Congrid
Helsinki-based quality and safety app for Nordic construction sites, part of the SmartCraft group
Quick Overview
| Company | Congrid Oy (SmartCraft Group) |
|---|---|
| Category | Construction Management Software |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Founded | 2013 |
| EU Presence | EU (Finland) |
| Open Source | No |
| Pricing | Project licences from €149 to €499/month; user licences from €69 to €129/user/month; training and project set-up priced separately |
| Free Option | Free demo |
| Replaces | PlanRadar, paper inspection checklists, Excel safety logs |
Detailed Review
Congrid is a Helsinki quality-and-safety platform, part of the Swedish-listed SmartCraft group alongside sister products across Sweden, Norway and the UK, and it does the same job as PlanRadar and CAPMO on a Nordic construction site: defect observations and safety checks pinned to a floor plan, photographed, assigned and tracked to close-out, with a digital site diary running alongside.
Pricing is unusually granular for this category, split into project licences (from €149 a month for basic defect observation up to €499 for the full quality-and-safety toolkit) and separate user licences (from €69 a month per person up to €129 for the combined safety-and-quality tier), plus one-off project set-up and training fees — a buyer can price a single site tightly rather than committing to a company-wide seat count.
Against PlanRadar and CAPMO, Congrid's case is Nordic-market fit rather than a different feature set — quality matrices and best-practice data built around Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian construction norms, the way CAPMO is built around German ones. Being part of SmartCraft rather than independently owned gives it a stable parent, but it also means Congrid is one product line inside a group rather than a company solely focused on it.
What Congrid does well
- Defect and safety observations pinned to floor plans
- Granular pricing: separate project and user licences
- Digital site diary alongside inspection checklists
- Built around Nordic construction and safety norms
- Backed by the listed SmartCraft group
Where Congrid falls short
- Part of a group rather than an independent company
- Feature set close to PlanRadar and CAPMO, without their scale
- Pricing structure (project plus user licences) takes effort to model
- Nordic-market focus travels less well outside the region
Standout feature. Pricing broken into project and user licences separately, so a single site can be quoted without a company-wide contract.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Defect and safety observations pinned to floor plans
- Granular pricing: separate project and user licences
- Digital site diary alongside inspection checklists
- Built around Nordic construction and safety norms
- Backed by the listed SmartCraft group
Cons
- Part of a group rather than an independent company
- Feature set close to PlanRadar and CAPMO, without their scale
- Pricing structure (project plus user licences) takes effort to model
- Nordic-market focus travels less well outside the region
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Congrid?
Congrid is a Helsinki quality-and-safety platform, part of the Swedish-listed SmartCraft group alongside sister products across Sweden, Norway and the UK, and it does the same job as PlanRadar and CAPMO on a Nordic construction site: defect observations and safety checks pinned to a floor plan, photographed, assigned and tracked to close-out, with a digital site diary running alongside.
Where is Congrid based?
Congrid operates from Helsinki, Finland, which places it under EU (Finland).
What does Congrid cost?
Project licences from €149 to €499/month; user licences from €69 to €129/user/month; training and project set-up priced separately. Free demo.
Who is Congrid best for?
Nordic site quality and safety inspections. Pricing broken into project and user licences separately, so a single site can be quoted without a company-wide contract.
What are the drawbacks of Congrid?
Part of a group rather than an independent company. Feature set close to PlanRadar and CAPMO, without their scale. Pricing structure (project plus user licences) takes effort to model. Nordic-market focus travels less well outside the region.