Research reviewed November 2026. This is a research-based review — we analyzed published specs, pricing, and user feedback.

Sablono Review 2026: Active Quality Management That Gates the Next Trade

Updated November 12, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Sablono, founded in Berlin in 2013, began as an execution and progress platform and now leads with Active Quality Management: requirements, inspections and approvals are embedded in the sequence itself, so a follow-on trade cannot start until the required check is signed off. Every check, photo and signature is stamped to a unit, activity, person and time, building handover evidence as work happens. It is built for large, multi-trade projects – priced by custom quote only.

What it is

Sablono’s argument: most quality systems only record what already happened – a spec in a PDF nobody opens, an inspection remembered too late, evidence assembled before handover. Its alternative attaches the requirement to the activity. Every unit inherits its checks on entering the sequence; the programme, not memory, raises the inspection at the right state; and hold points stop following work until approval lands, with the held activity visible to everyone waiting.

Underneath sits the execution platform Sablono was known for first: process templates, an Activity Tracker the vendor says can track 500,000+ activities, schedule imports from Excel, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 and Asta, a mobile app that works offline, and automated look-ahead planning. Vendor-displayed customers include Morgan Sindall, Multiplex and Ballymore.

What the pricing page does not make obvious: there is no public price list, and the extras matter. G2’s pricing data describes a single custom-quote tier with unlimited users and an activity allowance from 10,000 to unlimited – the real meter is how many activities your project carries, not logins. The same source prices the Reporting API as a paid add-on from 100 pounds per month. Directory-sourced, not a vendor rate card – but the structure, quote first and API extra, is what to verify before you commit.

Key features

Active quality management: requirements, inspections and approvals embedded in the sequence, hold points gating follow-on trades
Traceable evidence: every check, photo, defect and signature stamped to unit, activity, person and time
Handover packs generated per unit, level or building as work completes, not afterwards
Activity Tracker and process templates: reusable standard workflows, progress tracked at individual-activity level
Planning imports from Excel, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 and Asta, with visual trackers from uploaded drawings
Mobile app to report progress, complete QA checklists and submit evidence, including offline

Pricing

Pricing is not public. Sablono sells by tailored quote; its own blog describes the paid platform as priced by project size. G2’s pricing data – directory-sourced, to-verify – describes one tier with unlimited users, a 10,000-to-unlimited activity allowance, the Reporting API as an add-on from 100 pounds per month, and no free plan or trial for the main platform. The wrinkle: Sablono’s blog still promotes a free Sablono Track tracker, so ask which product a free start gets you.

Who it’s for

Main contractors and developers running large projects with hundreds of repeated units and a real compliance burden – teams where a missed inspection becomes a legal or handover problem, not just a snag.

Who should skip it

Small builders and single-trade contractors. An activity-metered, enterprise-quoted platform is heavy machinery for a five-person crew; teams needing daily logs or simple task lists will find lighter tools in our other reviews.

Pros

Hold points prevent cover-up work – the next trade waits for sign-off
Audit trail created as work happens – handover evidence is a filter, not a reconstruction
Scales to very large activity counts and repeated-unit programmes
Unlimited users in the quoted tier, per G2 – the supply chain can be brought in

Cons

No published pricing, and the activity allowance is the meter to pin down in the quote
The Reporting API – the obvious route to your own BI reporting – is a paid add-on, per G2’s pricing data
Value depends on configuring processes and templates up front; it is an implementation, not an app download
Oversized for small projects: the granularity that helps on 500 units is overhead on five

FAQ

How much does Sablono cost?

There is no rate card: a custom quote based on project scale and activity volume. G2’s data describes one tier with unlimited users, a 10,000-to-unlimited activity allowance, and the Reporting API add-on from 100 pounds per month – directory-sourced until Sablono confirms it.

What is a hold point in Sablono?

A gate in the sequence. When an activity needs inspection, the check is raised automatically and following work cannot start until approval. The blocked activity is visible to everyone waiting, approver named.

Is there a free version of Sablono?

It depends on the product. G2 lists no free plan or trial for the main platform, while Sablono’s blog promotes a free Track tracker. Ask which one you are getting before planning a pilot.

Bottom line

Sablono treats quality as a control on production, not paperwork after it. For a large contractor, hold points and a self-assembling evidence trail can pay in avoided rework and cleaner handovers – the vendor reports 70% less rework among users, a vendor-reported figure to test in a pilot, not a guarantee. Get the activity allowance and API cost in writing first.