Contractor Foreman Erfahrungen

Easy to use, fast support responses, and value for money

Vorteile:

Price is amazing. Ease of use. Customer support is fast and seem to be eager to assist. What I love the most is I can request/suggest items from the desktop version be added to the mobile version. I have made 2-3 suggestions and I have seen all my suggestions integrated into the mobile version. I have had issues with the software a couple of times. I would create a support ticket with my issues and literally within minutes to just a couple of hours there would be an update pushed for the app and the issue was repaired. This software does pretty much everything you need it to do. I am extremely satisfied with my purchase. I tried several different applications and ConstructionForeman is and was by far the easiest to use and delivered alot more bang for the buck!

Nachteile:

All my cons have been addressed so far through updates. I would like to see the mobile version have the ability to do everything the desktop version does as I use my phone for 95% of my business.

Most features, easy to use, great value

Kommentare: The company is committed to improving their product. The software is packed with features and I'm always impressed with how much the software can do. With their constant improvements I feel that they will continue to correct any areas that could be improved.

Vorteile:

The software is easy to implement. It is packed with features. They encourage and take feedback and make monthly updates.

Nachteile:

There are some glitches and some parts of the software are more complicated than they need to be.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Contractor Foreman has many times more features than CoConstruct at a fraction of the price.

Zuvor genutzte Software: FreshBooks und CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Easy of use, features. Clearly designed by people in the construction field unlike CoConstruct.

Looking to save a hudge amout of time

Kommentare: Mostly anticipation at this point. Was supper cool to speak to the [SENSITIVE CONTENT], though. He took our call when one of his trainers had a personal emergency. Hearing the logic of how and why he developed this sounded just like our frustrations and list of needs.

Vorteile:

This looks so amazing, so far it values all the real world things we value. my team is already so stoked. We have so many structures to track, manage and project the problems that must only be relevant to contractors, as no other software seems to understand constructing accounting. Or cyclical project management. So to see these tools has justified our team's deep inner knowing that, YES, these are important, we are not crazy.

Nachteile:

It's a little rough around the edges. Went to add a suggestion, and got an error page instead of a form to fill out. yet, I see that they have even opened up their suggestions to be voted on and hashed out like a forum. so it's not by neglect to my request that the error occurred

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: FreshBooks, Buildertrend und Wave Accounting

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Um... quick books sucksand they are obnoxiously greedy

Zuvor genutzte Software: QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Trello und Microsoft Excel

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Price or better odds of working for our neeeds

A deep dive into Contractor Foreman

Kommentare: Overall my experience has been good. I cannot say enough how much this company's ATTITUDE toward improving their product impresses me. This alone will keep me coming back every year

Vorteile:

Best 'bang for buck' of any construction management software, period. Damn good challenger to a lot of CRM software as well.Als, and this cannot be said enough; Of all the myriad different systems I have used over the last 20 years, Contractor Foreman seems to not only be better, but more serious and dedicated to continuous improvements to their platform. THAT will make for the best app, not just today but every year it continues this practice. This is how I run MY company and I consider it the only sane way to do so if you want to have a lifespan of more than a few years.

Nachteile:

Yup, there IS a learning curve, which can be steep if you have never run this kind of software.Also; CF currently does an 'on-site' app better than anyone I know but it still needs workCF has a good timekeeping setup, it needs to get better at integrating with ALL payroll companies because it's own module is not quite up to snuff yetCF has a decent bidding module, but my own setup is still superior in too many ways to adopt theirs 100% just yet, but I'm close. (Most estimators using this level of software are not as demanding as I am)CF is very good at uploading files, it needs to better at organizing and presenting them better and at salient points in the GUI. (It HAS gotten better recently)

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Striven, Buildertrend und Smartsheet

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Better value in every case

Zuvor genutzte Software: CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Better value, ease of useOf all the myriad different systems I have used over the last 20 years, Contractor Foreman seems to not only be better, but more serious and dedicated to continuous improvements to their platform. THAT will make for the best app, not just today but every year it continues this practice. This is how I run MY company and I consider it the only sane way to do so if you want to have a lifespan of more than a few years.

Game Changer!

Kommentare: We love this software we switched from UDA which had some powerful feature Contractor Forman didn't initially have but when they included those features we jumped onboard and have never looked back. We saved a fair amount of expenses by having one piece of software instead of 3.

Vorteile:

We liked that it is a single software performing all our construction management and time tracking on one platform.

Nachteile:

Some of the time tracking rounds up daily hours and it creates overtime hours and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to not have it do that.????

A lot of tools in a small space

Kommentare: I've used other Project Management software that costs twice as much and I've received have the support and half the tools without paying additional fees. This one platform allows me to view my projects at a glance, or delve deeper into the schedules and budgets when required.

Vorteile:

The software has all the critical features I needed without paying a base fee then paying additional for upgrades. Everything from schedules, budgets, and tracking all easily to get to. I also love the ability to import from excel documents easily. Works great with Microsoft Project when importing schedules developed by others.

Nachteile:

There was and continues to be a learning curve. The customer service and the video tutorials have been a great help. I've also received phone call backs for clarity in areas I didn't quite understand.

Always Improving!

Kommentare: Contractor Foreman is well worth the investment. I like the constant improvements that the developers are always working on. Customer service is very responsive. I have made multiple suggestions to development and have always received a response whether it be for more info or sometimes, what their plan is to implement my suggestion.

Vorteile:

Contractor Foreman is very customizable. I like that the user can has to do a minimal amount of setup in order to start using the software.

Nachteile:

This is very basic software. Reporting is somewhat lacking but the user has the ability to create custom reports with available data.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und UDA ConstructionSuite

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: As we had not been using any software, I thought Contractor Foreman would be a good first step to introduce users to project management software.

All construction management features into one

Kommentare: The customer experience is great over at Contractor Foreman. I am always getting emails from the staff offering free one-on-one training to help the user understand Contractor Foreman. Plus they are always adding new features!

Vorteile:

We enjoyed using the time clock management system and were surprised to see that it shows you accurate GPS tracking when your employee is clocked in.

Nachteile:

I just wished Contractor Foreman had a nicer looking interface. If there was a way to be able to choose dark mode or light mode, that would be awesome!

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore, Fieldwire, Buildertrend und monday.com

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman had a great number of features at a very reasonable price. Plus, there is 9000 licenses where you can add in clients and vendors so the clients know what is going on with their project and the vendors can see what materials are needed.

A project manager must have

Kommentare: Its been a process understanding how it was design. How to input the information.Customs forms are great.But still needs more options for the retainage applied on invoices.

Vorteile:

Budget, cost and progress controlTimecards with cost code assigment

Nachteile:

Still missing the Materials or warehouses controlTo track inventory vs Daily logs.And automatically suggest to buy more materials(the most commonly used)

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: SAP Business One und HeavyBid

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Price, options, users, always on deployment with new modules

Exceptional

Kommentare: Overall, GREAT experience

Vorteile:

User-Friendly. Updates are issued frequently, which keeps things relevant and easy to work with. They are willing to listen to suggestions and actually put them into action.

Nachteile:

Glitches as new things are released, but this is something they work through very rapidly.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: ServiceTrade

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: More options, easy to use, great customer services that's unmatched

New Contractor Foreman User

Kommentare: The training people at Contractor Foreman have been a pleasure to work with. The certainly understand our business and terminology. This has been a very good fit for our company.

Vorteile:

We are just starting with the implementation of this software and doing as many training videos as possible. So far, we are very pleased with the ease of integration to our business, but it is going to take us some time to be fully integrated and have all of us using the system properly.

Nachteile:

The length of time that it will take us to master the system. I wish we could become much more proficient within a few weeks, but I think it's going to take us much longer to be using all of the features properly.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: RedTeam Flex, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Corecon und RedTeam Go

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: We had dropped BuilderTrend about a year ago when Covid hit and we had to let some people go due to our workload. The cost to keep that program going was just not worth it to me. Once our work picked back up again, I wanted to keep our monthly costs lower and found that I liked Contractor Foreman much better than BuilderTrend.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Cost was a big deciding factor, but I felt like Contractor Foreman is more intuitively understandable to me and our type of business. They use the same terminology as we do and I feel like everyone that I have spoken with are actually contractors and not just a computer programmer selling their product, but understand how we need to solve our problems.

GREAT SOFTWARE TO KEEP YOU ORGINIZED WHEN U HAVE SO MUCH ON THE GO

Kommentare: Awesome as I just started this company funds were tight and they were flexible and allowed me to make monthly payments so i could use the software. Other software's were 50 less a month but they were so confusing I couldn't make a estimate even after 1 hour of training so trust me this is the best software for small start up construction company's like mine

Vorteile:

Contractor Forman was the 4th trials software I used and by far was the easiest to learn and navigate through without any training. I need to get training on invoicing % of jobs and when i finally hired a employee I need help with time cards but the estimate software was so simple to create professional estimates

Nachteile:

I wish I could scan documents and receipts in and have it auto populate the amount date items etc. Also I could be wrong here but i think any tools u buy for the company need to be placed under a project which is rare for me.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Smart Contractor

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Projul charged me in the trial period and it was to hard to learn even though there software is looks more up to date and inviting, but that's not the case I was so angry they didn't even try to help me use there software and were quick to cancel and keep my 120.00 back. so there trail is not free they bill your credit card !!!!

Zuvor genutzte Software: Smart Contractor, Buildertrend, Projul und RAKEN

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: could be used on a mobile device

Feature rich, great support, AND inexpensive... a huge value!

Kommentare: Very pleased with the product and the training, over the moon about the price!

Vorteile:

The 1 on 1 training is always given by a highly experienced rep, someone that knows all the ins and outs of the product and can answer any questions you can thow out! Features are excellent, not just for the money, but for any money! Love the product, we use nearly every aspect of it for our day to day operations, Billing, Estimates, project management, etc. Everything works, extremely happy with the tool and the support, HIGHLY recommend!

Nachteile:

Occasionally there will be a bug somewhere when you are using a newer feature, but they are always rolling out updates and listening to their clients to make the product better. The chat support is very responsive, but they are not nearly as knowledgeable about the product as the trainers, so sometimes scheduling a 1 on 1 training is the only way to get the help you need, depending on how complicated your question is. To date there is not a robust Knowledgebase for the product, just a video library, however, I hear they are rolling out a knowledgebase soon, which hopefully will be a nice addition to the chat support.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: They were easier to implement, easier to learn, had all the features for a lot less money.

Comprehensive Platform

Kommentare: We chose Contractor Foreman because we wanted ONE program that would accomplish the tasks of the many (6 or so) programs we were using. This software helped to consolidate our efforts and bring our company together in regards to standard operating procedures. We are still in the beginning stages of implementation, however we've been able to run many projects through from start to finish and we are very pleased with the plan.

Vorteile:

This is a comprehensive software, that my company has integrated into everyday use. The aspect I like the most is that it is always improving. The innovators working in the background at Contractor Foreman are constantly seeking to optimize.

Nachteile:

The biggest problem we've had is waiting on the ability to connect with QuickBooks Desktop. At this point the connection is ready and my team just needs to follow the steps.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Service Fusion

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: We needed to shorten the list of programs we were using. Some of our staff used all of the programs mentioned, and more to accomplish their tasks. Having everyone work in the same program helps us maintain consistency and efficiency. It also lets us track progress and gather information on best practices.

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: For us, Contractor Foreman is much more versatile and comprehensive.

Great CRM for a small business

Kommentare: They seem to be improving the software every month, and I'm excited to see what improvements they announce next. I am getting the program figured out, and it is now becoming a great tool. I think the program is fairly nimble once you learn the steps to do each task.

Vorteile:

I like the two-way sync, the program's simplicity, the client portal, and the project cost tracking. Contractor Foreman offers most of the features I was looking for, for a price that I can afford.

Nachteile:

I had some issues in my initial syncs. I decided to move from Quickbooks Desktop to Quickbooks Online while integrating with Contractor Foreman. Learning how the two programs integrate is always a challenge, and QBO is not as user-friendly as QBD in fixing errors. I had systems and processes in place that I had built over many years, and it took some trial and error to get CF set up the way I needed it to work. Other than that, the only other issue was reaching someone other than the chat support. The chat support is great for quick answers, but bigger issues will need to be handled by the tech support that is only available by email, which was sometimes challenging to get a response from. Overall they took care of my issues, and the program is working well now. I am probably an unusual case, but this is where the program became frustrating, and I was questioning my decision.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: JobTread, JOBPROGRESS, Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman offered most of the features I needed to make the CRM valuable. I've tried several other CRM programs, and they were not as easy to use for a small company. They were made for a team. Contractor Foreman can be run by one person or be used by office staff and field personnel. I think this will be a program that will allow me to grow with it.

Our search is over!

Kommentare: Exceptional! Support has been amazing as well as all the friendly staff. Very personable and knowledgeable.

Vorteile:

The versatility! Being an electrical contractor that works in both residential and commercial, its difficult to find a platform that works for service, small projects and larger scale projects. Not only is this platform versatile, it also has a flow that works and makes sense. It has consolidated two other platforms we were paying for as well as two in house solutions, saving us 1000's over the next few year. We are already seeing the benefits in project management and accountability as a company not to mention the elimination of redundant data entry and a streamlined system.

Nachteile:

The only thing so far is the lack of a timeline on the service ticket screen to see a live view by service tech.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Knowify

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Terrible Work Flow, programming issues, broken modules, half built modules, can go on and on. Long story short it cost us time in the office and didn't save us time. Caused the creation of complicated redundant processes.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Service Fusion

Great Software

Kommentare: Experience has been good.

Vorteile:

Works well with Quickbooks. It also has a nice estimate worksheet that is customizable.

Nachteile:

Navagation could be easier. I would prefer the navigation based on customer vs a large dashboard you have to navigate.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Buildertrend Quickbooks integration was poor in regards to sales tax. I also felt it was too expensive for having to do sales tax work arounds.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman does the best job of all the softwares I have tried.

Just get it!

Vorteile:

The feature rich software was not what we thought we needed until we started using it. There are still things that we are learning about the software that help us better run our business.It was our goal to find something that we can use daily and not become burdened by the usage and need of the software. A few hours a day by the whole team makes sure that our customers are feeling important and well taken care of.

Nachteile:

There was a bit of a learning curve for our team at first. Once we understood that complexity and ability of the software ad a few trainings we were able to fins our groove. the best way to learn it is to use it EVERY DAY.We would like to see more of a CRM nurturing aspect within the program. Reminders, drip emails, etc..

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Jobber, Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Needed more features and management

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Free trial, customer service and cost of onboarding

Project management

Kommentare: Overall I am happy with the purchase we made. The price point to value was spot on for us.

Vorteile:

Estimating features are good. There are a few things that I would like to see improve. Job costing is really good when paired with QuickBooks.

Nachteile:

I do not like the schedule feature. It could be so much simpler than it is.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Buildertrend was bulky and lacked features we needed and the price point was way off.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Product to value ratio.

A lot of features, great support staff

Kommentare: It has been somewhat frustrating being so used to how Quickbooks online is setup and functions and then having to try and reprogram my brain to setup all of our systems in this new software's terms. Fortunately the customer support team is extremely responsive and very helpful.

Vorteile:

The ability of being a one-stop shop for all our project management files for our crew foremen is excellent

Nachteile:

Unfortunately for us it seems like this program is more focused on large scale general contractors and is almost too advanced for our needs. Perhaps we will get there over time and evolve with the software to start tracking all the metrics that this program is setup to track.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore und Buildertrend

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: We needed more project management than Quickbooks Online offered

Zuvor genutzte Software: Quickbooks Online

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: CF was way more affordable and offered the options that we cared most about

Did not expect so much. Hidden Gem.

Kommentare: Till now we had good customer service experience and trainings were good as well. Setup of this program was pretty easy and simple. It is not a fancy program but it does lot of stuff. Any program is only as good as the information you put in it.

Vorteile:

What we like most about this program is that it is simple to use for everyone. There is no hassle and we can start using it right away. Uploading all existing contacts, leads, vendors etc. is quite simple. WE can track all insurances and license easily. We were able to find everything we needed at one place.

Nachteile:

We like everything till now butt we will update as more time passes

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und BuildBook

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: COconstruct was more expensive and quickbooks integration is not as convenient

Zuvor genutzte Software: CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Price and Features

Project management tools incorporated into a framework that allows all stakeholders to engage.

Kommentare: Contractor Foreman gave us access to all project information at any time, helped us with better tracking of every project detail, reduced the amount of emails we had to read and write, avoided frequent data entry, and helped us with efficient reporting and financial flow control.

Vorteile:

In addition to its collaborative capabilities, Contractor Foreman is one of the best cloud-based platforms for managing construction projects. Contractor Foreman improves communication between team members in order to prepare workflow plans, update tasks and prepare technical and financial reports efficiently. I like how the workflow is customized and allows all stakeholders to participate in planning and monitoring processes for different activities along the project lifecycle using the tools provided by Contractor Foreman. I like how all changes and project logs are stored in the cloud using Contractor Foreman so we can access them from anywhere, anytime. I like how it integrates with many applications, which saves us from frequent entries and enables us to import and export data easily. I appreciate Contractor Foreman's quick response, discussing issues and finding appropriate solutions. The subscription prices are encouraging and there are many packages that suit all construction companies of all sizes.

Nachteile:

I did not notice a lot of undesirable things, as Contractor Foreman is an online platform that does not need to be downloaded or certain settings: for the mobile application, I do not find it as efficient as the platform and it must be radically improved to suit the nature of our business at the present time, in which mobile applications are primary.

Excellent option for smaller but very busy specialty sub-contractor

Kommentare: What initially drew us to Contractor Foreman was trying to find a way to bring our Bidding & Estimating functions into QuickBooks for better reporting and managing the job going forward. We just didn't have a system that captured all the critical info in the bid for tracking the actual work vs the bid. As a result of implementing Contractor Foreman for this solution, we have been able to solve several other problems that were lower on the priority list including Daily Logs and material pulls.

Vorteile:

As a small but busy specialty sub-contractor, it's a game changer. The full-featured integrated platform is giving us the ability to streamline much of the work that was siloed between workflows. Redundancies are dropping away with each implementation of new workflows. We also love the many built-in reports that are putting critical info in front of our team without hours of manual report production and cross-referencing. As we finetune our use of it, we are already seeing how we can utilize it in some other areas we have not anticipated, like our warehouse. Tech support has been excellent as well.

Nachteile:

While they have a great manual for implementing the Quick Books integration, their "Getting Started" support materials were lacking. They offer free live classes and specific videos on each function but I would have liked to see a more detailed manual or checklist that walked us through how the various functions are integrated. It would have saved us some time in the trial and error category. Folks on our team each learn differently and while the videos were fine for some, others really needed a document.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Value and more robust features

review from commercial subcontractor

Kommentare: WONDERFUL/nearly perfect - after searching/demoing nearly every product related to construction, then trying CF I was amazed. I had brushed off the program initially because of its comparative low cost. After a year of use I only hope they don't get bought out and rolled into some bigger conglomerate.

Vorteile:

1- The product is so robust but easily customizable. There are substantially more features available than you could really effectively use - but thats not a problem, just turn them off in module/global settings. 2- Customer support has been wonderful, we frequently use "live chat" to get things answered, not submit tickets and wait for reply like other products. 3- Mobile use is nearly as robust as desktop, everything that you could really productively do on a mobile device is available at your fingertips. 4- directory, we are putting out all project

Nachteile:

report customization: there are some things that we could use reports via excel on that if given the option to turn on/off data being exported it would make the files easier to work with.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore, QuickBooks Time, UDA ConstructionSuite und RAKEN

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Value, features available, customization

Cost-Effective With Great Features

Kommentare: Been using CF for a few months now and so far me and my team have been happy with this software and its support team. Prior to choosing CF, we looked at a series of different software's, and no other software in the market was the same or even close to the price of CF. Although the alternative software's in the market have many more advanced features than CF, they were also extremely expensive. One major thing we like about CF, is the number of users they offer with all plans rather than being "pay per user". CF offers all the construction management tools you need, although I wish there was more customizability within, however, it does get the job done right. If your a larger contractor (15M+) then you might want to look at alternatives to CF as it may be too small of a software for large volume contracts. However, I highly recommend CF for smaller contractors and specialty trades, as there is no other software in the market which provides these features at this value. (Trust me I looked at all options).

Vorteile:

-Very good number of users offered with all plans. -Continues software updates and support -Great overall construction management modules -Great for small contractors Overall, this software does the job for small contractors, and there are no other software's available at this price range.

Nachteile:

-No module customizability -Not enough interface customizability -Not enough template customizability -Poor document storage

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: HCSS Plans

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Value