Qfactor

What Qfactor does

Qfactor is a privately held vertical SaaS company that provides project management and workflow software purpose-built for land surveying firms. Founded in 2016 by Frederick Dyste after a pivot from earlier fiber optic and solar profitability-reporting work, the company is headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, and serves surveying companies across the United States ranging from sole proprietors to larger multi-crew firms. The platform delivers end-to-end project visibility — from proposal and bidding through execution, invoicing, and payment tracking — with domain-specific features including Map View (project locations and statuses), Proposal Builder, Qfactor Tasklist (templated workflows and automated notifications), Qfactor Crew Scheduling (drag-and-drop crew and asset scheduling with double-booking prevention), and DoneDeal e-signature (integrated proposal signing with open-tracking alerts).

The technology is a web-based project management platform with deep integrations to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets), Google Earth, and Google Maps, with additional integration support for Sage, Xero, Deltek, and eBillity. The architecture is built around "enter data once, appear everywhere" interoperability, including real-time profitability tracking, role-based financial access, and a virtual project binder for documents and images accessible from office, laptop, or mobile devices in the field.

Qfactor generates revenue primarily through monthly SaaS subscriptions on a custom quote basis, with pricing tiered by company size and inclusive of onboarding, setup, and integrations. Implementation services (QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time, and Google Location setup; training) are bundled into customer acquisition. Distribution is consultative and sales-led via direct website sales and free 45- and 30-minute Zoom demos, supplemented by trade show presence, podcast appearances, and association involvement (CLSA, NALS, NSPS, Get Kids Into Survey). Growth to date has been almost entirely organic through word-of-mouth referrals, with named customers including Diamondback Land Surveying, MBS Land Surveys, Rasmussen Land Surveying, Advanced Geospatial, and Dart Land Services.

Name

Qfactor

Legal name

Qfactor LLC (DE)

Website

https://qfactor-llc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Qfactor is a bootstrapped vertical SaaS company that provides end-to-end project management, proposal, crew scheduling, and profitability software built specifically for US land surveying firms, integrated with QuickBooks and Google Maps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Laguna Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Qfactor operates as a subscription-based software service with customers paying monthly. The software is provided as a monthly investment with setup included. Free 45-minute and 30-minute Zoom consultations are offered for demos.
2. Implementation Services: Qfactor provides setup services as part of onboarding - when customers sign up, the company sets up integrations with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time, and Google Location. Training and onboarding support is included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Qfactor is a cloud-based project management platform purpose-built for land surveying firms. It manages the entire project lifecycle from initial proposal through field execution, invoicing, and payment, with native integrations to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets/eBillity), Google Maps, and Google Earth for streamlined financial and operational workflows.

Product overview

Qfactor offers a unified project management and workflow software platform called Qfactor for Surveyors, designed specifically for land surveying companies. The core platform provides project management from proposal through completion and payment. The product portfolio includes add-on modules such as Qfactor Crew Scheduling (for crew and asset management), Qfactor Tasklist (for task tracking and automated notifications), and DoneDeal E-Signature (for integrated proposal signing). Key features include Map View for visualizing project locations, Proposal Builder for creating and tracking proposals, and deep integrations with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time, Google Earth, and Google Maps. The software can be customized to integrate with other accounting systems including Sage, Xero, and Deltek.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DoneDeal: E-signature software feature integrated into Qfactor's Proposal Builder workflow
• Qfactor Crew Scheduling
• Qfactor Tasklist

Quantifiable outcome

• Time savings: Some clients creating 1,000 proposals annually save 1,000 hours per year (25 work-weeks) through DoneDeal e-signature integration
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• QuickBookscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Qfactor integrates seamlessly with QuickBooks for clients and accounting entries. Data entered once in Qfactor appears in QuickBooks. When a proposal is marked as won, client information is automatically migrated into QuickBooks. Setup with QuickBooks is included when customers sign up.
• QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Qfactor integrates with QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) for time tracking. Team member hours entered in QuickBooks Time automatically appear in Qfactor for project budgeting and profitability tracking. Time entries show up in projects within an hour of approval.
• Google Earth & Google MapscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Qfactor works with Google Earth and Google Maps for street addresses, latitude & longitude coordinates, lot and tract numbers. The Map View feature shows project locations on Google Maps with status information for current and past projects.
• Get Kids Into SurveyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerQfactor is an Ambassador and supporter of Get Kids Into Survey, a grassroots organization promoting surveying careers to elementary through college students. Fred Dyste speaks at high schools and the company donates to support the next generation of surveyors.
• Duke EnergyminorOthersDuke Energy acquired a national commercial solar company that Qfactor was working with during its early development. The company liked the software concept but declined to fund development in favor of implementing Oracle JD Edwards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carlson Software: Carlson Software provides surveying, CAD, and field-data-management software widely used by land surveying professionals in North America. It overlaps with Qfactor in serving surveyors with project and field workflow tools, though Carlson's center of gravity is CAD/data collection rather than proposal-to-payment project management.
• MicroSurvey: MicroSurvey is a long-standing surveying software brand offering CAD and field-to-finish workflows for land surveyors. It competes directly with Qfactor for the surveying professional's office workflow budget, although it focuses on CAD/data processing rather than proposal and crew scheduling.
• BQE Core: BQE Core is project management, time tracking, billing, and profitability software for professional services firms. It overlaps with Qfactor in serving project-based professional services with profitability tracking, time entry, and invoicing, even though it is not surveying-specific.
• JobTraxx: JobTraxx provides field service and project management software for surveying and related service firms. It competes directly with Qfactor for surveying companies' workflow and crew scheduling budgets, with a comparable vertical specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Monday.com: Monday.com is a broad work management platform with customizable workflows used by project-based businesses. It is a comparable horizontal substitute surveying firms could adopt instead of Qfactor for project and task tracking.
• Buildertrend: Buildertrend is a vertical SaaS platform for residential construction and remodeling project management. While it targets builders rather than surveyors, it shares the vertical-SaaS playbook of purpose-built project management for a niche trade, making it a relevant business-model comparable.
• Asana: Asana is a general-purpose work and project management platform used across industries. It competes with Qfactor for the task tracking and project coordination layer within surveying firms, though it lacks surveying-specific features such as Map View, Proposal Builder, and crew scheduling.
• Procore: Procore is the leading construction project management SaaS platform for general contractors and owners. It is a relevant broader incumbent because surveying feeds construction workflows and Procore's PM features encroach on the office-side project management Qfactor currently serves.
• Trimble Business Center: Trimble is a major incumbent in surveying, geospatial, and construction software, with Trimble Business Center serving surveying offices with CAD, data processing, and project workflows. It addresses the same land surveying end customer as Qfactor but across a much broader portfolio and global footprint.

Emerging players

• Accelo: Accelo is a cloud PSA (professional services automation) platform that unifies projects, time, billing, and client communication for service businesses. It targets the same operational pain points Qfactor addresses for surveying firms—proposals, project status, profitability—though Accelo is horizontal and surveyors are a niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqfactor-llc.com%2F&t=Qfactor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qfactorllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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