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How It Works

Built Backward From Your Books

Most field apps bolt on accounting later. We started with what your bookkeeper needs to see and built the field tools to feed that process. The result: clean data, same-day visibility, and a CFO dashboard that actually tells you something useful.

How Your Data Flows

Four Steps From the Field to a Better Decision

Every piece of data your crew captures follows the same path. No manual entry. No month-end scramble. No shoebox of receipts.

1

Field Activity

Your crew works. BDB captures everything in real time, right from a phone browser. No app to download, no training manual to read.

  • Clock in with GPS location verification
  • Snap a receipt photo or record a voice memo describing the purchase
  • Forward email receipts directly to BDB for automatic ingestion
  • Take job site photos that auto-organize into 25+ folder categories
  • Record estimates on-site using voice — AI builds the line items
  • View schedules and work orders assigned to your crew
2

AI Processing

As data comes in, AI handles the grunt work. No manual categorization. No data entry. And here is the part that matters: all AI runs locally on BDB's servers.

  • Whisper transcribes voice memos into structured receipt data
  • Ollama categorizes expenses with vendor, account, and category mapping
  • Photos auto-classified into 25+ jobsite folder categories
  • Voice-recorded estimates parsed into tasks and line items
  • No API costs — AI runs on BDB's infrastructure, not a third-party cloud
  • No data leaves BDB's servers to third-party APIs — your financial data stays protected
3

Clean Books

Every transaction syncs to QuickBooks Online with full mapping. Your bookkeeper gets clean data the same day your crew works — not a shoebox at the end of the month.

  • Receipts sync as QBO Purchase expenses with vendor/account/category mapping
  • Estimates sync as QBO Estimates with full line item detail
  • Invoices sync with payment status and Stripe fee tracking
  • Customer records stay synchronized between BDB and QBO
  • QBO item sync with review workflow — no mystery line items
  • Expense category mapping ensures consistent chart of accounts
4

CFO Dashboard

Now that your books are clean, you can actually see what is happening. Live KPIs, health gauges, and WIP tracking show you which jobs are profitable while they are still happening.

  • Live KPIs: revenue, expenses, margin, cash flow at a glance
  • Health gauges show financial status with clear red/yellow/green indicators
  • WIP (Work in Progress) tracking — know if a job is on budget before it is finished
  • Marketing effectiveness dashboard: cost per lead, conversion rates, ROI by source
  • Progressive financial education system grows with your understanding (Starter, Intermediate, Full CFO)
  • You are not upsold to the next tier. Your BDB team unlocks it when you are ready.

What This Means for You

Before BDB vs. After BDB

Before BDB

  • Month-end scramble to reconstruct receipts from crumpled truck paperwork
  • Guessing which jobs made money based on gut feel, not data
  • Finding out about $5K overruns after the invoice has already gone out
  • Payroll built from memory — "I think I worked 8 hours on Tuesday"
  • Bookkeeper spends 6 hours sorting receipts instead of reviewing financials
  • Estimates written on napkins, lost between the job site and the office

After BDB

  • Same-day data from the field — receipts captured and categorized as they happen
  • Real-time job profitability visible on the CFO Dashboard while the work is still in progress
  • Catching cost overruns when there is still time to adjust scope or crew allocation
  • GPS-verified clock in/out with labor burden calculated before payroll runs
  • Bookkeeper receives clean, categorized data ready for QBO — not a shoebox
  • Estimates built on-site with voice, converted to line items by AI, tracked through approval

The QuickBooks Difference

No Competitor Matches BDB's QuickBooks Depth

Every field service platform claims QuickBooks integration. Most of them sync invoices and payments — one direction, limited data. BDB syncs everything your bookkeeper needs, in the format they need it.

What Jobber Syncs

Invoices and payments from Jobber to QBO. That is it. No expenses. No receipt data. And their "undeposited funds" approach can double-count revenue if you also do manual bank deposits.

What Housecall Pro Syncs

Invoices and payments only. Estimates do not sync to QBO at all. Expense tracking requires their proprietary expense card — not field-captured receipts. Duplicate customer creation is a commonly reported issue.

What ServiceTitan Syncs

Limited integration at 5-50x the price. A platform designed for companies with dedicated office staff and $50K implementation budgets — not 5-20 person field service crews.

What BDB Syncs

Field-captured receipts as QBO Purchase expenses with full vendor, account, and category mapping. Plus estimates, invoices, customers, items, payments, and Stripe fees. Same-day, fully categorized, bookkeeper-ready.

Receipt in the field → AI transcription → categorization → job assignment → WIP tracking → QBO Purchase expense. No other platform does this.

Receipt
→
AI Transcription
→
Categorization
→
Job Assignment
→
QBO Purchase

See What Built Backward Looks Like

$69/month Founder's Pricing. 20 users included. All six tools. Full QuickBooks integration. No contracts.

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