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Feature Set Ratings
Sales Force Automation

8.7
Cosential
87%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 7/7 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 3/3 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
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%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features
Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features
Marketing automation

5.0
50%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Platform

7.0
Cosential
70%
iTWO costX
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features
Cosential ranks higher in 1/1 features
Mobile access

7.0
70%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics

Cosential
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.7
iTWO costX
87%
iTWO costX ranks higher in 3/3 features
iTWO costX ranks higher in 3/3 features
Standard reports

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Custom reports

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating
Data exportability

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Construction Project & Field Management

Cosential
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
9.0
iTWO costX
90%
iTWO costX ranks higher in 3/3 features
iTWO costX ranks higher in 3/3 features
Plan distribution & viewing

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Plan markups & sharing

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Issue tracking & punchlists

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Estimating

Cosential
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
9.0
iTWO costX
90%
iTWO costX ranks higher in 4/4 features
iTWO costX ranks higher in 4/4 features
Takeoff tools

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Job costing

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Cost calculator

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Bid creation

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- Cosential is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

10.0
Cosential
100%
1 Rating
9.0
iTWO costX
90%
2 Ratings
Usability

8.0
Cosential
80%
1 Rating
iTWO costX
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

8.0
Cosential
80%
1 Rating
iTWO costX
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cosential
Great for medium and large construction companies that have a specific salesforce.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
Easy to use, one-stop for all construction-related tasks. The best thing is the split-screen, during the Bill of Quantity verification users can see for what part of the design Bill of Quantity is generated. Auto-updating of Design is another good feature.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesPros
Cosential
- 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.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
- Allows multiple users to work on the same estimate at once. This is huge!! Not only can we team up on a project that has a quick deadline but we can also simultaneously collaborate on database updates.
- Performs your takeoff on CAD drawings or vector PDFs. Your typical takeoff software does takeoff on an unintelligent PDF. I say unintelligent because the process you go through is simply to trace the boundaries of your shape. This is time-consuming and can lead to mistakes. With CostX your cursor will stick to the line lines and takeoff the exact measurement. This has cut our takeoff time by 75%. The best part is that this is done in the same software as your estimating software. There are a few software's that have takeoff and estimating in one but CostX is the only one the provides CAD smart takeoff.
- CostX is a lot like Excel. You have the flexibility to set up your workbooks the way your project team thinks. For example, ours is set up to evaluate labor in two ways; productivity (man-hours per widget) or crew hours (3 guys for two days for a given activity).
- Reports are very flexible and the report writers is much easier than Crystal reports.
- If you subscribe to the full version of CostX this provides the most powerful feature of them all......Auto-Revisioning. This function will compare two sets of drawings, identify the changes on a color coded drawing, ask for you to approve the changes and then update your estimate and takeoff. You can even use this to produce custom print outs for RFI's show your design team what changed.
- Your estimating workbooks are live-linked to your takeoff. As you make adjustments to your takeoff your estimate updates accordingly. The workbook has color coded text to hep your team understand whats behind your estimate; Black = manually input, Blue = rates linked to database, and Green = quantity linked to take-off.
- Full integrated subcontractor comparison. We use to do this in excel to compare multiple bidders across every division.
- This is also color coded for a streamlined review process; green = quote, blue = estimate, purple = plug, and orange = other.
- Built in error checking notifies you if you forgot to normalize an item on your subcontractor comparison.
- In the near future the software will be available online allowing you to use remotely.
Estimator
Dohn ConstructionConstruction, 11-50 employees
Cons
Cosential
- 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.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
- iTwo Costx has 3D features that may require enhancement in terms of Look and feel perspective.
- The eye Function section view feature may require enhancement. But I am not sure how much more we can bring it to scale
- Not seen Cloud base service. So that easy to use from any where.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
Cosential
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—iTWO costX
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
Cosential
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.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cosential
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.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cosential
Cosential is specific to the A/E industry and is the most intuitive software we found for construction.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
We are not aware of another software that has fully integrated take-off, subcontractor comparison, estimating and reporting besides CostX.
Estimator
Dohn ConstructionConstruction, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
Cosential
- Allowed for common tracking by business developers in different regions.
- Helped us quantify effort.
- Provides great reports for management.
Vice-President - Marketing
WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees
iTWO costX
- Easy to Collaborate Between the Team members. Saves a lot of work
- Integrate with multiple types of data drawing which saves efforts in converting the design.
- Bill of Quantity export can be done based on the Design section and can share with contractors for Quotes. Instead of just downloading the whole report and then editing for the required pack.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Construction Company, 201-500 employees