Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate (formerly BIM Collaborate Pro) 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
Procore
Score8.2 out of 10
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Procore is a project management software designed specifically for the construction industry. Procore is cloud-based and allows unlimited users per instance, so that construction team members and stakeholders can all access project information and documents.
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Pricing
Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
Procore
Editions & Modules
Autodesk Bim 360
$480.00
per user/per year
Custom Bundle
Custom Quote
annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
Procore
Free Trial
No
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Procore charges an upfront annual fee by product and based upon Annual Construction Volume (ACV) - the aggregate dollar value of the construction work across the customer's projects. Procore contracts include access for unlimited users, customer support, unlimited data storage, and product enhancements, at no additional cost.
Multi-year pools: Contract volume is set for the entire multi-year term and can be consumed at any time during that period to help smooth out variability in consumption.
Volume opt-in: Up-front contractual pricing is put in place for additional volume that might need to be added mid-term, to increase predictability of costs.
Renewal rate protection: Up-front setting of rates is locked now, so businesses can budget accordingly for future renewals and improve cost predictability in future years.
High Performance Division Project Manager in Professional Services at Resilient Buildings Group, Inc. (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees)
Chose Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
Personally I prefer Procore for reviewing submittals and other documentation for LEED purposes only because that platform holds more of the information we are looking for like drawings as well, all in one place. Newforma has been used from time to time, but Autodesk is …
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Verified User
Chose Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
BIM360 compared to Prolog is comparing apples and oranges. We used these programs to do things the other could not. We used Prolog to handle bids, budget and change orders. While BIM360 we thought was not set up to easily do those options so we used BIM for drawings, …
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Project Engineer at Okland Construction (Construction, 501-1000 employees)
Chose Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
I think BIM360 has much better quality control tools that are much more streamlined than what is available on Procore. However the RFI, Submittal, Drawings tools in Procore are much easier to use and the drawings are much easier to access and view in the field using Procore. …
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Verified User
Chose Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
They are all very similar. It seems that Bim360 is easier to manage from the front end, which results in a better experience for all of the end users.
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BIM Lead in Engineering at COFICO - Construction Joint Stock Company No. 1 (Construction, 201-500 employees)
Chose Autodesk Forma Design Collaborate
Bim360 is a CDE in the overall BIM softwares from Autodesk. If you are using Revit, Navisworks or Building design suite from Autodesk, it's highly recommended that Bim360 be the CDE of choice to get your project into BIM technology.
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Procore Technologies
Verified User
Chose Procore
We came from ProLog, and the biggest thing here is collaboration. Whether it is from the field or external, ProLog had zero collaboration options. Our strongest contender when choosing Procore was Bim 360 (or Autodesk Cloud), we in the end decided this product wasn't fully …
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High Performance Division Project Manager in Professional Services at Resilient Buildings Group, Inc. (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees)
Chose Procore
Autodesk Bim 360 is lesser than Procore in my opinion. That's because it is less commonly used and team members need to understand the product before they can jump into action. Almost all of our projects use Procore, which makes it easy for me to search for projects all in on …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose Procore
Overall the best single-platform solution right now, but it comes at a high price. Main reason for selecting back in 2016 was integration with accounting/ERP. While Procore has done well improving the product overall, some specific pain points persist and really frustrate …
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Much easier to use. Because I learned Procore first, it set a good foundation of what I should be looking for as I hunt and peck to navigate other program management software.
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Design Manager in Engineering at Walbridge (Construction, 201-500 employees)
Chose Procore
We first utilized Procore because it was mandated by the Owner. However, after using it for a few years, I've found that it's my preferred platform. It works just as well (if not better!) than the other programs that I've used. It's typically more user-friendly.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Procore tools are more manageable, customizable, and robust. The licensing scheme is better for us since it provides unlimited users.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
I have used BIM 360 Field to track quality, safety, and BIM issues. I have found Procore to be more reliable and efficient than Procore. The mobile app is also a big improvement.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Honestly, Procore is the most user-friendly software program out of the ones I have previously or currently use. With other products, it can be hard to find where everything is, and it ends up taking longer to learn all the things you can do with them.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info
Verified User
Chose Procore
We've just started using BIM 360 for VDC Coordination only. As we get further into BIM 360, unsure if it will go any further than that.
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Marketing and Business Administrator in Marketing at Rabren General Contractors, Inc. (Construction, 51-200 employees)
Chose Procore
Procore is easier to use than the competition. It is built for intuitive use and not needing a lot of training for end users. It does all of the things it promises to do, including accounting, but doesn't seem to be an accounting software tweaked for project management. Their …
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Bim 360 field is great for tracking field issues and equipment installation. However, Autodesk is very behind on document and cost control. They either don’t have it integrated or are just very behind. Procore has everything combined. Procore’s punch list tool is not as good as …
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Vice President in Corporate at SD Clifton Construction Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees)
Chose Procore
Procore takes all of these programs and combines them into 1. It is very user-friendly and allows subs to see what the contractor wants them to see and nothing more. These other programs have their individual strengths but having all of them together on one platform that has …
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Verified User
Chose Procore
I've used PlanGrid and BIM 360. I think Procore is the best overall tool. It handles all project management aspects at an above average level whereas other programs have higher highs and lower lows.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Procore seems to be the best option for us. It isn't everything we need, but compared to other platforms it did more and had more value.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Bim360 as a standalone is not as robust as Procore. Drawings/ document maintenance is a great example. To get a similar result to Procore's drawing management, you would need to use "Bim360 Field", which would have a similar OCR text recognition feature to Procore, but its …
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Director of IT and Business Development in Information Technology at Cal-City Construction, Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees)
Chose Procore
We compared Procore to Bim360 and chose Procore for its ease of use and feature set. We are not using BIM so comparing the project management features of Procore to Bim360 was the main factor.
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Verified User
Chose Procore
Bluebeam has a much better mark up and viewing abilities for drawings and submittals and Bim360 has a much better Punch List tool. Other than that Procore does a lot more overall than both of these programs.
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Project Engineer at The Beck Group (Construction, 501-1000 employees)
Chose Procore
procore is a great combination of Bim360 and CMiC. It takes the functions from CMiC and the user friendliness from Bim and combines them into one product.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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Project Engineer in Product Management at Mortenson (Construction, 5001-10,000 employees)
Chose Procore
Procore has a simple user interface similar to PlanGrid but the capabilities of Procore are far more apparent for the price. PlanGrid was our 'go-to' for punchlists and ease-of-use in the field. Procore has tools that are much broader for our company. The submittal and RFI's …
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Field Engineer at The Jamar Company (Construction, 201-500 employees)
Chose Procore
For use in the field, PlanGrid is far better. Far easy to mark up a drawing, measure, and send a snapshot via email. I prefer Bim360 for punch list tracking as well. You can easily make reports, and only select certain trades or areas. Procore is still the best on a desktop or …
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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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It works great for project management and putting all job-specific documents in one place. We are able to share drawings, submittals, and forms with our customers and subcontractors in a safe and reliable platform. However, getting reporting data is somewhat lacking, so if your business needs advanced options, you might try and find a better product.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info
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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We will undoubtedly renew Procore as it has proven itself to be a means to better track and improve upon our efficiency and communications between job sites and their project managers as well as all other departments. Procore has made an incredible impact on how we, as a company, do our job on all levels; it is one of our most powerful and effective resources.
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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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90% of Procore is very intuitive and any user can pick it up and go. There are a few elements, more so on the Financials side that need some prior knowledge of systems in order to understand how and why it functions as it does. Once this is understood, it flows effortlessly
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If you are working in an area with little to no signal, Procore will still allow you to get in the system and use it fully and will then update once you are at a place with a strong enough signal. Whether it be with wifi or LTE cell phone reception.
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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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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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General Support for Project Management and Financials is consistent. The ERP support is never consistent and I do end up at times in a black hole. I have to continually reach out to get the issue resolved or get an update. The ERP support needs more of Procore's attention
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Procore's Implementation Team does a great job of ensuring users are confident in using the system. They run through a process of training sessions based on the tools you have purchased, and lay ou ta plan to help the power users configure the tool to suit the company's needs. They provide useful resources for certifications, support and ongoing training as well.
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Procore's certification program and focused how-to training videos allowed for easy training that did not feel overwhelming. The way the certification programs were broken up into small parts made it seem much less daunting to complete. The training feels focused and does not overload users with too much information all at once.
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Iron out your cost code list in your accounting software before you link with Procore. Once the link is established that list is more or less permanent. Review the permission matrix carefully. It controls so much. You want to ensure the information provided to your users adequate but you also want to protect your sensitive data. Procore Financials are organized in a total contract value style. Any markup or Profit will need to be sent somewhere on your budget. This may be significantly different than the Cost budgeting that many contractors do
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Bim360 is an immature, oversold, and under-delivered product that is simply the only option available for collaboration when you are locked into the Autodesk Revit ecosystem. SharePoint Online, Dropbox Business, and other cloud file management and sharing solutions show you the potential of clouds when they are implemented and deployed correctly, and directly contrasts with the present state of the BIM 360 platform.
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Procore has a clearer user interface and a wider variety of tools than any program I've used. Procore also lives up to their name in terms of helpful and fast customer service. There is always a Procore rep. that is available to contact, making any problems just a mini hurdle.
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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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