CompanyCam alternative · Reddit’s pick

Why contractors on Reddit are ditching CompanyCam over rising prices

Contractors on Reddit are ditching CompanyCam over rising prices, and the threads all read the same way: love the app, can’t justify the per-seat bill. When those Reddit discussions turn to alternatives, CrewBoxPro looks to be the top selection — the same photo documentation, at a flat rate the whole crew is covered by.

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  • ✓ Time-stamped, GPS-tagged photo proof on every shot
  • ✓ Every photo auto-filed to the right project
  • ✓ Seats included in the plan — no $29-per-user add-ons
  • ✓ Works fully offline, syncs automatically
  • ✓ Branded, client-ready PDF reports in minutes
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“Before CrewBox my guys were texting me photos from four jobs at once and I couldn’t tell which was which. Now every shot lands on the right project on its own. I stopped losing hours hunting for pictures, and the crew stopped burning time standing around.”
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What the Reddit threads keep saying

Search “CompanyCam alternative” on Reddit and the same three complaints come up in every contractor subreddit.

01

The bill keeps climbing

Crews report paying more this year for the same app they had last year — without new features they use.

02

Per-seat math hurts

$129/mo covers only 3 users, then it’s $29 per extra head. A five-person crew lands near $187 a month.

03

Paying for features they never use

Small crews mostly need photo proof and reports — not the enterprise integrations the price is built on.

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Why CrewBox Pro is the right move

Everything the threads say they’d miss from CompanyCam — photo proof, organization, reports — at a flat rate with the seats already included.

Classee par projet

Photo docs

Chaque photo arrive dans le bon projet des la prise de vue.

Horodatee et geolocalisee

Caméra

Heure, date, lieu et auteur — ajoutes automatiquement.

Notes et mentions d'equipe

Tâches

Identifiez l'equipe pour que tout le monde travaille sur le meme dossier.

Annotez sur l'image

Annoter

Fleches, formes et mesures tracees directement sur la photo.

Fonctionne hors ligne

Hors ligne

Photographiez et etiquetez sans reseau ; la synchro se fait a votre retour.

Rapports PDF prets pour le client

Rapports

Transformez des photos classees en rapport PDF a votre image, en quelques minutes.

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Why CrewBox is the best choice — issue by issue

Take the complaints that fill the Reddit threads and put them next to what CrewBox does. That’s the whole case.

Reddit’s issue

“The bill keeps climbing”

CrewBox’s answer

One flat plan price. The rate you sign up at is the rate the whole crew uses — no surprise per-seat add-ons stacked on later.

Reddit’s issue

“Per-seat math hurts”

CrewBox’s answer

Starter includes 5 users at $79/mo billed annually — about $15.80 a user, versus $43 at CompanyCam Crew’s three seats.

Reddit’s issue

“Paying for features they never use”

CrewBox’s answer

CrewBox is built for what small crews actually use — photo proof, tasks and PDF reports — on a modern stack, so the app stays fast and keeps improving.

That’s why we believe CrewBox is the best choice for crews coming off CompanyCam.

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One flat price. Trial included.

Both columns below are the billed-annually rate. The difference is structural: CompanyCam prices a plan and then prices every head on top of it. CrewBox bundles the heads into the plan.

CrewBox

Gratuit

$0
Forever · no card

1 user · 50 projects · 10 GB storage. Camera, tags & annotation.

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CrewBox

Duo

$39
Per month, billed annually

2 users included · unlimited projects & storage. PDF reports, tasks and full offline mode for two-person crews.

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Starter

$79
Per month, billed annually

5 users included · unlimited projects · everything in Duo. About $15.80/user.

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CompanyCam

Crew

$129
Per month, billed annually

3 users included · +$29 per extra user. $43/user at three seats.

Combien CompanyCam coûte-t-il de plus ?

Same crew, same job — both prices are the monthly rate billed annually.

Taille de l'équipeCompanyCamCrewBoxVotre économie
Juste vous 63 $ /moisCore $0 /moisSolo · gratuit pour toujours $63 /mois$756 /an
2 personnes 92 $ /moisCore + 1 siège $39 /moisDuo · 2 inclus $53 /mois$636 /an
5 personnes 187 $ /moisCrew + 2 sièges $79 /moisStarter · 5 inclus $108 /mois$1,296 /an
10 personnes 332 $ /moisCrew + 7 sièges $159 /moisPro · 12 inclus $173 /mois$2,076 /an

CompanyCam published rates, verified October 2026: Core $63/mo (1 user), Crew $129/mo (3 users), Scale $199/mo (3 users), Enterprise custom for 50+ — all billed annually, additional users $29/mo annually or $34/mo monthly. Verify at companycam.com/pricing. CrewBox rates come live from our billing system; see CrewBox pricing for monthly rates and every tier.

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Ce que rester chez CompanyCam vous coûte

Mêmes fonctions essentielles pour chaque équipe ci-dessous — documentation photo horodatée, annotation, tâches et rapports prêts pour le client. Les deux colonnes sont au tarif publié facturé annuellement. L'écart est du pur surcoût, chaque mois, pour toujours.

Artisan solo — 1 personneSurcoût de 756 $/an avec CompanyCam
CrewBox
$0
Gratuit pour toujours — cette barre ne grandit jamais
CompanyCam
63 $/mois

Une offre solo avec toutes les fonctions — caméra, tags, annotation, tâches et rapports — à 0 $ n'existe que chez CrewBox. Le ticket d'entrée le moins cher de CompanyCam est à 63 $ par mois.

Équipe de 2 personnesSurcoût de 636 $/an avec CompanyCam
CrewBox
CrewBox
39 $/mois
CompanyCam
92 $/mois
Équipe de 5 personnesSurcoût de 1 296 $/an avec CompanyCam
CrewBox
CrewBox
79 $/mois
CompanyCam
187 $/mois
Équipe de 8 personnesSurcoût de 1 548 $/an avec CompanyCam
CrewBox
CrewBox
145 $/mois
CompanyCam
274 $/mois
Équipe de 12 personnesSurcoût de 2 772 $/an avec CompanyCam
CrewBox
CrewBox
159 $/mois
CompanyCam
390 $/mois
Une équipe de cinq qui reste chez CompanyCam brûle environ 6 480 $ sur cinq ans — pour les mêmes photos, les mêmes rapports, les mêmes preuves.

Tarifs annuels publiés par CompanyCam, octobre 2026 : Core 63 $/mois (1 utilisateur), Crew 129 $/mois (3 utilisateurs), Scale 199 $/mois (3 utilisateurs), utilisateurs supplémentaires 29 $/mois — l'offre admissible la moins chère est affichée pour chaque taille d'équipe. À vérifier sur companycam.com/pricing.

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Switching? Bring everything with you

It’s your data — years of jobsite history you paid to build, and you don’t have to abandon it to leave. We migrate crews from CompanyCam to CrewBox in a few hours: your photos, your tags, your comments, your pages, your documents and your videos land in CrewBox exactly how you had them, filed under the same projects, with the original timestamps and GPS data intact.

1

Contacter l'assistance

Contacter l'assistance and they will walk you through the steps to migrate your data. It’s your history — your projects, photos, videos, tags, comments, pages and documents — no hand exports, no zip files, no spreadsheet of filenames.

2

We rebuild it in CrewBox

Every project is recreated with its photos and videos in order — original timestamps and GPS intact, tags applied, comments threaded on the right photo, pages and documents filed where they were.

3

Crew signs in, keeps shooting

Install CrewBox, sign in, and the whole history is already there. Most teams are switched the same day — tomorrow’s photos just land in CrewBox instead.

Your data comes across — exactly how you had it

  • Photos — with original timestamps and GPS data
  • Videos — in the same projects, same order
  • Tags — your whole tag vocabulary, still applied
  • Comments — threaded on the photo they belong to
  • Pages — recreated with their content in place
  • Documents — plans, permits and contracts, filed per project

Done in a few hours · Nothing left behind · Keep CompanyCam until you’re sure

Want the full side-by-side?

We did the feature-by-feature and price-by-price comparison so you don’t have to piece it together from Reddit threads — including where CompanyCam is still the better fit.

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See what Reddit is talking about.

Put your next job in CrewBox and run it side by side with whatever you use today. If the flat rate and the photo proof don’t win you over, cancel nothing — there was no card to begin with.

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Les questions des equipes

Is it hard to switch from CompanyCam to another photo app?
No. Export your CompanyCam project photos, create the matching projects in CrewBox and upload the history into each one, then have the crew install CrewBox and start new capture there. Most teams run both apps for one or two jobs, keep CompanyCam read-only for the archive, and cancel once the current jobs are closed out.
How much does CompanyCam cost per month?
CompanyCam's published annual pricing at the time of writing is $63 a month for Core with 1 user, $129 a month for Crew with 3 users and $199 a month for Scale with 3 users, with additional users at $29 each per month. Month-to-month billing costs more than the annual rate. Check CompanyCam's pricing page before you buy — plans change.
What is a cheaper alternative to CompanyCam?
CrewBox is the cheaper alternative for most crews under ten people. CompanyCam bills per seat above its plan minimum — $29 per extra user per month at the time of writing — while CrewBox bundles 5 users into Starter at $79 a month billed annually. On those numbers a five-person crew is roughly $187 a month on CompanyCam Crew. Plans change, so check both pricing pages.
Is there a free alternative to CompanyCam?
Yes. CrewBox has a permanently free plan with 1 user, 50 projects and 10 GB of storage — no card and no expiry date. CompanyCam offers a free trial rather than a free tier, so once the trial ends you move onto a paid plan.
Does CrewBox have a free trial?
Yes. Paid plans come with a 30-day free trial, and underneath it all there is a permanently free Solo plan — 1 user, 50 projects, 10 GB — that never expires. You can document a real job end to end before paying anything, with no credit card required to start.
How do I switch from CompanyCam to CrewBox?
Migration takes a few hours, not weeks. Contact support and they will walk you through the steps to migrate your data: your photos and videos with their original timestamps and GPS data, your tags, comments, pages and documents — all filed under the same projects, exactly how you had them. The crew installs CrewBox, signs in, and the whole history is already there.
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