Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro vs. BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Autodesk 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
BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
BuildingConnected is an online preconstruction platform supporting communication and collaboration with contractors, subcontractors, and real estate owners. The platform supports bid management with cost tracking and analytics, relationship tracking, alerting, and unlimited bid invitations. BuildingConnected was acquired by Autodesk in 2018.N/A
Pricing
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Editions & Modules
Autodesk Bim 360
$480.00
per user/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
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
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
8.4
2 Ratings
3% above category average
BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
3.0
3 Ratings
92% below category average
Dashboards8.52 Ratings2.62 Ratings
Standard reports8.52 Ratings3.23 Ratings
Custom reports8.02 Ratings3.23 Ratings
Data exportability8.52 Ratings2.93 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
8.4
11 Ratings
12% above category average
BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
5.0
16 Ratings
39% below category average
Plan distribution & viewing8.011 Ratings4.615 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing8.511 Ratings4.311 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists8.010 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Photo documentation8.010 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Jobsite reports8.09 Ratings6.23 Ratings
Document sharing8.510 Ratings4.316 Ratings
RFI tools9.09 Ratings3.48 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals9.010 Ratings3.96 Ratings
As-built drawings8.58 Ratings3.26 Ratings
Mobile app7.010 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Submittal design and management8.08 Ratings3.95 Ratings
Checklists8.52 Ratings3.23 Ratings
Meeting Minutes9.01 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Specifications8.52 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Change orders9.01 Ratings6.82 Ratings
Estimating
Comparison of Estimating features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
8.0
1 Ratings
2% below category average
BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
6.6
13 Ratings
21% below category average
Takeoff tools8.01 Ratings3.15 Ratings
Job costing8.01 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Cost databases8.01 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Cost calculator8.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Bid creation8.01 Ratings8.812 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
-
Ratings
BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(11 ratings)
4.3
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(2 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBuildingConnected, an Autodesk product
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Autodesk
When receiving RFQ's from companies within a manageable distant from our location, it has been very helpfull. Receiving RFQ's for projects outside of our work area, it is just a waste of time. The projects available are well organized and give date due of proposal.
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Pros
Autodesk
  • Live updates between design teams. This keeps the team up to date for quicker design and frees up personnel from having to do file transfers.
  • The cloud-based platform gives your company a little bit of a break on computer requirements.
  • Allows multiple offices and/or cloud-based consultants to collaborate on a design as if they are one office or one company.
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Autodesk
  • Helps keep track of multiple jobs at once
  • Helps sort your bid invites into won/lost/pending/archived etc.
  • It is a central location where general contractors can put all their updated files and addendum
  • Lets you see which contractors are bidding the same job so you can coordinate your estimating
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Cons
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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Autodesk
  • There was a previous glitch where bid forms have been updated by subcontractors that have accessed a former version are not able to access the updated/new bid form.
  • I would like to see the ability for BuildingConnected to automatically send a bid reminder to bidders at a set amount of time prior to the bid date.
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Usability
Autodesk
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Autodesk
Very easy to use.
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Support Rating
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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Autodesk
Though I haven't had to utilize any live support at BuildingConnected, I know others at my company have and have had good success with them. They seem to be very responsive and since the software is so simple, there are not that many pitfalls or hurdles that you need to work through to accomplish your task.
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Implementation Rating
Autodesk
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Autodesk
Quick and easy. Pretty much menu-driven
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Alternatives Considered
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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Autodesk
Have used BlueBook Construction, which has a smooth, quick search for local contractors. Still, they don't allow us the client project creation. I even had issues with them displaying proper project descriptions based upon was receiving inadequate and or erroneous bid proposals, and the engagement manager was not flexible in resolving the problem!
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Return on Investment
Autodesk
  • Positively we use for all safety items, so its potential to save money is really something cannot be quantified. It has helped document trends, big items leading trends and odd ball cases which overall helps perfecting process to eliminate those trends and save time.
  • Negative impact is we need to pay for another program to handle budget, submittals and bidding so we are paying for two systems and paying for all employees to learn each system and possible make errors since there are differences in the systems.
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Autodesk
  • Allows our company to accurately estimate the cost of a project.
  • Helps us to reach out to qualified subcontractors based on past experience and history with our company.
  • Contains bid leveling capabilities to ensure that all proposals cover a full scope of work.
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