BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product vs ProContractor

Likelihood to Recommend

BuildingConnected is a great tool for construction managers and general contractors working over a wide area that rely on collecting multiple bids. BuildingConnected does a great job at presenting new contractors that may fit the bill for who you need to look at and price a job. Its simple interface allows you to easily see who the main point of contact is at a company, and place comments for your team to review after corresponding with these companies.

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Project Manager in Engineering

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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ProContractor is a great fit if you are looking to make the jump to an ERP (accounting) system that offers a higher level of complexity and controls than what QuickBooks or Xero have to offer. However, some of those increased features of accounting controls, vendor compliance management, project contracting and documentation, come at the cost of lost integrations. ProContractor is completely siloed and does not openly communicate with other platforms (project management, bank accounts, etc).

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Director in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

As-built drawings

Mobile app

Submittal design and management

Change orders

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost databases

Cost calculator

Bid creation

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organization and location management

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Tracking of all physical assets

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Data exportability

Pros

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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Matthew Smith

Estimator and Project Manager

Century Exteriors Inc.Construction, 11-50 employees

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Lots of reports available to generate

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Ben Morey

Project Engineer

Pillari BrosConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Cons

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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Melanie Dodson

Preconstruction Manager

NOVO ConstructionConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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More of a project management "vibe".
Less spreadsheet and complex processes to do things.

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Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Very easy to use.

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Diane Coughlin

Office Manager and PM Assist

SD Clifton Construction, Inc.Construction, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product 8.9

Based on 14 answers

They are constantly reaching out to see if there is anything they can teach us. It can be a bit aggravating when it is constant, but I know that they have our best interest at heart. They also had all of us do multiple Skype meetings with a support rep to make sure we understood the software.

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Analyst in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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ProContractor 5.8

Based on 4 answers

ProContractor support has gone through good times and bad times. However, now that ViewPoint is owned by Trimble the support has been great and stable. Support is good to respond on average urgency tickets. The only complaint is that for urgent tickets communication can be slow even though the support team is working on the issue.

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Director in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Quick and easy. Pretty much menu-driven

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Diane Coughlin

Office Manager and PM Assist

SD Clifton Construction, Inc.Construction, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

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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Marcel Cicort

Estimator

Davaco LPConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Procore beats Viewpoint hands down but can integrate well with Viewpoint Vista accounting software. I think that if the Viewpoint software was more flexible if they were more interested in patches, updates, and hearing customer feedback in the way the Procore does, that they would actually have the opportunity to corner the market.

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Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Employee in Professional Services

Construction Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Procontractor allows our company to visualize the site and figure out the problematic areas that can't be seen just from plans.

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Matt Snow

Estimator

RDJE, Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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

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

Rating Summary

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product

ProContractor

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ProContractor

Likelihood to Recommend