Name: Sage Estimating
Rating: 10 (20 reviews)
Author: Sage

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Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Batch Management Software

Changelog

Development

Attendance Tracking

Education

Barcode

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Data Extraction

Enterprise Feedback Management

Integrated Workplace Management (IWMS)

Statistical Analysis

Enterprise

Accounting

Corporate Performance Management (CPM)

Online Trading

Finance and Accounting

360 Degree Feedback Software

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Freelance Management

HR Management

Payroll

Recruitment Marketing

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

AI Governance

Authorization

Cloud Storage

Container Management

Data Collaboration

Data Science

Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

Fraud Detection

In-Memory Databases

Incident Response

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Intranet

Network Performance Monitoring

Packet Analyzer

Penetration Testing

Phishing Detection and Response

SOA Application Gateways

Technology Scouting Software

Testing Services

Traffic Switching

Web Portal

Information Technology

A/B Testing

AI Image Generation

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Contact Center

Content Management

Demand-Side

Domain Registration Services

Email Marketing

Event Management

Identity Resolution

Marketing Automation

Product Sampling

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Technology Review

Video Marketing

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Writing and Proofreading Tools

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Lead-to-Account Matching and Routing

Social Commerce

Sales

Law Practice Management

Nonprofit Advocacy

Restaurant POS

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Sage provides business software, services and support to small and medium sized businesses. Whilst our heritage is in the small business market we also have the experience and expertise to meet the needs of specific industries and larger organisations.

Sage is a global company with more than 6 million customers, 13,600 employees and 30 years of experience working with small and medium sized businesses. However, despite our global reach we have built our success on understanding and meeting the needs of customers in their local markets. Therefore the majority of our products and services are developed and supported locally. This ensures we provide a choice of high quality products and services which are relevant to our customers, use the most appropriate technology and are supported by local experts.

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Senior Estimator

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Custom fields

Add custom fields

Doesn t support

Work around

User interface

Run a report

Remote access

Add custom

Mobile device

Able to resolve

Different roles

Little maintenance

Broken down

Work breakdown

Ease of use

Gives the user

Little training

Ease of access

Ability to sort

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Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software

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

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure App Service

Sage Estimating is used within the project develop team to estimate projects of various types. Our group estimates pipeline installations, compressor station installations, metering facilities and maintenance capital projects. We produce anywhere from 900 to 1000 estimates a year. Our costs ranges from $50K to $500 million.

Assemblies &amp; Models are one of the strongest features of Sage Estimating. They take the software far beyond what simple templates can accomplish. The assemblies that the user creates are always up to date with the latest data in the database. They allow you to take off huge amounts of material &amp; labor quickly, giving you the time to focus on analyzing the estimate.
The WBS (work breakdown structure) gives the user the ability to sort data in a large variety of ways. Using multiple WBS fields the user can view the estimate in a variety of different ways, allowing for a more complete review.
The Sage Helpdesk is always helpful and efficient. They are usually able to resolve any issues in a timely manner. And once the software is up and running properly, it requires very little maintenance.
The software works well with Crystal Reports. The user can attach multiple Crystal Reports to the Reports Menu for ease of access. Sage Estimating comes with its own Crystal Report application. The user can use this to create custom reports.
The latest SQL version of Sage Estimating represents a welcome step forward from Sage. It is more secure and stable than the older Pervasive version. It allows for the assigning of different roles to the estimators in the organizations, such as admin, Sr Estimator, Jr Estimator. The user can even define their own roles.

While the SQL version may represent a step forward from Sage, it is a recent release and still has a few bugs in it. (I’ve contacted Sage with the issues I’ve found and hopefully they are working to resolve them.) For instance, I've found a bug where the Notes column prints twice when I run a report. However there is a simple workaround for this.
Though the database contains lots of user fields, it lacks the ability to add custom fields to the database. For instance, a weight field added to the material portion of the database would be very useful.
The Sage Helpdesk is always helpful unless they have not encountered the error before. In which case, they struggle a bit.
The software works with Crystal Reports, but the Sage helpdesk doesn’t support Crystal Report. I have an issue with my reports latching onto data from old estimates and not letting go. I have developed a work around for this, but it is still a bug that needs to be addressed.
I would also like the menus to be customizable.

Sage Estimating software is superior in almost every way to using spreadsheets. I have used both methods to estimate projects and much prefer estimating software. Using this software I can estimate an entire compressor station in under an hour. It literally takes seconds to generate the estimate; and then I spend the rest of the time adjusting and reviewing it. This saves hours of time and allows me to produce hundreds of estimates a year.
We maintain a high level of accuracy by using Sage Estimating. While there are always outliers, most of our estimates fall well within the accuracy range of the class of estimate we produce. (Our accuracy ranges are based on AACEI guidelines.) Overall, our projects generally fall within +/- 5% of the budget.
The accuracy and quality of the estimate is only as good as the time and energy invested in maintaining the database. The database requires quite a bit of maintenance in order to keep it accurate. I spend perhaps 10% of my time working with the data.

We use Sage Estimating for Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Metering Facilities and Maintenance Capital Projects.

Our estimating is fairly straight forward, but the Assemblies and Models are a very innovative way to take off material and labor.

We will just continue to use it as we always have.

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.

Windows Server, Windows Server Failover Clustering, Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, Veeam Backup & Replication

We use SAGE Estimating for all of our bids, which number between 500-700 per year. We our markets vary from community to medical. Sage Estimating is a valued tool with in our organization, I have custom built the database to allow our company to bid as needed for best practices.

Manage Assemblies
Easy sorts for quick references on different phases
GREAT WBS structure
Easy generation for new bids

Interface to other BIM applications
Reports are lacking

Turnaround on Estimates are very quick and the ability to copy and existing estimate for similar projects is priceless
The tool is easy to learn and can be picked up quickly by new hires (many have at least used SAGE in college)

Information Technology Manager - Business Systems