Compare Broadside vs. Truck Packer

Broadside is innovative crew scheduling software specifically designed for construction subcontractors, enabling them to manage crews across various projects efficiently. It features a dynamic live look-ahead board for both jobs and crew leaders, allowing schedules to be projected from three weeks up to a full year in advance. Users have the capability to assign crew leaders on a daily basis, adjust job timelines in response to scheduling shifts, and identify issues such as double bookings, unstaffed days, idle crews, and instances when work exceeds the available workforce capacity. Additionally, workforce views present a comparison of weekly labor demands by role against the existing staff, aiding subcontractors in pinpointing potential shortages or overbookings before the work commences. The platform allows multiple users to edit the same scheduling plan simultaneously, while also permitting viewers to access the information without the need for a paid account. Broadside supports a wide range of trades including grading, paving, underground utilities, excavation, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, drywall, and concrete. With its emphasis on advance crew planning, it stands apart from traditional methods that focus on daily dispatch, truck routing, ticketing, or timecard management, thus streamlining the overall scheduling process for construction projects. This comprehensive approach ultimately enhances productivity and coordination among subcontractors in the construction industry.

Truck Packer is a truck packing and load planning platform designed to help teams optimize how gear, cases, inventory, and equipment fit into trucks, trailers, bays, rooms, and containers. The platform is built for production teams, tour managers, AVL vendors, warehouse managers, freight teams, theater companies, AV crews, and logistics professionals. Users can import case and inventory data from spreadsheets, CSV files, or connected systems, then define dimensions, weight, stacking rules, flipping rules, packing groups, and available load spaces. AutoPack generates candidate layouts based on the available space and packing constraints, giving teams multiple practical options instead of relying on guesswork. Truck Packer’s 3D visualization tools let users rotate, zoom, inspect, and adjust load layouts before anyone moves equipment on the dock. Teams can export load plans, PDFs, reports, sharable crew views, and loadout checklists so everyone knows where each item goes. The platform supports unlimited packs, case libraries, CSV imports, PDF exports, AutoPack, weight visualization, sharable packs, and subscription flexibility in its Pro plan. Business capabilities include multi-user organizations, collaborative packs, advanced CSV import tools, API access, SSO, priority support, and planned multi-truck packing and AI agent features. By combining 3D bin-packing, real-world trailer geometry, inventory imports, visual planning, exportable load plans, and crew-friendly workflows, Truck Packer helps teams pack faster and use space more effectively.