Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro vs. Buildsoft Global

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro (formerly BIM360) is a construction software for project managers, site managers, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) managers. It is designed to connect the office and site components of construction, providing cloud-based access to plans and models.
$480
per user/per year
Buildsoft Global
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Buildsoft headquartered in Sydney offers Global, a construction estimating and job analysis software tool. Buildsoft is a MiTek Australia company.N/A
Pricing
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildsoft Global
Editions & Modules
Autodesk Bim 360
$480.00
per user/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildsoft Global
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildsoft Global
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
6.0
Ratings
18% below category average
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
33% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
6.2
Ratings
21% below category average
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Dashboards4.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports6.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports7.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data exportability7.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
6.9
Ratings
9% below category average
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
28% above category average
Plan distribution & viewing9.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Photo documentation5.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Jobsite reports4.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Document sharing10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
RFI tools4.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals9.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
As-built drawings4.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile app3.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Submittal design and management6.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Checklists4.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Meeting Minutes9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Specifications5.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Change orders8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Estimating
Comparison of Estimating features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
4.4
Ratings
58% below category average
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Takeoff tools4.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Job costing3.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Cost databases8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Cost calculator2.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Bid creation3.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
-
Ratings
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
-
Ratings
Buildsoft Global
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildsoft Global
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildsoft Global
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very efficient to set up projects using configurable templates for files, issues, and roles. Data management is easy to be understood by many users. As we have multiple users that are located in different areas in the world, it allows managing multi-discipline teams in only one environment. Clash analysis on shared models saves us time too.
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Customer service is the main target for organisations where Buildsoft global is the perfect software. I am totally amused by this software. Cost accounting of the organisation can be easily done which is helping most. Sometimes it is lacking some criteria. With this software, we can not enter the total journal entries which are making some problems. However, it is great software.
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Pros
  • Live updates between design teams. This keeps the team up to date for quicker design and frees up personnel from having to do file transfers.
  • The cloud-based platform gives your company a little bit of a break on computer requirements.
  • Allows multiple offices and/or cloud-based consultants to collaborate on a design as if they are one office or one company.
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  • Cost accounting
  • Customer service
  • Displays the job at a glance
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Cons
  • Bim360 is extremely unintuitive and frequently confusing to end users.
  • There are multiple avenues of sharing and collaboration for models and information. The advantages/disadvantages of each and how to perform even the most basic of tasks requires extensive training and mentoring for even the most advanced of users.
  • There are many enormous limitations and constraints to BIM 360 that are not immediately obvious and even contrary to published marketing materials and even product naming.
  • Development cycles of the product are seemingly monthly, but incredibly minor. This makes the desperately-needed and glaringly obvious massive usability, capability, and performance improvements into deal-breakers and hair pulling events. Change cannot come fast enough.
  • There are no integrations into Microsoft's Azure AD SSO or other 3rd party SSOs available for SMBs. This makes the provided MFA a huge headache for all SMBs.
  • There are no integrations into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem for SharePoint/OneDrive or Outlook. This is desperately needed for most organizations using Bim360.
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  • Dates using is having some lackings
  • Can not enter multiple invoices
  • Can not enter journal entries
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Usability
It's not very difficult to use for majority of all our users. We really like storing and managing all our project data in one location so users have only one option to access the requested information. Managing our architectural engineering projects with two workflows in one system is really a good asset
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Support Rating
AutoDesk support is slow and if you are not an enterprise customer they will likely tell you to go to forums and post for help pushing the support on the high-level end-users (some of which are AutoDesk employees). I haven't actually had issues requiring support with docs altough there are some features I wish it had
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Alternatives Considered
Personally I prefer Procore for reviewing submittals and other documentation for LEED purposes only because that platform holds more of the information we are looking for like drawings as well, all in one place. Newforma has been used from time to time, but Autodesk is preffered to that because of its straightforward nature. Overall, we use the platform that our projects are already using, but they do make a small difference in the time and effectiveness of which we are able to do our job as consultants.
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First, I want to share my feelings about this software. I am totally amused by this software because I can do my job in a perfect way. Cost accounting can be done easily by this software. The software can done its works very smoothly better than any software. It is a great software to me.
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Return on Investment
  • Well, I would say it's helpful for me to exchange different models with different specifications.
  • Number of people can work and also characterized models based on its modelling.
  • Even if a number of people are working, none of the models get disturbed, which is one of the most important points of BIM.
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  • Best customers service
  • Perfect cost accounting
  • Imperfect match
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