Cosential vs ProContractor

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

ProContractor is a great fit if you are looking to make the jump to an ERP (accounting) system that offers a higher level of complexity and controls than what QuickBooks or Xero have to offer. However, some of those increased features of accounting controls, vendor compliance management, project contracting and documentation, come at the cost of lost integrations. ProContractor is completely siloed and does not openly communicate with other platforms (project management, bank accounts, etc).

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Director in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cosential

ProContractor

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

ProContractor

Lead management

Email marketing

Cosential

ProContractor

Task management

Reporting

Cosential

ProContractor

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Cosential

ProContractor

Custom fields

Custom objects

Cosential

ProContractor

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cosential

ProContractor

Social data

Social engagement

Cosential

ProContractor

Marketing automation

Cosential

ProContractor

Mobile access

Cosential

ProContractor

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organization and location management

Cosential

ProContractor

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Cosential

ProContractor

Tracking of all physical assets

Cosential

ProContractor

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Data exportability

Cosential

ProContractor

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

Change orders

Cosential

ProContractor

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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Lots of reports available to generate

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Ben Morey

Project Engineer

Pillari BrosConstruction, 11-50 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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More of a project management "vibe".
Less spreadsheet and complex processes to do things.

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Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 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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Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 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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Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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ProContractor 5.9

Based on 4 answers

ProContractor support has gone through good times and bad times. However, now that ViewPoint is owned by Trimble the support has been great and stable. Support is good to respond on average urgency tickets. The only complaint is that for urgent tickets communication can be slow even though the support team is working on the issue.

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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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Procore beats Viewpoint hands down but can integrate well with Viewpoint Vista accounting software. I think that if the Viewpoint software was more flexible if they were more interested in patches, updates, and hearing customer feedback in the way the Procore does, that they would actually have the opportunity to corner the market.

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Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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