Updated May 2026 · Field Documentation Comparison
The Short Answer
Raken digitizes daily reports and time tracking. Sitemark verifies grade, generates as-builts, documents sewer inverts, and includes daily reports. If you do grading, sewer, or any precision field work, Raken will not cover your verification documentation needs. Sitemark does — and it includes the daily report functionality Raken is known for.
Raken is one of the cleaner daily report apps in the construction market. It makes it easy for foremen to fill out daily reports on mobile devices — crew count, equipment, work performed, weather, photos. The time card integration is a genuine value-add for contractors who do not have a separate time tracking system. Raken's interface is simple enough that field crews adopt it without significant training.
For general contractors, framing subcontractors, or any trade where the primary documentation need is daily logs and time cards, Raken works well. The daily report captures what the crew did that day, and that is sufficient for the documentation requirements of most framing, mechanical, or electrical subcontractors.
Raken is digital paper. It records daily activity in a structured format, but it does not verify what was built against what was designed. There is no grade shot logging, no design elevation comparison, no deviation calculation, no as-built PDF generation from field data. There is no concept of pass/fail against a tolerance in Raken's data model.
For a grading contractor, the daily report ("we graded lots 42–67 today") is only half the documentation story. The other half — and the half that actually gets reviewed by engineers and building departments — is the elevation verification: which lots are within tolerance, which failed, what corrective actions were taken, and what is the as-built elevation at each lot corner. Raken does not produce any of that.
| Feature | Sitemark | Raken |
|---|---|---|
| Grade shot logging with design comparison | Yes | — |
| As-built PDF from field elevation data | Yes | — |
| Real-time deviation flagging | Yes | — |
| Sewer invert documentation | Yes | — |
| Pad elevation certification support | Yes | — |
| Solar pile verification | Yes | — |
| Equipment calibration tracking | Yes | — |
| Daily reports | Yes | Yes |
| Time cards / crew hours | — | Yes |
| Photo documentation | Yes | Yes |
| Free field calculators (40+) | Yes | — |
| AI field assistant | Yes | — |
| Purpose-built for precision grade work | Yes | — |
The typical Sitemark user who previously used Raken is a grading or sewer contractor who started on Raken because it was easy to set up. They used it for daily logs for a year or two. Then they had a project that required documented as-built elevations for PE certification or municipal acceptance. They tried to produce that documentation from their Raken data and found it was not there — Raken captured that work was done, but not how well it was done.
After switching to Sitemark, the daily reports are still there (Sitemark includes daily reporting), but now the elevation verification, as-built reports, and calibration records are also there — in the same system, connected to the same job record. The documentation package that used to require Raken plus a spreadsheet plus a PDF generator is now one workflow.
For grade verification, as-built reports, and PE certification documentation — yes. Sitemark covers what Raken does plus the verification layer that Raken does not.
Grade shot logging, design elevation comparison, as-built PDFs from field data, sewer invert documentation, calibration tracking, pile verification, and 40+ field calculators.
For most grading and sewer contractors, yes. Sitemark includes daily reports and photos. The main thing Raken has that Sitemark does not is native time card / hours tracking.
Sitemark covers the daily documentation Raken handles — and the grade verification, as-built reports, and calibration records that Raken does not. Try it on your next grading or sewer job.
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