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Overtrace vs. outside cost audit firms: audit as you go, not after the fact.
Construction and recovery audit firms bring deep expertise, usually after the money has been paid and usually on a sample. Overtrace checks every line of every invoice as it arrives — so errors are stopped before payment rather than recovered after it. Many teams use both.
Why teams choose Overtrace
Why teams add Overtrace to their audit program.
Every line, not a sample
Overtrace reconciles every employee-day, machine, receipt & total in the package — thousands of pages — instead of the slice a person has time for.
Before payment, not after
Find the error while the invoice is still open, instead of recovering it at closeout — or never.
Every finding cited to its page
Billed line, supporting record and the deciding number boxed on the page image. The trade, the client and the auditor can all check it in seconds.
A fraction of the fee
Priced as a small percentage of the T&M value audited, well below typical recovery-audit fees, with no annual commitment.
Side by side
Overtrace vs. outside cost audit firms, side by side.
| Capability | Outside cost audit firms | Overtrace |
|---|---|---|
| When | Outside cost audit firms: Periodic or at closeout, after payment | Overtrace: Every invoice, as it arrives |
| Coverage | Outside cost audit firms: Often sampled; scope set by the engagement | Overtrace: Every line, every page |
| Turnaround | Outside cost audit firms: Weeks, depending on the firm’s queue | Overtrace: Minutes to read; your review the same day |
| Evidence | Outside cost audit firms: A findings report | Overtrace: Each finding page-cited, with the workbook & annotated PDF |
| Expert judgement | Outside cost audit firms: Senior auditors & industry specialists | Overtrace: Your reviewers, with precedent & an AI assistant |
| Pricing | Outside cost audit firms: Hourly or contingency on recoveries | Overtrace: A small percentage of T&M audited, billed monthly |
Getting started
Overtrace works alongside your outside cost audit firms.
See it on a package like yours
A 30-minute demo on a real T&M billing package.
Keep your outside cost audit firms
Overtrace runs alongside your outside cost audit firms. There’s nothing to migrate and nothing for your trades to adopt — it reads the PDFs they already send.
Prove it on live invoices
A 60-day pilot on your next two monthly invoices, with direct founder support, before you commit.
Questions
Common questions.
How much do construction audits typically recover?
Published figures from audit firms vary widely — PRGX, for example, cites recoveries of roughly 0.25% to 1% of total project costs on its construction audits. The larger opportunity is catching errors before payment, when they’re easier to resolve.
Can Overtrace work with our existing auditor?
Yes. Import their past reviews and Overtrace learns their conventions and measures its findings against theirs, rule by rule. Many teams use Overtrace monthly and their auditor periodically.
Get started
Bring us your worst package.
See Overtrace audit a real T&M billing package in a 30-minute demo. Then prove it on your next two invoices in a 60-day pilot.