Bentley ProjectWise vs. RFEM 6

Bentley ProjectWise

17 Reviews and Ratings

RFEM 6

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ProjectWise	Score9.5 out of 10	N/A	Bentley Systems offers ProjectWise, a construction management software for keeping construction project personnel and engineers up-to-date with most recent progress information, with daily logs and punchlists, risk item lifecycle management through identification, creation, tracking and resolution, RFI management, and document storage with automated sharing.	N/A
RFEM 6	N/A	N/A	RFEM is a 3D FEA structural analysis and design software developped by Dlubal Software. The program is used by structural engineers, engineering firms, construction companies, architects, and government agencies to model and analyze complex 3D structures. RFEM is the basis of a modular software system and used to define structures, materials, and loads of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, and members. The program also can be used to create combined…	$625.50 1 month rental

Pricing

ProjectWise

RFEM 6

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Pricing Offerings
ProjectWise	RFEM 6
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	ProjectWise	RFEM 6
Likelihood to Recommend	7.2 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	ProjectWise	RFEM 6
Likelihood to Recommend	Bentley Systems ProjectWise is good for really large projects with many team members. I would not recommend it for small projects or those with a small team of people working on them. It is best for technical people and those who plan to use it daily. There are better FTP options out there if you just want to use them for file sharing. Verified User Read full review	Dlubal Software No answers on this topic
Pros	Bentley Systems It works for collaboration The backend is customisable to do work that other document management systems just cannot do. Johnathon Page Senior Drafter - Structures Read full review	Dlubal Software No answers on this topic
Cons	Bentley Systems many users cannot be in the same file at the same time files are not automatically freed upon closure copying files to another ProjectWise folder is complicated. There is an option to copy, another to copy to, etc. Verified User Read full review	Dlubal Software No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Bentley Systems Bentley ProjectWise from a user perspective just does not stack up to even something as simple as Dropbox. ProjectWise is powerful, it is capable, it has a ton of features. The best implementation I have seen from Projectwise is where the admins unlocked everything and let the users do as they please defeating everything it stood for and using it as a big Dropbox account, though even then the user interface couldn't be improved still causing significant workflow delays. I would reluctantly leave a good company if they implement ProjectWise, I respect that it's powerful for system admins but it sucks for users. This means 2-10% of what it is used for is well designed while the other 98-90% of its functions are just bogged down by a lack of development in its user interface and I say this as someone who has periodically used it over the last 10 years and seen no effective improvement in usability. Bentley ProjectWise was one of the first I believe to do this type of system, but as is common with being the first is you don't keep up with the times and bring a lot of baggage with you. Johnathon Page Senior Drafter - Structures Read full review	Dlubal Software No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Bentley Systems It has saved us time in archiving and versioning documents It has saved us effort in backing up files and restoring them when mistakes are made It has had an overall positive impact on our bottom line by helping with file sharing and collaboration Verified User Read full review	Dlubal Software No answers on this topic
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