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What is Raken?

Raken is a cloud-based daily reporting platform for Contractors.

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Raken Provides its users with amazing cloud collaboration and project management capabilities.

Incentivized
James GilmourView profile
Design Engineer in Engineering at ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. Engineering for a better future (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to share images and recordings.
  • Functional mobile access is very useful.
  • Cloud collaboration capability.
  • The free trial for beginners.

Cons

  • Developer could include project estimating capability.
  • The integration with the accounting platforms could improve.
  • Support team could be more reliable.

Return on Investment

  • With this tool, it was easy tracking budgets on time.
  • The sharing of project documents is simple.
  • Cloud collaboration power is excellent for successful projects.

Alternatives Considered

COINS Construction Cloud, CMiC Construction Platform and Procore

Other Software Used

Workfront, PlanGrid, Oracle Primavera Submittal Exchange

Raken -- Simple as it gets

Incentivized
Spencer Jabbia
Project Manager in Professional Services at N&T Construction Co. Inc. (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Photo management. Construction is a risky business, and there is no better way to document, with timestamped photo documentation, the completed work on the job.
  • Timesheets. Seeing the daily/weekly/monthly work hour graphs and curves helps us to understand what has been taking place on this job site.
  • SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE. Absolutely no learning curve. This is a huge plus.

Cons

  • None.

Return on Investment

  • Raken is improving communication from the field to the office.
  • It's improving our daily job site documentation.
  • It has improved our timesheet processes, and simplified them.

Great daily log tool for the job site.

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Keep track of daily reporting
  • Send reports and updates to other members of the project
  • Production tracking
  • Timecards

Cons

  • Sometimes the app will run slow or crash on the guys in the field. It doesn't happen too often though.
  • An easier way to download all project Daily Reports at one time.

Return on Investment

  • Increased productivity
  • Easier communication
  • Faster than using any type of paper forms

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Other Software Used

Bluebeam Revu, FoxitPhantom PDF, Procore

Great tool to bring your company out of the daily report dark ages

Incentivized
Verified User
Project Manager in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Great iPhone application - The application makes reporting and adding photos very easy.
  • It's easy to navigate different days and reports. Or to find keywords or subcontractors and when they performed work.

Cons

  • I hear some feedback from our field team that occasionally the application is slow or crashes on their devices.

Return on Investment

  • Raken definitely saves costly superintendent time and can be used as a tool to review dates, weather, etc. if a case is opened or an issue comes up that needs to be checked back on.
  • Raken is only as good as the data inputted into it. If your team does not use all of the functions you don't get a good product.

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Other Software Used

PlanGrid, Procore, Vista by Viewpoint

Great product to automate daily reports

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Product Management (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Automation
  • Daily reports

Cons

  • Access to past projects for admin
  • How reports are exported

Return on Investment

  • Less need to travel to each job site.
  • Automated emailed reports to clients reduces the number of meetings/conversations about what is happening on the project.