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Feature Set Ratings
- SmartBid ranks higher in 1 feature set: Construction Project & Field Management
Reporting & Analytics
8.4
Autodesk Bim 360
84%
SmartBid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 4/4 features
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 4/4 features
Dashboards
8.5
85%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Standard reports
8.5
85%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Custom reports
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Data exportability
8.5
85%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
8.3
Autodesk Bim 360
83%
9.8
SmartBid
98%
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 10/15 features
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 10/15 features
Plan distribution & viewing
8.0
80%
11 Ratings
9.6
96%
3 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing
8.4
84%
11 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists
8.0
80%
10 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Photo documentation
8.0
80%
10 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Jobsite reports
7.9
79%
9 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Document sharing
8.4
84%
10 Ratings
9.6
96%
3 Ratings
RFI tools
8.8
88%
9 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals
8.8
88%
10 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
As-built drawings
8.5
85%
8 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile app
7.1
71%
10 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Submittal design and management
7.9
79%
8 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Checklists
8.5
85%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Meeting Minutes
9.0
90%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Specifications
8.5
85%
2 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Change orders
9.0
90%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Estimating
8.0
Autodesk Bim 360
80%
SmartBid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 5/5 features
Autodesk Bim 360 ranks higher in 5/5 features
Takeoff tools
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Job costing
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Cost databases
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Cost calculator
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Bid creation
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- SmartBid is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
Autodesk Bim 360
80%
11 Ratings
8.8
SmartBid
88%
5 Ratings
Support Rating
6.9
Autodesk Bim 360
69%
4 Ratings
9.6
SmartBid
96%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Autodesk Bim 360
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.
High Performance Division Project Manager
Resilient Buildings Group, Inc.Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees
SmartBid
As mentioned before in some of the previous questions, the confidentiality agreement feature is extremely helpful. I have worked on several projects where it's so early in the design phase that the documents are considered confidential and we are required to get a signed NDA from every person who sees the documents. This feature makes it extremely painless. SmartBidNet is less appropriate if you're just doing a quick cost exercise where you might not need to contact several subs. It's easier to just use email and a cloud sharing program like Box or Egnyte.

Verified User
Professional in Other
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
Autodesk Bim 360
- 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.

Verified User
Professional in Engineering
Architecture & Planning Company, 201-500 employeesSmartBid
- Extremely User-Friendly
- Constant Reminders

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesCons
Autodesk Bim 360
- 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.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Architecture & Planning Company, 51-200 employeesSmartBid
- Ability to download all without having to be a zip file.
- Provide a submittal board for questions and answers.
Estimator and Project Manager
Century Exteriors Inc.Construction, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Autodesk Bim 360
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$480 per user/per year
Autodesk Bim 360 Editions & Modules
Edition
Autodesk Bim 360 | $480.001 |
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- per user/per year
Additional Pricing Details
—SmartBid
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—SmartBid Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
As a cloud-based solution, our clients can scale their access annually depending on the number of users. Subcontractors invited to bid or prequalify in the system receive access at no cost.Support Rating
Autodesk Bim 360
Autodesk Bim 360 6.9
Based on 4 answers
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

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesSmartBid
SmartBid 9.6
Based on 4 answers
SmartBid has an excellent support team that is always at your service. Any problem I've had (when I've even had them) has been resolved almost immediately, along with tips on how to avoid them in the future. If you're looking for a program with excellent customer service, look no further than SmartBid.

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives Considered
Autodesk Bim 360
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.

Verified User
Employee in Professional Services
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesSmartBid
- Better ability for subcontractors to respond via program.
- Simpler interface.
- Easier note tracking.

Verified User
Project Manager in Product Management
Construction Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Autodesk Bim 360
- 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Product Management
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesSmartBid
- It is a big time saver compared to sending out individual emails.
- It saves time in having multiple individual databases for company contact info.
- It ensures that everyone is getting the same information.

Verified User
Project Manager in Professional Services
Construction Company, 51-200 employees