Budgets

Know exactly where your money is going

Plan, approve and track costs with a structured hierarchy your teams can understand.

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Budgets

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Everything you can do with Budgets.

Every capability belongs to the same operating record: simple to execute, clear to control and connected to the rest of Perfour.

01

Build your budget in minutes, not days

Organize chapters, sections and line items in a clear, reusable hierarchy. Start from a familiar structure, duplicate previous budgets and keep quantities, units, prices and owners in one place.

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Budget builder

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02

Trace every line item through the entire job

A budget item is no longer an isolated row. Follow it from its approved value through purchase orders, suppliers, receipts, expenses, progress certificates and payments without losing the origin of each movement.

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03

Use inputs and unit price analyses

Add resources, yields and compositions from enabled catalogs. Perfour preserves the detail behind each unit price so the team can review, update and defend how the cost was built.

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04

Deliver the right format to every audience

Export an internal PDF with operational detail or a clean client-facing presentation. Choose what to show while maintaining one source of truth, even when the way you communicate it changes.

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Client and internal exports

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05

Connect the budget to the full financial operation

Compare planned, committed, actual, certified and paid amounts. Links to purchasing, expenses and collections turn the budget into the job's live financial backbone—not a day-one snapshot.

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Budget versus actual

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06

Start with the files you already have

Import existing budgets and turn them into structured information without entering everything again. Review the mapping before confirming and retain traceability from day one.

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Budget import

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Construction budgeting guide

The budget keeps explaining the project after approval.

In Perfour, the budget does not end when it is presented to the client. Chapters, sections and line items become the cost structure used to compare planned, committed, actual, certified and paid cost without rebuilding relationships in another spreadsheet.

One structure for estimating, procurement and cost control

01

Estimator

Builds chapters, line items and unit price analyses with verifiable quantities, units, yields, prices and taxes.

02

Project manager

Reviews approved scope, commitments and changes before available cost is consumed.

03

Finance team

Connects orders, expenses, certificates and payments to the line item that explains each obligation.

Operating workflow

From baseline to actual cost without losing the source

  1. 01

    Create or import

    Start from a new structure, a previous budget or an existing file and review mapping before confirmation.

  2. 02

    Compose and review

    Define quantities, prices and unit analyses; verify subtotals, taxes, fees and presentation detail.

  3. 03

    Approve and commit

    Preserve status history and connect procurement or contracts only to authorized scope.

  4. 04

    Compare execution

    Open each line item to understand commitments, expenses, certificates, payments and related evidence.

FAQ

Questions about the workflow

How is a connected budget different from a spreadsheet?+

The structure does not become isolated after approval: each line item can retain relationships with procurement, expenses, certificates, payments, tasks and inventory during execution.

Can a team start from an existing budget?+

Yes. You can import an existing structure, review its mapping and convert it into operating information without entering every line again.

Does Perfour support unit price analysis?+

Yes. Unit analyses can combine materials, labor, equipment and yields to explain unit cost and reuse catalog compositions.

How is variance detected by line item?+

By comparing the baseline with committed, actual, certified and paid cost, then opening the related documents that explain each movement.

One connected system

Information continues wherever the job continues.

Budgets records keep their relationships, owners, evidence and history as work moves into other modules.

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