Revizto vs. Sage Estimating

It is great for site level as the drawings often don't factor in structural and architectural details or code requirements that result in routing modifications. Without a model, the tradespeople are limited to making modifications on the fly. You can't give them access to the model so having a viewing platform is ideal.

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Sage Estimating was initially created for the construction industry and many of its current users use it to estimate buildings, but it has adapted quite well for the oil and gas industry. If the user is willing to invest the time and energy to develop and maintain their database, I can see it working for any industry. It is very easy to adjust and adapt the database as estimating methods and project designs change. As an example, our accounting department sometimes changes the way projects are reporting in our accounting software. Because I can go through our 9000 line item database in a couple of days, I am always ahead of the curve and can report my estimates in the format they require.

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• Same format Spreadsheet
• Ability to adjust by percentages
• Ability to separate phases into categories

Incentivized

• The program has a fairly antiquated user interface such that someone working in it may not feel like they are working with advanced software.
• Sage Estimating has absolutely no remote access capability outside running it in a Citrix/RDP environment so users have to be using a fat/full client vs. any hopes of access on a mobile device.

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It is a good product and meets all of our needs

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The platform works well but it requires far too much local loading. It seems everytime you open it you are waiting for model updates to download. Because of the heavy overhead, it also can seem slow on some machines.

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Sage's support of Estimating is adequate though frankly we rarely need it. Outside of more complex operations such as upgrades and installation problems the program itself is so straightforward that we do not usually have any "issues" and questions that are more about usability can easily be answered in online forums. We trust Sage's capability to answer these questions if needed but rarely use it.

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I found Revizto, despite its specific shortcomings, to be more usable and modern than Navisworks. It also has mobile applications that work well in the field on tablets.

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For our needs and after completing a valued score card SAGE has always exceeded our min. requirements

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• Manupulation of existing data is very user friendly thanks to "Database Manager".
• A bit pricey

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