Cosential vs Trimble Accubid

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

Trimble Accubid is incredible for when you need to take your time and get a bid out for a job. It allows you to create templates and reuse a lot of information for future work. However, sometimes for a smaller job, it can be a lot of information to enter, which becomes time-consuming when on short time frames.

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Gavin Scott-Miller

Project Manager

Gaylor ElectricElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

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

Trimble Accubid

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Marketing automation

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Mobile access

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

Submittal design and management

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

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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Provides accurate NECA labor units for materials.
Keeps accurate costs of materials through regular updates.

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Jay Handleson

Project Manager

Morrow Meadows CorporationConstruction, 1001-5000 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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While the tools provided are great, there could be more to allow more imaginative users to build their own.
The user interface is old and clunky.

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Garrett Gill

Estimator

Glynn ElectricConstruction, 201-500 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

No answers on this topic

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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Trimble Accubid 6.8

Based on 6 answers

The training packets are thorough and they are easy to understand. Live support is harder to come by, however, I haven't had any major problems that I have needed to overcome. The best support is not needing to have support in the first place. Ease of use makes this mostly not an issue.

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Gavin Scott-Miller

Project Manager

Gaylor ElectricElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 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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McCormick is an accurate estimating solution, but is far too bulky too compete with Accubid. Pricing reports and breakout options in Accubid are far superior to McCormick. McCormick's on-screen take off may be a benefit to some, but not worth the trade off of Accubid's robust suite.ViewPoint is a small contractor solution that cannot compete on the scale of Accubid.

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Jay Handleson

Project Manager

Morrow Meadows CorporationConstruction, 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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Helps produce more accurate estimates.
Allows us to break scopes out without having to re-perform an estimate.

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Garrett Gill

Estimator

Glynn ElectricConstruction, 201-500 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

Trimble Accubid

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Likelihood to Recommend

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

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

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

Submittal design and management

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost databases

Cost calculator

Bid creation

Pros

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Cons

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Usability

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Support Rating

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Alternatives Considered

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

Return on Investment

Cosential

Trimble Accubid

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?

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