The self-hosted Contractor Foreman alternative
Permora: Every permit expiry and inspection date across your jobs, on one board and in your own calendar — bought once for the whole crew. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Contractor Foreman every month.
Stop renting Contractor Foreman.
Permora2 months of Contractor Foreman costs what Permora costs once.
Buy onceHow we counted: The entry plan for one user, as the pricing page shows it with annual billing (read 2026-09-24). Permit tracking is usually one feature inside a construction-management suite paid for monthly; Permora is that one job, bought once.
Contractor Foreman prices by plan and user count, and permits come as one module of the whole suite rather than on their own.
“Basic $49 per month ... 1 User ... Standard $105 per month ... Up to 3 Users”, their own page, read 2026-09-24
Contractor Foreman is a whole construction-management suite: permits sit beside daily logs, work orders and a CRM.
“Permits Keep permits organized and inspections connected Daily Logs ... Work Orders Handle small jobs without missing a beat ... CRM”, their own page
Stay with Contractor Foreman if you want permits inside a full construction-management suite with daily logs, work orders and a CRM. Permora is the permit-and-inspection register on its own, on your own server, bought once.
What Permora deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting Contractor Foreman.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in Contractor Foreman's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Permora vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off Contractor Foreman.
Does Permora file permits with the city?
How reliable are the date alerts?
Does it handle permit fees?
Will it run on shared hosting?
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Sources
- Contractor Foreman: price checked 2026-09-24, source“'Basic $49 per month Free for 30 days then pay $588 annually at renewal. 1 User' ... 'Standard $105 per month ... Up to 3 Users' ... (features page) 'Permits Keep permits organized and inspections connected' ... 'Monitor permit status, fees, pull-by dates, and inspection connections'”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.