LCPtracker Alternative: What Subcontractors Actually Need

If you searched for an LCPtracker alternative, chances are you're a subcontractor who just got told to submit certified payroll through it — and you're discovering that the portal checks your numbers but doesn't produce them. That distinction is the whole story, so let's be precise about what each tool is for.

What LCPtracker is (and who it's really for)

LCPtracker is labor-compliance software purchased by awarding agencies and prime contractors. Its job is to collect and verifythe certified payroll that flows up from every contractor on a project: subs enter or upload weekly payroll data, and the agency's compliance staff review it against the wage determination. It's genuinely good at what it was bought for — giving the ownerof the project one place to audit everyone's payroll.

But you, the subcontractor, are the data source, not the customer. LCPtracker doesn't track your crew's daily hours, doesn't compute your overtime premium against the wage determination, doesn't run the base-plus-fringe test before you certify, and doesn't give you a signed WH-347 for the federal jobs and record-keeping that need one. You still have to get the numbers right somewhere — usually a spreadsheet — and then re-enter them into the portal.

Side by side, honestly

When LCPtracker is simply the answer

If the agency mandates it, use it — there is no alternative for the submissionstep on that project, and fighting the prime's compliance process is a losing move. The honest framing is that the two tools sit on opposite sides of the same handoff: Certiwage (or your spreadsheet, or your bookkeeper) produces correct weekly payroll; LCPtracker is where that project wants it delivered.

The subcontractor-side gap Certiwage fills

Certiwage keeps your crew, classifications, and wage-determination rates saved, rolls each week forward in one click, computes hours → gross → deductions → net with the Davis-Bacon overtime rules done right, and warns you before base + fringe falls short. The output is a signed-ready WH-347 and Statement of Compliance — and the same correct numbers to key into whichever portal a project demands. Your first exported report is free, so you can judge the output on a real payroll before paying anything.

Frequently asked questions

Can Certiwage replace LCPtracker?

Not if your agency or prime requires LCPtracker — that mandate is theirs, not yours, and you'll enter or upload data there regardless. What Certiwage replaces is the spreadsheet work of computing a correct certified payroll in the first place: hours, overtime, fringe checks, gross-to-net, and a signed-ready WH-347 for the jobs and records that need one.

Do subcontractors pay for LCPtracker?

Typically the awarding agency or prime contractor licenses LCPtracker for a project, and subcontractors get portal accounts to submit into it. Pricing is quote-based and project-driven rather than a public monthly price. Certiwage is bought by the subcontractor directly: $29/month Starter, no per-project fees.

What if only some of my jobs use LCPtracker?

That's the common case — one prime runs LCPtracker, another wants an emailed WH-347 PDF, a third uses a state portal. Keeping your crew, rates, and weekly hours in one contractor-side tool means every job gets the same correct numbers, whatever the submission channel.

LCPtracker is a trademark of LCPtracker, Inc. Certiwage is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to LCPtracker, Inc.; comparisons reflect publicly available information about each product's intended use and may not reflect recent changes.