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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveDraft

    N/AN/AActiveDraft is a browser-based PDF markup and collaboration tool that provides contextual awareness to key areas of project documents. ActiveDraft transforms static construction drawings into dynamic, interactive workspaces, facilitating real-time communication and collaboration.

    $0

    per year per user

    Autodesk Construction Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Autodesk Construction Cloud provides a bundle of construction management products to suite various use cases. Current bundles include Construction Operations, Preconstruction, as well as Virtual Design and Construction.N/A
    Pricing
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $0
    per month per user
    Professional
    $9.99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    per year per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsActiveDraft's pricing page offers detailed information on each plan, as well as answers to frequently asked questions related to pricing. Please note that Professional and Enterprise plans are billed annually.—
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    Community Pulse
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    ActiveDraft
    No answer on this topic
    Autodesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    4.6
    4 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings3.73 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings5.24 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings4.73 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings5.73 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    3.6
    3 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings3.43 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings3.53 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings3.13 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings3.53 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    5.4
    4 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    7.5
    8 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Plan distribution & viewing00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
    Photo documentation00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Jobsite reports00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Document sharing00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    RFI tools00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    As-built drawings00 Ratings6.26 Ratings
    Mobile app00 Ratings6.26 Ratings
    Submittal design and management00 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Checklists00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Specifications00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Change orders00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of ActiveDraft and Autodesk Construction Cloud
    Feature
    ActiveDraft
    -
    Ratings
    Autodesk Construction Cloud
    5.5
    3 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Takeoff tools00 Ratings5.73 Ratings
    Job costing00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Cost databases00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Cost calculator00 Ratings5.43 Ratings
    Bid creation00 Ratings6.53 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    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
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ActiveDraftAutodesk Construction Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Well Suited: Autodesk Construction Cloud is cost effective, user friendly, and robust. They aren't nickel and diming you for use of each module. Once users are on-board with the system it creates an ecosystem that all users "go to first" for an answer. Less Appropriate: As a Developer, there are some hiccups as it is designed more for the GC (general contractor). A template option that is Developer forward would an improvement.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ActiveDraft
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    Autodesk
    • Meeting Minutes: Simple to use and adapt from Agenda to Minutes, attach reference documents efficiently, and assign accountability to attendees.
    • Budget/Cost Reporting: There is a learning curve, but the visibility of budgets and costs from inception to closeout is beneficial for the user and makes reporting to investors simple and consistent.
    • Document Management: The version history on drawings "sheets" is very helpful when managing a project through design and construction. Issuing addenda, drawings, or tracking down a change in design is simple.
    • Pay Applications/Change Order Workflow: the customizable workflows along with time stamps of reviews and response makes tracking down status and bottlenecks very easy.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    • Managing Data
    • The footprint large projects leave within Desktop Connector and Mitigating that data
    • REMOVE "add up to 80 projects" from the Desktop Connector Select Projects Screen! It is better to cycle the project data in/out for syncing latest greatest rather than have users load up their desktop connector full of projects and let data stagnate/have to be racked to update.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    I don't make these decisions and its what the company wants
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    Usability
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    It is overall a very great product in terms of usability. Some features need some work like RFI tools and contruction administration tools. As the product develops I imagine these becoming more important and easier to use
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    5 major outages in the last year, some on days of major deliverables or deadlines... dependent upon AWS
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    Performance
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    The data mitigation is complete garbage. Any cloud collaborated model takes 2x to load in the Autodesk Construction Cloud environment that if it was saved locally or to on prem servers. We had our systems and bandwidth all evaluated to be applicable but the data downloads and sequencing through Desktop Connector leaves much to be desired.
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    Support Rating
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Autodesk staff intervention often required to support IT when normal installs and direction was erroneous
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    In-Person Training
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Great to have hands on folks to answer questions. Live training worked better for real time scenarios.
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    Online Training
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Good as any other online content, not incredible. There was a cost associated with this training
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    Implementation Rating
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Be prepared for nothing to work originally, and support staff to fight change and be cumbersome at properly learning how to use in my opinion.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Procore's user interface is not as user-friendly. Next steps are not as obvious and the overall graphic design is more old-school. I do however like how Procore lists the specific issues that you are assigned on the home page. Procore can be more difficult to navigate and it's hard to find attachments.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Required yearly upgrades and contracts a opposed to one-time purchases
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    Scalability
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Not applicable/harder to implement across larger workforces or large-scale projects
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    Professional Services
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    They were attentive and thorough when their software releases caused errors
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    Return on Investment
    ActiveDraft
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    • Make us easier to manage files
    • Coordination model more easier
    • Keep internal file secret to external by managing access to our Autodesk Construction Cloud system
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ActiveDraft Screenshots

    Screenshot of shareable drawings & plans, so users can pinpoint key areas or potential issues and invite teammates and clients through a simple link.Screenshot of the file upload feature that lets users turn documents into fully collaborative canvases.Screenshot of the interface used to create and confirm measurements, callout focus areas, and assign critical project tasks.Screenshot of a drawing. Rally the troops around it at the same time for rich multi-player meetings, or simply markup and tag teammates at a time that’s more convenient.Screenshot of the project document management system, used to manage documents safely and securely. ActiveDraft’s secure cloud storage will ensure everyone on the team is working off the same file.