Construction Software Comparison Guides, Resources and White Papers
Sage Construction and Real Estate Software Selection Guide
Choosing software to run a construction or real estate business is a long-term commitment, and this e-book from Sage and Accordant helps you evaluate it carefully. The first half covers five buying considerations: fit and function, usability and adoption, price and budget, implementation and training, and publisher commitment. Each comes with a short checklist of questions to ask vendors. The second half gives an overview of Sage Construction and Real Estate, including preconstruction, operations and finance solutions and featured products such as Sage Estimating, Sage Intacct Construction and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate. It also covers integrations with partners like Procore and Autodesk, add-ons, and the training formats and support plans available. Use it to document your requirements, look beyond the sticker price and compare options with confidence.
Construction Project Management Software Buyer's Guide
Choosing construction project management software is a major investment in cost, time and resources, and it will shape how your teams work every day. Procore's buyer's guide gives owners, general contractors, subcontractors, project managers, architects and engineers a framework for making that decision. It starts with a self-assessment to define your problems and plan for growth. It then compares on-premise and cloud deployment, explains seat, named-account and unlimited-user licensing, and covers security and data ownership. Detailed feature checklists span drawings, RFIs, submittals, daily logs, scheduling, document management, permissions and more. The guide closes with what to expect from implementation and customer support, the reference questions to ask about any vendor, and a shopping list for comparing your leading candidates side by side.
Construction Management Software Buyer's Guide
Construction firms that piece together point solutions end up with double entry, multiple logins and reporting that is near impossible across projects. Procore's 2020 Construction Management Software Buyer's Guide gives you a framework for choosing a better path. It shows how to build a business case for executive support, define pain points, set SMART objectives and form a tech buying committee. It then covers the essentials to look for in any vendor, including platform versus point solution, open APIs and integrations, licensing models, mobility and offline access, reporting and analytics, and security and data ownership. Finally, it explains how to evaluate the company behind the software on ease of use, implementation, support, scalability, product development, ROI and references, so you can choose a partner that fits your business.
Construction Management Software Buyer's Guide for Subcontractors
General contractors often require you to use their software, but your own processes, documentation and margins still need protecting. Procore's buyer's guide for subcontractors gives you a framework for choosing construction management software that fits your business. It starts with six steps for finding the right match, from building a purchasing team that includes your site crew to demoing the solution rather than the product and creating a cost-benefit analysis. It then covers the essentials to assess, including field adoption, mobile and offline access, controlled document storage, data ownership, real-time productivity data, security, integrations and streamlined payments. You also get a side-by-side comparison of on-premise and cloud servers, a breakdown of seat licenses versus unlimited users, and the questions to ask about implementation, customer support, references and research and development.
Construction Management Software Buyer's Guide for Specialty Contractors
Choosing construction management software is a significant investment, and for specialty contractors it has to work alongside the systems general contractors already require. Procore's buyer's guide gives subcontractors a framework for evaluating and comparing solutions. It starts with six steps for finding the right match, from building a purchasing team that includes field staff to demoing the solution rather than the product and running a cost-benefit analysis. It then covers the essentials to look for, including field adoption, mobile and offline access, document control, data ownership, real-time productivity data, security and integrations. It also compares on-premise and cloud deployment and per-seat and unlimited-user licensing side by side. The guide closes with what to expect from implementation and support, and the reference questions to ask before choosing a software partner.