Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro vs. Bentley ProjectWise

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
Score 9.3 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
ProjectWise
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Bentley Systems offers ProjectWise, a construction management software for keeping construction project personnel and engineers up-to-date with most recent progress information, with daily logs and punchlists, risk item lifecycle management through identification, creation, tracking and resolution, RFI management, and document storage with automated sharing.N/A
Pricing
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBentley ProjectWise
Editions & Modules
Autodesk Bim 360
$480.00
per user/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProProjectWise
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBentley ProjectWise
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
6.0
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Bentley ProjectWise
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
7.1
4 Ratings
9% below category average
Bentley ProjectWise
-
Ratings
Dashboards6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Data exportability7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
7.6
13 Ratings
1% above category average
Bentley ProjectWise
-
Ratings
Plan distribution & viewing9.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Photo documentation7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Jobsite reports6.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Document sharing10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
RFI tools6.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
As-built drawings6.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app3.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Submittal design and management7.510 Ratings00 Ratings
Checklists6.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting Minutes9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Specifications7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Change orders8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Estimating
Comparison of Estimating features of Product A and Product B
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
5.7
3 Ratings
34% below category average
Bentley ProjectWise
-
Ratings
Takeoff tools6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Job costing5.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost databases8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost calculator4.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Bid creation3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBentley ProjectWise
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(13 ratings)
7.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Autodesk BIM Collaborate ProBentley ProjectWise
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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Bentley Systems
ProjectWise is good for really large projects with many team members. I would not recommend it for small projects or those with a small team of people working on them. It is best for technical people and those who plan to use it daily. There are better FTP options out there if you just want to use them for file sharing.
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Pros
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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Bentley Systems
  • It works for collaboration
  • The backend is customisable to do work that other document management systems just cannot do.
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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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Bentley Systems
  • many users cannot be in the same file at the same time
  • files are not automatically freed upon closure
  • copying files to another ProjectWise folder is complicated. There is an option to copy, another to copy to, etc.
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Usability
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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Bentley Systems
No answers on this topic
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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Bentley Systems
No answers on this topic
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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Bentley Systems
Bentley ProjectWise from a user perspective just does not stack up to even something as simple as Dropbox. ProjectWise is powerful, it is capable, it has a ton of features. The best implementation I have seen from Projectwise is where the admins unlocked everything and let the users do as they please defeating everything it stood for and using it as a big Dropbox account, though even then the user interface couldn't be improved still causing significant workflow delays. I would reluctantly leave a good company if they implement ProjectWise, I respect that it's powerful for system admins but it sucks for users. This means 2-10% of what it is used for is well designed while the other 98-90% of its functions are just bogged down by a lack of development in its user interface and I say this as someone who has periodically used it over the last 10 years and seen no effective improvement in usability. Bentley ProjectWise was one of the first I believe to do this type of system, but as is common with being the first is you don't keep up with the times and bring a lot of baggage with you.
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Return on Investment
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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Bentley Systems
  • It has saved us time in archiving and versioning documents
  • It has saved us effort in backing up files and restoring them when mistakes are made
  • It has had an overall positive impact on our bottom line by helping with file sharing and collaboration
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