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Resource Planning Comparison

Bridgit vs. Dayshape

At a glance

At a glance

Bridgit

Best for

Best for general, self-perform and specialty contractors planning who staffs which project, phase and role across a pipeline of bids.

  • Enterprise

Dayshape

Best for

Best for accounting, audit and consulting firms scheduling large teams where skills and independence rules constrain who can take the work.

  • Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion Bridgit Dayshape
Starting price Quote-based Bridgit publishes no price list; the site routes to a demo or to sales. Quote-based Licences are priced per resource managed in the platform, plus a one-off implementation fee. Dayshape publishes no amounts; quotes come from sales.
Free trial Demo on request Demo on request
API Yes, a documented REST API at version 1.0 with token authentication, plus an MCP server over HTTP for AI clients Yes, an API is offered for feeding in data such as staff skill matrices, alongside prebuilt integrations
Hosting Cloud on AWS, hosted in the United States across multiple availability zones with disaster recovery in the central US; single sign-on via Microsoft and Google OAuth 2.0 or SAML Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure within a private network behind a web application firewall, with access via single sign-on
Made in Canada (Bridgit, Waterloo, Ontario) United Kingdom (Dayshape, Edinburgh)
Resource planning Yes, projects, phases and roles on one Gantt timeline with unfilled roles flagged, drag-and-drop allocation segments, bulk date shifts, a map view with driving distances, time off and AI-backed Smart Suggestions Yes, an optimisation engine that scores suitability by skills, availability, location and experience across the whole portfolio, plus a drag-and-drop Gantt scheduler and forward-looking capacity forecasts
Task planning No, planning goes down to project phases and roles rather than to individual tasks No, planning stops at assigning people to work; task detail stays elsewhere
Time tracking No, Bridgit plans and allocates people rather than recording hours; there is no timesheet in the product No time entry of its own; timesheet data is integrated from other systems to compare billed against budgeted resource time
Reporting and controlling Yes, custom reports and charts over people, project and pipeline data with a template library, saved for reuse and buildable by asking Bridgit AI in plain language, plus pipeline-based workforce forecasting Yes, customisable dashboards and a drag-and-drop report builder over past, present and forecast data, plus real-time project financials
AI features Yes Yes
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk Not stated
Onboarding Guided onboarding, Personal consulting more entries Guided onboarding, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting
Company size Enterprise Enterprise
Integrations more entries Autodesk Build, Procore, CMiC, Trimble, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Unanet CRM, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Workday, BambooHR, UKG, Oracle, ADP, Namely, Snowflake, Microsoft Office 365 Workday, SAP, SAP HANA, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Deltek, IRIS, CCH, OpenHR, CatalystOne, Flowcase

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Hosting Bridgit Cloud on AWS, hosted in the United States across multiple availability zones with disaster recovery in the central US; single sign-on via Microsoft and Google OAuth 2.0 or SAML Dayshape Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure within a private network behind a web application firewall, with access via single sign-on
  • Made in Bridgit Canada (Bridgit, Waterloo, Ontario) Dayshape United Kingdom (Dayshape, Edinburgh)
  • MCP-ready Bridgit Yes Dayshape No
  • API Bridgit Yes, a documented REST API at version 1.0 with token authentication, plus an MCP server over HTTP for AI clients Dayshape Yes, an API is offered for feeding in data such as staff skill matrices, alongside prebuilt integrations
  • Resource planning Bridgit Yes, projects, phases and roles on one Gantt timeline with unfilled roles flagged, drag-and-drop allocation segments, bulk date shifts, a map view with driving distances, time off and AI-backed Smart Suggestions Dayshape Yes, an optimisation engine that scores suitability by skills, availability, location and experience across the whole portfolio, plus a drag-and-drop Gantt scheduler and forward-looking capacity forecasts

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Bridgit

Strengths

  • Built for one problem, so people records carry construction detail such as certifications, build types, sectors worked and client history
  • Forecasting runs against the project pipeline, so the staffing effect of a bid shows before it is won
  • An MCP server and a documented REST API open the data to outside AI clients and systems

Limitations

  • No published prices, so every quote comes from sales
  • No time tracking and no task-level planning, so hours and task detail have to live elsewhere
  • The data model and the integrations are construction specific and carry little weight in other industries

Dayshape

Strengths

  • Suitability scoring by skills, availability, location and experience, weighed across the portfolio rather than project by project
  • Resource plans and budgets are built in the same step, so financial overruns show up as the schedule changes
  • Audit trails and assignment restrictions that enforce independence, supporting ISQM1 and QC1000

Limitations

  • No task planning and no time entry of its own; both have to come from the systems it connects to
  • No published prices, so every quote comes from sales
  • Aimed squarely at professional services firms, and the audit and independence features carry little weight outside them

Plans

Pricing

Bridgit

  • Quote-based Not stated Bridgit publishes no price list; quotes come from sales.
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Dayshape

  • Quote-based Not stated Priced per managed resource, plus a one-off implementation fee. No amounts are published.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Bridgit

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Bridgit https://gobridgit.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-11

Dayshape https://dayshape.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-30

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.