Cosential vs e-Builder

What users are saying about

Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 9 reviews and ratings

Score 7.2 out of 10

Based on 16 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Sales Force Automation

8.7

Cosential

87%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 7/7 features

Customer data management / contact management

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow management

6.0

60%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Territory management

9.0

90%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Opportunity management

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Interaction tracking

9.0

90%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Channel / partner relationship management

7.0

70%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Marketing Automation

7.5

Cosential

75%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Lead management

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Email marketing

5.0

50%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

CRM Project Management

8.0

Cosential

80%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Task management

7.0

70%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Reporting

9.0

90%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

CRM Reporting & Analytics

8.7

Cosential

87%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 3/3 features

Forecasting

6.0

60%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Pipeline visualization

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Customizable reports

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Customization

7.5

Cosential

75%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Custom fields

9.0

90%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Custom objects

6.0

60%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Security

10.0

Cosential

100%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Single sign-on capability

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Role-based user permissions

10.0

100%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Social CRM

5.0

Cosential

50%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Social data

5.0

50%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Social engagement

5.0

50%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Integrations with 3rd-party Software

5.0

Cosential

50%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features

Marketing automation

5.0

50%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Platform

7.0

Cosential

70%

e-Builder

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features

Mobile access

7.0

70%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Construction Project & Field Management

Cosential

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

7.1

e-Builder

71%

e-Builder ranks higher in 10/10 features

Plan distribution & viewing

N/A

0 Ratings

7.3

73%

10 Ratings

Plan markups & sharing

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

10 Ratings

Issue tracking & punchlists

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

11 Ratings

Photo documentation

N/A

0 Ratings

4.7

47%

10 Ratings

Jobsite reports

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

10 Ratings

Document sharing

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

11 Ratings

RFI tools

N/A

0 Ratings

6.7

67%

8 Ratings

Collaboration & approvals

N/A

0 Ratings

7.0

70%

11 Ratings

As-built drawings

N/A

0 Ratings

7.5

75%

9 Ratings

Mobile app

N/A

0 Ratings

6.5

65%

7 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Cosential is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
e-Builder is rated higher in 1 area: Usability
Cosential and e-Builder are tied in 1 area: Support Rating

Cosential

100%

1 Rating

7.5

e-Builder

75%

11 Ratings

Cosential

N/A

0 Ratings

9.0

e-Builder

90%

1 Rating

Cosential

80%

1 Rating

9.0

e-Builder

90%

1 Rating

Cosential

80%

1 Rating

8.0

e-Builder

80%

4 Ratings

Cosential

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

e-Builder

100%

3 Ratings

Pros

Inputting of companies and leads who may become prospects.
Creating specific opportunities for construction projects.
Tracking opportunities through the entire sales cycle.
Inputting detailed notes and activity by the Sales team.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Provide a document structure that is easy to navigate. All documents, even within a process, are stored in the document structure and easily accessed by those with the correct permissions.
Scheduling, especially with the new module is easy. It is helpful with a large organization where many hands touch projects to be able to forecast workloads (we have an in house engineering team who reviews all projects during their design phase)
Allows for easy interface with contractors and makes the submittal process more straightforward.

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Susan Evans

Project Coordinator

Cornell UniversityHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

The open software is somewhat difficult to master as an administrator.
Report writing could be more intuitive.
The company seems to cater to larger users.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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The restrictions in formatting, and sorting of information rendered, in a way, affects the reporting output.
At certain times of day, e-Builder traffic causes the loading of filtered searches to take a while. This is probably common regardless of the site or software used.
More complicated reporting has some limitation, though the program is highly efficient in assisting with simple format reports.

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Verified User

Manager in Quality Assurance

Civil Engineering Company, 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

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Starting Price

—

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

e-Builder 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Because again, one of our biggest clients entrusts E-builder to work with their systems. And its functions work for us as well.

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Cshiana Brown

Executive Coordinator / Accountant

Total Systems Commissioning (TSCx)Construction, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Cosential 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Cosential is very intuitive for the AEC industry and has the ability to be customized for your specific needs. The reports are especially helpful, with good visual dashboards.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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e-Builder 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Simple, because have a used it for the past two years, so i'm very familiar with the particular aspects of its program that I need to accomplish my tasks.

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Cshiana Brown

Executive Coordinator / Accountant

Total Systems Commissioning (TSCx)Construction, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Cosential 8.0

Based on 1 answer

My original trainer / implementation specialist was fantastic. That relationship has continued, even though I have been officially handed off to the customer service side. The customer service side seems to have higher turnover than normal, but in general they are also very supportive, although not as responsive as I might like.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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e-Builder 8.0

Based on 4 answers

Again, because our technical support is great. He doesn't always answer the phone but he definitely responds to emails fairly quickly. In addition, I like that he actually resolves an issue and I have yet to encounter the same issue twice. Actually, I haven't encountered many issues at all in the two years I have used the software.

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Cshiana Brown

Executive Coordinator / Accountant

Total Systems Commissioning (TSCx)Construction, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

e-Builder 10.0

Based on 3 answers

1. Set up the time to get training on the sytem before you go all in.

2. Listen, ask questions and actually practice using the tools and features while in class. It helps tremendously with becoming comfortable and remembering how things work.

3. Don't be afraid to mess up. They are helpful and will help resolve your issue in a timely manner

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Cshiana Brown

Executive Coordinator / Accountant

Total Systems Commissioning (TSCx)Construction, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cosential is specific to the A/E industry and is the most intuitive software we found for construction.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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We have not compared other plans since the boss prefers this program from personal experience. But from using this program for 2 years I can see why we don't need to compare. Why fix something that isn't broken? It gets the job done, yes we might run into some issues but I feel like with all companies that can happen

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LIZET MELGOZA

Office Manager

CCIConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Allowed for common tracking by business developers in different regions.
Helped us quantify effort.
Provides great reports for management.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Has added extra steps to processes that were previously easier. And I work for a university that complicates everything
Has more than cut in half the time it takes to generate reports about project status
Has made project management more efficient

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Susan Evans

Project Coordinator

Cornell UniversityHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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Cosential

e-Builder

Cosential

e-Builder

Customer data management / contact management

Workflow management

Territory management

Opportunity management

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

Interaction tracking

Channel / partner relationship management

Cosential

e-Builder

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

e-Builder

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

e-Builder

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

e-Builder

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

e-Builder

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

e-Builder

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

e-Builder

Marketing automation

Cosential

e-Builder

Mobile access

Cosential

e-Builder

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

As-built drawings

Mobile app

Cosential

e-Builder

Cosential

e-Builder

Cosential

e-Builder

Cosential

e-Builder

Cosential

e-Builder

Likelihood to Recommend

Cosential

e-Builder

Pros

Cosential

e-Builder

Cons

Cosential

e-Builder

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price