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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AccuLynx

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AA production management software that helps roofing and exterior contractors manage their sales pipeline, create roofing estimates, schedules, oversee production, order materials and better understand the performance of their business. The roofing CRM specifically supports working in the Insurance Restoration, Retail Roofing, Residential Roofing, and Commercial Roofing industries. AccuLynx provides integrations with the most trusted names in the industry.N/A

    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AAutodesk 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

    Pricing
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Editions & Modules
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    Autodesk Bim 360
    $480.00
    per user/per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
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    AccuLynx
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    Autodesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of AccuLynx and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Feature
    AccuLynx
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    6.8
    13 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Plan distribution & viewing6.75 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing6.75 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Photo documentation7.88 Ratings5.312 Ratings
    Document sharing8.08 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals7.47 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Mobile app7.38 Ratings3.011 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Jobsite reports00 Ratings4.411 Ratings
    RFI tools00 Ratings4.311 Ratings
    As-built drawings00 Ratings4.410 Ratings
    Submittal design and management00 Ratings6.210 Ratings
    Checklists00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Specifications00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Change orders00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of AccuLynx and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Feature
    AccuLynx
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    4.3
    3 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Takeoff tools7.97 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Job costing8.07 Ratings3.53 Ratings
    Cost calculator7.97 Ratings2.53 Ratings
    Cost databases00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Bid creation00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of AccuLynx and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Feature
    AccuLynx
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of AccuLynx and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Feature
    AccuLynx
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    6.2
    4 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings4.34 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
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    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Small Businesses
    CMiC Construction Platform
    Score7.5 out of 10
    CMiC Construction Platform
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Autodesk Build
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Autodesk Build
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Revit
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Revit
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    9.9
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AccuLynxAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AccuLynx
    When you want to track your quotes that have gone out to customers so that you can follow up on them, this system makes it way easier to do that. It also makes it way easier to track invoice dates. One area that it is less appropriate is for detailed big public bids where a traditional estimate template is not appropriate.
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    Autodesk
    Autodesk Bim 360 is well suited to the majority of construction projects in my opinion. On the construction side I could see how the straightforward nature of the platform would be well liked. The new update with the widgets is a great touch and allows for ease of site visits by showcasing good to know info like project location on a map and the local weather. You can also customize the "widgets" as you see fit to add more information if necessary to the home screen. From my experience as a LEED consultant, Bim 360 does not differ much from other platforms used for submittal review like Procore. It is easy enough to search for what you want but searches do take a while and you need to move the cursor over every time you search and do not find what you're looking for, which seems very unnecessary. Overall it is fine for reviewing documentation but isn't anything extraordinary.
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    Pros
    AccuLynx
    • Estimating.
    • Customer Management.
    • Scheduling Material Delivery/Orders & Labor.
    • Tracking job profitability.
    • Invoicing.
    • Reporting.
    • Access everything from anywhere via app, etc. in real time.
    • Entire company can communicate with each other.
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    Autodesk
    • It helps to collaborate on different components of projects that work according to different specifications in one place.
    • With this the client can have all date at once where they can review all things.
    • The place where an architect and other Engineers coordinate to get a full-fledged model.
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    Cons
    AccuLynx
    • Pricing in the database for each item is done manually due to the merger of two large suppliers nationally who decided to write their own database and estimating program and disconnect themselves from AccuLynx that had the ability to automatically update pricing. I feel that was a huge mistake on the part of the supplier. AccuLynx is trying to rectify that relationship.
    • It's unfortunate that the only calendaring option is Google Calendar. We are very tied to Outlook which we feel is more user-friendly and we know it well.
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    Autodesk
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    AccuLynx
    Until someone shows me something more efficient or has features that are more streamlined and time is saved by all then I am all ears and ready to listen to that presentation. I wouldn't care at this point if I had to abandon QB if the system had it's own integrated accounting system otherwise it has to be able to do all and more of the features of QB and the CRM side also has to have/do more than AccuLynx features.
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    Autodesk
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    Usability
    AccuLynx
    Very versatile and allows for other people to complete things and someone else to still look at and approve if needed. Great communication ability internally and with customers and with that being the case is a tremendous asset with documentation also. Really a well rounded tool that allows you to do everything needed for a job in one place and have the records to show what was done by whom and when.
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    Autodesk
    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
    AccuLynx
    They can always improve and we are very successful when calling support. I would suggest they keep their support technicians available later for the west coast contractors who need help at the end of the day. We've come to know many of the techs because we call to offer suggestions but there's a process for us to follow for that.
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    Autodesk
    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
    AccuLynx
    AccuLynx has met our needs more than our previous CRM program. ALX is user-friendly which is super nice when training new employees, compared to our previous program which then seemed very outdated.
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    Autodesk
    The saving in reduced field changes/mistakes quickly paid for the license plus some. The software allows for easy data collection, especially at project completion for field software by checklist creation. Furthermore, the internal punch-list tracking, tracking completion lists and punch lists created for us by others is optimal compared to the competition. We chose Bim360 over other options due to its ability to import out of other software programs directly into the system, adding reports in one location and then distributing it to subcontractors and internally from there to fix deficiencies. It does the tracking, importing, markups of pictures and document viewing well and fulfills our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    AccuLynx
    • I am have had a hard time justifying AccuLynx since I am a small business. I hate all the add ons. I do not appreciate that all the good tools cost extra money on top of my monthly payment.
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    Autodesk
    • We are able to complete a design quicker.
    • The fact that your files are not on your servers. Anytime that the Autodesk servers go down you are down; it does not happen very often but when it does there is nothing you can do about it except wait.
    • Because of how BIM360 licensing is setup it does force you to manage the personnel on a project closer. This can at times be viewed as a negative but in the long run is positive because with better management comes better profit.
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