Cosential vs NoteVault

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

It's is absolutely well suited for all daily reporting/documentation needs, also since it essentially 'self archives' you can revisit past projects by logging into the admin panel faster than going to my own archived job files. It saved our skin by documenting where a bad GC Superintendent had been giving false information to the office, and we were able to prove our conditions/progress and alleviate the issue. It's very well suited for large projects, and ongoing projects. A bit less suited for small fast service type projects. We keep one 'service' job open to document the fast turn over stuff to alleviate that issue.

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Mike Petrich

Construction, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cosential

NoteVault

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

NoteVault

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

NoteVault

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

NoteVault

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

NoteVault

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

NoteVault

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

NoteVault

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

NoteVault

Marketing automation

Cosential

NoteVault

Mobile access

Cosential

NoteVault

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

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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As a delay has occurred in the field, the foremen are able to report it immediately. The project manager now gets this information as it happened, not just trying to remember the next time they talk or see each other.
As an RFI arises, the foremen can ask their questions immediately so that the PM can address it right away.
We input our manpower on a daily basis, which helps us project where we are as it pertains to hours on a job.

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Glen Nelson

General Superintendent

Robertson Bright Inc.Construction, 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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Difficult to bring back reports from the archives. I don't archive any more; I just sequentially date my projects and keep them all live.
Notevault is set up for normal work shifts. But I mostly work night shifts from about 10 pm to 6 am. You then have to sort and filter the notes from two separate "days" in the system to get a coherent report from a single night shift. I live with it, but I don't like it.

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Michael Quaid

Construction, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

NoteVault 9.1

Based on 1 answer

It flat works and has paid for itself quickly.

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Mike Petrich

Construction, 11-50 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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NoteVault 8.6

Based on 2 answers

Simple use of functions. Majority of people can become familiar with this product fairly quick

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Jason Burdette

Construction, 501-1000 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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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

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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I have used both Raken and NoteVault. It is my preference to use NoteVault due to the simplicity of it. Raken tended to be a bit cumbersome. I did not like the photo features used with Raken as opposed to the very simple straight forward approach with NoteVault

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Derek Boatwright

Construction, 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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Daily reports get published the following day after downloaded to NoteVault.
From an executive standpoint, I am able to track the progress of each project on a daily basis and to be able to focus my efforts to the project that needs help.

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Steve Rosenfield

COO (Chief Operating Officer)

Kemp Bros. Construction, Inc.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

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

Rating Summary

Cosential

NoteVault

Cosential

NoteVault

Cosential

NoteVault

Cosential

NoteVault

Likelihood to Recommend

Cosential

NoteVault

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

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

Pros

Cosential

NoteVault

Cons

Cosential

NoteVault

Likelihood to Renew

Cosential

NoteVault

Usability

Cosential

NoteVault

Support Rating

Cosential

NoteVault

Alternatives Considered

Cosential

NoteVault

Return on Investment

Cosential

NoteVault

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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