JOB COST/ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE REVIEWS
According to the CFMA's 2008 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, more than 99% of contractors are using some type of job costing/accounting/payroll software. And with good reason. The right job cost accounting software gives you visibility into your cash flow, profitability and overall costs per project. It synchronizes with your estimating software, project management software, and other operations in your company to give you a single access point for reporting on the financial status of all your construction projects and company operations. Choosing the right software, however, can be a confusing and frustrating task.
Learn how to add up the pros and cons of different accounting and job costing applications by reading your peers' reviews of various programs, software overviews and a description of each application’s functions and features.
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A-Systems
A-Systems, founded in 1978, was the first company in PC-based job costing and has set many software standards in the industry. It prides itself on the fact that it "firmly refuses to charge a lot of money for its powerful software." Their two software systems are JobView and Visual...
Applied Computer Systems - JOBPOWER
Applied Computer Systems supplies the industry with accounting construction software, offering the JobPower package with job budgeting, certified payroll, AIA billing, union reports, construction breakdowns, and other functions especially intended for construction accounting firms. The company also sells DocumentVision, a document...
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ARES
ARES Corp. develops an array of project management and job costing software for clients in aerospace, defense, construction, oil and gas, government and electrical utilities. Many of those customers have invested in the PRISM Management suite, which helps ensure that projects meet cost and design specifications...
Bid4Build
Bid4Build prides itself on its low cost and versatility. Their construction estimating software can be used by all types of general and subcontractors for both residential and commercial construction as well as remodeling and insurance estimating. The solution also contains job costing accounting and scheduling features...
BuildSoft
BuildSoft's stated business goal is to allow small and medium-sized construction firms to focus on building homes -- not on the critical, time-consuming back-office tasks associated with successfully running a company. Constellation HomeBuilder Systems Inc., which acquired the BuildSoft and Builder 360 product lines in 2006, specializes in...
CMiC
Computer Methods International (CMiC) are specialists in the needs of project-based businesses. Their many years in the software industry allow them to predict trends and construct the right kind of software to overcome any corresponding challenge that may arise. Since their products are some of the most advanced in the industry, their....
ComputerEase
ComputerEase has developed software for project management and construction Accounting for contractors, big and small, in all industries. Due to its versatility, ComputerEase is used for many different job roles. Everyone from owners to Payroll to Equipment managers all benefits from ComputerEase, so it can certainly unify a working team...
EPCWorks
A major force in the Canadian energy-construction arena, Bantrel turned to its in-house technology experts to create engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project management software to meet its account-management and budgeting needs. Today, construction professionals throughout the company use EPCWorks...
EPOCH
Faithful+Gould has more than 60 years experience in the consulting industry. It puts this knowledge to use to support clients of its range of commercial, consulting and program managements services. These customers range from General Mills, which recently selected Faithful+Gould to act as the construction project management firm for a new plant being built in California, to a three-year cost-engineering contract with a Washington state energy producer...
Foundation Software
Foundation software launched FOUNDATION for Windows construction accounting software in 2000. The software consists of a core construction system and construction software modules. With these two components, clients can accurately perform functions such as: job costing, payroll, inventory, project management, accounts payable, billing...
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HCSS Heavybid
HCSS delivers construction software solutions in the areas of estimating, field management and resource management. By integrating HCSS's HeavyBid, Heavy Job and Dispatcher modules, you will be able to accurately estimate, manage and supply jobs with the necessary materials. This integration enables you to reduce waste and...
Intuit Quickbooks for Construction
Intuit focuses on tools for small businesses, and they dominate the construction small business accounting market. It has been estiamted that out of the 5.7 million contractors in the US, 5 million use Quickbooks. Quickbooks Contractor Edition 8.0 provides accounting, job costing, and project management functions that are designed to meet the...
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Maxwell
Maxwell Systems' construction business management software offers a variety of construction business management and property management products. Their products are used in the following construction segements: general construction, subcontracting, specialty trades, heavy construction, and property management. In addition...
Meridian Prolog
Meridian Systems has the highest market share of all the construction project management software providers in the industry with more than $100 million in revenue. Meridian's software solutions target contractors in the real estate, construction and facility management fields, and provide tools needed to manage projects and portfolios...
Palisade Corp.
Palisade Corp. provides decision and risk analysis software to more than 150,000 users in more than 100 countries. After the success of its first product, @RISK, Ithaca, New York-based Palisade developed several other risk analysis and decision support software solutions…
Primavera
Primavera is a market leader for project and program management in the construction industry. Catering to all types of contractors, their solutions manage multi-billion dollar construction projects for large companies. With over 20 years of experience in the project management industry, they are continually refining their products to meet...
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Sage Software
Sage's construction division services construction firms ranging from fewer than 25 employees to more than 500. The company acquired Oregon-based Timberline and immediately began expanding its construction software offerings. Today Sage offers three packages to the construction industry - Sage Timberline Office, Sage Master Builder, and...
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SAP
SAP has a diverse portfolio of solutions, both horizontal and vertical, created to simplify and enhance multiple corporate business processes. The vendor's enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite features applications designed to address human capital management, enhancement packages, financials, operations and corporate services...
Smart Construction
Smart Contractor, created by Smart Construction Software, offers an integrated construction project management software system capable of meeting your customer relationship management (CRM), estimating, scheduling, reporting, payment tracking, accounting, and purchasing document management needs. This solution is user...
Viewpoint
For over 20 years, Viewpoint has been developing and providing services to the construction industry. Providing service to customers nationwide, their main product, Viewpoint V6 is designed for a variety of contractors, including general, specialty/sub, heavy/highway, and enterprise...
WennSoft
When the operations department of a construction services company desired to find a better way to manage large construction projects, the answer that they found was WennSoft Solutions. WennSoft Solutions are designed to supplement and improve the functions of existing software solutions which ultimately increases business efficiency...
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AMSI
Like its parent, you don't hear a lot about AMSI Construction Management, but its incorporation into Alpharetta, GA-based Infor Global Solutions makes it part of the third-largest enterprise application software company, just ahead of Sage Software. Whether that will give AMSI much leverage remains to be seen, but it does offer the...
BuilderTREND
BuilderTREND Solutions, Inc. is a web-based software company geared toward facilitating and enhancing the communication between home-builders, home-buyers and subcontractors. Their systems provides continuous to access to all aspects of the homebuilding/homebuying experience: scheduling information, warranty management...
Compubuild
CompuBuild develops software solely for the subcontracting industry. Their flagship product is SubMaster, which is a complete software application that fully integrates Realtime Job Costing with Bidding, Project Management, Purchasing, H/R and Payroll with every function of Accounting....
Computer Guidance
Computer Guidance has worked with more than 500 customers from various construction disciplines, including General Contractors, Heavy Highway, Electrical Contractors, Mechanical Contractors, and Specialty Contractors.....
Construction Data Control, Inc (CDCI)
CDCI provides software for estimating, scheduling, accounting and cost control specifically for construction firms. CDCI's construction and computer specialists work together in order to create products that truly meet the needs of the industry and it is for this reason that they say the software is created "for builders by builders"...
Construction Partner
Construction Partner is an integrated accounting software solution that includes job costing, contract billings, subcontract worksheets, retentions, waivers & releases, certified payrolls, workers' compensation and more. For over twenty years the company's focus has been to take companies beyond spreadsheets for...
Corecon
Corecon Technologies, Inc., is a software developing company for the AEC industry, and was founded by long-time construction professionals who were striving to create cost-effective, easy-to-use software. Serving customers primarily throughout North America, Corecon's clients include general contractors, construction managers...
CSC
In 1986, CSC software began to provide software, digitizers and training within the construction industry. Their products are used by general contractors, homebuilders and remodelers, and specialty trades like electrical, concrete, and HVAC. CSC's main product, EasyEst, has 3 different levels — EastEst Lite, EasyEst Basic, and EasyEst...
Decision Dynamics
Decision Dynamics developed Oncore, its project cost management software, to enhance cost visibility from a project's conception to its completion. Oncore addresses problems such as delayed billing cycles, an inability to compare contractors' performances, duplicate billings and overcharging…
Dexter + Chaney
Dexter + Chaney has developed an integrated construction management software package, Spectrum Construction Software, which contains 30 integrated accounting and project management modules geared towards the needs of different construction markets…
Digital Time Capture
Digital Time Capture Inc. is dedicated to providing industrial software solutions for companies in industrial construction. In 2007 Digital Time Capture, Inc. acquired Constructive Strategies Inc., a consulting company with whom they have been working with for many years. The acquisition Digital Time Capture makes them a even stronger player in the construction...
eTEK
eTEK is a Corporation that provides Microsoft Windows-based accounting software for small to large businesses. eTEK acquired MTX international, the first company to provide Windows-based software, and since then it has continued to improve its Microsoft compatibility. It has been a partner of many different software solutions, such as...
Explorer Software
Explorer Software Inc. offers client- and Web-based construction accounting software to companies looking to reduce their operations costs and improve project management. The company's primary solutions consist of 10 components which contain, in all, 46 financial and construction modules…
Hard Dollar
Hard Dollar integrates its programs with construction management software from industry leaders such as Autodesk, Primavera, Sage and Viewpoint. Overall, Hard Dollar's budget- and performance-based construction management software has been used around the globe…
Headsup
HeadsUp Technologies offers fully web-based construction applications that integrate to provide homebuilders and contractors with a seamlessly integrated and powerful construction management software solution. Designed to reduce the risks associated with planning and executing construction projects and increase the profitability of your...
Jonas
Jonas Software, supplier of fully-integrated construction management software, provides powerful job cost management, service management, accounting and other business management tools proven to boost efficiency, eliminate redundancy, ensure accuracy and increase profitability. Delivered as a fully integrated, all-in-one solution...
Kildrummy
Kildrummy Technologies Ltd. sells its project cost management software portfolio to clients in the construction, petro-chemical, engineering, transportation, nuclear, defense and utilities industries. The company has developed four tasks meant to encompass the tasks and data surrounding cost management…
EZJOB
Opus Magnum Software offers three job cost accounting software products for the construction industry -- EZJOB Enterprise, EZJOB Small Business and EZJOB Web. Each product comes with modules for payroll, sales, purchases, subcontracts and more…
Penta
Penta Technologies, Inc. designs, builds and supports financial, accounting and project management software solutions designed for engineering, construction, architecture and other project-focused companies. PENTA, its leading project and service management solution, offers some of the industry's most innovative enterprise...
PrioSoft
PrioSoft provides construction software for custom home building and remodeling companies. Since its founding in 1986, PrioSoft has focused on providing fully integrated and customizable business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies. PrioSoft Contractor's Office delivers a business platform with custom modules designed...
Sales Simplicity
Sales Simplicity Software delivers customer relationship management (CRM), reporting and lead management tools to production homebuilders, developers and contractors. This construction software system is affordable and user-friendly, two factors that allow for quick and easy adoption. Sales Simplicity was designed to be flexible enough to...
Toolbox
Toolbox Software Corporation provides complete software packages that perform many functions necessary for construction businesses. Toolbox software is customizable and includes features such as estimating, inventory, scheduling, security, accounts payable, and job cost. The numerous functions allows clients to maintain control of...
UDA
UDA Technologies aims to provide products that will lower the cost of construction by improving functions of project management. The company's success and innovative solutions can be attributed to the diversity of its knowledgeable staff and its connection to technology and engineering resources at nearby Auburn University...
Universal Powertools
UCS is a computer software company offering a full range of services from construction accounting software sales to ongoing consulting and customer assistance that grows in magnitude with the needs and objectives of your construction business...