THE BEST TOOL IN COST ESTIMATIONS!!!!
Sage Estimating is special software that helps us in forecasting and fore planning our expenses in line with profitable bidding. We rely …
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November 29, 2022
THE BEST TOOL IN COST ESTIMATIONS!!!!
Sage Estimating is special software that helps us in forecasting and fore planning our expenses in line with profitable bidding. We rely mostly on data from take-off software that pulls information from project documents. It helps in creating more precise estimates in less time and increases the bid-to-win ratio. We get solutions quickly and effectively without inconvenience.
- Sage Estimating has offered us the principle of direct and indirect pricing which has been a game changer in our business.
- It has helped us in building quite accurate bids compared to our competitors.
- We are able to create value over time with the help of Sage Estimating tool.
- Sage Estimating software has been the best tool when it comes to cost estimation. For the time we have been using this software, we have not had any major challenges. For the minor ones, the support technics have been there to assist without wasting time.
- Increased output because of accurate approximations.
- We are able to come up with accurate cost models.
- We are always in line with the actual budget.
November 23, 2022
Speed up your estimating process
Our client is using Sage Estimating and as their IT managed services provider we support them with their infrastucture and systems. Our client switched to SAGE Estimating as they were using SAGE X3 for their other ERP needs. The biggest issue Sage Estimating solved for them is that all the spreadsheets are in the same format without any errors and probability of users errors with the math formulas as the Estimator is performing it with its database engine.
- Same format Spreadsheet
- Ability to adjust by percentages
- Ability to separate phases into categories
- Complexity.
- Is not cloud based
- More customization would be appreciated
- Manupulation of existing data is very user friendly thanks to "Database Manager".
- A bit pricey
December 17, 2019
Sage Estimating...the Granddaddy of General Contracting Estimation Creation Software. It can be trusted but getting long in the tooth.
Sage Estimating is the main estimating creation package currently being used in our firm. It is primarily used within our preconstruction department though our operations employees will sometimes access and have some light use of the software. It may make the software sound lesser but the main reason we use it is to avoid preconstruction managers using plain Excel to build their estimates. In addition to be a much more refined way of creating an estimate the software works in conjunction with Sage 300 CRE Accounting and Project Management in allowing us to transfer estimates from precon phase to construction phase without having to recreate them again.
- Sage Estimating is very good at providing the users (and eventually clients) with a clean, well broken down estimate of how we have come up with a specific bid amount. It allows consistency among our different precon managers in how they present the final numbers of a bid.
- The way Sage Estimating presents itself to a precon manager/user allows ease of use from the very start such that someone can build a bid with very little training.
- The program has a fairly antiquated user interface such that someone working in it may not feel like they are working with advanced software.
- Sage Estimating has absolutely no remote access capability outside running it in a Citrix/RDP environment so users have to be using a fat/full client vs. any hopes of access on a mobile device.
- The capabilities built into Sage Estimating allow our company to avoid the complexity of having random Excel bids floating around. All our bids are built into the Sage database and available to all users without searching.
- The lack of mobile options require users of the software to always be on a full client vs. mobile device. This limiting factor makes our process a bit more expensive by not allowing estimators to easily work on the go.
We have been using Sage Estimating for close to two decades now. Changing from a base software is always hard as the incumbent package always has an advantage over any new comers. In this case we have considered both Procore Technologies and RedTeam software as an alternate to not only our estimating practices but the whole Project Management suite. In the case of Procore although its mobile capability is far superior the pricing point on it is so high that we had to move on from consideration of it. Our review of RedTeam suggested the software not mature enough for our needs. Sage Estimating's days are numbered if they do not develop better mobility in the application but for now it is the the go-to package for mature GC's.