#1 most frequent
United States of America
89.5%51 installations of 57
What is eSUB Construction Software?
eSUB is a SaaS platform for commercial subcontractors running large, complex, long duration projects to proactively track and manage their costs, deadlines, deliverables and correspondence; the vendor says this can result in operational efficiencies and improved profits. eSUB is a cloud and mobile-based solution enabling real-time field updates from connected smartphones, tables and mobile PC users.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Jobsite reports
Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.
Category average: 8.1
RFI tools
Users can create, send, receive, and archive Requests for Information (RFIs), to record exchanges with subcontractors, vendors, and other suppliers.
Category average: 8.4
Change orders
A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Cost calculator
Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.
Category average: 7.6
Bid creation
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Category average: 7.8
Checklists
Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.
Category average: 8
Who Buys & Uses eSUB Construction Software
#2 most frequent
Canada
3.5%2 installations of 57
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3.5%2 installations of 57
eSUB - Perfect for Subcontractors
Pros
- It is built with subcontractors in mind. There are many PM software available but this one aims at the commercial subcontractor.
- It does a great job covering the basics of typical commercial work. There are areas that allow you to customize such as adding reservations of rights to documents.
- It can integrate with Microsoft quite a bit, we use this in our work every day and being able to export or sync data/calendars has been helpful.
Cons
- We use Microsoft daily for many things, its an essential program for many areas - the more eSUB can integrate with its core programs the more seamless the transition and daily use.
- Its display platform could use a bit more of a face lift. It reminded me of late 2010's web-design or Microsoft visuals.
- Its app functionality struggled in some areas, we tried using it but found there to be some bugs. Although IT was very helpful in response.
Return on Investment
- It did well introducing our company to the office management side of construction and how to monitor overheads and budgets.
- It has returned on its investment just based off of the facts that we catch more CORs and time and material work and is able to follow up on it.
- It has made us double down on some of our work with Microsoft such as sending or tracking emails.
Alternatives Considered
Procore
Other Software Used
Bluebeam Revu, Microsoft 365 Business, Procore, QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Publisher, BuildingConnected, SmartBid
Small but mighty software solution to run your construction projects.
Pros
- RFI management
- Change Order management
- Submittal management
Cons
- Purchase order integration with Quickbooks
- keeping track of progress billing or partial billing of PO's and sub vendors
- time cards UI is really wonky for daily reports.
Return on Investment
- It has cut down the time to do payroll, time tracking on our major projects
Alternatives Considered
Procore and PlanGrid
Other Software Used
PlanGrid, Procore, Trimble Accubid, ServiceTitan
eSUB - best in the business
Pros
- Using multiple contacts over multiple jobs. Vendors, customers, personnel etc...
- Sending out RFIs, submittals etc... to multiple people at the same time
- Correspondence templates with drop downs makes sending out letters etc... effortless
Cons
- I have no suggestions at the moment and if I ever do have a question, concern or suggestion, a quick email to eSUB gets a quick response.
Return on Investment
- eSUB saves time as you don't have to type, print and send documents.
- I like to call it "set it up once, use it a million times" as once you set up a customer, vendor etc... you can use them across multiple platforms.
- It saves money as you don't need a pool of resources to manage a project due to its ease of use.
Alternatives Considered
Proliance and Procore
Other Software Used
Microsoft Project
