Banay OS™For the trades
Painting is a labor business. Know where the hours go.
On most paint jobs, labor is the number that decides the job. Prep runs long. A second coat turns into a third. A crew of three becomes a crew of four to hit a date.
Banay OS™ ties every hour to the job, files every paint receipt to the job and gives each job its own P&L. So you see which jobs pay before the next one starts.
Where painting job numbers drift
Prep eats the hours
Scraping, sanding, patching and masking take longer than anyone bids. If hours aren't tied to the job, you never see how long prep really took.
Many small supply runs
Paint, primer, caulk, tape, rollers. Painters hit the store often. Small receipts add up on every job.
Crews moving between jobs
Painters often run interior work on rain days and exterior work when it clears. Hours need to follow the crew to the right job.
How Banay OS helps painters
Hours by job
Crew clock in from their phone and hours show by week, tied to each job. You see how many hours a job really took.
Receipts filed to the job
Snap a receipt and it's filed to the job. Each gallon lands on the right house.
A P&L for every job
Live, automated P&L for every job.* Hours, receipts and materials roll into each job's P&L. Look at it mid-job and adjust before it's too late.
Mileage
Mileage is off until the owner turns it on, and each driver sees and accepts a notice first. After that, Banay OS records drives only while you're clocked in and inside work hours your company sets. Nothing is recorded when you're clocked out or outside those hours. Location is recorded only while you're clocked in. The owner and the office or admin users you choose can see it; crew see only their own. Route points are deleted after 90 days by default (your company can choose 7 to 90 days); trip records stay for your mileage log.
Three languages
The crew app comes in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Mexican Spanish. Each painter picks their own.
Keep the crew in the loop
Painting crews often include helpers who change from season to season. Banay OS keeps it simple for them. They clock in from their phone, in their own language, and pick the job they're on. You don't need to train anyone on a timesheet.
Location is recorded only while they're clocked in. Mileage is off until the owner turns it on, and each driver sees and accepts a notice first. After that, drives are recorded only while they're clocked in and inside work hours your company sets, and nothing is recorded when they're clocked out or outside those hours.
Bid the next job from real hours
After a season of job-level numbers, you'll know your own rates. How long a typical room takes your crew. How much prep a hundred-year-old house really needs. Bids get easier when they're based on your own jobs.
If you mix up margin and markup when you price, read our guide to profit vs margin vs markup.
Built by a contractor
Banay OS was built by Dominic, a general contractor who got tired of not knowing what each job cost him or made him, and of all the paperwork that comes with it. It's now opening to painters and other trades across the US.
What's coming soon
- Automatic invoices — coming soon.
- AI Update — coming soon.
Get started
Join the early-access waitlist and we'll reach out when Banay OS is ready for your crew. You can see plans now, or start at the Banay OS home page.
Join the early-access waitlist
FAQ
Is Banay OS for interior or exterior painters?
Both. Any painting company that wants hours, receipts and a P&L on each job.
Can I see how many hours prep took?
You see hours by week, tied to each job. That shows how long each job took your crew.
How do paint store receipts get filed?
Snap a receipt and it's filed to the job.
Does Banay OS send invoices automatically?
Not yet. Automatic invoices are coming soon.
*Open jobs show a preliminary P&L that updates each time you open it. It becomes official once the job's final P&L is in.