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HomeTech ADVANTAGE

Score2.2 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Reliability: Users have found the cost estimator program to be effective and reliable as it has worked well for several years, indicating its consistent performance and accuracy.

Auto-saving feature: The program's automatic saving of updates has been highly appreciated by users. This feature prevents the loss of changes in case of a computer crash, providing peace of mind. Its value and convenience have been acknowledged by reviewers.

Ease of use and accuracy: Reviewers have expressed satisfaction with the program's ease of use and its ability to provide accurate price estimates for bidding purposes. Most users were able to find prices for their bids accurately most of the time, indicating that the program simplifies their workflow. Additionally, its simplicity and local area cost information have been praised by customers.

Reviews

4 Reviews

UI challenges w ADVANTAGE

Rating: 2 out of 10
Incentivized

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

Likelihood to Recommend

In my opinion, UI is outdated, extra work to get simple test done and appears that they’re not investing in the platform.

I’ve not seen ADVANTAGE invest in the platform, even since the acquisition.

The integration of financial accounting with media billing and invoicing, makes it a unique product, but the cons are outweighing the positives for me.
DG
Diana Gustavsen
Sr. Director of Technology in Information Technology at A&G (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
HomeTech ADVANTAGE
2 years of experience

Good For Billing

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized

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

Likelihood to Recommend

My agency uses Advantage mainly for the billing connection with media. Because we have it, we use it also for generating job codes, POs, and time logging. We do not use it as a project management system - I have at other companies and it was not ideal compared to what I am using now.
VU
Verified User
Project Manager in Marketing (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
HomeTech ADVANTAGE
6 years of experience

Review of Advantage

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

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

Likelihood to Recommend

This program has eliminated so many "estimate not givens" on site. It has streamlined the process for our techs in order to help us provide our customers with estimates as quickly as possible for repairs.
JC
Jessica Caudill
Dispatcher at Glass Doctor (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
HomeTech ADVANTAGE
1 year of experience

Incredibly robust agency management tool with few limitations if any

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company uses Advantage for everything including timekeeping and reporting, project management, project trafficking, billing and all sorts of other back-office functions. It's the central nervous system that helps our company operate smoothly and efficiently. My experience, however, is limited to timekeeping and reporting and project management. I do work closely with other parts of the company that use it for the variety of other functions listed above.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Any integrated agency (more than just a single-discipline agency) that's looking for a one-stop shop to manage all aspects of running the business would do well to consider Advantage as the single-source tool to do it all. Single-discipline agencies could probably find a less robust tool that's equally as effective for tracking and reporting.
VU
Verified User
Vice-President (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
HomeTech ADVANTAGE
6 years of experience