A Drawline or Drawra alternative for small contractors
Drawline and Drawra are hosted pay-app services with monthly plans or per-application fees. Drawsheet is free to build and check, with Pro from $12 for a 7-day pass.
Drawline and Drawra are online services for preparing pay applications. If you bill a handful of jobs a month and want something simple, Drawsheet does the G702/G703-style application in your browser.
| Drawsheet | Drawline | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In your browser tab. No account; the job is never uploaded. | Hosted web app with an account. |
| Price | Free to build, calculate and check any pay app, and print up to 15 lines. Pro: $12 for 7 days, $24/month or $199/year. | $79/month for 10 jobs, $99/month unlimited; WIP add-on $29. |
| Free use | Any number of jobs and applications; print/PDF and CSV up to 15 lines. | First 14 days free, no card. |
| Import your SOV | Yes — Excel (.xlsx/.xls) or CSV, including a GC's G703-style sheet with two-row headers. | See their site. |
| Drawsheet | Drawra | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In your browser tab. No account; the job is never uploaded. | Hosted web app with an account. |
| Price | Free to build, calculate and check any pay app, and print up to 15 lines. Pro: $12 for 7 days, $24/month or $199/year. | $25 + tax per pay app, or $100/month + tax unlimited. |
| Free use | Any number of jobs and applications; print/PDF and CSV up to 15 lines. | First pay app free (one per account). |
| Import your SOV | Yes — Excel (.xlsx/.xls) or CSV, including a GC's G703-style sheet with two-row headers. | See their site. |
Choose Drawline or Drawra if you want a hosted service with job history and extras such as WIP reports. Choose Drawsheet to keep files on your computer and pay much less.
Competitor details checked on 2026-10-27 from their public pages: Drawline pricing, Drawra pricing. Prices change — check their site for the current offer. Product names are trademarks of their owners; we are not affiliated with them.
FAQ
Does Drawsheet do WIP reports?
No. Drawsheet does pay applications: the application summary, continuation sheet, retainage, change orders and roll-forward.
Is this the official AIA G702 and G703?
No. Drawsheet prints its own application and continuation sheet in the same G702/G703 style — the same numbered lines 1–9 and columns A–I — which many GCs and owners accept. AIA, G702 and G703 are trademarks of The American Institute of Architects, which does not endorse Drawsheet. If your contract requires the official AIA documents, buy them from AIA Contract Documents.
Is my job data uploaded?
No. Your schedule of values and billing are processed by JavaScript in your browser tab and never sent to us. A draft is saved in this browser's local storage so a refresh doesn't lose your work; “Start over” removes it.
Which files can I import?
Excel (.xlsx, .xls), OpenDocument (.ods) and CSV or tab-separated files with a header row — for example the schedule of values your GC sends, or a G703-style continuation sheet with two-row headers and A–I letter columns. Totals and subtotal rows are skipped. You can also re-open a project file you downloaded from Drawsheet.
How is retainage calculated?
Line 5a is the retainage rate × work completed (columns D + E), and 5b is the stored-materials rate × column F. You can set a different rate on any line. Retainage is rounded once on the total and spread across lines, so column I adds up to line 5 exactly.
What's free?
Building, calculating and checking any job of any size is free. Printing / saving as PDF and the CSV project file are free up to 15 lines, with a small “Prepared with Drawsheet” footer. Pro removes the limit and the footer and adds the Excel workbook, one-click next application and the change-order log.
How do I do next month's application?
Download the project file each month (free). Next month, drop it back in, move this period's amounts into “from previous” and update the period — or with Pro click “Start next application” and it's done for you.