Draft Suite — Project Management for Drafting & Design Firms
All-in-one platform for drafting and design firms. Residential, light commercial, ADU, remodel, and tenant improvement work. Track revisions, manage permits, log time, send contracts, and analyze profitability — no spreadsheets required.
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The Problem
If you run a drafting or design firm, you know the chaos: client changes scattered across texts and emails, city comments lost between resubmittals, revisions eating your time without getting billed, consultants going dark, and no clear picture of which projects actually make money.
You didn't start a design business to manage spreadsheets, sticky notes, and email threads. Draft Suite gives you one tool built specifically for how drafting and design work actually flows.
Key Features
Track Every Revision, Permit, and Milestone
Every client change, city comment, and internal revision is logged with who requested it and whether it's billable. Permits move through a clear 5-stage workflow (Not Started → Submitted → Under Review → Comments Received → Approved) with a full audit trail.
Protect Your Margins with Budget Alerts
Real labor costs (per-person hourly rates × tracked hours) feed into a live profit-and-loss view. Set proposed budgets and get automatic alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% — before the project starts losing money.
Plan Your Team's Capacity
A 4-week capacity planning heatmap shows planned vs actual hours across your entire team. Weekly timesheets get submitted, reviewed, and approved — no more chasing hours on Friday afternoons.
Quote, Sign, and Invoice Faster
Square-footage-based estimator calibrated to 2024–2026 drafting and design rates. Build proposals, convert to contracts in one click, and collect e-signatures in the browser. Invoice straight from approved timesheet hours.
Coordinate Consultants
Track plans sent out to Structural, MEP, Civil, and other consultants with overdue alerts so nothing falls through the cracks.
See What's Working
Tag every project by source — word of mouth, ads, contractor referrals, repeat clients. Pipeline analytics show which sources bring the highest-margin work. Compare estimated hours vs actual hours so your next bid is sharper.
Two Modes, One Product
Simple Mode strips the interface to just what a solo drafter needs (projects, time, invoices, files). Flip to Pro Mode when you grow and unlock pipeline kanban, timeline, consultant tracking, capacity planning, and team views — same data, more depth.
More Capabilities
- Floating Timer — Persistent 15-minute increment timer synced to project financials
- Project Templates — Phase-mapped checklists for Custom Home, Remodel, ADU, Commercial TI, and more
- Client Portal — Branded read-only portals for milestones, files, and revision approvals
- Proposals & Contracts — Build, convert, and e-sign in the browser with full audit log
- Global Search — ⌘K keyboard shortcut to jump to any project, client, or contact
- Pipeline Kanban — Drag-and-drop project board with collapsed inactive columns
- Gantt Timeline & Calendar — Multiple ways to see your schedule
- Job Source ROI — Tag every lead source and track which channels are profitable
- Estimate Accuracy — Compare quoted hours to logged hours for better future bids
Pricing
$39 per seat / month
Full access to every feature — no feature gates. Solo drafters pay for one seat; firms pay for as many as they have. Add or remove seats anytime; Stripe prorates automatically. Annual billing saves 17%.
14-day free trial on every new account. Card required to start; cancel anytime before the trial ends.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Draft Suite built for?
Drafters, designers, and small design firms (1–20 people) doing residential, light commercial, ADU, remodel, or tenant improvement work — anyone who needs to track revisions, coordinate consultants, manage timesheets, invoice clients, and analyze project profitability.
Is there a free trial?
Yes — 14-day free trial of the full Draft Suite. No feature gates. Card required to start; cancel anytime before the trial ends.
How does revision tracking work?
Every client change, city comment, and internal revision is logged with who requested it and whether it counts as billable. You can set per-project revision limits to prevent scope creep — and the system flags overages automatically.
Can I send contracts and get them signed?
Yes. Build a proposal, convert it to a contract with one click, then send a signing link. The client e-signs in their browser — full audit log of when it was viewed and signed, plus PDF export.
What about my data?
Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Each organization is fully isolated with role-based access control. Automatic backups and point-in-time recovery are included.
How do budget alerts work?
Set a proposed budget for any project and Draft Suite automatically sends alerts when labor costs reach 75%, 90%, and 100% of that budget — so you can catch overruns before they happen.