Every project.
One space.
Skets is the complete office system for South African architecture practices — carrying each project from the first enquiry through budgets, fees, council submissions, tasks and your team, all compiled in a single home. All in the storage you already own (OneDrive, SharePoint, or your own NAS) - no hosted database, no lock-in.
Stop stitching together spreadsheets, folders and email
Every enquiry, drawing, fee and submission lives in one connected space — building up as the project moves. Nothing gets lost between the desk, the site and the council counter. And it all stays in files your practice owns, on your own NAS or OneDrive — not locked inside someone else's database.
Enquiries to projects
Capture every enquiry, qualify it, then convert it into a live project with one click - nothing re-typed.
Budgets & fees
Set up initial budgets and work out SACAP-scale professional fees against your brief, kept alongside the project as scope shifts.
Council submissions
Keep every submission document in one place, with the relevant zoning scheme and SANS 10400 references on hand as you prepare the pack.
Task boards
Track every project's work on a board - assign, prioritise and see what's blocked across the whole practice.
Staff management
Keep basic staff records, roles and who's working on what - the people side of the practice, in one place.
One compiling record
Everything a project touches accumulates in one place, so the full history is always at hand.
The project builds itself up as you go
Log the enquiry
A new client makes contact. Capture the site, brief and budget in one card.
Start the project
Convert to a project. Set up the budget and work out SACAP fees against the brief.
Build & compile
Tasks, drawings and documents accumulate against the project as work proceeds.
Submit to council
Your documents are gathered in one pack, with the relevant bylaws on hand for your final review.
It already speaks your regulations
Skets is built around the way SA practices actually work — SANS 10400, SACAP fee scales and the applicable municipal zoning schemes and bylaws are at your fingertips as reference. Skets shows you the available information; the professional judgement stays yours.
Permitted coverage 60% · height two storeys · 3m building line - the scheme provisions for the erf, on hand as you work.
All your documents for a building-plan submission, gathered in one place and ready for your review.
Extend Skets to fit your practice
Revit quantities
Read the quantity takeoff from your Revit model straight into the project budget - measured areas and volumes, priced at your own rates.
Skets AI
Surfaces reference notes that Claude has researched and populated to Obsidian, ready for Skets to read alongside your project.
Mobile app
Log site notes, photos and tasks from the field - synced to the project the moment you're back online. Requires an active desktop seat.
Licensed per person, not per firm
Each staff member activates their own seat on their own account. Buy seats for your whole team in one subscription, then assign and reassign them, and each seat's paid add-ons, from your dashboard at any time. Every firm starts with a 14-day free trial - no card required.
One seat per staff member using the desktop app.
- Full project & task management
- Contract administration (JBCC)
- Council submission forms
- Works against your own OneDrive/SharePoint/NAS
The Android companion app (iOS coming later).
Requires an active Desktop seat on the same account.
- Site photo capture & annotation
- Numbered inspection reports
- Live GPS drawing overlay
Frequently asked
Is there a free trial?
Yes - 14 days, full access, no card required. Add a payment method any time before the trial ends to keep your team’s seats active; if you don’t, seats simply stop working, nothing is charged.
Where is our project data actually stored?
In the storage you already own - your firm’s OneDrive, SharePoint, or your own NAS. Skets reads and writes files there directly; there’s no hosted database holding your projects, so there’s nothing of yours to lose if you ever stop subscribing.
Why per-person pricing instead of per-firm?
Each staff member activates their own seat on their own account, so licensing follows the people actually using it. Buy seats for your whole team in one subscription, then assign, reassign, and add per-seat add-ons from your dashboard at any time - no need to buy a whole new tier to add one person.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes, from your dashboard, no notice period. Existing seats keep working until their current billing period ends - nothing is clawed back mid-cycle.
Does the mobile app work on its own?
No - a mobile seat requires the same person already hold an active desktop seat. The desktop app is the primary workspace; mobile is a field companion for site visits (photo capture, inspection reports, GPS drawing overlay).
Bring your whole practice into one space
Start a free 14-day trial today. No card required — set up your first project in minutes.