Software for painters & decorators

As a painter and decorator, you have plenty to do. With plancraft, your office work is simplified, giving you more time to focus on your craft. Efficient, profitable, and tailored precisely to the needs of painters and decorators.
- Measure wall and facade areas on the go
- Quotes in minutes with pre-set square meter pricing
- Fast & simple e-invoicing directly from the job




























Successful painters love plancraft

With this painting and decorating software, my team can easily track their hours via the app. I get a clear overview on my computer and can send everything straight to my accountant—no more paper timesheets.
Managing Director Effect Isi

The software that truly supports painters
You bring color into play. We simple software.
Streamline your workday with our easy-to-use software for painters and varnishers. Manage jobs, materials, and invoices efficiently while focusing on what you do best. Our user-friendly and reliable software saves you valuable time, boosts your productivity, and ensures professional project execution. Experience the difference—get started today!

The most important features for painters
The trial is completely free and without obligation. Alternatively, you can book a demo session and have a Plancraft team member guide you through the software.

Features that make your daily life as a painter even easier
Timesheets, incoming invoices, site photos — these are the tasks that often get left behind in a painter's daily routine. These additional features take care of them for you. Discover all of plancraft's features now.
The central hub for all order-related items. The project folder ensures you always have a clear overview.

Create precise offers and invoices quickly and easily. With just a few clicks, you can generate documents and send them to the customer directly from plancraft.

Stay in full control of your payments. With flat and cumulative discounts, both you and your customers are always on the safe side.

Create detailed, accurate quotes and invoices with our in-depth calculation tools. This ensures you have full financial coverage for every aspect of your project, from material costs to labor hours.

Simplify recording and calculating measurements directly on-site. With plancraft, you can enter all your figures digitally and have them automatically integrated into your calculations and documents.

From customer and service details to article master data—manage all your essential information centrally in one secure system. This makes it easy to access and maintain everything you need. Simply import your material catalogs via Datanorm or GAEB.

Optimize processes and improve communication within your team. With automated work instructions & material lists, you ensure that all team members always receive up-to-date and clear instructions.

Keep track of all your projects in the planning board. Schedule time assignments for your construction sites and track progress in real time. This ensures your projects are always completed on time.

Make sure you always have the right people in the right place at the right time. Thanks to the planning board, you can always see the availability of your employees and assign them to their respective construction sites with a simple click.

Organize your employees into teams and assign them collectively to individual projects. This saves you time when planning construction sites and optimizes work processes.

Create detailed acceptance reports directly on-site, including all relevant information. Get them signed off by the client to avoid issues later on.

Keep track of extra work and associated costs with our site reports. Record changes and additional requirements efficiently to ensure all services are documented and billed correctly.

Let your team record daily progress on-site with our construction daily reports. These reports help you track construction milestones, materials used, and employee attendance.

Speed up your documentation with plancraft report templates. Create professional reports effortlessly and boost the efficiency of your construction projects. More time for your craft, less time for paperwork.

Speed up document approval with digital signatures. This feature allows you and your customers to sign documents quickly and securely, significantly simplifying your workflows.

Manage your materials efficiently with our integrated material tracking. Record incoming and used materials directly on-site so you always have a clear overview of what has been consumed.

Your employees can record their working hours, vacation, and downtime quickly and easily via our mobile app. You can always view the hours logged in the project overview, ensuring you are prepared for any additional work.

Record employee vacation days or company-wide holidays efficiently and clearly. This gives you a complete overview of staff availability, making workforce planning much easier.

Simplify collaboration with your tax advisor by seamlessly exporting working hours and other relevant data. This feature streamlines payroll and ensures that all necessary information is transmitted accurately and on time.

Improve team communication with project-based chat. This allows you to communicate between the construction site and the office in real time. The chat is integrated directly into every project, so you have all relevant conversations and data in one place and can keep track of everything for deductions and invoices.

Make sure no important update is missed. Our notification function informs you about changes in the project and reminds your employees to record their working hours.

Organize all your documents, photos, and communication data securely and clearly in the file storage. This makes it easier than ever to access, manage, and share project materials, which improves collaboration and saves time.

Analyze the actual costs of your projects compared to your original estimates. With job costing, you can quickly identify financial variances and take the necessary steps.

Automate your reminders and reduce the time spent tracking overdue payments. You can send payment reminders quickly and effectively directly from plancraft.

Simplify your accounting by seamlessly exporting your financial data to DATEV. This feature makes collaborating with your tax advisor easier and streamlines your tax processes.

Keep track of all your issued invoices. Our invoice lists provide a detailed view of every invoice sent, making it easier to manage your finances and wrap up projects with ease.

The dashboard for each project gives you a quick, clear overview of your costs to date. This project overview is designed for maximum clarity, making post-calculation easier than ever.

FAQ's
Switching to a craft software can be so simple – we answer your questions!
Why good software for painters is indispensable today
As trade software for painters and decorators, plancraft helps with core processes in the office and directly on the construction site: from measurements and calculations to invoicing. Painting businesses save an average of several hours of office time per week.
plancraft remains intentionally simple. Instead of getting bogged down with complex modules, the software helps you complete recurring tasks faster and keep a better overview of your jobs.
Typical challenges in the daily life of painters:
- Paper chaos and Excel lists for square meters and materials
- Disorganized crew and job site scheduling
- Time-consuming calculation of wall areas, material containers, and labor costs
- Redundant data entry between measurements, quotes, and invoices
- Lack of transparency between the office, job site, and crew
Painter software comparison: The 5 most important criteria
The market for painter software, coating programs, and industry-specific software for the painting trade is vast. You can tell a good solution by whether it truly simplifies your daily operations, not by how many complicated features it has.
- Ease of use: Your team needs to be able to record measurements, quotes, and hours quickly — without extensive training.
- Calculation software for painters: Square meter prices, material containers, hourly rates, and margins must be calculated in a transparent and traceable way.
- Mobile measurements: Wall and facade areas should be recordable directly on-site via iPad in compliance with VOB standards.
- Cloud & mobile capability: The office, job site, and crew need access to up-to-date project data — even on the go.
- Growth & scalability: The software should be suitable for small painting businesses and grow along with your company.
Book your personal product presentation now and let one of our plancraft employees guide you through the software in just 15 to 30 minutes. Free of charge and without obligation, of course.

































