Synhelm as a Connecteam alternative for contractors.
Connecteam is a well-known app for managing deskless teams across many industries. Synhelm is built only for contractors and field-service crews, around the job. Here's how the approaches differ, so you can pick what fits your shop.
Framing to finish, with who took each photo and when.
Two different starting points
Connecteam starts from the employee: time tracking, scheduling, communication and forms for teams in many kinds of businesses.
Synhelm starts from the job: the crew clock in to a job, and safety sheets, hours, photos, plans, estimates and invoices all attach to it.
What Synhelm adds for contractors
Because the job is the center, the office sees hours, photos and paper for each job and client in one place, and the estimate becomes the job and then the invoice.
Crew sign in with a PIN from one shop link, with no app store download or crew email.
What Synhelm does
Job-centred time clock
Hours by job and client, with safety sheets at clock-in.
Estimates and invoices
Estimate to job to invoice without retyping.
Blueprint reader
PDF plan sets, revisions, compare and markups on the job.
Jobsite photos
On the job and the client file, several at a time.
One price per shop
Free for 5 crew; paid plans priced per shop, not per person.
Who it's for: Contractors deciding between a general team app and a construction-specific one.
Which one fits your shop?
Connecteam may fit better if…
- You manage many kinds of hourly teams, not only job-site crews
- Your priority is broad employee tools across a whole company
Synhelm may fit better if…
- You run jobs for clients and want hours, photos and paper on each job
- You send estimates and invoices and don't want to retype them
- Your crew works from drawings and needs them on their phone
Connecteam is a trademark of its owner. Synhelm isn't affiliated with it. For their current features and pricing, check their own website.
Questions
- Can I move my crew over?
- Yes. Import your crew and clients from a spreadsheet; each crew member gets a PIN. Past records stay in the app you used before.
- How does Synhelm pricing work?
- Synhelm is free for up to 5 crew. Synhelm Pro is $79.99 CAD a month per shop, not per person. Check Connecteam's own website for their current plans.
- Is Synhelm affiliated with Connecteam?
- No. Connecteam is a trademark of its owner. This page describes Synhelm and general, publicly described differences in approach.
How it connects to the rest of Synhelm
One job, everything attached. Each part below works on the same job.
Built because we needed it. Now it's yours.
Set up your shop in a few minutes. Add your logo, your crew, and your first job — the rest follows the job.