Cosential vs Foundation Software

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for medium and large construction companies that have a specific salesforce.

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

It is good for payroll and for accounting but the reports for certified payroll are not adaptable to actual reporting and often do not fit the format needed and umber are not correct. The integration with other software and programs leaves room to be desired. Takes a while to learn before you get the desired results

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Erica Weiner

Assistant Project Manager

Mahogany IncorporatedConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cosential

Foundation Software

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

Foundation Software

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

Foundation Software

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

Foundation Software

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

Foundation Software

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

Foundation Software

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

Foundation Software

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

Foundation Software

Marketing automation

Cosential

Foundation Software

Mobile access

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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Time saver.
Web-based.
Work from anywhere.

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Erica Weiner

Assistant Project Manager

Mahogany IncorporatedConstruction, 51-200 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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Certified payroll reports.
Non-customized reports.
Security.

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Erica Weiner

Assistant Project Manager

Mahogany IncorporatedConstruction, 51-200 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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No score

No answers yet

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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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No score

No answers yet

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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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Personally,
I did not have a hand in deciding the software, but for our company is has not
led to increased productivity or made things easier. It has been more difficult
for payroll to be inputted correctly and the payroll reports for certified
payroll often come out incorrect and we need to manually figure out how to correct
the issues and get them in correctly

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Erica Weiner

Assistant Project Manager

Mahogany IncorporatedConstruction, 51-200 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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Double input for payroll.
Certified payroll reports lacking.
Takes more time.

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Erica Weiner

Assistant Project Manager

Mahogany IncorporatedConstruction, 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

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Cosential

Foundation Software

Cosential

Foundation Software

Cosential

Foundation Software

Likelihood to Recommend

Cosential

Foundation Software

Feature Rating Comparison

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

Lead management

Email marketing

Task management

Reporting

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Custom fields

Custom objects

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Social data

Social engagement

Marketing automation

Mobile access

Pros

Cosential

Foundation Software

Cons

Cosential

Foundation Software

Usability

Cosential

Foundation Software

Support Rating

Cosential

Foundation Software

Alternatives Considered

Cosential

Foundation Software

Return on Investment

Cosential

Foundation Software

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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