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HomeTech ADVANTAGE

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What is HomeTech ADVANTAGE?

ADVANTAGE is a construction and estimation software offering from HomeTech Information Systems.

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UI challenges w ADVANTAGE

Incentivized
Diana Gustavsen
Sr. Director of Technology in Information Technology at A&G (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ADVANTAGE is our financial accounting system as well as how we handle media buys for our clients.

ADVANTAGE is powerful in that these two systems are integrated as one solution.

Pros

  • Media billing
  • Estimates
  • Invoicing.

Cons

  • The UI reminds me of windows 98
  • The experience is not ADA compliant
  • There feels like there are unnecessarily extra steps to get simple task done

Good For Billing

Incentivized
Verified User
Project Manager in Marketing (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use advantage for time logging, billing, and creating job numbers.

Pros

  • Media billing
  • PO Organization
  • Time Details on Billing

Cons

  • Timing out
  • Job structure - could use more layers than just change orders and briefs
  • Notes section

Return on Investment

  • It keeps job time organized by job so we can bill properly for work
  • It keeps POs organized by job so that we can track easier
  • Provides reporting that gives insight into employee time and where it's spent

Alternatives Considered

Wrike, Salesforce CMS and Basecamp

Other Software Used

Wrike, Salesforce CMS, Basecamp

Review of Advantage

Incentivized
Jessica Caudill
Dispatcher at Glass Doctor (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our techs use this program on site to build estimates for our customers. We are able to use it in the office as well. It has made quoting projects simple & fast.

Pros

  • Information from site visits is easily accessible.
  • Workflow is easy to use

Cons

  • Tech support

Return on Investment

  • Our sales went from $80,000 to $150,000.00 in a matter of a few months.

Other Software Used

ServiceTitan

Incredibly robust agency management tool with few limitations if any

Incentivized
Verified User
Vice-President (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Timekeeping. While there are many other products that do this well in a vacuum, the way it integrates with the other functions is outstanding.
  • Project management. Opening new jobs, filling out creative briefs and trafficking projects is fairly easy and the options are robust.
  • Reporting. In particular, running time reports is a simple process that's both intuitive and effective.

Cons

  • Advantage is hugely cumbersome. There are hundreds of functions I will never use, and that I'm not sure anyone else in the organization uses.
  • The user interface could be better. Every time there's an update, there's a small but definitive learning curve.

Return on Investment

  • Advantage has everything to do with our company's ability to run an effective back office.
  • When you have a company that does a wide variety of concurrent projects, you need a great tool to manage it all. Advantage does that for us.
  • As I am unfamiliar with the pricing model (I'm not a member of the team that negotiates this particular product), I can't provide any true ROI from an overall business perspective.

Alternatives Considered

ClickTime and Mavenlink

Other Software Used

Critical Mention, TVEyes, Cision PR Software, TrendKite