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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Premier Construction Software

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Premier is a financial and project management construction software for General Contractors, Developers, Homebuilders, and Specialty Contractors, providing the integration of accounting and project management in real-time. Tailored to the construction industry, the cloud ERP construction management platform helps to ensure financial control, operational excellence and collaboration connecting every process and stakeholder. Premier supports efficiency by streamlining the…

    $15,000

    (minimum implementation)

    RationalPlan

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    RationalPlan is project management software that has been designed to help project managers keep their projects on time and within budget. The main goal of this software is to make the process of planning projects as short and as straightforward as possible and to guide novice project managers through each step but offer enough tools to those who are more experienced.

    $0

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Premier Construction SoftwareRationalPlan
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    $249
    per month (billed annually) per user (starting at $50,000 implementation fee)
    Premium
    $299
    per month (billed annually) per user (starting at $25,000 implementation fee)
    Starter
    $349
    per month (billed annually) per user (starting at $15,000 implementation fee)
    Free
    $0
    Beginner
    $4
    per user
    Master
    $12
    per user
    Production
    $19
    per user
    Stakeholder
    $64 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Single
    $145 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Multi
    $288 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Server
    $668 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Premier Construction SoftwareRationalPlan
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$15,000 one-time feeOptional
    Additional DetailsMobile App: $50 /user/month—
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    Features
    Premier Construction SoftwareRationalPlan
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Premier Construction Software and RationalPlan
    Feature
    Premier Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    RationalPlan
    6.6
    4 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings6.84 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings3.63 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Premier Construction Software and RationalPlan
    Feature
    Premier Construction Software
    -
    Ratings
    RationalPlan
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Invoicing00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Premier Construction SoftwareRationalPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Premier Construction SoftwareRationalPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Premier Construction Software
    Jonas is well suited for the construction industry and for trades that work in construction. The functionality and features are set up to streamline the processes that take place daily, weekly, and monthly. You are also able to manage the big picture and track your company's information for multiple years, making it a scalable software. Our administration and project managers can streamline work from the field to the office through Jonas and we feel that is one of the biggest benefits to Jonas
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    Stand By Soft
    Appropriate as a great alternative to MS Project. RationalPlan provides most of the features needed to develop and maintain mid-level complex schedules. Less Appropriate for large complex schedules of long duration. These can be a challenge due to Duration at top-level. It is also a challenge to generate reports for management - reporting feature is limited.
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    Pros
    Premier Construction Software
    • Job Dashboard gives you a great summary of that job at a glance. I can even pull direct reports based on the fact that there are drill-downs.
    • I can go right to the receipt with the GL report drill-down capabilities.
    • Workflows make the product accessible from anywhere for approval when I have people on the road.
    • Dragging and dropping reports to in AP will then go to documents under the job it is attached to.
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    Stand By Soft
    • Portfolio view is great to get a feel for how your programme is running at a glance and which areas possibly might require attention. The fact that you can customise your view by adding your own columns is another plus.
    • All project information in one tool is a big plus for me considering the amount of projects we run with. This really improves efficiency and saves me time. You have the ability to add documents to tasks, manage risks, email resources tasks due for projects they are assigned to(might need some refinement depending on your requirements), material db with costing etc.
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    Cons
    Premier Construction Software
    • Workflows could be more customized
    • Invoice and Subcontractor portals could be easier to use
    • Blanket changes across jobs when a policy/template is changed
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    Stand By Soft
    • Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one.
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    Usability
    Premier Construction Software
    Using Premier Construction Software is intuitive. Most of the modules work the same way, so once you learn to use one, the others come easily.
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    Stand By Soft
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    Support Rating
    Premier Construction Software
    Jonas Premier has some of the best support we've received in this business. Whenever there is an issue or question, we receive a response in a timely manner and get follow up as well. We have never had an issue getting something resolved and our feedback is always taken into account
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    Stand By Soft
    I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Premier Construction Software
    We came away from Sage 100. We looked at Computerease and Foundation among a few others. These two were looked at most seriously.
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    Stand By Soft
    RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project.
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    Return on Investment
    Premier Construction Software
    • Jonas has positively impacted our Accounts Payable and Receivable department by making tracking and processing organized and streamlined. Previously we were having to track invoices and payments through emails and various formats. We are now able to connect each AP or AR invoice to the job and subcontractor, keep track of the billing due dates, and have all the paperwork generated from Jonas.
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    Stand By Soft
    • Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project
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    ScreenShots

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    RationalPlan Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project infoScreenshot of Notes and linksScreenshot of Working calendarsScreenshot of Gantt chartsScreenshot of Resource levelingScreenshot of Baseline management