Choose for the firm you are building
Materio is strongest around project delivery, selections, floor-plan mapping, and design-build tools. Workroom is designed for live design-firm economics, multi-model fee management, and a firm financial cockpit. The right choice depends on which operating problem matters most.
What Materio does — and where it stops
What Materio does well
The broadest feature set of the four: floor-plan takeoffs, moodboards, retainers and deposits, time billing, and a QuickBooks integration that covers purchase orders and reconciles payments.
Where it stops
At the tier line and the project count. Change orders, cost-plus billing and performance reports are Team Plus at $495 a month — and every plan meters projects, five included, more billed on top.
Why the gaps cost money
Pricing by project charges you most in the months you work most. Workroom is per user with unlimited projects, and change orders, fee schedules and live profitability are in every plan.
Trusted by the studios doing the work
| Capability | Workroom | Materio |
|---|---|---|
| Web clipper / product import | ✓ Built-in, any URL | ✓ Selections clipper for Chrome |
| Studio product library | ✓ Org-level, duplicate into any project | ✗ Not listed — Custom Kits™ are templates |
| Mood boards | ✓ Built in | ✓ Core feature |
| Floor-plan takeoffs | ✗ Not offered | ✓ On-plan takeoffs |
| Client portal | ✓ Approvals per line item | ✓ Branded on Team and above |
| Purchase orders | ✓ Full PO, plus receiving | ◐ Sending and tracking orders |
| Time tracking & billing | ✓ Timelogs feed the fee schedule | ✓ All plans |
| Retainers & deposits | ✓ Held as client funds, drawn down | ✓ All plans |
| Design fee schedules | ✓ Flat, hourly and per square foot | ◐ Hourly and cost-plus |
| Bills / contractor AP | ✓ Included | ◐ Expense tracking and reimbursements |
| Change orders | ✓ Every plan | ◐ Team Plus only |
| Project profitability | ✓ Live, plus a post-project audit | ◐ Performance reports on Team Plus |
| Accounting sync | ✓ Two-way QuickBooks | ✓ QuickBooks, POs and reconciliation |
| Project limits | ✓ Unlimited projects | ◐ 5 included, more billed on top |
| Pricing | $29–$67 per user / month | $115, $249 or $495 per month |
Compiled from Materio’s own published pages in August 2026. “Not listed” means the capability is not described anywhere on their site — it is not a claim that it cannot be done. Check their current pricing →
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