Alternative
Procore runs the construction. It was never built to certify subsystems.
Procore is a broad construction management platform covering project financials, documents, quality and safety. Teams routinely try to run completions inside it and hit the same wall: the data model is organised around the construction scope, not around tags rolled into certifiable subsystems.
The short answer
Procore for commissioning: the alternative: the verdict
- Best for
- Projects keeping Procore for construction and adding a completions layer
- Last reviewed
Procore is a construction management platform, and for contracts, RFIs, drawings and financials it is usually the right system to keep. What it does not carry is the subsystem layer: tags rolled into subsystems, ITRs signed against them, punch categorised so it gates issuance, and certificates derived from that evidence. Most teams run both rather than choosing between them.
Choose Procore if
- You need construction management: contracts, RFIs, submittals, financials
- Snagging is the only quality record the contract requires
- There is no subsystem certification or preservation scope
Choose Deskely if
- Commissioning has to certify subsystems from signed evidence
- Punch category A must block a certificate automatically
- Preservation, loop checks and RFSU have no home in Procore
The problem
The gap is structural, not a missing feature.
Construction management tracks the building of the asset. Completions tracks the proof that the asset works, in a hierarchy the construction model does not have.
No subsystem layer
Certificates are issued per subsystem. Without that layer, teams simulate it with naming conventions and custom fields, which nothing can enforce.
Punch is snagging, not gating
Construction punch is a defect list to clear. Completions punch has categories that decide whether a certificate can be issued at all.
Progress is not derived from evidence
Reported percentages come from judgement rather than counted, weighted, signed records — so the report and the evidence drift apart.
Preservation has no home
Equipment installed months before start-up needs scheduled preservation against tags. That is not a construction workflow.
What you get
What Deskely is built to do.
A completions system for industrial and energy scopes, where the tag register is the spine and every certificate is derived from signed evidence beneath it.
Tag and subsystem master data
One register, imported from the EPC data, with every record hanging off a tag that belongs to a subsystem.
Learn moreTemplated ITRs executed offline
Inspection and test records completed on tablet in the plant with no signal, synced on reconnect.
Learn moreGated certificates
MCC, RFC and RFSU issued only when the underlying records are signed and blocking punch is closed.
Learn moreCategory-driven punch
A and B categorisation that actually gates the certificate rather than sitting in a status column.
Learn morePreservation on live equipment
Scheduled preservation routines against tags, with overdue exposure visible before it becomes a warranty argument.
Learn moreDrawing and data ingestion
P&IDs and vendor registers parsed into tags so the register is populated from source documents, not typed.
Learn moreHow it runs
Running completions alongside construction management.
- 01
Keep construction where it is
Contracts, RFIs, drawings and financials stay in the construction platform.
- 02
Own the tag register separately
Tags, subsystems and the certification structure live in the completions system.
- 03
Execute records in the field
ITRs, punch and preservation are completed offline on tablet against tags.
- 04
Hand over from evidence
Certificates and the dossier are generated from signed records, not compiled from documents.
Side by side
Where each one fits.
This is not an either/or on most projects — the two cover different halves of delivery.
| Aspect | Construction management platform | Deskely |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Whole construction lifecycle, commercial and documents. | Completions, commissioning and handover evidence. |
| Hierarchy | Project, location, work package. | System, subsystem, tag, record, certificate. |
| Punch | Defect list with assignment. | Categorised punch that gates certification. |
| Certificates | Documents to upload and store. | Generated objects with enforced prerequisites. |
| Progress | Reported against work packages. | Derived and weighted from signed records. |
| Dossier | A folder structure to assemble. | Generated per subsystem with linked evidence. |
What changes
Coexists
with your construction management platform
Subsystem
layer the construction model lacks
Derived
progress from signed evidence
Free plan
to trial on one subsystem
Before you shortlist
Estimate what your current process costs
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