e-Builder is a cloud-based construction program management solution that manages capital program cost, schedule, and documents. It allows owners to measure and manage the capital project delivery process from planning, design, procurement, construction and operations.
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SAP Ruum
Score 9.0 out of 10
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SAP Ruum is a presented by the vendor as a lightweight project management, task management, and collaboration software, with use cases and templates for marketing, sales teams, HR tasks (e.g. onboarding), or organizing information for sharing with stakeholders.
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Slack
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020.
The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls.
The…
$8.75
per month per user
Pricing
e-Builder
SAP Ruum
Slack
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
e-Builder
SAP Ruum
Slack
Free Trial
No
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Required
No setup fee
No setup fee
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*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year.
Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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e-Builder
SAP Ruum
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Features
e-Builder
SAP Ruum
Slack
Construction Project & Field Management
Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
e-Builder
7.4
11 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP Ruum
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Ratings
Slack
-
Ratings
Plan distribution & viewing
7.710 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing
8.810 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists
8.011 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Photo documentation
5.410 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Jobsite reports
8.010 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Document sharing
8.011 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
RFI tools
7.48 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals
7.411 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
As-built drawings
7.99 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile app
5.97 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
e-Builder
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Ratings
SAP Ruum
9.2
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Slack
7.9
625 Ratings
1% above category average
Task Management
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
7.7428 Ratings
Gantt Charts
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
6.961 Ratings
Scheduling
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
7.8361 Ratings
Workflow Automation
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
8.1394 Ratings
Mobile Access
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
9.4598 Ratings
Search
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
8.2605 Ratings
Visual planning tools
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
7.4273 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
e-Builder
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Ratings
SAP Ruum
8.8
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Slack
8.8
633 Ratings
9% above category average
Chat
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
9.6632 Ratings
Notifications
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
8.8629 Ratings
Discussions
00 Ratings
8.42 Ratings
9.2617 Ratings
Surveys
00 Ratings
8.22 Ratings
8.1410 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
00 Ratings
8.42 Ratings
7.8409 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
8.9110 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
8.7182 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
8.9120 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Well suited for the owner's side of managing multiple projects as it allows for all aspects of a project from development to closeout to be managed on one platform. Not as appropriate for a general contractor as there is better software out there. e-Builder's app is not as effective as others.
Ruum [by SAP] is well-suited for the task creation and assignment with the responsible persons for the follow-ups and collaboration, which can be used for both internal or external projects. Ruum [by SAP] can also be used for internal tasks, milestones, project and workflow management and team management functionalities respectively. Ruum [by SAP] may not be well suited for those who want to use the CRM tools for the related marketing activities management in [a] particular situation.
Slack is great for tracking commits to new coding projects. You can take parts of code that still need to be implemented later and easily search through the history of comments if there is something that goes wrong with a code commitment. It can be difficult for people that only like Teams to adjust to a new platform if you are using both to communicate.
Provide a document structure that is easy to navigate. All documents, even within a process, are stored in the document structure and easily accessed by those with the correct permissions.
Scheduling, especially with the new module is easy. It is helpful with a large organization where many hands touch projects to be able to forecast workloads (we have an in house engineering team who reviews all projects during their design phase)
Allows for easy interface with contractors and makes the submittal process more straightforward.
The restrictions in formatting, and sorting of information rendered, in a way, affects the reporting output.
At certain times of day, e-Builder traffic causes the loading of filtered searches to take a while. This is probably common regardless of the site or software used.
More complicated reporting has some limitation, though the program is highly efficient in assisting with simple format reports.
Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
Simple, because have a used it for the past two years, so i'm very familiar with the particular aspects of its program that I need to accomplish my tasks.
My rating was 7. Its intuitive interface and user-friendly features like channels, threads, and integrations make it excellent for team communication and onboarding. However, its usability is held back by the resource-intensive desktop app and cluttered feeling in large workspaces. The mobile app's performance and unreliable notifications have also been noted as weaknesses.
Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
Again, because our technical support is great. He doesn't always answer the phone but he definitely responds to emails fairly quickly. In addition, I like that he actually resolves an issue and I have yet to encounter the same issue twice. Actually, I haven't encountered many issues at all in the two years I have used the software.
Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
1. Set up the time to get training on the sytem before you go all in.
2. Listen, ask questions and actually practice using the tools and features while in class. It helps tremendously with becoming comfortable and remembering how things work.
3. Don't be afraid to mess up. They are helpful and will help resolve your issue in a timely manner
We have not compared other plans since the boss prefers this program from personal experience. But from using this program for 2 years I can see why we don't need to compare. Why fix something that isn't broken? It gets the job done, yes we might run into some issues but I feel like with all companies that can happen
The starting price for Ruum by SAP is very affordable, and there is a free trial, available. Further, Ruum by SAP has all forms of training, which gives full knowledge to people who want to work with the software. Again, backlog management, where feedback is issued on the progress of every task is a major boost from the application.
I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.