Cosential vs Navisworks

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

Navisworks is a key tool if doing any 3D model coordination with other trades. It will allow you to view your model content with others to know for certain that your design is accurate and can be assembled. Navisworks also comes with a lot of additional tools to make this process easy.

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Aaron James

BIM Manager

Ludvik Electric Co.Construction, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cosential

Navisworks

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

Navisworks

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

Navisworks

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

Navisworks

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

Navisworks

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

Navisworks

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

Navisworks

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

Navisworks

Marketing automation

Cosential

Navisworks

Mobile access

Cosential

Navisworks

Tracking of all physical assets

Cosential

Navisworks

Standard reports

Custom reports

Data exportability

Cosential

Navisworks

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

Checklists

Specifications

Change orders

Cosential

Navisworks

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost databases

Cost calculator

Bid creation

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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Model Viewing, the navigation tools are really easy to use for walking through the model, especially if viewpoints are set up for key locations.
The take-offs work really well and can be very quick and easy if the model was built right.

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christian Maxwell

Project Engineer

Okland ConstructionConstruction, 501-1000 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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A link to BIM 360 Model Coordination is a serious shortcoming. It used to be easy to link to models loaded to BIM 360 Glue for more in depth clash detection.
I would have liked the ability to export a simulation created in Navisworks to 3DS Max for a more immersive animation with decent material mapping and better animation tools.
I would like to be able to view/create BIM 306 Docs/Field issues directly in Navisworks. In the current workflow we have to use other file formats to work within BIM 360. It would be more productive to be able to navigate the model through Navisworks and to create viewpoints and issues from within Navisworks.

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Roelie Oelofse

BIM Manager

WSPCivil Engineering, 10,001+ 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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Navisworks 7.4

Based on 11 answers

Autodesk owns Navisworks, and it seems to have a pretty good support network. A lot of the troubleshooting or support information is provided through an online database, so you most likely would not be getting any personal attention with your issues. Since there are so many users for Navisworks, there is a lot of information on the web.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Engineering

Construction Company, 201-500 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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Navisworks is a master tool if we want to do any 3D model coordination with any trade of a building. It allows us to view our model content with all elements to visualize and understand for certain where our design stands in terms of accuracy and how all things can be assembled on site. Navisworks also comes with a lot of additional tools to make BIM process easy.

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Verified User

Engineer in Professional Services

Design Company, 1001-5000 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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It helps in coordination on BIM projects. We have had major project coordination saving millions on jobs.
Helps us win more projects as we can coordinate them
Used to use the animation tools for site logistics. Now we use game engines.

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Lennart Andersson

Director of Virtual Design & Construction, Senior Associate Vice President

LiRoConstruction, 501-1000 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

Cosential 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

Navisworks Editions & Modules

Edition

Simulate	$115.00¹
Manage	$285.00¹

Per User Per Month

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Rating Summary

Cosential

Navisworks

Cosential

Navisworks

Cosential

Navisworks