We've built the claim
the night before, too.

It's the 24th. Someone is scrolling back three certificates to work out whether item 3.14 went in at 60 or 75 per cent. Your subcontractor wants to know when he gets paid, and he is calling you about it, not your QS.

That's the part we take.

What each option does with the work

This month's progress claim
Moorstack
Assembled from job records already in the system, in your client's format
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Rebuilt by hand in a spreadsheet, every cycle
Enterprise platforms
No JKR or PAM claim format in the product
Whether a line was already claimed
Moorstack
The ledger blocks a double claim structurally, not with a warning
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Someone scrolls back through old certificates to check
Enterprise platforms
Not carried
A variation order that revises a bill item
Moorstack
Folds into the line it revises once approved, and unapproved cannot be claimed
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Added as a second line, so the same work sits in the bill twice
Enterprise platforms
Generic change-order handling, no Malaysian claim format behind it
Getting the model to the person building it
Moorstack
IFC in the supervisor's browser, elements linked to live claims
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
A PDF, or nobody opens it at all
Enterprise platforms
Yes, and sold per seat, so every extra pair of eyes costs
Paying subcontractors against certified work
Moorstack
Certified against site records, payment held when the three-way match fails
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Tracked across phone calls and a second spreadsheet
Enterprise platforms
Built for the main contractor's chain, not yours
The CIDB audit file
Moorstack
Written as the work happens, exported in one action
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Reconstructed the week the auditor asks for it
Enterprise platforms
No CIDB export in the product
The CIPAA clock on a late payment
Moorstack
Statutory periods tracked against Act 746 dates
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Counted manually, if anyone counts it
Enterprise platforms
Not carried
Who fixes it when it breaks
Moorstack
The people who wrote the code, same day
Accounting, spreadsheets, project tools
Nobody. It is your spreadsheet
Enterprise platforms
A support desk and an account manager

We describe how each product is sold and what it carries, never what it costs. None of these vendors publishes a price for a Malaysian SME, and a guessed figure would make this table worthless to the person checking it.

WHO THIS IS WRONG FOR

Above RM50M, we're
the wrong call.

Same if Malaysian statutory work isn't most of your week, or you need something running by Monday. A fitted build takes a build phase. You should hear that here rather than on a third call.

RM3M to RM30M, a QS down the corridor, a JKR claim due Friday. That's the firm this was built for.

THE DETAIL

For whoever you forward this to.

Is Moorstack an alternative to enterprise construction platforms?

For a Malaysian firm turning over RM3M to RM30M, yes, on the work that consumes the week. International platforms are built for large general contractors and carry no JKR or PAM claim format, no CIDB audit export and no CIPAA payment clock. Moorstack carries all four inside the workflow. We publish no figures for those products because their pricing is negotiated and there is no verified number for this market.

Does Moorstack replace our accounting software?

No, and it should not. AutoCount and SQL Account are general ledger, payroll and statutory accounts. Moorstack has neither a ledger nor payroll, and does not do e-invoicing. It runs alongside yours and hands it a certified claim figure with the job that earned it already attached.

We already run a model coordination tool. Does this conflict?

No. Coordination platforms are sold per seat and written for QS, design and document control. Moorstack puts the IFC model in a site supervisor's browser with live job and claim records attached to the elements, with no seat to buy. It runs underneath a coordination tool rather than against it.

Why not just keep using Excel and WhatsApp?

Because the cost is arithmetic on your own time: every claim rebuilt from a blank sheet, site updates that scroll out of a thread, an audit file assembled under pressure.

Who is Moorstack not for?

Firms above roughly RM50M turnover, firms whose week is not mostly Malaysian statutory work, and firms that want software running by Monday. A fitted build takes a build phase. If any of those describe you, an off-the-shelf product is the better answer and we will say so on the first call.

ONE CLAIM CYCLE

Walk us through your last one.

Thirty minutes on your most recent claim, start to certificate. You'll get a straight answer on fit, including if the answer is no.