Features
Top Performing Features
Cost databases
Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.
Category average: 7.6
Cost calculator
Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.
Category average: 7.8
Bid creation
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Category average: 7.7
Job costing
Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.
Category average: 7.3
Construction Project & Field Management
Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)
Mobile app
Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
Category average: 7.4
Estimating
A set of tools and applications that allow contractors to forecast, track, monitor, and adjust the cost of building a structure. Cost estimates are used by project owners to determine the scope and feasibility of a project, and also for budget allocation. Contractors also use cost estimates when deciding whether or not to bid on a project and for bid creation.
Takeoff tools
Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.
Category average: 7.4
Job costing
Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.
Category average: 7.3
Cost databases
Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.
Category average: 7.6
Cost calculator
Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.
Category average: 7.8
Bid creation
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Category average: 7.7