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Buildout review
A commercial real estate brokerage platform whose Buildout CRM shares one data layer with listing marketing, proposals and transaction management.
By the TopToolAdvisor research desk · Updated November 11, 2026
- Features (35%)
- 9.3
- Ease of use (35%)
- 8.5
- Value (30%)
- 8.0
Buildout started as listing marketing software and, after buying Rethink in 2021 and Apto in 2022, launched its own Buildout CRM on March 10, 2026 inside Buildout Suite. The pitch is one data layer: a property, owner or contact entered in the CRM flows into proposals, offering memorandums, property websites, email campaigns and the transaction module that tracks commissions and invoices. The CRM itself connects properties, owners, companies and contacts, keeps the full activity history on each record and turns tasks into a single list with bulk actions for territory outreach. The CRM+ upgrade adds integrated prospecting, so brokers can search properties, spot likely sellers and see ownership and contact details on the record. Pricing is per user plus platform maintenance, with solutions from $125 per user per month and a separate enterprise track for brokerages over 100 users. The trade-off is maturity: the CRM is new, and the full value depends on using the rest of the suite.
Who it is for
CRE brokerages that want CRM, marketing and commissions in one system
Price
Buildout solutions from $125 per user per month plus platform maintenance; CRM tiers quoted on request.
buildout has solutions starting at $125 /user/month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.
Key features
- Connected property, owner, company and contact records with no duplicate entries
- Tasks created from contacts or deals, managed from a single task list with bulk actions
- CRM+ upgrade adds integrated prospecting with ownership and contact details on each property
- Marketing workflow for proposals, offering memorandums, property websites and listing syndication
- Transaction management that tracks deals, automates commissions and manages invoices
Strengths and weaknesses
- Strength: CRM, marketing and transactions run on one shared data layer, so data is entered once
- Strength: Entry pricing is published at $125 per user per month
- Strength: Also owns Apto and Rethink, so existing users of those CRMs have an upgrade path
- Weakness: Pricing adds platform maintenance on top of per-user seats
- Weakness: Integrated prospecting data needs the CRM+ upgrade
- Weakness: Buildout CRM only launched in March 2026, so it is the newest CRM on this list
Key facts
- Starting price: Solutions from $125 per user per month
- CRM launch: March 10, 2026, inside Buildout Suite
- Enterprise: Separate sales track for 100+ users
- Related products: Rethink by Buildout and Apto prospect by Buildout
Where it ranks
Buildout is No. 1 in our Best CRM for Commercial Real Estate verdict.
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