ConstructConnect Insight vs PlanSwift

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very well suited for finding projects where your product is specified, and I just use my company name. but, for other keywords, great.. and then it highlights where you are on the document that comes up. Also, it tells you how many times in the specific project documents it is found so you can find all of them.Not sure, but we're not sure how legal, or ethical, it is for the database to show contact names, phone and email addresses. We don't believe those people appreciate unqualified inclusion in company databases for marketing communication.. ie e-newsletters, etc.

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Woody Dickinson

Marketing Technical Manager

Caleffi North America, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees

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I use PlanSwift for all my projects - it has just cut my time by a major percentage when it comes to quantifying a blueprint. At times there are funky areas, which are just hard to calculate on paper. It also has a great tool for scaling according to the dimensions, so if a drawing is missing a scale, you can always allot a scale by giving directions and then marking the points. I use this tool to check the scale as well - sometimes the drawings say something but the scale if off and you are left with an incorrect take-off. The dimension tool is a good way to check that. We don't use it much for pricing purposes though, we have found other software which are more robust when it comes to estimation, but we can see using PlanSwift for pricing sometime in the future.

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Ketaki Shiralkar

Estimator/ Assistant Project Engineer

Midwest Constructors, LLCConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ConstructConnect Insight

PlanSwift

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Document sharing

As-built drawings

Issue tracking & punchlists

Photo documentation

Collaboration & approvals

Mobile app

Submittal design and management

ConstructConnect Insight

PlanSwift

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost calculator

Bid creation

Pros

Great for large amounts of data.
Has great filters.

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Dustin Schemmel

Marketing Associate

Superior AluminumBuilding Materials, 11-50 employees

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PlanSwift drawing uploads are fast and easy. It recognizes the pages and titles with very little error.
Drawing can be viewed offline including older versions for comparison. You can select which drawings you want to download to save room on your device.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Corporate

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

I would like to see the Listing date for a project in the exported excel sheet
I don't know where to find it, but make available and easy to find and reference the search rules.. like using the AND, OR.. type of functions.
I don't like it that when you open up insight it defaults to an Updated Within level. I always have to remember to turn that off before I run my searches.

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Woody Dickinson

Marketing Technical Manager

Caleffi North America, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees

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If you go beyond the basic functions (linear foot & square foot takeoffs) it becomes very antiquated and not user-friendly. It's not intuitive whatsoever for users lacking backing computer knowledge.
The technical support is lacking in my opinion. The software feels dead, and the support team is hard to schedule. Also, if you do not pay for support per hour, it is impossible to get help.
Their training videos are limited and hard to follow. This software is unnecessarily hard to be proficient at. There should be more simplistic ways to utilize this software.

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Spencer Jabbia

Project Manager

N&T Construction Co. Inc.Construction, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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PlanSwift 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Price and not wanting to learn another software

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Verified User

Professional in Sales

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

ConstructConnect Insight 9.0

Based on 1 answer

They frequently check-in to make sure you are being properly helped and are quick with a response if you need something.

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Dustin Schemmel

Marketing Associate

Superior AluminumBuilding Materials, 11-50 employees

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PlanSwift 9.0

Based on 2 answers

I have called once needing support. I was asking about the "compare" tool to compare different versions. They told be about their desktop app and I downloaded. They answered quickly, you could understand them, and they took care of my question

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Verified User

Project Manager in Corporate

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

don't know, haven't used or even courted anyone else for this purpose. Found Reed years ago at ASHRAE/AHR expo, and started it with their pitch then and their good assistance since then.

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Woody Dickinson

Marketing Technical Manager

Caleffi North America, Inc.Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees

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CostX was far too expensive. Vue360 doesn't have the functionality. Bluebeam Revu wasn't very intuitive and was all too hard to get it do what I needed. It was good for document control, but not very good for estimating.

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Andy Neilson

Quantity Surveyor

NZQS LtdConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It has given us more sales leads.
Direction for reps.

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Dustin Schemmel

Marketing Associate

Superior AluminumBuilding Materials, 11-50 employees

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The estimators' productivity is greatly increased, I do takeoffs in less than half the time with more accuracy and detail captured.
Easy sharing of what was taken off, I'm able to ensure everything is captured.

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Blaine Kalk

Senior Estimator

CANA Construction Ltd.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

ConstructConnect Insight Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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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

PlanSwift Editions & Modules

Edition

Standard	$1,595¹

per installation

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

ConstructConnect Insight

PlanSwift

ConstructConnect Insight

PlanSwift

ConstructConnect Insight

PlanSwift