# SmartPM review (2026): is it worth $12 a year? > Schedule analytics and controls for construction projects Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. SmartPM analyzes construction schedules that teams upload and checks them for health problems, compares revisions and tracks performance over time. A higher plan adds an interactive Gantt viewer, time impact analysis and what-if scenarios. It is sold by annual subscription to contractors, owners and government agencies, with unlimited users on both plans. - **Category:** Project Management - **Made by:** SmartPM Technologies - **Website:** https://smartpm.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you are an individual or small team, as plans start at $12K a year. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, SmartPM is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $12K per year for up to 50 projects. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 60-day risk-free trial; the site also offers a demo using your own schedules. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essentials | $12K per year for up to 50 projects, billed annually | Automated schedule health checks, revision comparison, core schedule analytics, performance trends, exportable reports, unlimited users and standard support. | | Controls | $25K per year for 5 Controls slots, billed annually | Everything in Essentials plus full analytics, an interactive Gantt viewer, what-if scenarios, time impact analysis, portfolio insights and premium support. | Read from https://smartpm.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SmartPM before buying. ## Key features - **Schedule health checks:** Uploaded schedules are checked automatically for quality problems, and revisions can be compared against each other. - **Performance trends:** Tracks how a project's schedule performs over time and exports change and quality reports. - **Time impact analysis:** The Controls plan adds what-if scenarios and time impact analysis for schedule delays. - **Interactive Gantt viewer:** A dynamic Gantt view with milestone and critical path tracking, on the Controls plan. - **Portfolio insights:** Controls includes portfolio-wide views and customizable reports that can be delivered on a schedule. - **Open API:** Schedule data and metrics can feed BI tools, a PMIS or a data warehouse. ## Good for - Contractors and construction managers checking CPM schedules - Owners and developers monitoring schedule risk across projects - Government agencies reviewing contractor schedules ## Worth knowing - Both plans are annual subscriptions at $12K and $25K a year; there is no monthly or free plan. - Essentials covers up to 50 projects, while Controls is priced by slots: 5 to start, with the option to expand. - It analyzes schedules made in other scheduling tools rather than replacing them, and the pages read name no desktop or mobile apps. - Managed services are sold as add-ons; the page gives no prices for them. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. SmartPM reads construction schedules from other tools and checks their health and delays. It costs $12,000 a year at the lowest and does not replace the scheduling tool. - **Value for money: F.** $12K a year for up to 50 projects, about $1,000 a month, against $9 in the middle for project tools, and nothing on record sets it apart as a different kind of purchase for small teams. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 60-day risk-free trial, and a demo on your own schedules. The page does not say whether a card is needed. - **Features: D.** It analyses schedules made in other tools and does not replace them, so it needs another product to be useful at all. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Schedule files have to be connected and read first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Autodesk Forma and Procore links and an Open API. No desktop or phone apps are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SmartPM's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among project management tools - SmartPM's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 149 other project management tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 149) and worst on value for money (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $1 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 0 of the 121 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/project-management ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of SmartPM you could make: Gantt & timelines and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 143 of the 149 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $12 a year. - You could make: Gantt & timelines and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Autodesk Forma and Procore among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Autodesk Forma, Procore **Tags:** Gantt & timelines, Reports, Dashboards, Public API ## Alternatives - [Procore](https://toolgpa.com/tools/procore): Construction management platform with unlimited users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/procore-vs-smartpm) - [Fieldwire](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fieldwire): Jobsite task, plan and punch list management. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fieldwire-vs-smartpm) - [ProjectSight](https://toolgpa.com/tools/projectsight): Construction project management from Trimble. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/projectsight-vs-smartpm) - [Asta Powerproject](https://toolgpa.com/tools/asta-powerproject): Gantt-based planning software built for construction projects. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-smartpm) - [Planisware](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planisware): AI-powered strategic portfolio and project management. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planisware-vs-smartpm) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://smartpm.com/pricing - https://smartpm.com/integrations - https://smartpm.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/smartpm Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).