against orders there is subcontractor mnanagement and Earned Value Anaylysis and for material you can track deliveries.
Material Requests and Indenting is solved along with approvals.
Since entries are manual there is no auto-reconciliation with vendors.
Add Vendors/Client as Collaborators
Piggiback orders with design and survey files so that the respective vendors are alerted when the documents concerning to them undergoes a change
Collaborators cant be added however subcontractor management is part of PP
Approval flow on POs, and Invoices
Configure approval workflows based on amount, roles, and custom configurations
Approval flow can be built but no hierarchy and conditions can be set for multi-level approvals
Rate contracts
Pull order items and rates from the catalogue
Rate contracts can be created on PP
Automatic PO generation
Configure pdf template and standardise terms and conditions to auto-generate and email POs to vendors.
Configure pdf template and standardise terms and conditions to auto-generate and email POs to vendors.
Petty-cash/Imprest management
Site executive can log ‘out-of-pocket’ expanses for a project, can tag it to a vendor orders to auto-create debit logs
Site executive can add expenses and it can be mapped to their petty cash/imprest wallet and simple easy to read dashboards have been created for the same. It is a focus area for Powerplay
Vendor Descoping and Debits
Modifying orders is seamless, Rdash auto flags the modification in the supplier orders and creates an audit trail
Modifying orders is possible and there is an audit trail. Orders can be edited to solve for descoping however it is not linked to overall vendor level ledger.
Payment Terms Standardisation
Standardise payment terms which can be easility pulled on a project with a drop down
Can be standardised for different types of orders/placeholder is there
Vendor wise DPRs
Track vendor stated progress inside a project
DPR is standardised – No Vendor wise DPRs
Reverse Bidding/ RFQ
Part of Rdash Roadmap. The Reverse bidding will be shipped AI native which will allow you take quotation from the Rdash ecosystem of GCs and SCs as well.
There in the Custom Plan (7L+) not in other modules. Depth not explored
Installed Progress Tracking
RDash helps you establish a mechanism to capture installed % on the client scope (BOQ) at weekly or monthly frequency to be on top of their invoicing, collection, and monthly P&L. You can Configure item types and the progress tracking milestones to different item types. E.g. Production items such as furniture can be tracked in milestones such a Material Procured → Structuring Done → Ready for dispatch → Installed a site etc. while the site updates such a progress on ‘Raft foundation’ can be tracked in exact quantities or percentages. Rdash helps you track the real installed value of work against your client invoicing & cashflows, helping you control your exposure risk on a project.
Powerplay tracks subcontractor work done through earned value mechanism which can be linked to milestones. This is however linked to Activity where individual activities have material and labour allocated to them and based on cost incurred the Progress (Installed Value) is tracked
Item type linked tracking milestones
Site supervisor has an intuitive mobile interface to log the installed progress
All milestones and tracking are linked to individual activities made in the project task schedule
Safeguards against mis-reporting
Intuitive safeguards built out-of-box that aligns the site supervisors to report the correct progress without fudging the numbers
No. Controls are low and misreporting can happen
Installed Revenue Vs Invoicing Vs Collection
Out-of-box management dashboards that allows you to be on top of your cashflows in a project
Yes. Can be calculated and visualised through Dashbords. It is challenging to record NT items and get approvals on them though.
Activity Tracking – Site Schedules
RDash offers a fine tuned management of project scope (i.e. BOQ – bill of quantities) wherein you can track client confirmation on individual scope items, create BOQs from master catalogue of items, place order agains BOQ items, assing budget guardrails on BOQ elements, and much more.
Compatible with MS Excel
Planned vs Actual work timelines
Track how far behind or ahead you are on your planned schedule
You can track timeline + resource + material + labour
Multilevel Activity grouping
Nesting of activities like the way it is in MSP or P6
Custom payment for Gantt Chart – Not included in standard plan
Link dependencies
Manage all four types of dependencies to arrive on a critical path
All 4 types of dependencies available
Easy Mobile accessebility from site
Site supervisors find it much easier to update from mobile
Site teams use mobile app / easy to use
Import Excel & MSP
Seamlessly Import MSP file to Rdash and Rdash file to MSP
Excel import is active. MSP is not.
Materials
RDash offers a fine tuned management of project scope (i.e. BOQ – bill of quantities) wherein you can track client confirmation on individual scope items, create BOQs from master catalogue of items, place order agains BOQ items, assing budget guardrails on BOQ elements, and much more.
Powerplay helps you allocate material inside a project and further allocation can be done on a task/activity. Material Inventory tracking along with material requests/indenting and transfers can be done.
Material is a very important module for PP.
You can track estimated vs actual material on PP which is currently unsolved on RDash on an activity level
Make GRNs of stock recieved
Inward materials on site from orders or adhoc purchases.
You can make GRNs ajnd further issue the material to any contractor on site
Maintain Current stock at Site
Link Material inventory to catalogue and have a live tracking of unutilised material inventory in the entire network
Material stock/usage is linked to the allocation done inside the project/individual tasks or activtties. It is easy to track status of material on PP
Inter-Site Material Transfer
Move materials systematically in and out of the site without slippage
Material can be transferred and moved along with issue
DPR – Daily Progress Report
RDash captures 360 degree update of movement in BOQ Scope Installed, Activities Progressed, Materials GRN and Stock consumptions etc. into a single comprehensive report which is circulated to subscribers on whatsapp.
Progress reports can be generated linked to activities/labour and material into a comprehensive report.
It has manual entry points and is not as deep as the RDash DPR but it is simple to use, reason being it does not have linkages and checks in place.
360 Degree Progress Reporting
RDash’s DPR pull progress reported on different fronts (Activity Progress, Design Changes, Snags etc.) of a project via different stakeholders to make one single and comprehensive report of the day for leadership and the client.
Yes but limited control levers to safeguard against mis-reporting
Site View Points
You can designate camera angles to capture photographs from. Helps in generative comparatives for the purpose of weekly or monthly progress reports
Photos captured with geo-tags and time stamp by default – View point cannot be defined but workaround can be done
Manage DPR Subscribers
DPRs are generally circulated on whatsapp in form of PDF, you can manage the recipients on Rdash
Yes howveer not at front end as easy as RDash
Weekly/Monthly Progress Reports
Select a date range to export the progress reports
Yes Can be custom generated
Quality Management/Snags
RDash’s Snag module inside a project takes care of recording of client with right categorisation, Assignment to team or vendor and export a report with committed closure dates.
QA/QC Checklist can be used to solve for Snags however it is an add-on module that is separately charged on Powerplay. Assignment to individuals can be done however
Easy Snag Creation
Capture, categorise, and assign snags to vendors from mobile app
Snag cannot be created separately but a pre-defined checklist with pointers and updates from sites can be given by the projects team on pre-filled questions
Preloaded Categorisation & list of Snags
Bucketise snags in categories, helps in prioritising rectification and enforcing quality norms
Assign Snag to team or vendor
Map snags to vendor or a to a responsible person with commitment dates
Yes – Snags can be created as activities and assigned to vendors
Excel/PDF/PPT Import and Export
Import/Export snag reports in desired format to share with external users
Export QA/QC Checklist is there – Import from Excel is not possible
Task Manager
Turn every piece of information i.e. a photograph, an order element, expense request, snag etc. into a shared workspace. Go inside the design files or photographs and initiate conversation at a specific places within the document.
On Powerplay Tasks are activities that enter the schedule. If I want to create a task outside of the schedule, I can create a task, select the category and assign it to a person who will be able to view it in their task manager and give me % and photographic update against the progress made.
Tasks can’t be created everywhere on the project, they can only be initiated in isolation and details are to be added and allocation is done
Context on every task
Tasks can be on a specific context within a project, on a project, or outside a project
Tasks can be given context manually but do not pick it up from the plaeholder/line item since there is no direct linkage between the task and other things in the software. A task on PP is nothing but an activity assigned to someone with a timeline and may require material and labour for completion
Auto Task Bucketisation
Undrstands whats important for you to address and flags it up
Bucketisation based on due dates are there on PP
Self Reminder
Intuite Superhuman [email client] type interface and keyboard shortcuts to finish tasks, set reminder and much more
Internal Escalations
Tasks work like an email thread, you can update files, add or remove stakeholders from the thread
You can bring in more people into the task and add files/data to loop in others for escalations but there is no auto built escalation matrix
Notifications, Approvals, and, Escalations in one place
All notifications are by default powered on Whatsapp/Email; configurable on user roles
Notifications are powered through Whatsapp, email and PP push notifications.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE : THERE IS NO HIERARCHY ON APPROVALS – ALL APPROVERS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY SENT THE REQUEST AT THE SAME TIME AND NO APPROVAL MATRIX/CONDITIONS CAN BE BUILT TO TRIGGER ONE APPROVAL AFTER THE OTHER IN HIERARCHY
Catalogue
RDash allows you to create master catalogues of items called ‘Libraries’ which can be used to create BOQs. Master catalogue typically has comprehensive list of elements you are procuring or creating BOQs with. You can also store supplier rate contracts on the master catalogue. The catalogues also powers account management workflows for your key clients where you can build master catalogues for key accounts and share it with them.
Powerplay gives standard material ibraries to clients to get started. There is an option to update specific master catalogues by clients for their specific operations and can be used to create BOQs / Activities and Orders.
Comprehensive Element Master
Store deep information like Specs, Make type, QC guideliens, Production drawing and much more on element level
Catalogue Export
Export master catalogue in CSV to share with vendors and clients. Third party can access deep information behind the element without login into the system
Extensibility to clients and vendors
Extend catalogues to your vendor → direct them to create BOQs for you from the catalogue shared. This helps in use cases such as mass roll out of ‘standard specs’ projects such as retail, schools etc.
Manage supplier rate contracts
Store vendor rate contracts on catalogues
Extensibility
You can share your project access to your clients and vendors to automate reconciliation and improve accountability.
You cannot share projects (platform access) to clients and vendors and only docs/PDF will be exposed to 3rd party. For platform access, contractors and clients
Data Access
Provide controlled access to survey and design files
Snag Management
Manage snags at two levels. One that are reported to client, other which are just between GC and sub-contractor
NA – QA Checklist can be approved but no bifurcation on Client / GC-Sub Contractor level
Documentation Management
Create document funnels and checklist while enforcing approval metrics
DMS and QA Module can support documentation management. Inside tasks/activities certain files can be stored
Change order management
Your vendors can propose scope changes in the order and similarly you can request change orders from your client
Since there is no vendor/contractor access, any changes are redirected through Site team who intern raise requests which are routed through PM/Purchase for Change. Cannot be directly done on PP
Two level progress tracking
Your team provides tracking on full scope, while vendor provides his own reporting on the scope assigned to the vendor
Third Party Consultants/Architects
Extend project access to MEP consultants, Architects and PMCs with access control rights to manage your project on your behalf
AI
A powerful co-pilots powers queries such as: we need 21 more days on ABC project, create a delay report to ask time extension without any delay penalties.Help me improve my P&L by 2%. What are the pending PO approvals on me? Approve all.
Powerplay does not have a Co-Pilot or AI model to power their projects however unaware of any future developments in their roadmap
Chat History
Multiple GPT like chat threads which steers the personalisation for the user
Semantic Data Layer
Live human readable data flow fed to LLM with RAG and Context Orchestration and out-of-box fine-tuning
Tooling
Visualisation tooling to render graphs, tables, Can export CSVs, Remembers past conversations.
Job Specific Agents
Started with two agents i.e. “How to operate RDash” and “Analytics Agents.” More job specific agents around procurement, project planning, Quantification, Reconciliation are in the roadmap
Mobile Experience
Most comprehensive and simple to use UI/UX for field team that powers things far beyond just project tracking
Simple to use interface for site/project teams
Conduct Site Surveys
Guided mobile app powered workflow for survey that works in shaky network access
Can be done through QA/QC Checklists but no specific workflow for Site Surveys
Create Change Orders Requests in the client sclope
Create and manage client scope from the App itself
Internal scope can be managed but not client scope directly from the app
Create supplier Orders
Generate supplier orders and Purchase Requisitions from the App.
Yes. They have orders/requests/indenting directly from the mobile app
Review Design Files
Open and contextually collaborate on design files
NA. Through additional paid module of DMS, design files can be uploaded and viewed by team but no way of contextual collaboration
Log Imprest Expenses
Log expense enteries with custom fields and push to approval chain
Imprest and Petty Cash Management is well solved on Powerplay on a Project and a User Level. Easy to use UI
Update Activity Schedules
Intuitive UI to manage and update on complex schedule co-operated by mulptiple stakeholders
Activities/Tasks can be updated along with material and labour consumption required which is linked to overall project plan
Update Installed Scope
Declare what % of BOQ is currently installed via mobile app
Subcontractor management on the basis of work allocated and updation of work done against activities (not BOQ) will help look at earned value analysis but tracking a not a % of BOQ is not possible.
Generate DPRs
Supports complex workflows of multiple engineers working on different sections of a project, auto compiles entire progress in a day in a single report
Supports DPR generation by individuals. Auto compiles progress in a report however linakages to BOQ missign and auto compilation of multiple engineer’s work does not happen automatically.
Snag/Quality Management
Create and assign snags to vendors, track closures
Cannot be assined directly to vendors since they are not exposed to the platform unless added as users. Internal teams can manage through QA/QC
Task Managements
Create and manage tasks, give approvals on the go
Create tasks or activities which are part of the schedule. Approval flow is missing here
RDash is a comprehensive project management solution ideal for mid-market to Enterprise grade clients with high-touch deployment support. In contrast, Powerplay is tailored primarily for project teams with limited control guardrails.
RDash automates the entire project lifecycle, from survey to handover, facilitating seamless collaboration on a single platform. RDash’s implementation approach makes it a viable choice for a wide range of construction companies whether deploying a software for the first time or covering gaps that remain unsolved despite ERP implementation. Against this, Powerplay comes with a standard cookie-cutter deployment approach which may or may not fit every organisation.
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