Likelihood to Recommend Procore is well suited when there is an office staff to manage the application, if a company existed without an office staff then the field crews would have to maintain Procore. This could cause more problems than is solves. Otherwise having the ability to pick & choose different modules to suit our use cases is ideal
Read full review If you've never used software before and have low expectations, then you might be able to make it work out.
Abe Degnan President & Owner | Green Building Specialist | Energy Efficient Remodeler | Residential Designer
Read full review Pros Submittals, Easily able to track and keep a running record of documentation. RFI's ability to track costs and impacts to the project in one useful tool. Keeping all items for a job in one location. I love that Procore is my one-stop shopping for all items related to my project. Read full review The beautiful user interface. It looks good. Their videos are professional. They have webinars. Abe Degnan President & Owner | Green Building Specialist | Energy Efficient Remodeler | Residential Designer
Read full review Cons Downloading drawing sets sometimes involves an extra step that holds up the process The dashboard is simplistic to the point that I don't feel like I am getting enough information about a specific project from the get-go Granting access to a project on Procore is not very straightforward as a consultant- restrictions sometimes cause hold-ups Read full review Their spell checker creates a squiggly line to tell you that you have a misspelled word, but, doesn't allow you to correct it. The spell checker lets you add custom words to a dictionary, but, it can only use one dictionary at a time to check spelling. So the default dictionary gets used, and your custom words still show up as being spelled wrong! You can't select-copy addresses, in order to paste them somewhere else. Using duplexing on my printer doesn't work right. It works for every other software I own, but not in UDA. There is a bug in the WIP date range that doesn't pull accurate data. "Options" in the estimate show only cost, not margin. So if you show your customer that report, you are revealing cost info, not selling price!! You can't import a PDF into bid notes, even though the premise of UDA is to try to make it a single repository for all your information. You can't use the arrow key to browse photos in UDA. You need to close, and click into the next one. No inuitive functionality. The estimating module separates material and labor, in ways that create a very confusing Scope of Work. You need to select the labor item from your database, then separately select the material from your database. You end up with two line items in your Scope of Work for the same thing. Instead of writing, "Supply and Install a new window" you have "Supply a new window" and then "Install a new window." It's hard for my estimator, and confusing for my client. UDA will WREAK HAVOC on your contacts in Outlook. It does a terrible job of managing husband/wife or partner/partner situations. You can't mail merge them properly, or, you get forced into combining their contact into into a single contact-- and then how do you know whether the cell phone is his or hers??? There is no good way to credit design fees against the construction contract, if you happen to use that paradigm for your contracts. There is no way to filter contracts by their date created. So, how do you find your newest contacts for entering them into something such as Constant Contact? If you try to use integration of QuickBooks(QB) and UDA, your ITEMS list in QB will either get expanded to hundreds or even THOUSANDS of items... or, your POs in QB will get created in a summary form such that they are virtually meaningless. The "lead funnel" graphic may look cool, but there is not a good way to actually report on the lead status, track the activities and calls that you make, note significant emails that you write, or keep track of when you send out thank-you cards or spiffs/gifts! They might tell you that these things work, but, after spending MONTHS with UDA, I found out that these problems are deal breakers. Within their customer service department, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. They do not use a structure such as Zendesk that so many other great companies use. Even though I was paying for priority support, there were often days going by where I could not get a call or email back to assist me with a support request or provide a tutorial on how to do something. Had I not paid extra for support, this would be acceptable. But when paying for "TotalCare" priority support, there are times when the software had me stuck, and I was stuck for a day at a time waiting for an answer. Sometimes no answer ever arrived. Abe Degnan President & Owner | Green Building Specialist | Energy Efficient Remodeler | Residential Designer
Read full review Likelihood to Renew We will undoubtedly renew Procore as it has proven itself to be a means to better track and improve upon our efficiency and communications between job sites and their project managers as well as all other departments. Procore has made an incredible impact on how we, as a company, do our job on all levels; it is one of our most powerful and effective resources.
Read full review Usability 90% of Procore is very intuitive and any user can pick it up and go. There are a few elements, more so on the Financials side that need some prior knowledge of systems in order to understand how and why it functions as it does. Once this is understood, it flows effortlessly
Read full review Reliability and Availability If you are working in an area with little to no signal, Procore will still allow you to get in the system and use it fully and will then update once you are at a place with a strong enough signal. Whether it be with wifi or LTE cell phone reception.
Read full review Performance For the most part Procore is very responsive. However there are times when it's a little slow but it's minimal.
Read full review Support Rating General Support for Project Management and Financials is consistent. The ERP support is never consistent and I do end up at times in a black hole. I have to continually reach out to get the issue resolved or get an update. The ERP support needs more of Procore's attention
Read full review In-Person Training Procore's Implementation Team does a great job of ensuring users are confident in using the system. They run through a process of training sessions based on the tools you have purchased, and lay ou ta plan to help the power users configure the tool to suit the company's needs. They provide useful resources for certifications, support and ongoing training as well.
Read full review Online Training Procore's certification program and focused how-to training videos allowed for easy training that did not feel overwhelming. The way the certification programs were broken up into small parts made it seem much less daunting to complete. The training feels focused and does not overload users with too much information all at once.
Read full review Implementation Rating Iron out your cost code list in your accounting software before you link with Procore. Once the link is established that list is more or less permanent. Review the permission matrix carefully. It controls so much. You want to ensure the information provided to your users adequate but you also want to protect your sensitive data. Procore Financials are organized in a total contract value style. Any markup or Profit will need to be sent somewhere on your budget. This may be significantly different than the Cost budgeting that many contractors do
Read full review Alternatives Considered Procore has a clearer user interface and a wider variety of tools than any program I've used. Procore also lives up to their name in terms of helpful and fast customer service. There is always a Procore rep. that is available to contact, making any problems just a mini hurdle.
Read full review QuickBooks has great quality assurance and while they don't provide support, their software is nearly flawless. Co-construct provides great support and solves problems. In comparison, UDA Construction Suite is full of flaws, and their customer service department is disorganized and overworked.
Abe Degnan President & Owner | Green Building Specialist | Energy Efficient Remodeler | Residential Designer
Read full review Scalability once in awhile Procore is down for a period of time, its frustrating when it happens but doesn't tend to last long.
Read full review Return on Investment The Procore service impacts on construction projects are effective and reliable on production acceleration. The collaboration is stable and easy files access and uploading of engineering drawings and plans is excellent. New project planning and project financial data management on Procore functions are excellent. Read full review All my money was wasted. I could not get a refund. All my time was wasted. I spent much time on customer support, and even more time "stuck" where customer support could not be reached. My staff time was wasted, because it was hard for them to implement and then we ultimately abandoned it. Abe Degnan President & Owner | Green Building Specialist | Energy Efficient Remodeler | Residential Designer
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