Payapps has won three categories at the 2026 SaaS Awards, earning international recognition for its purpose-built construction software and the role it plays in improving progress claim, financial and workflow processes.
Payapps was named winner of:
- Best SaaS Product for Construction or Property Management
- Best SaaS Solution for Finance and FinTech
- Best SaaS Product for Workflow Automation
The three wins follow Payapps reaching the finalist stage in all six categories in which it was shortlisted and represent the platform across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Together, the awards provide independent recognition of Payapps across three connected areas: purpose-built construction software, the commercial and financial workflows surrounding progress claims, and the automation of complex construction processes.
International Recognition at the 2026 SaaS Awards
Operated by global cloud computing awards body The Cloud Awards, The SaaS Awards marks 10 years in 2026 recognising innovation and excellence across the software-as-a-service industry.
James Williams, CEO of The Cloud Awards, said this year’s winners had demonstrated “what true excellence looks like in a hyper-competitive market”, with technology buyers increasingly demanding reliability, proven return on investment and effective execution.
For Payapps, the recognition is particularly significant because the three winning categories reflect different dimensions of the same construction challenge: making progress claim workflows more consistent, transparent and efficient.
Best Construction Software Recognition for Progress Claim Workflows
Payapps’ win for Best SaaS Product for Construction or Property Management recognises its role as purpose-built construction software for managing progress claims.
Progress claims sit at the centre of cash flow across construction projects, but the processes surrounding submission, assessment and approval have traditionally relied heavily on spreadsheets, email and fragmented manual workflows.
Payapps provides main contractors and subcontractors with shared, cloud-based progress claim software for managing claim submission, assessment and approval, together with variations, retentions, supporting documentation and compliance requirements.
By standardising these workflows, Payapps gives project, commercial and finance teams greater consistency, transparency and control. Payapps manages the processes surrounding progress claims and payment obligations; it does not itself process or transfer construction payments.
Annabelle Whittall, COO of The Cloud Awards, said:
“The SaaS Awards recognize products that solve genuine industry challenges while delivering measurable value for their users, and Payapps stands out as an exceptional example. By transforming one of construction’s most complex and business-critical processes, progress claims and stage payments, Payapps has created a platform that improves transparency, streamlines collaboration, and helps keep projects moving. Its impressive scale, widespread industry adoption, and demonstrable impact on efficiency and cash flow make Payapps a thoroughly deserving winner of this award.”
The award provides third-party validation of Payapps as a leading, purpose-built construction software solution, while specifically recognising the progress claim workflows the platform is designed to manage.
Recognition Across Finance, FinTech and Workflow Automation
Payapps also won Best SaaS Solution for Finance & FinTech, recognising the financial importance of better-managed progress claim workflows across the construction supply chain.
Payapps helps connect the information and processes involved in claim submission, assessment, approval, supporting documentation and compliance, while also supporting Early Payment requests and associated workflows.
Lead Judge and FinTech Expert Stephen Backhouse highlighted Payapps’ ability to address the cash-flow bottlenecks that construction stage-payment processes can create, as well as its adoption “from the smallest subcontractor to the largest building contractors.”
The Best SaaS Product for Workflow Automation award further recognised Payapps for reducing operational friction across a complex construction process.
Lead Judge Christopher Southall noted the platform’s ability to improve visibility and collaboration between contractors and subcontractors while delivering substantial time savings at scale.
Together, these awards recognise that Payapps does more than digitise a construction form. The platform helps connect commercial, compliance and financial workflows that have traditionally been fragmented across spreadsheets, email and disconnected systems.
The Best SaaS Product for Workflow Automation award recognises Payapps for reducing operational friction across an inherently complex construction process.
Purpose-Built Progress Claim Software for Construction
Payapps is designed specifically around the way construction progress claims are managed.
Main contractors can standardise how claims are submitted, assessed and approved across projects, while subcontractors work within the same structured workflow and contract data.
The platform supports:
- progress claim submission, assessment and approval
- variations and retentions
- supporting documentation and compliance
- workflow visibility and auditability
- integrations with construction ERP, accounting and project management systems
- Early Payment requests and associated workflows
This construction-specific approach helps reduce administration, improve visibility and create a more consistent process between project, commercial and finance teams.
International Scale and Measurable Customer Impact
Payapps supports more than 57,000 users across more than 13,400 projects each year. More than AUD $35 billion in progress claims are managed through the platform annually, with users estimated to save approximately 350,000 hours each year.
The winning submission was also supported by measurable customer outcomes.
Buildcorp increased monthly claim volumes from approximately 400 to 600 without additional administrative overhead, while contract setup can now take around 10 minutes and some claims can be assessed in as little as two minutes.
Unita reported a 60% reduction in claim assessment time, elimination of retention calculation errors and 100% national team adoption within 90 days.
Sarah Constructions has used Payapps’ Early Payment feature to establish a structured workflow through which eligible subcontractors can request earlier payment on approved claims, generating approximately AUD $160,000 in transparent discounts in the first year from a small group of participating subcontractors.
These outcomes demonstrate how purpose-built construction progress claim software can help businesses reduce administration, improve commercial visibility and manage increasing claim volumes with greater consistency and control.
Continuing to Improve Construction Commercial Workflows
Payapps continues to develop as part of Autodesk, including expanded integration with construction ERP, accounting and project management systems and the introduction of the Early Payment feature in Australia and New Zealand.
The three 2026 SaaS Awards wins provide independent recognition of that development while reinforcing Payapps’ core purpose: making construction progress claim workflows simpler, more transparent and easier to manage.
For construction businesses looking to improve how progress claims are submitted, assessed and approved, the awards provide another independent proof point of Payapps’ construction specialisation, scale and measurable customer impact.
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