Subcontractor management software for home builders
Afterkey is subcontractor management software for residential home builders. It dispatches work to your existing subcontractor roster by trade, tracks day-of arrival and completion, rates performance across every home, and blocks — or knowingly logs — any assignment to a sub whose insurance or license has lapsed.
The problem
Where sub dispatch breaks down
- You find out a sub never showed up when the homeowner calls to ask where they are.
- The same trade generates callbacks on home after home and nobody connects the pattern.
- Certificates of insurance sit in an inbox, and nobody notices the expiration until a claim.
- You have no idea what a given trade actually costs you across a year of warranty work.
- Dispatch happens by text, so there is no record of what you asked for or when.
The solution
What Afterkey does about it
Assign by trade, with the history attached
Route a request to the right trade and the right sub in one step. They arrive knowing the home, the issue, and what has been tried before. You stop being the relay and still bill the job when it’s billable.
Day-of arrival tracking
The sub confirms the visit and taps “on my way” or “running late”; the homeowner sees it, and you are escalated if he goes quiet — before the homeowner asks you for a status update.
Compliance, tracked and flagged
Define the documents you require — general liability, workers’ comp, auto, trade license, W-9 — across the board or per trade, with instructions. Subs upload them, you approve with an expiration date, and both of you are alerted on a countdown before anything lapses. A red “Action needed” flag sits on the sub list until it’s fixed, and when you dispatch a sub whose paperwork is missing or expired, Afterkey stops you to acknowledge it and logs the override.
Ratings and cost intelligence
Rate performance job by job and see what each trade and each sub costs you per job, and what each home has cost and earned — the numbers you want before renegotiating a rate or dropping a sub.
Common questions
Does Afterkey help me find new subcontractors?
No. Afterkey is not a marketplace, network, or contractor directory and does not supply leads for new trades. It manages the subcontractors you have already vetted and added to your own roster.
What happens if I need to dispatch a sub whose insurance expired?
When you create the request yourself, Afterkey stops and shows you which required documents are missing or expired, and makes you acknowledge it before the job goes out — emergencies are not blocked, and the override is recorded on the request. Requests homeowners submit go straight to the sub assigned to that trade, so the expiration alerts (30, 14, 7, 3, 1, and 0 days, and on lapse) and the “Action needed” flag on your sub list are how you keep that roster current.
Do subcontractors pay to use Afterkey?
No. Subcontractors use Afterkey free, and the builder’s $149 monthly base includes unlimited subcontractors. Adding trades never increases your bill.
Try it on your own homes
$149/month plus $10 per active home, unlimited users and subs, no contracts. Set up your first home today. 30-day money-back guarantee — if it’s not working for you, we refund every dollar Afterkey charged.