e4clicks Project Estimator vs. SwipedOn Visitor Management System

If you are considering purchasing this (very expensive) software, there is a 100% chance you are doing so because you have been awarded a Government contract that dictates you use 4Clicks Project Estimator. There are plenty of easier to use estimating packages out in the world, but you can't use any of them if you have a contract that requires 4Clicks.

Incentivized

This system is suited for all companies whether there are only 5 employees to hundreds - it's simple to use and professional. The history allows you to review staff timings, what visitors have been here within the last month (or more).

• The estimates it produces are simple and easy to follow. The formatting is good.
• The tech support provided is very attentive.

Incentivized

• Great example of innovation for visitors to the business. We often hear remarks from visitors how impressed they are.
• Simple yet effective method for employees to sign in out.
• Simple administration tools to add/remove employees.
• Information can easily be extracted into Excel.

• The software feels 20 years old. It has not kept up with modern times, and practically functions like an old DOS program.
• Clunky interface, arcane commands.
• Even their training info focuses on hotkeys like this is 1995. Even though I am of an age to remember computers in 1995, the younger generations of managers/estimators are not. It is time to bring the software into the new century!

Incentivized

• now that covid is happening would be good to have covid consent?
• quick print out of all the visitor so far would be handy when fire excise happens
• sometime the printer is not connect properly.

Incentivized

I had a lot of questions about the process, how it works, and if it will work for us. Mauro was initially the person I dealt with and he was a great help. Anything we couldn't do via email was scheduled for a call. There was no pressure to purchase but plenty of support before we signed and been the same since.

WinEst uses much the same database (RS Means/Gordion type) and has a similar interface. It is a bit cheaper.

Incentivized

We haven't used other commercial products. We have used a custom web-base interface that was limited in customizablity and data filtering. We also used paper sign-ins that had to be transcribed. SwipedOn is a improvement from both of those in that it is more customizable for a admin user and is easy for the students to use, so it seems to be increasing the the precentage of students who sign in and accuracy of the collected data

• As stated before, if you are buying this software, it is because you have a contract forcing you to. While it does work, it is clunky, awkward, and very expensive.
• The price of the software and databases has always been high, but with the fairly recent acquisition of 4Clicks by Gordion (who also bought RS Means for their databases), there is literally no competition. Prices will continue to be very high, with no check on how high they can go.
• Again, can't fault 4Clicks tech support, as I think it is the best in the industry. They know their product and they respond to issues immediately. Considering what we spend a year for this product, however, you would expect nothing less.

Incentivized

• It is easier for students to use than our previous solutions which included paper signins that had to be transcribed into a spreadsheet and a custom webbased interface that we (the immediate admins) could not readily customize.
• Data capture is about the same percentages, but we are more confident that the data is more accurate due to ease of use and not transcription errors.