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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

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack 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
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    Editions & Modules
    Base
    $39
    per month (annually) per user
    Advanced
    $59
    per month (annually) per user
    Premium
    Contact
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*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.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    Considered Both Products
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of eSUB Construction Software and Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    2.5
    1 Ratings
    102% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    3.5
    2 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    2.4
    2 Ratings
    104% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of eSUB Construction Software and Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of eSUB Construction Software and Slack
    Feature
    eSUB Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eSUB Construction SoftwareSlack
    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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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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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    Salesforce
    • 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
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    Likelihood to Renew
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    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.
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    Usability
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    Reliability and Availability
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    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.
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    Performance
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    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.
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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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    Salesforce
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    eSUB Construction Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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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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    Salesforce
    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.
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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.
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    Salesforce
    • 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.
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