ProContractor vs Viewpoint Spectrum

Likelihood to Recommend

ProContractor is a great fit if you are looking to make the jump to an ERP (accounting) system that offers a higher level of complexity and controls than what QuickBooks or Xero have to offer. However, some of those increased features of accounting controls, vendor compliance management, project contracting and documentation, come at the cost of lost integrations. ProContractor is completely siloed and does not openly communicate with other platforms (project management, bank accounts, etc).

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Viewpoint Spectrum is well suited for accounting, job costing, project management, service department. It is less appropriate for estimating, payroll on-boarding, time collection in the field for construction jobs and document imaging for the entire company. The scenarios where Viewpoint Spectrum is not appropriate for what we are trying to accomplish, we outsource and import into our Viewpoint Spectrum software

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Paula (Queenbee)

CFO

PIEPER HOUSTON ELECTRICConstruction, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organization and location management

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Tracking of all physical assets

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Data exportability

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

As-built drawings

Mobile app

Submittal design and management

Change orders

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost databases

Cost calculator

Bid creation

Pros

Lots of reports available to generate

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Ben Morey

Project Engineer

Pillari BrosConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Great software for analyzing data and trends while still being pretty easy to use.
The ability to create a custom info link reports enable you to create virtually any report using the data you have in Spectrum that will auto-refresh with just one click of a button.
They have a fantastic support network and I the few times I have had to contact support, I was directed to someone very knowledgeable that was able to find a solution.

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Marjie Maguire

Sr. Payroll Accountant

Walsh Mechanical ContractorsConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Cons

More of a project management "vibe".
Less spreadsheet and complex processes to do things.

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Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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It's sometimes hard to control the document imaging window. It doesn't stop when you release the cursor. Have to go to top of screen and click in one of the bars to lock it in place.
In AP invoice entry, you have to slow down when entering job and phase number. Doesn't keep up with the speed of the person entering.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

ProContractor 5.8

Based on 4 answers

ProContractor support has gone through good times and bad times. However, now that ViewPoint is owned by Trimble the support has been great and stable. Support is good to respond on average urgency tickets. The only complaint is that for urgent tickets communication can be slow even though the support team is working on the issue.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Viewpoint Spectrum 6.3

Based on 30 answers

Support has not been great since merging with Viewpoint. I've sent several letters up the chain about this. It has made me want to leave the software altogether on more than one occasion. I spend a lot of time on hold, and on numerous occasions now we've sat around for days waiting for a response only to be told the person on the phone never actually made a ticket for that, or that the online system didn't alert them of our case. We used to be able to call and get someone immediately and have the problem solved by a knowledgeable person. Now it's hit or miss and you could be on hold forever. The online training academy is nice but it's still not in-depth enough for me to not have to sit and babysit someone through a training period.

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Margaret Reams

Owner

Hazzard Electrical LLCConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Procore beats Viewpoint hands down but can integrate well with Viewpoint Vista accounting software. I think that if the Viewpoint software was more flexible if they were more interested in patches, updates, and hearing customer feedback in the way the Procore does, that they would actually have the opportunity to corner the market.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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I have previously used Sage Masterbuilder, another construction industry software. This has been a number of years ago. The company I am working for already had Spectrum and have been using it for as long as it has been around when it was known as Forefront. Based on conversations I've had with the personnel that were here at the time of purchase, Spectrum clicked off all the boxes they were looking for.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Procontractor allows our company to visualize the site and figure out the problematic areas that can't be seen just from plans.

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Matt Snow

Estimator

RDJE, Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees

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We do not use Viewpoint Spectrum for estimating or project tracking. There has not been any incentive to do so. The results achieved using the methods already in place are at a level that it was deemed unnecessary to invest the time and money required to change.
We do not use the Human Resources module. It is not necessary for only around 45 permanent employees. The functionality of just the payroll module covers the data we want to capture electronically. The other 400 - 500 employees we have each year are non-permanent union workers that come and go and are also sufficiently recorded and tracked with the payroll module.

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Verified User

Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Construction Company, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Likelihood to Recommend

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Feature Rating Comparison

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organization and location management

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Tracking of all physical assets

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Data exportability

Plan distribution & viewing

Plan markups & sharing

Issue tracking & punchlists

Photo documentation

Jobsite reports

Document sharing

RFI tools

Collaboration & approvals

As-built drawings

Mobile app

Submittal design and management

Change orders

Takeoff tools

Job costing

Cost databases

Cost calculator

Bid creation

Pros

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Cons

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Support Rating

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Alternatives Considered

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Return on Investment

ProContractor

Viewpoint Spectrum

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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