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    aPriori Technologies

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AaPriori provides design and sourcing Insights to unlock and identify new opportunities for reducing product cost and carbon footprint, optimizing manufacturing and supply chain risk, and improving design engineering and sourcing teams’ productivity. Their automated Insights Platform is used to reduce time to market, meet sustainability targets, and accelerate revenue growth. What are Manufacturing Insights? aPriori’s Manufacturing Insights Platform simulates each step of the…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

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    aPriori TechnologiesAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Editions & Modules
    aP Pro
    Custom
    aP Design
    Custom
    aP Generate
    Custom
    aP Analytics
    Custom
    Autodesk Bim 360
    $480.00
    per user/per year
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    aPriori TechnologiesAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    aPriori TechnologiesAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of aPriori Technologies and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
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    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 aPriori Technologies and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
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    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
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of aPriori Technologies and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
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    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    6.8
    13 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Plan distribution & viewing00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Photo documentation00 Ratings5.312 Ratings
    Jobsite reports00 Ratings4.411 Ratings
    Document sharing00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    RFI tools00 Ratings4.311 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    As-built drawings00 Ratings4.410 Ratings
    Mobile app00 Ratings3.011 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 aPriori Technologies and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
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    Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    4.3
    3 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Takeoff tools00 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Job costing00 Ratings3.53 Ratings
    Cost databases00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Cost calculator00 Ratings2.53 Ratings
    Bid creation00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    aPriori TechnologiesAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.9
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
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    User Testimonials
    aPriori TechnologiesAutodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    aPriori Technologies
    From my experience aPriori is a classical algorithm in data mining. It is used for mining frequent itemsets and relevant association rules. Also, it is devised to operate on a database containing a lot of transactions, for instance, items brought by customers in a store. Whereas aPriori requires high computation if the itemsets are very large and the minimum support is kept very low and the entire database needs to be scanned.
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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
    aPriori Technologies
    • Sheet Metal-Process Group, Transfer Die is at the Best, which gives detailed operation setup for the Parts as well as shows the number of parts in the Sheet i.e nested Loop thereby reducing the Scrap as well (Scrap Management)
    • Forging-Steel: Very good for for medium and complex medium Hot Forging type parts. Machine overhead data is very detailed where facts are used for the negotiation i.e Electricity Rate, Power, Labour Rate, Maintenance rate, etc.
    • Surface Treatment / Other Secondary Process such as powder coating, wet coat, electro plating: These all work well. We can also use masking options the treatment, In the event of of any leak tests or X-Ray inspections, we can add the process which will then account the pre/post operation time for the treatments
    • 2-Model Machining: Machines and routing combinations are huge and can be used to determine the most economic way to produce these parts. We can also override to find the supplier methodology and cost. It gives very detailed information on the feed rate, speed rate, and power capacity.
    • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerating (GD&T) can be added on the GCD's which will help detect the super finishing process, which is another advantage. In the current 2016 R2 SP, aPriori can detect it from the CAD Models
    • Design to Cost feature, provides the design engineers as well as cost engineers to understand the which feature take most cycle time and whether changing that feature reduces the complexity in machining thereby cycle time can be reduced
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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
    aPriori Technologies
    • Customization of the cost logic is tricky.
    • Full products costing & process involved in the proprietary parts are less or not available for costing
    • Sheet metal logics for costing may be improved.
    • Focus on Electronics Cost models
    • Electronics - Component Costings
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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
    aPriori Technologies
    • Not to Lose the Position of Product Cost Management Importance
    • Make Costing Simple and Ease
    • Traceablitlity of Previous Costed
    • Helps Design Engineers to actually look for the Which Feature contributes for the Most Cycle Time and help Design Engineers to re-design the CAD Model and look for the changes in the Cycle Time and the Machining parameters
    • Interactive Cost Insight
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    Usability
    aPriori Technologies
    I'm fairly happy with the product. My company appreciates the ability to customize the software, as well as manage our own data points for costs, machines, and materials. The coding aspect is not too difficult as well, though there are some issues with the availability of some information that could be improved.
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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
    aPriori Technologies
    Overall, I'm generally satisfied with the response and results that I get from aPriori support. They are intuitive, and try to understand what it is I'm trying to do, or how the problem is affecting me or my organization. They also are very available across the globe, as my team is located in multiple regions.
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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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    Implementation Rating
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori team helped a lot for the implementation, as they were on remote and helping for the file run and implementing the same on remote. aPriori team extrended full support for the implementation resolving the bottleneck and bugs if any during installing the software's also, they provide professional services in order to resolve some technical issue
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    Alternatives Considered
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori is covering a lot of different processes instead of being an expert in only one. It can read geometric [information] directly from the CAD file so there's no need for manual entry or the risk of a mistake that comes with that. It provides data in a lot of different regions around the world this keeping the data up to date.
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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
    aPriori Technologies
    • It improved our business model and strategies.
    • Provided get analytics for future view.
    • The main negative impact is that it is costly, a waste of time to hold a vast number of candidate sets with many frequent itemsets, low minimum support, or large itemsets.
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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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