Saudi Construction & Trades Software Directory

Oracle Aconex is a cloud platform where every party on a project shares documents, formal correspondence (Mail) and review workflows in one auditable record; Oracle announced its purchase of Aconex in December 2017. Oracle's Aconex status page lists a Saudi Arabia (KSA1) instance and a separate Middle East (MEA) instance. In January 2026 Oracle announced that Red Sea Global had selected Aconex and Primavera P6 to connect more than 23,000 users.

Oracle Primavera P6 comes as P6 EPPM (enterprise, cloud or on-premises) and P6 Professional, which Oracle describes as built for large-scale, multifaceted projects. Oracle sells cost and business-process control separately in Primavera Unifier. In January 2026 Oracle announced that Red Sea Global had selected Primavera P6 together with Aconex.

Autodesk Construction Cloud became part of Autodesk Forma on 24 March 2026, and its products were renamed (for example Forma Build and Forma Data Management). Autodesk sells it in three bundles: Model Management (model coordination and design collaboration), Preconstruction (takeoff, estimating and bidding) and Construction Operations (field and document management).

Procore Technologies (NYSE: PCOR) opened its first Middle East and North Africa office in Dubai Internet City in September 2022 and has no Saudi-specific website. Its platform covers project management, quality and safety, financial management and Procore AI, and every contract includes unlimited users and data storage, per Procore. In July 2026 King Salman International Airport said it had begun a unified digital construction management rollout with Tasama and Procore.

First Bit, founded in Moscow, sells a construction ERP in Saudi Arabia from a Riyadh office and in the UAE from Dubai. Its modules cover project cost control, project management, procurement, accounting, taxes, HR and payroll, warehouse and equipment. First Bit says more than 2,000 Middle East companies have chosen it and that it sends ZATCA Phase 2 e-invoices to the Fatoora portal.

PACT Software, founded in 1998 and headquartered in India, sells a contracting ERP in Saudi Arabia from an office in Riyadh; it also has offices in the UAE, Qatar, Kenya and the USA. Its construction module covers project scheduling, budget and cost tracking, procurement, inventory, payroll and timesheets, with Arabic support. PACT says it has more than 12,000 customers worldwide.

Medad, sold by Medad LLC under Saudi law, is accounting and ERP software for small and medium Saudi businesses, covering the general ledger, sales and invoicing, purchasing, inventory, fixed assets and HR and payroll. It comes as Medad Online (cloud, priced by number of users) or Medad Desktop. Medad says it is approved for ZATCA's second e-invoicing integration phase and has more than 20,000 users.

Onyx ERP is sold by Ultimate Solutions, which says it was founded in Jeddah in 2007 and lists offices in Riyadh, Dammam and other Saudi cities. The system covers accounting, inventory, procurement, sales and POS, fixed assets, HR and payroll, with project management and real estate modules. Ultimate Solutions says it issues ZATCA second-phase e-invoices linked to the Fatoora platform.

Focus CAFM is the facility-management product of Focus Softnet, an ERP vendor established in 1992 that says it runs 27 offices in 17 countries. It handles work orders, maintenance including predictive maintenance, asset tracking and mobile access, and connects to HR, CRM and other systems. Focus's Saudi site lists offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar and a separate ZATCA e-invoicing module.

Tawuniya is the trading name of The Company for Cooperative Insurance, a Saudi insurer listed on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul: 8010). The Insurance Authority selected it to lead the 17-insurer pool for Inherent Defects Insurance (IDI) for three years from 24 June 2025, and it runs its own app for IDI site inspections. Businesses can buy, renew and manage policies through its Tawuniya Aamal app.

Walaa Cooperative Insurance is a Saudi insurer listed on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul: 8060) and headquartered in Al Khobar, with three regional offices and over 70 retail offices according to Reinsurance News (June 2025). It completed a merger with SABB Takaful in October 2022. Reinsurance News reported in December 2024 that Walaa is the co-insurance pool leader issuing surety bonds, under a programme developed by the Public Investment Fund, for qualified contractors on projects of PIF's development companies.

GIG Saudi is the Saudi company of Gulf Insurance Group (GIG), the Boursa Kuwait-listed group in which Fairfax Financial Holdings holds 97.06% after a 2024 tender offer. It was formerly AXA Cooperative Insurance Company: GIG completed its purchase of AXA's Gulf operations in 2021 and shareholders approved the rebrand to Gulf Insurance Group in 2022. Headquartered in Riyadh and supervised by the Insurance Authority, it sells engineering insurance that it says protects construction and installation projects at any stage, plus the machines and equipment used on them.

ProTenders, operated by NuServ Ltd and launched in 2011 according to its about page, combines a free company-profile directory, a paid construction-intelligence database and an eTendering tool for developers, consultants, contractors and suppliers. Its site names Saudi Arabia among its six GCC markets and sells the intelligence product as tracking projects from planning to completion with participant and decision-maker contacts. Its contact page lists offices in Montreal and Abu Dhabi, with no Saudi office.

The Saudi Council of Engineers grants the professional accreditation that the Engineering Professions Practice Law of 2017 requires before anyone practises engineering in Saudi Arabia. Applicants need an engineering degree from a Saudi or recognised university and must pass technical aptitude tests. The law also requires an engineering licence for engineering offices and companies.

Under the Contractor Classification Law (Royal Decree M/9 of 2021), the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing classifies contractors by field, activity and grade after assessing their finances, staff and organisation, and past projects. Government bodies may not accept a bid for a project subject to classification unless the contractor is classified in that project's field, activity and grade. Applications, renewals, upgrades and certificate checks run online through the Balady platform.

Balady is the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing's online platform and mobile app for municipal services. Building permits are issued, renewed, amended and transferred there, along with building completion certificates, demolition, restoration and excavation permits, construction-stage inspections and contractor classification. The ministry says a new building permit takes 1-10 days.

The Saudi Building Code is made mandatory by the Law on Implementation of the Saudi Building Code (Royal Decree M/43 of 2017). It applies to all public and private construction, including design, construction, operation, maintenance and modification, and to existing buildings when they are restored, extended or change use. After its phase-in the law allows no other building code, and it requires the Code to be updated and reissued every five years.

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) runs Saudi Arabia's e-invoicing regime. Phase 1, from 4 December 2021, requires e-invoices and e-notes to be generated electronically; Phase 2, from 1 January 2023, requires businesses to integrate their invoicing systems with ZATCA's Fatoora platform and send e-invoices to it. Phase 2 is rolled out in waves by turnover, and EY reports that Wave 25, announced in July 2026, reaches taxable turnover above SAR 187,500.

Qiwa is the platform that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) describes as the main digital platform for all services of the Saudi labour system. Nitaqat is HRSD's Saudization programme: each entity is placed in one of five ranges (Red, Low Green, Medium Green, High Green, Platinum) by its Saudization rate, with the required rate set by economic activity and headcount. HRSD's guideline says the range decides which services an entity can use, from new expatriate visas to work permit renewals. Since April 2026 a Saudi employee counts toward Nitaqat only if the employment contract is documented on Qiwa, according to Fragomen and Middle East Briefing.

The Saudi Contractors Authority (SCA) is the public authority for the Saudi contracting sector, and Muqawil (muqawil.org) is its membership and projects platform, which Manbar News reported SCA relaunched in August 2022. Argaam reported in February 2018 that Saudi Arabia ordered firms to join the authority before bidding for tenders. An Arab News report of July 2026 put SCA's registered contractors at about 117,000 and described its Irtaqa qualification pathway for small contractors, the Maamar platform, model contracts and training programmes. SCA also publishes monthly figures on awarded contracting projects.

Etimad is the government procurement and payments platform managed by the National Center for Government Resource Systems (NCGR), which NCGR says was created by Cabinet decision in February 2021 from the Ministry of Finance's National Systems Agency. NCGR lists government tenders and procurement, contracts, payments and revenue collection among Etimad's services and cites over 1 million tenders and over 6 million payment orders on it. Private-sector firms use the Etimad Business app or portal to manage their registration, follow tenders, track bids and bank guarantees, and view financial claims.