Questions
Yglu FAQ
Straight answers to the questions builders ask before they apply. Jump to a topic, or read straight through.
What Yglu is
- Yglu is not custom software. It is a proven, repeatable process, you get a platform fitted to how you already build, installed the same reliable way every time.
- Yglu uses AI as the engine that makes a proven process fit your business fast. The process is the product, not the hype.
- Squarespace and Wix build marketing sites. Yglu is website, CRM, project management, and accounting on one login, none of which Squarespace or Wix carry.
- Yes. Yglu is built for the custom home builder shape, small and mid sized firms specifically.
Ownership and data
- Yes, the site, the data, and the platform are yours. If you ever left, you would host and maintain it yourself. The Yglu Plan covers hosting, continuous improvement, and support, which is also why it keeps getting better.
- Yes. Each Block has its own export path, the website ships out as HTML and CSS, the customer records ship out as a database export you can load anywhere. Nothing is trapped inside Yglu.
- Your data comes with you when you leave Yglu, no lock in, your data stays portable and yours. The same applies coming in: the records you keep today move into Yglu at install and remain exportable.
- Your client data lives on your own accounts, on your own domain. Every install is its own instance, not a slice of someone else's database, so no other builder's data sits next to yours. We name the exact providers on the discovery visit so you can vet them before anything is set up.
- You still own the platform. The site stays on your accounts and keeps running on your domain. You lose our support and the continuous improvements the plan covers, but the site does not go dark.
The plan and pricing
- Yglu is priced per module. Website $500/month, CRM $500/month, Construction $1,000/month, or all three as a bundle for $2,000/month. Ad campaign management is available on request, priced on ad spend. Accounting is quoted on the discovery visit, and so is Enterprise for larger firms with multiple divisions, markets, or crews. Full breakdown on the pricing page. No setup fee, no per seat cost, month to month.
- Every module covers hosting, continuous improvement, and support for that module. It keeps getting better, which is why builders stay, not because they are locked in. Full breakdown on the pricing page.
- No. Yglu is priced per module, no per seat pricing, no usage fees, no setup fee. Add supers, project managers, office staff, and homeowners without touching the price.
- Yes. Take one, take two, or take all five. Every install begins with a discovery visit and you decide what to stand up first.
- Your platform stays on your accounts. You lose the continuous improvements and support covered by the plan, but the site and data are yours.
- Yes. The Accounting module keeps the books of record, with budgets, change orders, invoices, and draws on the same system as the job. Your QuickBooks history comes over during the install.
Proof and comparisons
- A short list of builders runs on Yglu today, and we introduce you before you commit. See the case studies for the current lineup and what each of them ships every week.
- For a residential builder who wants to own the platform, Yglu wins on ownership and price, you own the site and the data, Buildertrend rents you a slice of theirs. See the side by side on the Yglu vs. Buildertrend comparison.
- CoConstruct was acquired by Buildertrend and folded into their platform, so the CoConstruct question is really a Buildertrend question. See the Yglu vs. CoConstruct comparison for the full breakdown.
- The Yglu comparison walks feature by feature against the tools most builders show us on the first call, it is there so you do not have to build it yourself.
- Yglu was founded by Kol Dorney, who runs the discovery visit for every install. Joseph, the install lead, runs the live sessions and stays on after go-live, so you work with the same small team the whole way.
Adoption and time
- A Yglu install starts with a discovery visit, then about 8 hours of live sessions where you and your install lead work through the platform together and shape it to your firm. From there you run alongside your current tools until you trust it.
- A Yglu install takes about 8 hours of live sessions to reach a working platform. From there you test and tune in the office and field at your own pace.
- No. Yglu runs alongside your current tools until you are ready. No rip and replace, no hard cutover.
- Yes. The tasks in Yglu are the ones your team already does, now automated instead of manual. There is nothing new to learn.
- Because Yglu is shaped to your workflow during the install, adoption is high. You also run it side by side with your current tools until the team trusts it, no forced cutover to a tool they resent.
Integrations
- It moves into Yglu. The Accounting module becomes your books of record, along with budgets, invoices, draws, and job costing, and your QuickBooks history comes over during the install. Accounting is quoted on the discovery visit.
In the field
- Better, your firm gets its own. Every install includes a custom mobile app with your name and logo on the home screen, not a vendor's app with your jobs inside it. Supers capture logs, photos, and punch items from it, and it also runs in a normal mobile browser.
- Yglu runs in your firm's own mobile app and in a normal mobile browser, so anywhere the super gets even a bar it loads. There is no full offline mode today. If your crews work sites with no signal at all, tell us on the discovery visit and we will scope what field capture actually needs to look like for you.
- The Yglu portal is homeowner first, it is built for the client. A full subcontractor login is not shipped yet. If sub access matters for your workflow, tell us on the discovery visit and we will scope what it needs to do for you.
- The Yglu interface is English today. Per field translations for the parts your Spanish speaking crews touch are negotiable at install, bring it up during discovery so we can scope which forms and portals need to translate.
Leaving Yglu
- Your Yglu platform is already yours. Change the DNS or lock us out, the site keeps running on your accounts.
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