Raken Review 2026: Daily Reports, Time Tracking and Production Insights for Field Crews

Updated October 20, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Raken is the field-first platform contractors pick when daily reports, time cards and production data need to come in from the jobsite without a fight. It began as a daily reporting app and now covers time tracking with AI photo ID, safety and quality, scheduling and documents, with published pricing – $23 per user a month for Basic, $59 for the Performance tier most crews will need. Sverica Capital took a majority stake in September 2025.

What it is

Raken is a web and mobile field platform based in Carlsbad, California, for general contractors, subcontractors and specialty trades. Crews capture the day as it happens – logs, photos, weather, manpower, materials and equipment – and the office gets a branded daily report and live project data instead of end-of-week paperwork.

It has broadened steadily into a full field platform: time and production tracking, safety and quality, scheduling and workforce tools. In September 2025 Sverica Capital took a majority stake in a strategic growth investment; Sverica’s release says Raken serves over 4,500 construction firms, and deal coverage put its user base at about 70,000, up from 13,000 a few years earlier. CEO Ty Kalklosch and his team stayed in place.

Key features

• Digital daily reports: notes, photos and video collected on mobile and compiled into a branded PDF
• Time tracking three ways: individual time clock, shared-device kiosk mode, and supervisor-led crew time cards
• AI photo ID and custom clock-in questions to flag attempted time fraud, with location verification
• Payroll detail: custom overtime, break, rounding and pay-type policies, unlimited cost codes, and one-tap timesheet approvals
• Production Insights: timesheet and quantity data organised automatically, so actuals compare against estimates by cost code
• Materials, equipment, safety and documents: quantities recorded against cost codes, plus – on Performance – safety checklists, toolbox talks, document management and scheduling

Pricing

Raken publishes its pricing on its own site. Basic is $23 per user per month, billed annually in USD, with a three-user minimum: apps, unlimited projects, messaging, branded daily reports and the photo and video gallery. Performance is $59 per user per month on the same terms and adds the tools most contractors are really buying – daily progress reporting, productivity, time tracking, safety and quality, document management and dedicated onboarding. Reporting alone is cheap; the full field platform is not. A free trial of the full feature set is offered.

Who it’s for

Contractors whose foremen will actually use a phone app: self-performing GCs, subcontractors and specialty trades that need defensible daily documentation, clean time data for payroll and job costing, and production actuals while there is still time to act on them.

Who should skip it

Firms already running field reporting inside a platform crews use daily – Raken would mean a second app and duplicate entry. Skip Basic if time tracking is your main need; it sits on Performance. If you need deep estimating or project controls, Raken is a field tool, not that system.

Pros

• Published pricing with a genuine low tier – rare in construction software, and it makes budgeting honest
• Field-first design: three time-entry modes and reports the office can use without retyping
• Reporting, time, production, safety and documents in one app instead of four separate field tools

Cons

• The features most buyers want are all gated behind the $59 Performance tier
• Per-user annual billing adds up across large and seasonal crews
• It documents and tracks the work; it will not replace your estimating, accounting or master scheduling systems

FAQ

How much does Raken cost?

On the vendor’s site: Basic at $23 per user per month and Performance at $59 per user per month, both billed annually in USD with a three-user minimum. Time tracking, safety and quality and document management require Performance.

Who owns Raken now?

Sverica Capital took a majority stake in a strategic growth investment announced September 9, 2025. Raken’s existing leadership stayed in place, with CEO Ty Kalklosch continuing to run the company.

Does Raken work for subcontractors as well as GCs?

Yes. It sells to GCs, subcontractors and specialty trades, with segmented reporting so each company collects and shares its own reports, time cards and production data on shared projects.

Bottom line

Raken earns its place by respecting the field: fast daily reports, flexible time capture and production numbers the office can trust, at a price you can read before a sales call. Budget for Performance, pilot it with the foremen who hate paperwork most, and judge it on whether reports arrive complete, on time, every day.