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Autodesk Bim 360 vs SmartBid

Autodesk Bim 360
46 Ratings
SmartBid
13 Ratings

Autodesk Bim 360

46 Ratings
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Score 8.4 out of 100

Based on 46 reviews and ratings

SmartBid

13 Ratings
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Score 7.4 out of 100

Based on 13 reviews and ratings

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.

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Laura Samoisette, LEED AP, WELL AP | TrustRadius Reviewer
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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.

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Pros

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.

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SmartBid

  • Extremely User-Friendly
  • Constant Reminders

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Cons

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.

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SmartBid

  • Ability to download all without having to be a zip file.
  • Provide a submittal board for questions and answers.

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Pricing Details

Autodesk Bim 360

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$480 per user/per year

Autodesk Bim 360 Editions & Modules

Edition
Autodesk Bim 360$480.001
  1. per user/per year
Additional Pricing Details
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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

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SmartBid

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.

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Alternatives 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.

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SmartBid

  • Better ability for subcontractors to respond via program.
  • Simpler interface.
  • Easier note tracking.

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Return 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.

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SmartBid

  • 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.

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