The 2026 awards recognise three connected areas of the platform: construction applications for payment, financial information and workflow automation
Payapps, an Autodesk company, won three categories at the 2026 SaaS Awards, a programme run by The Cloud Awards that recognises software-as-a-service products. The organiser’s results name Payapps as the winner of:
- Best SaaS Product for Construction or Property Management
- Best SaaS Solution for Finance & FinTech
- Best SaaS Product for Workflow Automation
In this announcement shared by Payapps, the three wins followed its progression to the finals in all six categories in which it was shortlisted.
The categories reflect different demands placed on the same construction process. Subcontractors need to submit information about work for which they are seeking payment; commercial teams need to assess it; and finance teams need visibility of the resulting obligations.
Construction software built around applications for payment
Payapps provides a shared platform for submitting, assessing and approving applications for payment. Its functions cover valuations, variations, retentions and supporting documentation, bringing together information that can otherwise be spread across spreadsheets and email conversations.
The construction award recognises that industry focus. In the organiser’s published comments, The Cloud Awards’ chief operating officer, Annabelle Whittall, highlighted the platform’s role in improving transparency and collaboration in a complex commercial process.
For a project team, the practical issue is whether everyone can see the information relevant to an application and understand its status. A shared record gives a subcontractor and the assessing contractor a common reference point when discussing a value or a missing document.
Why finance and automation are connected
The Finance & FinTech award reflects how important these assessments are to the wider supply chain. Lead judge Stephen Backhouse’s published assessment highlighted the difficulties that stage-payment processes can create for cash flow and the platform’s adoption by businesses of different sizes.
For Workflow Automation, lead judge Christopher Southall emphasised the complexity of the process being automated, alongside visibility, collaboration and time savings. Together, the judges’ comments link the awards to how information moves between teams.
Payapps does not itself process or transfer construction payments. Its role is to organise the application and assessment processes that precede them. Clearer records can support financial planning, but approval and the eventual transfer of funds remain distinct events.
Designer Group’s experience of standardising submissions
A Payapps case study with contractor Designer Group shows how these functions operate in practice. The company relied on spreadsheets sent to individual surveyors and contract managers, with inconsistent formats and formulas that made applications harder to track.
Designer Group describes setting templates for projects and subcontractors, who then enter percentages or values against individual items. Subcontractors can check whether their applications have been assessed, reducing the need to contact a surveyor or accounts team for an update.
The case study reports savings of several hours per quantity surveyor each month, creating more time for site visits, measuring work and preparing cost-value reconciliations. It also describes integration with the EVision enterprise resource planning system, giving finance staff visibility without re-entering the same information.
These reported outcomes show where administrative time can be recovered: preparing consistent submissions, checking progress and passing assessed information between systems.
Find out more about the win here.
