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Autodesk Forma Build
Autodesk Forma Build · San Francisco, California · founded 1982
What it is
Autodesk Forma Build connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams managing construction projects, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration. Workflows cover RFIs, submittals, meetings, issues, forms, and schedule tracking. The Autodesk Forma mobile app supports project-data access offline. Forma Build Essentials includes punch lists, issue management, daily reports, forms, current sheets and files, and mobile field access. Autodesk describes Autodesk Assistant, Construction IQ, photo autotags, automatic sheet extraction, and AI-assisted specification and submittal workflows. Listed connections include Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management, TradeTapp, accounting integration, and Forma Construction Connect, which supports custom connections to more than 200 systems. Autodesk also cites an AECO partner ecosystem with more than 400 integrations. A free trial lasts 30 days, but users who do not subscribe afterward lose project access. Plans listed include $100 per user monthly for Essentials and $175 per user monthly for Forma Build - per user. Pricing is on request for the broader plan.
For and against
For
- Construction workflows cover RFIs and submittals
- Offline mobile project access
- AI-assisted construction workflows described
- More than 400 partner integrations listed
- 30-day free trial
Against
- No free plan
- Trial users lose project access without subscription
- Essentials costs $100 per user monthly
- Sheet tiers count revisions toward limits
The verdict
Forma Build combines construction project workflows with mobile field access, integrations, and automation features. The trial provides temporary access, while ongoing use requires a paid subscription.
Who it suits
It suits construction teams coordinating office and field work, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration. Mobile users can access project information offline.
Plans and prices
Forma Build Essentials
Single user subscription · Core field, data management, and collaboration capabilities
Read 12 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com
Forma Build Essentials
Single user subscription · Core field, data management, and collaboration capabilities
Read 12 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com
Forma Build - per user
Single user subscription · Unlimited sheets · Project management, cost management, and field execution · Includes Forma Data Management
Read 12 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com
Forma Build - per user
Single user subscription · Unlimited sheets · Project management, cost management, and field execution · Includes Forma Data Management
Read 12 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com
Forma Build
Unlimited users or projects · Includes Forma Data Management
Read 12 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com
On the record
- AI features
- Autodesk describes Autodesk Assistant, Construction IQ, photo autotags, automatic sheet extraction, and AI-assisted specification and submittal workflows in Build.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Data locations
- Autodesk's Forma FAQ says project data can currently be hosted in U.S. or European data centers.construction.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Essentials field tools
- Forma Build Essentials includes punch lists and issue management, daily reports and forms, current sheets and files, and mobile field access.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Forma Build lists Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management, TradeTapp, accounting integration, and Forma Construction Connect, which supports custom connections to more than 200 systems.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Forma Build is available on mobile through the Autodesk Forma mobile app, and Autodesk says the app supports access to project data even offline.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Native integrations
- 400help.autodesk.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Partner ecosystem
- Autodesk says its AECO technology partner ecosystem offers more than 400 integrations for project workflows.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Project workflows
- It supports RFIs, submittals, meetings, issues, forms, and schedule tracking as a project evolves.help.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Forma Build connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams to manage construction projects, documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Autodesk says its security practices include a secure software development lifecycle, continuous vulnerability assessment, and risk mitigation.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Sheet limits
- For plans with sheet-count tiers, all sheets available in a user's Sheets area across projects count toward the limit, including revisions; files in the Files area do not count.construction.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Forma Build purchase page advertises 24x7 online support options and resources.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Trial
- Autodesk's Forma Build FAQ says a free trial is available, and its trial setup guidance specifies a 30-day trial.construction.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Trial access
- Trial users can invite users to projects, but users who do not subscribe when the trial ends lose access to their projects.construction.autodesk.com · read 12 Oct 2026
