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// Comparison

MARAPONE
vs AUTODESK CONSTRUCTION CLOUD AI.

Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) bundles BIM, document management, and AI features for design-led teams. Marapone is a custom-built private system you own. Different shape, different price, often complementary.

// TL;DR

THREE BULLETS

When ACC AI is best

Your firm is design-build or BIM-heavy, you live inside Revit + ACC, and the AI features tied to model coordination matter most.

When Marapone is best

You're a GC whose pain is in RFI/email/document chaos rather than model coordination, and you want a system that runs on your infrastructure.

The honest middle

ACC for the BIM side, Marapone for the project-administration side. We integrate with ACC as a source.

// Side by side

FEATURE MATRIX

MaraponeACC AI
Pricing modelOne-time build feePer-user subscription bundled with ACC
Data ownership✓ You own model + data° In Autodesk tenant
BIM model coordination× Not a BIM tool✓ Native
Custom workflow build✓ Built for you× Off-the-shelf
On-prem deployment✓ Yes× SaaS only
Recurring cost after year 1$0 (optional retainer)Same per-user fee
Source code✓ You get it×
Setup time~14 daysToggle on; weeks to adopt
Vendor lock-in✓ None× Tied to ACC
Air-gap support✓×

When ACC AI is the better fit

Stick with ACC if…

  • • Design coordination, clash detection, and BIM-driven workflows are where you spend most of your time.
  • • Your firm is already paying for ACC and the marginal AI cost is small.
  • • You don't need workflows beyond what Autodesk ships.
  • • You're fine with SaaS-only deployment.

When Marapone is the better fit

Pick Marapone if…

  • • Your real pain is RFI backlogs, daily logs, and change-order chaos — not model coordination.
  • • You'd rather run the system on your own hardware with full source code.
  • • You want to ingest from Revit/Bluebeam/Outlook/SharePoint at the same time, in one system.
  • • You're done paying per-user for the same workflows year after year.

// 1-year cost example

TCO COMPARISON

Indicative numbers for a 30-user team. ACC list pricing varies — use your contract numbers.

MARAPONE

$9,500 one-time

Build fee for the three-module bundle.

+ $0/mo recurring.

Year 1: $9,500 · Year 5: $9,500

ACC AI add-on (illustrative)

~$60/user/mo

On top of base ACC seat. Public list pricing varies.

30 users × $60 × 12 = ~$21,600/yr.

Year 1: ~$21,600 · Year 5: ~$108,000

* Illustrative. Get your real Autodesk quote and compare against our written scope.

// We can integrate with ACC

KEEP YOUR BIM STACK.
ADD A PRIVATE AI LAYER.

We pull RFIs and sheets from ACC, layer your email and Bluebeam markups on top, and give your PMs a single Q&A surface.

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