Your home. Your project. Your call.
Less chasing. Clearer costs. More control over your project. BYOB is free for homeowners: plan what you want to change, see estimated costs, and hire independent trades directly.
- Free for homeowners — always
- Hire trades directly, no markup on labour or materials
- Pay milestone by milestone, after you’ve checked the workComing soon
No account needed to try the Vision Board. Your work is saved on this device.
Watch how it works
- Plan
- Estimate
- Connect
- PayComing soon
- Complete
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Homeowner scope
Trade bids
Milestone payments
Who BYOB is for
Built for everyone on the job
Homeowners
Know what it should cost before anyone starts
- See budgets in three tiers before you hire
- Fund each milestone and release it only after you’ve checked the work
- Every photo, change and payment on one dated record
Sub-trades & handymen
Jobs come straight to you, not through a middleman
- Direct dispatches from homeowners and contractors, no lead fees
- See the money is in escrow before you show up
- Your verified tickets and reviews travel with you
Small contractors
The same tools as the big firms
- Estimates, multi-trade scheduling and site check-ins in one place
- Alberta 10% lien holdback tracked on every milestone
- Compete on your work, not your marketing budget
Connected workflow
One flow from first idea to final payment
Five connected stages, so homeowners, trades and contractors always work from the same information.
Start with a clear plan
Collect ideas, photos and room measurements in one place and turn them into a project everyone can understand.
- Vision board for photos, sketches and notes
- Guided, room-by-room planning
- Permit check helpers that flag work likely to need a City permit
Audience pathways
Five pathways, one connected platform
Choose the pathway that fits how you work. Each feature is marked as available now or coming soon.
- Available now
- 34 features
- Coming soon
- 39 features
Available now
- Account creation & role selection (Homeowner, Trade, Contractor)Available now
- Public Calgary launch-interest sign-upsAvailable now
- Authenticated trade crew registrationAvailable now
- English, Spanish & French · light & dark themeAvailable now
- Portal navigation & dashboard frameworksAvailable now
- Core project postingAvailable now
- Milestone progress trackingAvailable now
- Direct chat with your tradesAvailable now
- DIY Design Center accessAvailable now
- Project dispatchAvailable now
- Quote submissionsAvailable now
- OCR receipt scanningAvailable now
- Estimate generationAvailable now
- Multi-trade managementAvailable now
- Milestone creationAvailable now
- Jobsite chatAvailable now
- Escrow fees waived on milestone payoutsAvailable now
- Alberta Mechanics' Lien holdbacksAvailable now
- Alberta OHS safety noticesAvailable now
- Core PDF & vector blueprint viewerAvailable now
- Milestone-linked selection boardsAvailable now
- Integer-cent budget rollupsAvailable now
- PDF & CAD blueprint uploadAvailable now
- Material dropdowns (LVP, metal studs, drywall, tile)Available now
- On-site field markupAvailable now
- Trade scope divisionAvailable now
- AES-256 & TLS encryption on SOC 2 Type 2 infrastructureAvailable now
- Append-only, integer-cent ledgersAvailable now
- Tamper-evident photo, change order & dispute logsAvailable now
- WCB & safety-ticket checks before dispatchAvailable now
- Anti-scam protection — WCB and safety tickets checked before any trade is dispatched, and both parties sign off on job wrap-upsAvailable now
- Encrypted audit vault — receipt scans, estimates and payout logs encrypted with AES-256 at restAvailable now
- Integer-cent anti-fraud ledger — whole-cent, append-only tracking with no rounding drift or silent editsAvailable now
- Lien holdback tracking — Alberta’s 10% holdback tracked with a timestamped audit trail for disputesAvailable now
Homeowners & DIY
For homeowners and DIYers
Your home. Your project. Your call.
- Create a free homeowner accountAvailable now
- Describe your project in your own wordsAvailable now
- See where each part of the work is up toAvailable now
- Message your trades directlyAvailable now
- Plan finishes and keep a running budgetAvailable now
- One home page for all your projectsAvailable now
- Measure rooms step by stepComing soon
- Estimated costs, then quotes from tradesComing soon
- Find out if your project may need a City permitComing soon
- Get suggested trades for your projectComing soon
- Pay by milestone, once you’ve approved the workComing soon
Independent Trades
For independent sub-trades and handymen
Find work, quote directly, and stay in touch with customers
- Account creation & role selection (Homeowner, Trade, Contractor)Available now
- Authenticated trade crew registrationAvailable now
- Project dispatchAvailable now
- Quote submissionsAvailable now
- OCR receipt scanningAvailable now
- Estimate generationAvailable now
- Direct chat with your tradesAvailable now
- Portal navigation & dashboard frameworksAvailable now
- Job discoveryComing soon
- Live itemized estimates & biddingComing soon
- Trade storefronts & verified ratingsComing soon
Professional Contractors
For independent residential contractors and builders
Coordinate every project, team and subcontractor
- Account creation & role selection (Homeowner, Trade, Contractor)Available now
- Multi-trade managementAvailable now
- Milestone creationAvailable now
- Jobsite chatAvailable now
- Alberta Mechanics' Lien holdbacksAvailable now
- Alberta OHS safety noticesAvailable now
- Portal navigation & dashboard frameworksAvailable now
- Multi-project coordinationComing soon
- Team managementComing soon
- Subcontractor oversightComing soon
- Commercial subcontractor & equipment schedulingComing soon
Property Maintenance
For commercial and residential properties
Commercial lots and homes, serviced on demand or by the season
- Account creation & role selection (Homeowner, Trade, Contractor)Available now
- Portal navigation & dashboard frameworksAvailable now
- Weather & seasonal dispatch (snow, salting, sweeping)Coming soon
Commercial lots
- Parking lot plowingComing soon
- Salting & ice controlComing soon
- Power sweepingComing soon
- Site sanitationComing soon
Residential
- Driveway clearingComing soon
- Lawn careComing soon
- Handyman visitsComing soon
- Project photo
Disaster Restoration
For homes hit by water, fire, smoke or mould
From the first call to the last coat of paint, with every step on record
- Account creation & role selection (Homeowner, Trade, Contractor)Available now
- Portal navigation & dashboard frameworksAvailable now
- Emergency mitigation dispatch (water, fire, smoke)Coming soon
- Daily moisture readings and drying logs with dated photosComing soon
- Itemised scope with photo evidence to share with your adjusterComing soon
- Claim, deductible and temporary living cost trackerComing soon
- Rebuild with verified trades, paid by milestoneComing soon
- Weather-gated milestone escrow payoutsComing soon
Pricing
Free to start. Power up when it pays.
Homeowners never pay. Sub-trades and contractors each get a free Base plan with everything needed to run jobs, and a flat-rate Pro Power-Up that waives escrow fees and unlocks the advanced tools.
Homeowner
Plan, track and design your project — free, forever.
Homeowner
For homeowners and DIYers
$0/ month
Free forever — zero subscription fees
- Core project posting
- Milestone progress tracking
- Direct chat with your trades
- DIY Design Center access
- Anti-scam protection — WCB and safety tickets checked before any trade is dispatched, and both parties sign off on job wrap-ups
- Milestone escrow vault — deposits held by a PCI DSS Level 1 payment partner, released only on your photo-verified sign-offComing soon
- Order materials from your takeoff through supplier partnersComing soon
- Tool rental partner linksComing soon
- On-demand video consultations with licensed prosComing soon
Handyman & Independent Sub-trade
Win work, quote and get paid. Power up to keep every dollar.
Sub-trade Free Base
For handymen and independent sub-trades
$0/ month
100% free to start — standard 1.5%–2% escrow processing fee on completed milestones. Upgrade to Pro anytime to waive platform fees.
- Project dispatch
- Quote submissions
- OCR receipt scanning
- Encrypted audit vault — receipt scans, estimates and payout logs encrypted with AES-256 at rest
- Funded-before-work payouts — the client’s milestone funds are confirmed in escrow before work starts, protecting you from non-paymentComing soon
Pro Contractor & Builder
Run every trade on the job. Power up for the Design Center.
Contractor Free Base
For independent contractors and builders
$0/ month
100% free to start — standard 1.5%–2% escrow processing fee on completed milestones. Upgrade to Pro anytime to waive platform fees.
- Multi-trade management
- Milestone creation
- Jobsite chat
- Milestone escrow railComing soon
When does a Power-Up pay for itself?
Handyman & Independent Sub-trade
Sub-trade Free Base$0 / mo
Sub-trade Pro Power-Up$29 / mo
Pays for itself above $1,933/mo in payouts
Pro Contractor & Builder
Contractor Free Base$0 / mo
Contractor Pro Power-Up$99 / mo
Pays for itself above $6,600/mo in payouts
Base cost is $0/mo + 1.5%–2% escrow processing fee on completed milestone payouts; Power-Ups are flat monthly subscriptions.
Prices in Canadian dollars, billed monthly; GST extra. The escrow processing fee is shown before each payout and appears on its own receipt; it applies once the milestone escrow rail launches. BYOB never marks up labour or materials.
Security & trust
Bank-grade security. Built to stop construction scams.
Encrypted records and a tamper-evident audit trail today — and milestone money that will sit with a regulated, PCI DSS Level 1 payment partner until the work is approved.
Regulated milestone escrow
When payments launch, deposits will be held by a regulated payment partner — not by BYOB — and released only after the homeowner approves photo proof of the milestone.
Coming soonInteger-cent ledger precision
Every amount is kept in whole cents in append-only ledgers. Entries can’t be edited or deleted — corrections are new, visible entries — so nothing rounds away and nothing disappears.
Available nowEncrypted on audited infrastructure
AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit (TLS 1.3 where supported), on database and hosting providers that hold SOC 2 Type 2 attestations.
Available nowAnti-fraud audit trail
Site photos carry a device timestamp and a SHA-256 fingerprint chained to the one before, so tampering shows. Change orders and disputes are permanent logs.
Available now
Regional launch
Launching first in Calgary and the surrounding region
We're starting with Calgary and communities within 25 km, so every homeowner, trade and crew on BYOB is local.
Get launch updates
Available nowHear when BYOB opens in your area. Occasional emails only.
Independent trade looking for shift work?
Sign in to BYOB to join the crew pool with your roles, trades and home zone, so contractors can find you when shift posting opens.
- Sign in to your BYOB account
- Add your roles, trade codes and home zone
- Save — contractors can find you when shift posting opens
Requires a BYOB account.