Spend Less Time Managing Projects. More Time Building.

From project planning and scheduling to budgeting and communication, our tools are designed to optimise workflows and reduce inefficiencies.

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Trusted  By Thousands Of
NZ Builders & Tradies.
Trusted  By Thousands Of
NZ Builders & Tradies.
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The complete software Solution for Kiwi builders

Profitability report for Orange Family Home in Rave software showing project value, approved quotes, bills, profit, cost to complete, and detailed category costs including Preliminary & General, Engineer, and Architect/Designer.

Win more work.

Quote faster, follow up smarter, and close more deals. All from one place built for NZ builders.

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Stay organised.

Visibility, control, and accuracy across every project. Deliver quality results on time, every time.

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Protect your profit.

Take the pain out of managing costs and keep your margins intact. Every dollar tracked, every build protected.

Proven & Trusted

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Kiwi builders using
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Years working with
Kiwi builders
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Homes built and
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What NZ Builders say about us

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"It wasn't until I found Rave Build that I was able to trust the system to support my business as it needed to be."

Joe

Good built homes

"RAVE has helped us take our business to the next level. The team at Rave were amazing with the on boarding process and followed by continued support."

Mitchell Cowley

Cowley Construction Contractors

"For the past half-year, we've been utilising Rave, and the difference it has made in streamlining project management, quoting, and back costing has been truly remarkable. "

John Goad

Tailored Builds

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"As a long time user of Rave, across CRM, Site build and recently taking on the Financial features too. We couldn't be happier with our experience!"

Haz Clarke

Landmark Homes

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"It's incredibly beneficial,
I highly recommend using rave build!"

Victoria Travis

Landmark Homes

Jennian Homes

"Rave is great, we use it across our entire business."

Angela Mead

Jennian Homes

Sales & crm

A CRM to Convert leads to sales

Our powerful CRM platform streamlines your sales process, helping you close more deals, stay organised, and keep your team focused. Automated reminders, real-time insights, and accurate forecasting drive greater efficiency and results.

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The CRM tools that help you win more work

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Fully branded with your company logo and colours, the portal is designed to collect Client lead information. Leads are added to Rave, in real-time.
Manage your sales pipeline and  focus your sales staff on high priority qualified leads. With a customised pipeline and priority list to help you win more deals.
Easily create appointments or site visits with your clients.  Guide clients through the sales process and have total clarity on the state of play for each client.
Create sales forecasts for each sales person by Volume and Price, track their targets vs their actual sales. This builds an entire business forecast based on your sales Pipeline vs actual conversions.
Create custom folders or albums to  share with your clients in the sales journey allowing them to view and upload their images as well as being able to share these with other parts of Rave.
View sales performance, conversion rates, contract price changes, and build types. Easily filter leads pipeline by salesperson, branch, funnel stages, forecasts, and top performers.
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Project Management

Stop projects slipping through the cracks

Whether managing  a single or multiple projects, Rave gives you greater visibility, control, and accuracy—helping you deliver quality results on time. Our advanced Scheduling ensures your finger is always on the pulse, you know where your resources are and any delays are managed quickly and efficently to ensure you stay on time.  

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The project tools that keep every build moving forward

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With free contractor access, managing tasks, communication, and tendering is easy. Contractors get access to all the features they need to work effectively and autonomously within the project.
Schedule projects like a pro. Features such as links, constraints, baseline lock, and roll back functionality, ensure you optimise your time and your project timelines stay on course.
Access all tasks, appointments, and follow-ups in one place. Centralised reports keep multiple schedules in check, while a monthly overview helps you plan efficiently for your team and trades.
Set up specific procedures for contractors to follow, guide site staff through a particular process, or have flexible tasks. Rave checklists support adding notes, images, and files.
Rave’s Albums feature lets you store, share, download, and reuse images and videos. Easily export project photos to PDF for sharing with clients, messages, files, notes, tasks, checklists, and financial documents.
Streamline document management by uploading project files to Rave Build. With cloud access, you and your contractors can retrieve plans, specifications, and any site documents  anytime, anywhere.
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Financial Management

Know exactly where every build stands financially

Cash flow is king; effortlessly manage budgets, track expenses, and monitor costs for a clear cash flow overview. Make informed decisions, prevent overruns, and simplify finances with Xero integration.

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The financial tools that protect your bottom line

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Rave and Xero go hand in hand when it comes to Supplier Bills and Client Invoices. All your payments and projects are matched and tracked in Rave and Xero. Ensuring smooth transitions between financial management and accounting.
Invite suppliers to quote by giving them all the details needed for accurate pricing. Accept or decline quotes, add them to client estimates, and pre-populate them as purchase orders or supplier bills. Track outstanding tenders and quote requests.
Simplify budgeting with detailed reports, view costs by category or supplier, & track expenses & income with Cost Centre, Transaction, Charge Up, Cost to Complete, & Budget vs Actual reports. View Profitability (WIP) by project and business-wide.
Create stage claim templates that allows you to request payments, add variations and keep a forecast and tally of paid, unpaid, up coming and outstanding accounts. Easily create Charge-up invoices from your bills/labour timesheets.
All your quotes in one location. Upload a budget via CSV, enter a quote manually, or approve tendered quotes. Easily convert quotes to purchase orders or supplier bills, and set up repeat work quickly with one-click templates.
Rave’s Client Estimate/variations let you add profit, customise messages, attach files, set T&Cs and manage the entire contract or variation signing process via email. Detailed audit trails will ensure transparency over financial transactions.
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Timesheets

Stop chasing staff for timesheets every Friday

Rave's Timesheets Advanced provides a significant number of enhancements to Rave's current Timesheet workflows with the ability to now create and back cost your Labour Budget.

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  • Customised Detailed Timesheet entries

  • Assign Time to Tasks

  • Project Milestones & Job Summary Reports

  • Live Labour vs Budget Reporting

  • Timesheet Budget vs Actual Report

  • Approval Processes, Reminders

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Reporting

Reporting to give you clarity

Track business performance, sales, project milestones and financial transactions all in one place. Realtime reporting, Forecasting and Historical performance.  

Profitability report for Orange Family Home in Rave software showing project value, approved quotes, bills, profit, cost to complete, and detailed category costs including Preliminary & General, Engineer, and Architect/Designer.

  • Business Performance Reports

  • Sales & CRM Reports

  • Project Milestones & Job Summary Reports

  • Financial Reporting

  • Projected income & cost to complete reporting

  • sales conversion & lost opportunities

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Profitability report for Orange Family Home in Rave software showing project value, approved quotes, bills, profit, cost to complete, and detailed category costs including Preliminary & General, Engineer, and Architect/Designer.

New Zealand Support

New Zealand Based Support & Customer Success

Our New Zealand based support team is here to help you succeed. With expert training and help only a phone call away.

  • Phone, Email & Chat Support

  • Dedicated Customer Success Manager

  • Comprehensive Help / FAQ Articles

  • One on One Training & Support

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