InEight Review as a Subcontractor
February 03, 2025

InEight Review as a Subcontractor

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Field Execution Management – Plan, Progress and Compliance (Inspect)
  • Connected Analytics – Report and Explore

Overall Satisfaction with InEight

We use InEight mainly for the Progress module to track manpower/payroll and the Control module to track progress of Scope estimate items. The cost breakdown structure is easy to use with forecasting to track remaining cost to complete. Progress is great for tracking cost and manhours to specific activities.

Pros

  • Tracking labor and equipment hours to specific estimated scope line items
  • Creating detailed work breakdown structures within Estimate and using that same structure to apply cost to during the job
  • Creating custom data blocks in control to track progress and create forecasts

Cons

  • Document module feels clunky and difficult to use. RFI creation should be streamlined, almost like it's own section of the module.
  • Schedule integration with Control & Progress modules.
  • Change module should have the ability to detailed change orders from scratch, whether Lump Sum or T&M. Right now it's only useful to plug in numbers and use as a log. There is no detailed cost/price breakdown buildout.
  • Ability to see current overall costs on any CBS line item, and forecast remaining cost for that line item is something we've never had before.
  • Increased the accuracy of our estimates
  • Better project planning in place
Tracking costs at a more detailed level was a huge objective, and InEight provides and easy solution for that. It has helped identify areas of potential savings by reduction in manpower to achieve the same outcome. Helping to identify deficiencies in estimating by using benchmarking for detailed cost items. Uniform estimating is also in place to ensure consistency no matter who estimates a job.
InEight Progress and Control have a fairly easy UI to understand and use, which in turn makes user adoption easier. We use these two modules as the stepping blocks for new PM's into InEight. Then as they get more comfortable, we can introduce them to Change, Plan, and Schedule. The easier is it for end users to adopt the process, the sooner and easier the business outcomes can be met.
We're in the process of entering our largest job yet into InEight at around $25M. So far it has been easy to scale up and add scopes for multiple contractors.
Support is usually very knowledgeable and quick to get an answer to any issues. The process of submitting and tracking enhancement requests could use improvement.
The two items that set InEight apart was the estimating module with the ability to track cost to the exact estimate line item and the ability to export manhours to payroll. The other software's were either lacking or deficient in these items.

Do you think InEight delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with InEight's feature set?

Yes

Did InEight live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of InEight go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy InEight again?

Yes

InEight is well suited to create a work breakdown structure at the estimate level, and follow that same WBS throughout the project life. Forcing the project to be managed the exact same way it was estimated is a huge plus, however Control & PRogress also have flexibility to deviate from the estimate if needed for change orders or items missing from the estimate. The help desk is usually very knowledgeable and quick to respond.

InEight Feature Ratings

6.1
Plan distribution & viewing
7
Plan markups & sharing
7
Document sharing
4
Issue tracking & punchlists
8
Photo documentation
8
Jobsite reports
8
RFI tools
2
Collaboration & approvals
7
As-built drawings
6
Mobile app
8
Submittal design and management
5
Checklists
7
Meeting Minutes
6
Specifications
5
Change orders
4
9.6
Takeoff tools
9
Job costing
10
Cost databases
10
Cost calculator
10
Bid creation
9
Human Resource Management ()
Not Rated
Payroll Management ()
Not Rated
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
9.0
Dashboards
9
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
9
Data exportability
9

Comments

  • Ellen Bartlett | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Ellen Bartlett
    (Vendor Representative) commented 10 months ago
    Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're glad to hear that you've had a good experience and we appreciate your feedback. Thank you for being a customer!

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