The perfect construction add-in for DIY contractors
Rating: 7 out of 10
March 27, 2018
JL
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
GeneralCOST Estimator for Excel is being used as the go-to Microsoft Excel-based project cost estimating tool within my organization. It is only being used within a single department within the company. To be frank, I don't believe this Excel add-in is appropriate or has the broad functionality required to be used across departments within the entire organization.
The business problem that is addressed by GeneralCost Estimator is a single, aggregated source location for cost data, modifiable overhead and applied profit, and summary and detailed reports that address both bills of material and quotations of price.
- Convenient estimating
- Streamlines the price quotation process
- Standard cost application
- Overhead calculation and pplication
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- Allows us to quickly bid on small projects
- Allows us to pay less for accounting / finance professionals
- Allows us to standardize our cost structure
- Microsoft Project and Sage Construction Estimator
GeneralCOST Estimator for Excel is cheaper, easier to use, more streamlined and is easily installed and up and running. The flip side to the ease of use is the limited functionality, somewhat outdated cost bucketing profile and general lack of sophistication. The add-in also does not talk with full suite accounting software which requires additional reconciliations if used within a large organization.