An AI-powered CRM for architecture, engineering and construction firms — pursuit pipeline, go/no-go scoring, relationship intelligence and proposal drafting. It runs privately on your own server, and answers to no one's cloud.
The serious CRMs for AEC firms are capable — and most are built on top of a general sales platform, priced per seat, with your entire pipeline sitting on a vendor's servers. The AI, where there is any, is bolted on afterward.
The Net starts from the other end. It's purpose-built for how AEC firms actually win work, the AI is at the core rather than an add-on, and the whole thing runs on hardware you own. Your pursuits, relationships and win history stay in a database file you control — and keep working whether or not anyone's cloud is up.
Your data lives on your server, in a database file you can back up by copying. Nothing leaves the building unless you decide to send it.
Go/no-go scoring, proposal drafting and plain-English pipeline questions are built in — running on a local model by default, so your prompts stay private too.
Not built on Salesforce or anyone else's platform. No dependency to inherit, no per-seat licence to ration among the people who hold the relationships.
One installer, no IT project. A first-run wizard sets up your firm, and you're working in minutes — not a multi-week rollout.
A real CRM, built for AEC — with the AI woven through it, not stapled on the side. Track the work, decide what to chase, and get the proposal out the door.
Pursuits move through the stages you actually use — lead, qualified, pursuing, shortlisted, interview, won — on a board or a list. Contacts, client and partner firms, teaming, and your completed-project track record are all linked together.
Go/no-go scoring weighed against your own win history and fit, with the reasoning shown — never a number without an argument. Ask your pipeline questions in plain English and get answers grounded in your real data.
Generate cover letters, project approach and relevant-experience sections drawn from your actual past projects, edit them inline, and export to Word, PDF or Markdown. The part of pursuit work that eats the most hours.
Every contact, conversation and decision in one place. The Net flags relationships going cold, suggests the next follow-up, and keeps the reasoning behind each pursuit — so when someone leaves, the pipeline doesn't leave with them.
The capable AEC CRMs are cloud products that do a great deal. A spreadsheet is free and yours, but does nothing on its own. The Net is the third point on that triangle — purpose-built and AI-native, and entirely yours.
| The Net | Cloud AEC CRM† | Spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for AEC | Purpose-built, from the ground up | Yes — often on a general platform | No |
| Where your data lives | Your server, your database file | Vendor cloud | Your drive |
| Underlying platform | Independent — runs standalone | Often Salesforce or similar | — |
| AI (go/no-go, proposals, Q&A) | Built in — local model by default | Add-on, or varies by product | None |
| Proposal drafting & export | Yes — Word, PDF, Markdown | Varies by product | By hand |
| Setup | One installer, then a setup wizard | Implementation, configuration, migration | Already open |
| Access for the whole team | Self-hosted for everyone on your network | Typically priced per seat | A shared file |
| If the internet drops | Keeps working on your own network | Depends on the vendor's uptime | Keeps working |
| Your data if you move on | Already on your box — nothing to reclaim | Export and migrate out | — |
† “Cloud AEC CRM” describes the category generally — products such as Deltek Vantagepoint, Unanet CRM, TrebleHook and ProjectMark, several of them built on general CRM platforms. Capabilities and terms differ between them; this table compares delivery and deployment models, not product quality. Check any vendor's current documentation before deciding. The Net is in development and has not been released.
One installer brings it up on your own server. Pursuits, contacts and win history sit in a database file you control and can back up by copying. No vendor holds your pipeline.
Out of the box it uses a local model, so your pursuits and prompts stay on your own network. Plug in an Anthropic or OpenAI key when you want more horsepower — your call, and it's set per deployment.
It doesn't sit on Salesforce or anyone else's product. It runs standalone, brands to your firm, and keeps working whether or not someone else's cloud is up.
Plenty of coming-soon pages describe software that doesn't exist as though it does. This one won't. Below is the real state of the work.
Pursuit pipeline, contacts, firms and project history; go/no-go scoring, relationship intelligence and plain-English pipeline Q&A; proposal drafting with Word, PDF and Markdown export. Running end to end against a live local model.
A one-click Windows installer that bundles everything — no Python, no Docker, nothing to set up first. A first-run wizard configures your firm, and branding is yours to change.
Licensing and activation, polish, documentation written for a marketing coordinator rather than a developer, and a hosted demo.
Shaped by the people using it. Likely candidates: SF330 support, deeper win/loss reporting, and integrations.
No newsletter, no drip sequence, no product updates you didn't ask for. One message when there's a build you can install and try. Early users help shape what ships first.
Especially relevant if you run a small-to-mid AEC firm and you'd rather own your CRM than rent per-seat access to someone else's cloud.