Estimating program for construction professionals
3.6/5 (8 reviews)Pros
Ease of use
Cons
Cost versus life span disappointing
We apologize for your negative experience. Numerous phone calls and emails regarding the change from dongles to activation codes have been attempted but it appears that the phone number we have on file is no longer in service. Please contact Crystal Barger, Client Services Manager, to update your contact information and to upgrade to your free On-Screen Takeoff version that utilizes activation codes.
They will leave you hanging if you don't purchase the very expensive support. You must have a windows based computer. Also the have the ability to shut down you software and leave you high and dry. I tried my best to stick with them for over 20 years and remained frustrated the whole time.
Pros
I trained myself and never used any other programs so I cannot compare to others.
Cons
I feel like I was deceived and lied to. They contacted me with a free upgrade and then told me it would not work with my system with the new software. I had to make a report the BBB to get out of the $6000 upgrade cost.
This software is a good tool to aid in estimating. There are more tools than we are really equipped to use.
Pros
Flexible for our needs
Cons
Getting help if something goes wrong requires putting in a help request and waiting for an appointment with a specialist.
Pros
Customer service is awesome! After getting the proper training it is easier to use and there are plenty of videos to help if a problem arises.
Cons
You only get one license, it is very confusing if there is no training, it is not user friendly, the cost is very high and to maintain the software up to date is costly.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend
Our company benefits with putting bids together faster and creating a proposal with the cost and scope of work there.
Pros
It calculates the amount of labor cost, payroll cost and material cost. It also has Units of Measure that comes in handy when working on a bid. I also like that I can create a proposal and send a breakdown of cost for the material for each project or field.
Cons
The codes and sections are the most difficult. I have had to create different codes for the same type of material with different styles because the cost will not adjust to the style. Although there are Units of Measure there is not one for tons. And our company works with tonnage but substitute it with EACH.
Pros
This software is a good tool to aid in estimating. lots of useful tools and accurate, with various costs being consolidated in a timely fashion
Cons
customer service is not A+. could use some work. not very user friendly. hard to train new trainees.
Pros
The ability to produce estimates much more accurately and quickly has been useful
Cons
Some team members found it took them a while to adapt
Used the program for a few years It is a good program for doing take offs .mpaid just under $4k for the licence so it is fairly pricey than similar systems on the market. Fairly dumb program in that to do a complete build up estimate you Either have to pay another 4K for quick bid or develop a excel spreadsheet and live link the data which is sometime temperamental . Back up service in Australia is poor referring you to a contact in Brisbane which is pretty useless when your in Perth. Diassaponted in paying just under 4 k for the program and then receiving a email a few months ago saying I need to purchase a new licence as they are no longer supporting the dongle security versions . Would have expected a longer life out of this program will be looking at other software such as costx which is cheaper and offers more functionality .