Keep paper if
Your crews are tiny, the office sits on site, and no one has ever lost a ticket or re-typed a week of hours.
HONEST COMPARISON
Paper daily logs vs Pro Daily Link
Paper works until a ticket goes missing or an owner asks for backup. Here is what changes when the daily lives on the phone instead of the truck seat.
| Paper daily logs | Pro Daily Link | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the daily lives | Trucks, lunchboxes, clipboards | One workspace, field to office |
| Photos | Personal phones, unlinked | Attached to the daily, timestamped |
| Crew hours | Re-typed into payroll later | Captured with the daily, exported as CSV |
| Extra work | Mentioned in passing, forgotten by Friday | Flagged to the office the same day |
| Disputes months later | Hunting through filing cabinets | Searchable verified reports |
| Cost | Feels free; hours of chasing and re-typing | Flat from $99/month, whole company |
Switch if
Dailies arrive late, photos live in six different phones, and extra work keeps surfacing after the invoice goes out.
COMMON QUESTIONS
What is wrong with paper daily logs?
Nothing, until something goes wrong. Paper gets lost, sits in trucks, is hard to read, and makes the office re-type everything. Photos live in personal phones with no link to the report. When a dispute comes up months later, the record is hard to find.
Do field crews need smartphones to use Pro Daily Link?
Yes, a basic smartphone is needed. The field screens are built glove-friendly, with voice notes, so the report takes minutes, not a paperwork session at the truck.
What happens if there is no signal on site?
Typed and voice-noted drafts stay saved on the phone and can be finished and submitted when signal returns. Photos wait for a connection instead of being lost.
Is it expensive compared to paper?
Paper feels free until you count the hours spent chasing, re-typing, and reconstructing records. Pro Daily Link starts at $99 per month flat for the whole company, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.
FIELD TRUTH. OFFICE CLARITY.
Retire the clipboard.
Start a 14-day free trial. No credit card. Run one real workday and see what the office gets the same evening.