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143 Ratings
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Based on 143 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- PlanGrid ranks higher in 1 feature set: Construction Project & Field Management
Human Resource Management
6.0
Newforma Project Center
60%
PlanGrid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 1/1 features
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 1/1 features
Employment history
6.0
60%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Asset Management
6.0
Newforma Project Center
60%
PlanGrid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 1/1 features
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 1/1 features
Tracking of all physical assets
6.0
60%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
7.5
Newforma Project Center
75%
PlanGrid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 2/2 features
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 2/2 features
Dashboards
8.0
80%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Custom reports
7.0
70%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
7.8
Newforma Project Center
78%
7.9
PlanGrid
79%
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 9/13 features
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 9/13 features
Plan distribution & viewing
8.9
89%
5 Ratings
8.6
86%
56 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing
5.9
59%
5 Ratings
8.6
86%
56 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists
7.9
79%
5 Ratings
7.5
75%
51 Ratings
Photo documentation
8.8
88%
4 Ratings
7.0
70%
48 Ratings
Jobsite reports
6.0
60%
3 Ratings
6.7
67%
36 Ratings
Document sharing
9.9
99%
5 Ratings
7.6
76%
55 Ratings
RFI tools
9.0
90%
3 Ratings
8.3
83%
38 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals
9.9
99%
4 Ratings
7.1
71%
42 Ratings
As-built drawings
6.9
69%
4 Ratings
8.4
84%
42 Ratings
Mobile app
3.0
30%
1 Rating
9.4
94%
54 Ratings
Submittal design and management
9.0
90%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Checklists
7.0
70%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Meeting Minutes
9.0
90%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Estimating
8.0
Newforma Project Center
80%
PlanGrid
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 2/2 features
Newforma Project Center ranks higher in 2/2 features
Job costing
7.0
70%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Bid creation
9.0
90%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Newforma Project Center is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- PlanGrid is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
Newforma Project Center
80%
5 Ratings
5.6
PlanGrid
56%
69 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Newforma Project Center
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
PlanGrid
100%
1 Rating
Usability
Newforma Project Center
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
PlanGrid
82%
1 Rating
Support Rating
7.0
Newforma Project Center
70%
2 Ratings
9.0
PlanGrid
90%
104 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Newforma Project Center
Newforma is a great tool to collaborate with large teams and between firms. It allows for great documentation of transfers, activities, and other procedural aspects of projects that require collaboration between disciplines, for example, MEP, electrical, architectural and technology. For internal use, Newforma has been great for communications tracking and archival, as well as for record-keeping of all the users in a team or number of teams. Many great options are features are unused due to a lack of training or exposure to them, for example, the graphical viewers that can preview CAD, Revit, and other formats, or the markup tool available with the desktop client.
Integrated Technology Architect
TEECOMDesign, 51-200 employees
PlanGrid
PlanGrid performs really well in all aspects of construction from the general to the sub/trade. The platform distributes and communicates project documentation in an extremely user-friendly manner. As with most software, it is cheaper the larger the scale of the project. In situations where the project is relatively small, and the trade contracts are also of relatively low dollar value, the product can be cost-prohibitive.

Verified User
Director in Corporate
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesPros
Newforma Project Center
- Newforma sits on top of our previous filing system (Windows Explorer). This was very important to us because we didn't have to change the project numbering system in order to fit Newforma's design. Also, if we were to decide we didn't like it, we could easily revert back to our previous methods.
- Newforma does a great job of indexing information, making searches much easier by being able to use keywords instead of knowing the exact file location. No more traversing through countless folders before finding what you need.
- Newforma keeps a read receipt for everything that you submit through it for issue tracking, and keeps an easy to read record of your workflow.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 11-50 employeesPlanGrid
- Plangrid is the best SaaS I have seen for ease of uploading construction plans and automated organization of those plans.
- For companies that are not using other products for mobile access, the Plangrid mobile apps are perfect to allow people on and off site to share and collaborate in many phases of construction project documentation.
- Plangrid has a very responsive technical support team (although it is pretty much email only).
- Plangrid's website layout is easy to use and understand and allows new users to jump right in and do basic to moderate tasks without little training.
IT Manager
Edwards Construction Services Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees
Cons
Newforma Project Center
- I have found it difficult to locate audits.
- Some users have issues while uploading project data.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesPlanGrid
- The photo attachment process is a bit complicated. In ProCore (another similar software I've used), you can upload photos directly into RFIs for your reference, or into e-mails. For PlanGrid, you have to first upload the photo into the documents tab, then link them into the RFI. It's not intuitive and can add confusion to the documents tab.
- Photos can't be directly uploaded. Between different devices and colleagues, it's possible you'll get an important photo outside of the PlanGrid photo capture feature within its app. Again, it's complicated for users to use.
- In their new drawings viewer, the icons for actions do not have icons available. I had to use them all in order to understand what they meant, and I'm fairly tech savvy. I'm not sure if a new person to PlanGrid will pick up on each icon's abilities very easily.
- There's no all-in-one solution in CM, but PlanGrid is fairly barebones, and I don't believe it has any ability to connect to other software. There's no ability to take meeting munites; you can hack the field reports feature to accomplish this, but it's clear that was not the intent of the designers.

Verified User
Project Manager in Product Management
Construction Company, 11-50 employeesPricing Details
Newforma Project Center
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Newforma Project Center Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—PlanGrid
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$39 user per month
PlanGrid Editions & Modules
Edition
Nailgun | $391 |
---|---|
Dozer | $591 |
Crane | $1391 |
- user per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Newforma Project Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PlanGrid
PlanGrid 10.0
Based on 1 answer
We are at the point where we have shown our teams what is possible with this software. We cannot take it away and go back to the way we used to do things. I think that they would push back on us to give them access to something electronic. It is a good program that we will continue to use
Senior Estimator
Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC.Construction, 51-200 employees
Usability
Newforma Project Center
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
PlanGrid
PlanGrid 8.2
Based on 1 answer
Very well thought app, easy to use and provides fast access to the project's plans (your own and your team's), improvements in the annotation posibilities and on-site report generator will be appreciatted. The punch-list report generator and the current/previous plan version compare tools works flawlessly. Haven't used the RFI's nor field report options yet
Associate Architect
Ingenya ConsultoresArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees
Support Rating
Newforma Project Center
Newforma Project Center 7.0
Based on 2 answers
While I have never asked for support myself, a Newforma representative has been in the office annually to give training seminars and info sessions on how to fully use the product. I find this essential to keep the product relevant and make sure everyone knows its full capabilities and an important part of customer support.

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Architecture & Planning Company, 51-200 employeesPlanGrid
PlanGrid 9.0
Based on 104 answers
Online chat during business hours is extremely helpful. The Plangrid staff has gone above and beyond many times to help us. One time they even offered to completely rebuild our 900+ sheet project so I could slip sheet a few old drawing revisions! This undoubtedly would have taken hours on Plangrid's end. They are always responsive and are continually improving, listening to user feedback.

Verified User
Supervisor in Other
Construction Company, 51-200 employeesAlternatives Considered
Newforma Project Center
A good competitor against other similar solutions and support is excellent.

Verified User
Manager in Customer Service
Architecture & Planning Company, 51-200 employeesPlanGrid
Plangrid, while not serving the external document distribution function, is unrivaled for internal document distribution and sharing in the construction industry. The speed at which documents are navigatable, the ability to download your projects for viewing without an internet connection, and the document mark-up and photo tools place it head and shoulders above the competition.
Project Manager/Estimator
Hard Rock Concrete, Inc. Sunnyvale, CAConstruction, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Newforma Project Center
- Newforma makes it easy to transfer, share, archive, and search extensive data sets in a single GUI
- For it to be effective, all users in a team must receive a basic training and use it consistently
- Adoption in the industry is good (A/E); many teams use it consistently. Learning to use it once produces time-saving in subsequent projects
Integrated Technology Architect
TEECOMDesign, 51-200 employees
PlanGrid
- It helped us "wow" a joint commission survey in 2016 and have a successful survey because he loved how we could access plans on an iPad, check suite sizes, and didn't have to carry around huge, heavy sets of life safety plans.
Facilities Quality & Compliance Program Coordinator
Indiana University HealthHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees