PlanGrid Review
August 16, 2017
PlanGrid Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PlanGrid
For Construction Management, Tracking, and Communication. It was used at a Project Level. It was a good tool for us to document changes in the field and communicate them more effectively. It also helped with tracking progress as well as identify and close out issues.
- Drawing Rendering & Clarity
- Issue Tracking
- Innovative Functionality: adding pictures, notes, statuses, and the ability to take all the info and generate a report
- The ability for other document control sites to link to PlanGrid, i.e. when a new drawing is issued to a site it has to then be updated on PlanGrid as well. Basically it doubles the time for document control. Would be beneficial if the PlanGrid storage page could be linked to other document control sites like ACONEX, Constructware, etc.
- Hiding default settings that don't apply to my work.
- Price and Limited plan options.
- Saved Paper
- Prevented Rework
- Allowed faster field to office interface
Hands down PlanGrid has better functionality compared to other programs. In my opinion this is due to the ease of navigating and the plan rendering speeds. However the other programs that can be used are much cheaper and have similar functionality. We have enterprise agreements with these other companies for other software we use and get even better rates on the PlanGrid alternatives.
I would encourage PlanGrid to expand their subscription types to more than just number of pages. They could vary in where things are stored, plangrid server or another server the company may already have.