Autodesk Forma Build
Autodesk Forma Build connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams to manage construction projects, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration.
What Autodesk Forma Build is
Autodesk Forma Build connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams to manage construction projects, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration. Project workflows can include RFIs, submittals, meetings, issues, forms, and schedule tracking. Available on web, iOS, and Android, the Autodesk Forma mobile app supports access to project data offline. Forma Build Essentials includes field tools such as punch lists, issue management, daily reports, forms, current sheets, files, and mobile field access. Autodesk describes AI features including Autodesk Assistant, Construction IQ, photo autotags, automatic sheet extraction, and AI-assisted specification and submittal workflows. Listed connections include Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management, TradeTapp, accounting integration, and Forma Construction Connect, which supports custom connections to more than 200 systems. Autodesk also describes an AECO technology partner ecosystem with more than 400 integrations. A 30-day free trial is available, but users who do not subscribe afterward lose project access. Listed subscriptions are $100 per user monthly for Forma Build Essentials and $175 per user monthly for Forma Build - per user; pricing for the broader Forma Build plan is available by contacting sales.
Good
- Supports project workflows including RFIs and submittals.
- Mobile app supports offline project data access.
- Essentials includes field tools and mobile access.
- Lists integrations and connections for construction workflows.
- A 30-day trial is available.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Plan pricing ranges from 100.00 to $175 per user monthly.
- Trial users lose project access if they do not subscribe.
- Broader Forma Build plan pricing requires contacting sales.
Who it suits
Forma Build may suit construction teams coordinating office and field work, project documents, costs, quality, and safety. Teams should review the plan details and trial access terms before relying on it for ongoing projects.
Verdict
Forma Build brings project coordination and field tools together, with mobile access and a wide range of listed integrations. Review the per-user plan costs and trial access terms before selecting a subscription.
Plans and prices
From Autodesk Forma Build's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Forma Build Essentials | $100 a month | Single user subscription · Core field, data management, and collaboration capabilities · Per user monthly |
| Forma Build - per user | $175 a month | Single user subscription · Unlimited sheets · Project management, cost management, and field execution · Includes Forma Data Management · Per user monthly |
| Forma Build Essentials | $800 a year | Single user subscription · Core field, data management, and collaboration capabilities · Per user annually |
| Forma Build - per user | $1,400 a year | Single user subscription · Unlimited sheets · Project management, cost management, and field execution · Includes Forma Data Management · Per user annually |
| Forma Build | Priced on request | Unlimited users or projects · Includes Forma Data Management · Contact sales |
The facts
Each one read from Autodesk Forma Build's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI features
- Autodesk describes Autodesk Assistant, Construction IQ, photo autotags, automatic sheet extraction, and AI-assisted specification and submittal workflows in Build.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data locations
- Autodesk's Forma FAQ says project data can currently be hosted in U.S. or European data centers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Essentials field tools
- Forma Build Essentials includes punch lists and issue management, daily reports and forms, current sheets and files, and mobile field access.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Forma Build lists Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management, TradeTapp, accounting integration, and Forma Construction Connect, which supports custom connections to more than 200 systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Forma Build is available on mobile through the Autodesk Forma mobile app, and Autodesk says the app supports access to project data even offline.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Native integrations
- 400checked 22 Sep 2026
- Partner ecosystem
- Autodesk says its AECO technology partner ecosystem offers more than 400 integrations for project workflows.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project workflows
- It supports RFIs, submittals, meetings, issues, forms, and schedule tracking as a project evolves.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Forma Build connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams to manage construction projects, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Autodesk says its security practices include a secure software development lifecycle, continuous vulnerability assessment, and risk mitigation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sheet limits
- For plans with sheet-count tiers, all sheets available in a user's Sheets area across projects count toward the limit, including revisions; files in the Files area do not count.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Forma Build purchase page advertises 24x7 online support options and resources.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1982checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, Californiachecked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Autodesk's Forma Build FAQ says a free trial is available, and its trial setup guidance specifies a 30-day trial.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Trial access
- Trial users can invite users to projects, but users who do not subscribe when the trial ends lose access to their projects.checked 12 Oct 2026
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