RolloutIQ™ vs Kahua
The Retail-Native Alternative to Kahua's Owner PMIS
Kahua is a powerful owner-side capital program management platform with retail as one of many verticals. RolloutIQ™ is retail rollout natively, from site selection through closeout, with field-first mobile UX and an MCP server that lets your team build AI agents on its own LLM stack.
The Challenge
Where Kahua Falls Short for Retail Rollouts
Kahua serves owner organizations across many capital project types. Retail rollout is one vertical among many, and the platform's flexibility comes with overhead that retail teams feel every day.
Heavier Implementation Than Retail-Purpose-Built
Kahua's low-code kBuilder flexibility requires skilled admins and a heavier implementation than a retail-purpose-built platform. Retail teams moving at rollout pace need productivity in weeks.
Built for the Back Office
Kahua is built for the back office, and field teams often use separate tools, creating the same fragmentation Kahua claims to solve. RolloutIQ™ keeps field and office teams on the same project record.
No Retail-Native Prototype Versioning
Kahua has no first-class concept of prototype versioning or lease-milestone-to-construction-schedule binding. Retail teams stitch those together with custom configuration that retail-native platforms ship as defaults.
Partner-Mediated API, No MCP
Kahua markets an open API, but its protocol, authentication, and docs sit behind a support login and are mediated by partners and professional services rather than self-serve. There is no documented MCP server or agentic strategy. RolloutIQ™ ships a documented open API and an MCP server, so customer teams build AI agents on their own LLM stack without a services engagement.
Comparison
Feature Comparison: RolloutIQ™ vs Kahua
Compare the workflows that determine whether your retail rollouts hit their dates.
Retail rollout workflows out of the box
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Field-first mobile UX
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Prototype templates & versioning
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Lease + construction lifecycle binding
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MCP server for custom agents
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Open REST API
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Multi-site portfolio dashboard
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Vendor directory & company roles
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Per-sheet drawing identity
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Weeks-to-productivity deployment
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Tenant-isolated database architecture
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Append-only audit logging
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See It in Action
What RolloutIQ™ Brings to the Table
Real screens from RolloutIQ™, not a feature list. The capabilities that set it apart from Kahua for multi-site retail rollouts.
See Every Store in One Place
Every location and its projects on one portfolio view: what is on track for a Q3 open, what is still in permit review, and what has a possession date but no construction start. That replaces hunting across 30 browser tabs.
- Portfolio map and list across every location
- Status roll-ups by region, phase, and risk
- Drill from the portfolio into any single store
A Schedule That Recalculates When Reality Changes
A real critical-path schedule with dependency math. Move one deliverable and RolloutIQ™ ripples the change through the timeline, so you see the new opening date instead of finding out about the slip too late.
- Critical-path dependencies with lag
- Ripple preview before you commit a change
- Phase and deliverable milestones per project
Compare Every Bid Side by Side
Send one pricing form to every bidder, then line their numbers up in a leveling matrix against the same cost categories. Award with a governed decision that flows straight into the budget.
- Sealed competitive bidding
- Side-by-side leveling matrix
- Awards feed the project budget
Portfolio Reporting Built for Leadership
Roll every project into dashboards and scheduled reports that show what is on track, what is at risk, and what is broken across the whole portfolio. Trend analysis replaces the weekly status PDF treadmill.
- Portfolio dashboards and scheduled reports
- On-track, at-risk, and broken at a glance
- Trend analysis across every store
Use Cases
Why Retail Operators Choose RolloutIQ™ Over Kahua
Retail Rollout, Native
Site selection, lease, design, construction, closeout, and facilities turnover all live as first-class retail rollout entities, with permit and inspection milestones built into each project's schedule as deliverables. No configuration projects to make a capital PMIS look like a rollout platform.
One Project Record
Construction managers and field crews work against the same project record leadership uses, so cost decisions and the work stay in one system instead of being reconciled across tools.
Agentic Enablement via MCP
Connect Claude, Cursor, or your own custom agents to RolloutIQ™ via an MCP server. Build the AI workflows your team needs on its own LLM stack, instead of waiting on a vendor roadmap.
Productive in Weeks
Retail-purpose-built data model means rapid deployment. Skip the multi-quarter low-code configuration that Kahua deployments require.
Ready for a Retail-Native Rollout Platform?
See how RolloutIQ™ outperforms Kahua on the retail rollout workflows that determine whether your stores open on time. Book a demo with our team.