CoStar Real Estate Manager vs Dotloop

Likelihood to Recommend

Gen-Y and younger will have no problem learning how to use CoStar but its not very intuitive for the older generations (they have to hunt and peck for what they are looking for and have no idea how to manipulate the reporting features)

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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[Dotloop] is excellent for obtaining clients signatures and information, syncing with other programs (we use BrokerSumo> which then goes to Quickbooks), tracking views, maintaining good document records, and remote communication within the office.It creates accountability by being able to know when and what time a document has been opened, and signature verifications.It would be beneficial to have the tiered client sharing, where once client 1 signs, it gets sent to client 2; this would reduce the complications associated with filling sellers disclosures, since it will wipe out the other persons signatures if they sign it first.

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Amelia Hall

Company Manager

RE/MAX by the LakeReal Estate, 11-50 employees

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Pros

Nothing
Charging my card
Nothing

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Zachary Tuohey

Realtor

Park Place Real EstateReal Estate, 51-200 employees

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Dotloop has a great user interface. The features that seem small but are a huge help such as automatically scrolling to where the person needs to review and sign is very creative.
It has been great to be able to pull documents from the app on a mobile device to a web browser on a desktop.
It is very easy to organize documents (add, remove, arrange, edit, etc.)

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Caitlynn Dickerson

Administrative Coordinator

Johns Hopkins HospitalHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

In our market (Portland, OR), not enough users implement the tools that could make CoStar so much better. For example, I specialize in medical but brokers and owners don't take the time to mark medical as an approved use in their buildings so I have to search much longer and cross-reference the data by contacting the brokers directly.
I find it really annoying that when I download documents CoStar doesn't use smart technology to automatically name my files. It is especially irritating since every piece of marketing we post to CoStar has a relevant file name yet when we download the same file we have to rename it.

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Can be clunky at times if you need to make edits and resigning existing documents.
The admin interface is a not the most user friendly.
Should have more training videos for setting it up and adding documentation.

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Gary Shouldis

Founder & CEO

3Bug MediaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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

Starting Price

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CoStar Real Estate Manager 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

Starting Price

$29 per month

Dotloop Editions & Modules

Edition

Starting Price	$29.00¹

per month

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Usability

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Dotloop 10.0

Based on 3 answers

Dotloop was very easy to use! I personally loved how when you opened the document it would bring you to the page you need without scrolling all around.

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Jamaal Dickerson

Certified Personal Trainer

Brick Bodies Fitness Services, Inc.Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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Dotloop 9.7

Based on 9 answers

Whenever I have any issues with a loop or a document or signatures disappearing, I'm able to reach out to Dotloop and they answer promptly and appropriately. They've always been able to help me with whatever issues I have, in a timely fashion.

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Mallorie Kragt

Real Estate Agent

Greenridge RealtyReal Estate, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

There is literally not one good thing that I can say about CoStar. They charge my card $450/month because I signed a one-year contract. They provide very little data and properties and most of the time it is inaccurate. Their customer service is atrocious. They overpromise, underdeliver. STAY away from using Costar!

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Zachary Tuohey

Realtor

Park Place Real EstateReal Estate, 51-200 employees

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We chose Dotloop because of how user friendly and customizable the software is. Our office is ever evolving and we needed a software that can grow with us as we advance and change the way we do things. Other software we tried was limited in this and didn't allow for minor things to be changed.

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Caitlynn Dickerson

Administrative Coordinator

Johns Hopkins HospitalHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Since CoStar has linked with LoopNet we have had fewer bad data calls. By which I mean old data from LoopNet that was available to the general public is now more regularly updated through CoStar so we have less confusion with our clients.

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Dotloop has made signing documents for out of town people a breeze.
We have had several customers and/or clients say that Dotloop makes things so much easier and more convenient.

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Tracey Blackmon

Property Manager

The Eufaula AgencyReal Estate, 1-10 employees

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CoStar Real Estate Manager vs Dotloop