Penta
Penta is a construction ERP for specialty contractors, bringing financial management, payroll, job costing, and field service together.
What Penta is
Penta is a construction ERP for specialty contractors, bringing financial management, payroll, job costing, and field service together. Financial tools provide real-time insights, job and service costing, role-based workbench panels, multi-level reporting, and automated intercompany entries. Payroll covers timecards, job-cost integration, prevailing-wage calculations, multi-union payroll, tax reporting, and an employee portal. Job costing draws on accounts payable and receivable, purchasing, payroll, estimation, and forecasting. Field service includes customer setup, work orders, dispatching, mobile job details, invoicing, payroll integration, and reporting. The product supports progress billing, retainage and commitment tracking, and advanced project reporting. Penta lists integrations including OnBase, REQUORDIT, DTI, Rhumbix, Procore, SAP Concur, Avalara, and XOi Vision. PentaConnect APIs cover project management, accounts payable routing and payments, service management, and timecard integrations. Penta Cloud Hosting runs on AWS; Penta says its hosted environment is SOC 2 Type II certified. Pricing is available on request, and the site invites prospective buyers to schedule a demo or speak with an expert.
Good
- Combines financial management, payroll, job costing, and field service.
- Supports progress billing, retainage, and commitment tracking.
- Includes advanced project reporting.
- PentaConnect APIs cover several business workflows.
- Penta says its hosted environment is SOC 2 Type II certified.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- The site directs prospective buyers to schedule a demo or talk to an expert.
Who it suits
Penta is aimed at specialty contractors, including organizations with complex, multi-trade operations. It may suit teams seeking financial, payroll, job-costing, and field-service functions in a construction ERP.
Verdict
Penta brings several contractor workflows into one ERP and includes job tracking and project reporting capabilities. Buyers will need to request pricing and discuss the system with Penta.
Plans and prices
From Penta's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Penta Construction ERP | Priced on request | Specialty-contractor ERP · financial management · payroll · job costing · field service |
The facts
Each one read from Penta's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- APIs
- PentaConnect APIs support project management, accounts payable, payments, service management, facilities management, and payroll timecard integrations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- API security
- PentaConnect APIs run on Microsoft Azure and Azure API Management, with stated performance, security, and scalability protections to help prevent unauthorized access to ERP data.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud security
- Penta says its cloud hosting runs on AWS and is SOC 2 Type II certified, with audited controls and features including MFA, web application firewalls, and multi-region backups.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Field service
- Field service tools cover customer and work management, dispatching, mobile access to job details, invoicing, payroll integration, and financial reporting.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Financial management
- Its financial module provides real-time financial insights, integrated job and service costing, role-based workbench panels, multi-level reporting, and automated intercompany entries.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Hosting and security
- Penta Cloud Hosting runs on AWS, and Penta states that the hosted environment is SOC 2 Type II certified.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Hosting protections
- The cloud hosting page lists VPN tunnel support, SSL certificate management, DNS administration, regular OS maintenance, MFA, web application firewalls, and multi-region backups.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include OnBase, REQUORDIT, DTI, Rhumbix, Procore, SAP Concur, Avalara AvaTax, and XOi Vision.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Penta says its construction ERP is built for complex, multi-trade specialty contractor operations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Payroll
- Construction payroll supports automated payroll calculations, timecard collection, prevailing-wage rules, multi-union payroll, tax reporting, and an employee portal for pay stubs and W-2s.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The site directs prospective buyers to schedule a demo or talk to an expert and does not display plan prices on the pages reviewed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Penta is construction ERP software built for specialty contractors and combines financial management, payroll, job costing, and field service.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Penta describes dedicated support, consulting, implementation, and cloud hosting services, and says hosted customers receive prioritized support for hosting issues.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Target customers
- The product is positioned for specialty contractors, including large specialty contractors with complex, multi-trade operations.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Brookfield, Wisconsin, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Job costing
- Job costing draws on accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, payroll, estimating, and forecasting data for real-time insights and reporting.checked 9 Oct 2026
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