Unanet
by Unanet Inc. · Professional Services
AI-first ERP and CRM for government contractors and AE/construction firms.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
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Workday+1 more- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
- Headquarters
- Dulles, Virginia, United States
Overview
Unanet is a project-based ERP and CRM platform built for government contractors (GovCon) and architecture, engineering and construction (AE/AEC) firms. The company ships separate purpose-built editions -- ERP for GovCon and ERP for AE -- alongside CRM for Government Contracting and CRM for AEC (the latter built on the former Cosential platform), plus AI layers (Champ, ProposalAI) and a market-intelligence product (GovIntel). Unanet reports serving more than 4,200 project-based organizations.
The ERP line combines project management, project-based financials (GL, job costing, revenue recognition and WIP), time and expense capture, resource forecasting, and contract/subcontractor management in one system. The GovCon edition adds compliance tooling specific to federal contracting: DCAA-compliant timekeeping and incurred cost reporting, and a FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency cloud environment for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The CRM line adds capture/pipeline management, proposal and resume generation, and (for AEC firms) relationship intelligence synced with Outlook.
Unanet connects to adjacent systems through Unanet Connect, a marketplace of 100+ pre-built connectors covering payroll (ADP, Paylocity, UKG), HRIS (Workday, Greenhouse), and CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot); the AEC CRM edition separately documents integrations with Viewpoint, Procore, Sage 100, Sage 300 and Trimble Construction. The company is privately held, headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, with JMI Equity as primary investor and a December 2022 strategic growth investment from Onex.
Screenshots & demo
Demo video from the vendor's YouTube channel. Screenshots sourced from Unanet Inc..
Features & capabilities
Project Management & Delivery
Real-time project planning, tracking and reporting for project-based firms.
- Configurable project dashboards and Gantt charts
- Real-time budget vs actual tracking
- Milestone and task-level status tracking
- Multi-project portfolio visibility
- Document and contract management by project
Financials & Accounting
Project-centric financial management with real-time revenue and cost visibility.
- Project-based general ledger and job costing
- Revenue recognition and work-in-progress (WIP) reporting
- Assisted bank reconciliation
- AR automation for invoicing and collections
- AP / vendor invoice automation
- Interactive Analytics Studio reporting
Time, Expense & Resource Management
Mobile time capture and resource forecasting for billable, project-based work.
- Mobile time and expense entry with approval workflows
- DCAA-compliant timekeeping rules enforcement
- Resource forecasting and skill-gap identification
- Utilization and capacity dashboards
- Automated time/expense allocation to projects
Government Contracting Compliance
Compliance tooling built specifically for federal contractors.
- DCAA-compliant timekeeping, security and incurred cost reporting
- FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency cloud environment for CUI
- Contract and subcontractor management
- Indirect rate and incurred cost tracking
- Asset, inventory and project-based manufacturing tracking
Business Development & CRM
Capture management, pipeline tracking and proposal generation.
- Drag-and-drop sales pipeline and opportunity tracking
- Capture management with win-rate and bid analysis
- Automated proposal and resume generation (Publisher)
- Market/agency intelligence via GovIntel
- Shipley Method-aligned approval workflows
- Relationship intelligence synced with Outlook
AI & Automation
Champ AI and ProposalAI layer automation across ERP and CRM workflows.
- Champ AI assistant for project insights and recommended actions
- ProposalAI automated RFP parsing and compliant outline generation
- AI-generated staffing and pursuit recommendations
- GovIntel opportunity and agency intelligence ingestion
Common use cases
- A GovCon firm enforcing DCAA-compliant timekeeping and incurred cost reporting ahead of an audit
- An AE firm tracking project profitability, WIP and utilization across a portfolio of design projects
- A federal contractor's capture team building proposals with AI-assisted RFP parsing and Shipley-aligned workflows
- A construction/AEC firm consolidating pipeline, project and personnel data in one CRM instead of spreadsheets
- A finance team automating AR and vendor invoice processing tied to project billing
- A GovCon business development team using GovIntel to identify teaming partners and agency buying patterns
- A multi-entity project-based business replacing disjointed legacy PM, accounting and BD tools with one connected ERP+CRM suite
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Purpose-built for GovCon and AE/construction compliance needs (DCAA timekeeping, FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency) rather than a generalized ERP
- Combines ERP, CRM, AI-assisted proposal writing (ProposalAI) and market intelligence (GovIntel) from a single vendor
- Unanet Connect marketplace offers 100+ pre-built connectors to payroll, HRIS, CRM and construction accounting systems
- Backed by JMI Equity and a December 2022 growth investment from Onex, serving 4,200+ project-based organizations
ERP integrations
Construction accounting integration for Unanet CRM AEC
Construction management integration for Unanet CRM AEC
Construction accounting integration for Unanet CRM AEC
HRIS integration (employee lifecycle, onboarding, benefits)
Payroll integration
Pricing
Priced by product line (ERP GovCon, ERP AE, CRM), modules and user count; no public price list is published. Requires a sales consultation for a quote. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (private cloud)
- Compliance
- DCAA-compliant timekeeping & incurred cost reporting, FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency (CUI)
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Languages
- English
About the vendor
- Headquarters
- Dulles, Virginia, United States
- Employees
- 375+
- Ownership
- Private (JMI Equity primary investor; Onex Corporation strategic growth investment closed December 2022)
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Unanet — frequently asked questions
What industries does Unanet serve?
Unanet builds separate ERP and CRM editions for government contractors (GovCon) and for architecture, engineering and construction (AE/AEC) firms, serving over 4,200 project-based organizations.
Is Unanet DCAA compliant?
Unanet ERP for GovCon enforces DCAA-compliant timekeeping, security and incurred cost reporting rules, and also offers a FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency cloud environment for handling Controlled Unclassified Information.
What construction and accounting systems does Unanet CRM integrate with?
Unanet CRM for AEC documents integrations with Viewpoint, Procore, Sage 100, Sage 300 and Trimble Construction, plus Unanet's own AE ERP, to reduce duplicate data entry between business development and finance.
How is Unanet priced?
Unanet does not publish price points. Pricing is quote-based and depends on the product line, modules selected and number of users.
Who owns Unanet?
Unanet is privately held. JMI Equity is the primary investor, and Onex made a strategic growth investment in December 2022 alongside three new board members.
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