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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    eSUB Construction Software

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AeSUB is a SaaS platform for commercial subcontractors running large, complex, long duration projects to proactively track and manage their costs, deadlines, deliverables and correspondence; the vendor says this can result in operational efficiencies and improved profits. eSUB is a cloud and mobile-based solution enabling real-time field updates from connected smartphones, tables and mobile PC users.

    $39

    per month per user

    Kanban Tool

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AKanban Tool is a visual project management application based on Kanban that helps companies visualize workflow, track project progress, analyze and improve business processes. Some key features include: time tracking and time reports, real-time collaboration and Kaban analytics.

    $6

    per month per user

    Pricing
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Editions & Modules
    Base
    $39
    per month (annually) per user
    Advanced
    $59
    per month (annually) per user
    Premium
    Contact
    Kanban Tool Team
    $6
    per month per user
    Kanban Tool Enterprise
    $11
    per month per user
    Kanban Tool On-Site Team
    $720
    per year per 10-user pack
    Kanban Tool On-Site Enterprise
    $1,320
    per year per 10-user pack
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
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    eSUB Construction Software
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    Shore Labs
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    2.5
    1 Ratings
    102% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    3.5
    2 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Plan distribution & viewing1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Photo documentation1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Jobsite reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document sharing1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    RFI tools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    As-built drawings1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Submittal design and management4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checklists1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Specifications2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change orders10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    2.4
    2 Ratings
    104% below category average
    Kanban Tool
    -
    Ratings
    Takeoff tools1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job costing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost databases2.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost calculator1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bid creation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    Kanban Tool
    6.3
    13 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.111 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings6.113 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings3.96 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings6.49 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of eSUB Construction Software and Kanban Tool
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    Kanban Tool
    5.7
    6 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Small Businesses
    CMiC Construction Platform
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Autodesk Build
    Score8.6 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Revit
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eSUB Construction SoftwareKanban Tool
    Likelihood to Recommend
    eSUB Construction Software
    If you are doing any sort of new construction, eSUB is a budget friendly option for managing the process. It's helpful for keeping track of submittals, RFI's and for foreman doing Daily Work Reports. It is not suited really well for plan management and scheduling. The modules for these are not well thought through. Also if you specialize in service work or projects that have short durations (i.e. 1-2 weeks or less), eSUB isn't the best option for you. It would take too long to set up a job vs the time it takes to do the job.
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    Shore Labs
    Kanban is well suited for a fast-paced working environment for larger teams who want continuous communication with users. Kanban is good for rapid development and daily meetings for updates and statuses. Kanban is less suited for smaller teams or groups who don't require collaboration and constant communication with involved users. Kanban is time-consuming and it takes additional effort outside of your regular work to maintain and manage the tool.
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    Pros
    eSUB Construction Software
    • It is built with subcontractors in mind. There are many PM software available but this one aims at the commercial subcontractor.
    • It does a great job covering the basics of typical commercial work. There are areas that allow you to customize such as adding reservations of rights to documents.
    • It can integrate with Microsoft quite a bit, we use this in our work every day and being able to export or sync data/calendars has been helpful.
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    Shore Labs
    • It provides a good basic overview of where tasks are on a timeline (particularly helpful for a pull-based approach).
    • It provides a good collaborative space to have multiple folks commenting on multiple tasks.
    • It does a good job of managing very basic visual elements of an agile development cycle.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    eSUB Construction Software
    • I have no suggestions at the moment and if I ever do have a question, concern or suggestion, a quick email to eSUB gets a quick response.
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    Shore Labs
    • Kanban does not show the task or story clearly. You have to open the project separately to view the details of the project.
    • Kanban gives a higher level project management view but it lacks customization and personal settings features.
    • I would like to see Kanban provide mobile access to their tool, data, and board. This would be very useful for all companies and provide an increase in efficiency and productivity.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Shore Labs
    We are more likely than not to renew our use of Kanban. Even with its limits, it still is a good product that fulfills our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Shore Labs
    The integration with Teams is well suited. This works wonderful for my
    company. Our team can easily prioritize tasks based on their importance.
    It help our team identify and reduce inefficiencies in workflow. With
    great visibility in data our team can make informed decisions. Ensuring
    clear accountability and responsibility of team members
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    Support Rating
    eSUB Construction Software
    It has been helpful whenever I've called. They have been able to walk me through solutions and even direct me to the right answer. There was only 1hr difference between time zones so this was manageable. If we experienced bugs, their IT department was helpful at remedying and they were always rolling out updates.
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    Shore Labs
    This is the best tool I had a chance to work with- since I started to use it I saved a lot of time and I made my work go smoothly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    eSUB Construction Software
    eSUB is not even close when it comes to the offerings that the others have. eSUB is a happy medium for the functionality it provides and is at an affordable price point that it doesn't break the bank. Other solutions are a lot more integrated into the company processes and procedures, which means more upfront investment to get the platform to go live. eSUB's simplicity makes it easier to roll out because it doesn't integrate with as many aspects of the business.
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    Shore Labs
    We've only tried JIRA Agile and KanbanFlow before. Kanban Tool was the one that our team actually liked and enjoyed working with. Also - it's been much easier to get started with and to understand than some of the other two (JIRA in particular). Although JIRA has many more features that we would have possibly used, the user feedback on it was so poor we were afraid that the negativity would create time wasted and less "job satisfaction" amongst the team.
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    Return on Investment
    eSUB Construction Software
    • eSUB saves time as you don't have to type, print and send documents.
    • I like to call it "set it up once, use it a million times" as once you set up a customer, vendor etc... you can use them across multiple platforms.
    • It saves money as you don't need a pool of resources to manage a project due to its ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Shore Labs
    • Better communication and organization of ongoing projects.
    • We are a very small team, with many areas to work on. Having everything in one system gives us a lot of visibility.
    • Greatly reduced costs from using other tools that were much more expensive.
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    ScreenShots

    Kanban Tool Screenshots

    Screenshot of Visual project management tool - Kanban board from Kanban Tool.Screenshot of The collection of Power-Ups form Kanban ToolScreenshot of Kanban Tool board example, with My Work widget, Recurring and Postponed Tasks visible in the side panel. User's own background selected.Screenshot of Kanban Tool  board example. Default light theme applied.Screenshot of Kanban Tool - an open card view, with comments in the side panel. The choice of what fields show on cards is with the user.Screenshot of Kanban Tool's free Power-Ups  for user's own activation.