Procore Estimating

Pros: The ease of connecting to many people from one platform

Cons: Can tend to be somewhat complicated at times.

Pros: Procore Estimating is robust in ensuring all maintenance costs and distribution expenses are well managed.

Cons: Procore Estimating has deployment complexities

Pros: Easy to use with Procore, eliminates multi platform data transfers and work processes.

Cons: Esticom has become an integrated Procure tool recently, however during the transition Procore users with non-profit or free licenses are not able to use the tool. I'm hoping that changes over the next year because this is the main function that Procore lacks and I currently pay for a separate third party app integration to compensate. I love that Procore has a non-profit program that enables us to train new trades employees for adoption of digital construction tech, so it's a minor annoyance that this functionality is not yet available for free!

Pros: This software is great for weekly use for when I need to do quality takeoff

Cons: sometimes when using this software to do bid management it can be confusing

Pros: I used it for the HVAC takeoff estimation. I can almost find everything I want in their libraries. Besides, it needs minimum learning and you can start right after you enter the site. It doesn't need installation and all you need is web access. The navigations between plans and scaling are also easy. I have three other colleagues and we start to try it together and all of us are satisfied with the performance of the software in different trades like plumbing, masonry, and concrete

Cons: The price is a little high and dependency to internet access could be a problem sometimes

Pros: What I liked the most about Esticom is how easy it is to measure blueprints and download them with legends. It works very well with the mouse, and it is web based so I could access it anywhere.

Cons: What I liked the least about Esticom is that it is missing important features and they are charging way too much for the platform. Please add templates, stages and Excel options!

Pros: Ease of use is definitely a big plus. Also some of the automations are very helpful to build up a proposal quickly.

Cons: There are still some features that I would like to have, but I am sure their team is already working on them.

Pros: The cloud bases structure and easy to use functions made this software power full.

Cons: Some recommendations are below. 1)If we can fix a color , legend size and shape for an assembly it would be great so that we dont need to select it all time. 2)Option to select a particular area for take off would be great. 3)Option to download all take off drawings to PDF at once.

Pros: Very easy to put together an efficient quality bid

Cons: There isn’t something I don’t like about the software

Pros: Ease of use and the knowledge and helpfulness of the support staff that has been helping us get Esticom setup and running.

Cons: Difficulty in working with margins and profit categories. This may be user error more than a software issue.

Pros: I like the fact that you can plug and play. Just download your material list . Then create a symbols list. Then start scaling.

Cons: Some times there are glitches and wording and numbers bunch up together.

Pros: I like how fast I can get a takeoff done and how the parts are all in there.

Cons: Wish the auto count was more reliable and it was easier to add parts to the parts list.

Pros: When properly set up, the speed of producing an estimate is greatly improved

Cons: Materials search functionality - often can't find product Lack of output options in spreadsheet format

Pros: easy and fast take off. definitely saves time

Cons: I am not sure the numbers they use for markups are accurate

Pros: This is very easy to use once you know what you are doing. It has helped a lot in my specific field compare to the other products out there.

Cons: wish there were more legend options to use.

Pros: The intuitive nature of the interfaces and how easy it is to tweak my estimates.

Cons: There are a few quirks that take some getting used to. I'd say the two small things that bother me most are: 1. Not being able to add one-time-use items to the estimating section. 2. Not being able to switch between takeoff modes without deleting the entire item. (ie switching between linear and linear avg with drop)

Pros: I like how easy it is to use, very intuitive. The menu is simple and effective.

Cons: The auto takeoff feature isn't very reliable. I would LOVE having this feature working correctly.

Pros: The ease of use. The software is very intuitive.

Cons: The break out portion in the estimation part of the software. There is no way to break out a certain task or job out of the bid whole to supply numbers to GCs. Also the markup calculations and profits don't add up to the percentages set in profit section.

Pros: It saves you a tremendous amount of time by building your estimate as you are doing your takeoff.

Cons: Sometimes there are slight quirks that need to be fixed, but this is mainly because they are adding new features and they always get fixed.

Pros: Digital take offs are easier than paper, easy to look at.

Cons: Prices in USD. Exporting to excel isn’t exactly perfect.

Pros: Customer service was very good , useage was easy to get onto

Cons: The estimate submission - breakout of the pst is awkward . I would more flexability with my final price to submit to client .

Pros: Speeds up the estimating process. They are always expanding and improving the software.

Cons: Not a lot of extra drawing functions for customization.