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CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING SOFTWAREMay 2017

CONTENTS46

Introduction

Defining Construction Estimating Software

The Quadrant

Construction Estimating FrontRunners Index

Runners Up

Methodology Basics

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FRONTRUNNERS9 Buildertrend

10 HeavyBid

11 Sage300

12 B2W Estimate

13 Sage100

14 ViewPointforEstimating

15 PlanSwift

16 CoConstruct

17 OnCenterOn-ScreenTakeoff

18 McCormickEstimating

19 ConEst IntelliBid

20 SageEstimating

21 QuoteSoft

22 Accubid Enterprise

23 RedTeam

24 UDA ConstructionSuite

25 UDA ConstructionOnline

26 FastPIPE

27 VisionInfoSoftElectricalBidManager

28 STACK

29 SharpeSoft Estimator

30 AroFlo

31 ClearEstimates

32 Contractor’sOffice

33 PlusSeries

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INTRODUCTION

This FrontRunners analysis is a data-driven assessment identifying products in the

Construction Estimating market that offer the best capability and value for small businesses. For a given market, products are evaluated and given a score for the capability (x-axis) and value (y-axis) they bring to users. FrontRunners then plots the top 25-30 products in a quadrant format.

In the Construction Estimating FrontRunners graphic, the Capability axis starts at 2.70 and ends at 4.70, while the Value axis starts at 2.50 and ends at 4.50. To be considered for the Construction Estimating FrontRunners, a product needed a minimum of 10 user reviews, a minimum capability user rating score of 3.75 and a minimum value user rating score of 3.75. In most cases, we evaluate hundreds of products and feature 20-25 as FrontRunners; all products that qualify as FrontRunners are top performing products in their market.

http://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/cost-estimating-software-comparison/#top-products

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Each product falls within a designated quadrant based on their axis scores. Dependent on the specific needs of the software buyer, a product placed in any quadrant category could be a good fit.

QUADRANT CATEGORIES:

» UpperRight=Leaders: Leaders are all-around strong products. They offer a wide range of functionality to a wide range of customers. These products are considered highly valuable by customers.

» UpperLeft=Masters: Masters may focus more heavily on certain key features or market segments than Leaders do. If you need a more specialized set of functionality without bells and whistles, then a product in the Masters quadrant might be right for you.

» LowerRight=Pacesetters: Pacesetters may offer a strong set of features, but are not rated as highly on value. For example, a Pacesetter might offer greater functionality, but cost more.

» LowerLeft=Contenders: Contenders may focus on a more specialized set of capabilities that are priced at a higher point. This makes them ideal for companies willing to pay more for specific features that meet their unique needs.

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Construction Estimating software helps estimators calculate material and labor

costs for a job, and then produce a detailed, professional bid proposal from those estimates. Specialized estimating tools are often used to handle trade-specific requirements , such as electrical or plumbing estimating. Software Advice’s FrontRunners quadrant is focused on the North American Construction Estimating software market. We identify this set of core capabilities for the Construction Estimating software category: costestimating,costdatabase and proposalgenerator, as well as at least two of the following: visualassemblies,historicaldatabase,what-if analysis and/or pre built templates.

In addition, we identify several related features that organizations purchasing Construction Estimating software may also need or wish to consider: building information modeling (BIM), bid management, takeoff (or integration with takeoff), job costing/time and materials billing (or integration with accounting) and scheduling (or integration with project scheduling/project management).

DEFINING CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING SOFTWARE

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THE QUADRANT

Masters Leaders

Contenders PacesettersCapability Score

Valu

e Sc

ore

Buildertrend

HeavyBid

On CenterOn-Screen Takeoff

ConEstIntelliBid

Viewpointfor Estimating

RedTeam

Accubid Enterprise

QuoteSoft

CoConstruct

B2W Estimate

PlanSwift

FastPIPE

Vision InfoSoftElectrical Bid Manager

Plus Series

Contractor’s Office

Clear Estimates

STACK

SharpeSoftEstimator

AroFlo

McCormickEstimating

Sage 300Sage 100

Sage Estimating

UDA ConstructionOnline

UDA ConstructionSuite

All products that qualify as FrontRunners are top performing

products in their market.

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CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING FRONTRUNNERS INDEX

9 Buildertrend

10 HeavyBid

11 Sage300

12 B2W Estimate

13 Sage100

14 ViewPointforEstimating

15 PlanSwift

16 CoConstruct

17 On Center On-Screen Takeoff

18 McCormickEstimating

19 ConEst IntelliBid

20 SageEstimating

21 QuoteSoft

22 Accubid Enterprise

23 RedTeam

24 UDA ConstructionSuite

25 UDA ConstructionOnline

26 FastPIPE

27 VisionInfoSoftElectricalBidManager

28 STACK

29 SharpeSoft Estimator

30 AroFlo

31 ClearEstimates

32 Contractor’sOffice

33 PlusSeries

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The scores below are based on numeric value between 1 and 5.

CAPABILITY VALUE

Capability User Rating Value User Rating

Functionality Breadth Adoption Score

Features Customer Base

Integrations Reviews Volume

Confidence Score Google Searches

Customer Base Skills Base

Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDBUILDERTREND

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: LEADERS

4.17 4.49

4.37 4.44

3.45 4.55

2.00 4.60

4.90 5.00

4.50 3.90

4.60 4.60

3.90

4.60

4.90

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDHEAVYBID


4.10 4.28

4.52 4.63

3.50 3.93

2.00 3.90

5.00 4.70

3.85 3.50

3.90 3.80

4.30

3.60

3.60

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSAGE 300


3.99 4.32

3.90 3.87

4.10 4.77

3.60 5.00

4.60 3.90

4.05 4.70

5.00 5.00

4.70

3.80

2.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDB2W ESTIMATE


4.16 4.11

4.52 4.50

3.65 3.72

3.00 3.60

4.30 3.60

3.95 4.30

3.60 3.60

3.60

4.70

3.90

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSAGE 100


3.77 4.36

4.07 4.06

3.30 4.65

2.00 4.70

4.60 3.80

3.65 4.90

4.70 4.90

4.70

2.50

2.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDVIEWPOINT FOR ESTIMATING


3.88 4.23

4.28 4.24

3.35 4.22

4.70 4.40

2.00 3.30

3.60 4.40

4.40 4.40

4.40

3.10

2.50

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDPLANSWIFT

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: MASTERS

3.63 4.32

4.19 4.26

2.50 4.38

3.00 4.90

2.00 4.10

3.63 3.00

4.90 4.70

3.50

4.10

2.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDCOCONSTRUCT


3.87 4.01

4.63 4.72

2.25 3.30

1.50 3.30

3.00 4.90

3.98 2.30

3.30 3.00

3.30

4.30

5.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARD

ON CENTER ON-SCREEN TAKEOFF


3.95 3.81

4.14 4.05

4.00 3.57

3.60 3.50

4.40 2.80

3.53 4.60

3.50 3.50

3.80

2.50

4.30

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDMCCORMICK ESTIMATING


3.69 3.94

4.41 4.34

3.60 3.53

3.60 4.30

3.60 3.00

2.35 1.00

4.30 4.30

1.90

2.20

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDCONEST INTELLIBID


3.65 3.76

4.14 4.17

3.60 3.35

3.60 3.80

3.60 1.20

2.73 3.10

3.80 4.10

2.50

2.30

2.30

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSAGE ESTIMATING


3.45 3.90

3.91 3.88

2.30 3.92

3.60 4.10

1.00 2.50

3.70 5.00

4.10 3.90

4.70

3.30

2.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDQUOTESOFT


3.66 3.59

4.50 4.64

2.95 2.55

4.70 3.10

1.20 1.90

2.70 1.00

3.10 3.10

2.00

3.50

2.20

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDACCUBID ENTERPRISE

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: PACESETTERS

4.00 3.24

4.25 4.16

3.60 2.32

4.70 2.80

2.50 2.30

3.90 1.00

2.80 2.50

4.60

4.40

3.80

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDREDTEAM


3.66 3.55

4.27 4.37

3.30 2.73

3.00 2.30

3.60 3.10

2.80 4.10

2.30 2.30

2.80

3.00

3.10

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDUDA CONSTRUCTIONSUITE


3.67 3.51

4.35 4.45

3.35 2.57

3.60 1.90

3.10 4.60

2.63 3.60

1.90 1.70

3.00

1.00

4.60

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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QUADRANT PLACEMENT: CONTENDERS

3.64 3.41

4.27 4.37

2.55 2.45

2.00 1.40

3.10 4.30

3.48 3.60

1.40 2.00

3.00

4.90

4.60

UDA CONSTRUCTIONONLINE

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDFASTPIPE


3.13 3.78

4.52 4.64

1.35 2.92

1.50 3.00

1.20 2.20

2.13 2.70

3.00 3.30

1.70

2.80

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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3.16 3.36

4.10 4.10

1.35 2.62

1.50 2.50

1.20 2.00

3.10 3.30

2.50 2.70

2.50

3.90

3.50

VISION INFOSOFT ELECTRICAL BID MANAGER

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSTACK


3.20 3.22

4.41 4.40

1.95 2.03

1.20 1.70

2.70 4.40

2.05 1.00

1.70 1.70

2.20

1.00

3.30

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSHARPESOFT ESTIMATOR


3.27 3.07

4.26 4.35

2.35 1.80

2.00 2.20

2.70 1.00

2.20 1.00

2.20 2.20

1.50

1.00

4.10

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDAROFLO


3.23 3.04

3.78 3.80

2.65 2.28

1.20 2.70

4.10 1.70

2.73 1.00

2.70 2.80

2.20

5.00

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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2.78 3.08

4.43 4.60

1.10 1.55

1.00 1.40

1.20 2.70

1.15 1.00

1.40 1.40

1.20

1.00

1.00

CLEAR ESTIMATES

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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2.96 2.76

3.98 4.15

2.80 1.37

3.60 1.00

2.00 1.50

1.10 2.30

1.00 1.20

1.40

1.00

1.00

CONTRACTOR’S OFFICE

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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2.76 2.54

4.05 4.05

1.95 1.03

2.00 1.00

1.90 1.20

1.00 1.00

1.00 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

PLUS SERIES

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ProviderslistedasRunnersUpwere considered for inclusion in the quadrant, but were ultimately

not included for one or more reasons: they did not have enough reviews; they did not meet the reviews score minimum; they did not meet the ultimate Value and Capability minimum scores; or they did not meet our functionality requirements for the market.

RUNNERS UP

247PROEstimator

4castplus

AccuBuild

Acculynx

Aconex

Act! Pro

Active Takeoff

Advisor

APE Mobile

Appia

Archdesk

ArcSite

Ascente

Assignar

Autodesk Quantity Takeoff

Axxerion - Project Management

B2W Maintain

B2W Track

BenchmarkEstimatingSoftware

Best Bid Electrical Estimating

Best Estimate Pro

Bid4Build

BidGenius

Bidtracer

BillQuick

BIM360

BIS Builder Information System

Bizprac

BL1

BluebeamRevu

BlueFolder

Bolt

Bouw7

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RUNNERS UP

Box

BrickControl

Brix

Budgetrac

BuilderMT WMS

BuilderStorm

BuildingSupplyController

BuildingBlok

BuildingConnected

BuildIT

BUILDMASTER

Buildmetric

BuildStar

BuildTools

Buzzsaw

C/F Data Systems STRUCTURE

Candy

Canvas

CATProjects

CausewayEstimating

Chief Estimator

Clarizen

Cleopatra Enterprise

ClickHome

ClockShark

closeout

Cloud EPC

CM Fusion

CMiC

COBRAContractorsSoftware

COINS

CommittedCost

Computer Guidance

ComputerEase

CompuTool

Congrid

Construction Partner

ConstructionOfficeOnline

ConstructJob

Constructware

Contractor Essentials

Contractor Estimate Pro

Contractor’sCloud

ControlBoard

Cordell Estimator

Corecon

Cosential

CostOSEstimating

CostX

Countfire

Cubicost

dapulse

DatabuildEstimatingSoftware

Dataforma

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DBX

Deltek Ajera

Deltek First

Deltek Vision

Dexter + Chaney Spectrum

DigitalTimeCapture

Digmaa

DynamicsSL

e-Builder

e4Clicks Project Estimator

EADOC

EarthWorks Excavation Software by Tally Systems

Easy Price Pro

EasyBuild

EasyPQQ

eHARDHAT

EHSInsight

ElementsCRM

eMeasure

ePROMISERP

Esticom

EstimateRocket

Estimator

EstimatorXpress

eSUB

eTakeoff

eTEK Construction Systems

Expert Estimation

Explorer Eclipse

Expo-Net

FACS (Field Automated Communication Systems )

Fast Estimate

FCS Control

FieldAware

FieldLens

Fieldwire

FINALCAD

FinishLine

FluidContractManager

FollowUp Power

Form.com

FOUNDATION Construction Accounting

FreightTrain

FreshBooks

Fundbox

GALAconstructionsoftware

GamePlan Cloud

GenieBelt

GoldMine Premium

Groundplan

GuildQuality

HCSS HeavyJob

HD Project Cost Management

RUNNERS UP

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RUNNERS UP

Hit-Office

HomeFront & Job Simplicity

HomeTechPublishing

iAuditor

iFormBuilder

improveit!360

In4Suite

InforCRM

Infusionsoft

InSite Specific Commercial

Intelex EHS

Intuit QuickBase

IPMProjectManagement

iSqFt for General Contractors

JBKnowledgeSmartinsight

JetStream

Job Simplicity

JobFLEX

JobNimbus

JOBPOWER

JOBPROGRESS

JobView

Joist

Jonas Enterprise

Jonas Premier

Key2Act

kintone

Knowify

Kordata

Kosmas

LaserQuote

LassoCRM

Lawn&PestAssistantIII

LeadMaster

LessonsLearnedDatabase

MacDraft Professional

Maestro by Maestro Technologies

ManagePlaces

MarketSharp

MaxCon

MeasureSquare

MicrosoftDynamics365

MicrosoftDynamicsCRM

Microsoft Dynamics GP

MicrosoftDynamicsSL

MICS Builder Information System

Mobile Forms by DeviceMagic

Mobilengine

MothernodeCRM

MyServiceWhale

MySmartPlans

NetPoint

Newforma PIM solution

Newforma Project Cloud

NextPlans

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RUNNERS UP

NoteVault

On Center Quick Bid

Onware

OpenText ECM

OracleCRMOnDemand

OracleERP

Orbis Pro

OROCON

Owner InSite Construction ProjectManagement

PanteraProjectInsight

PanteraToolsIntegratedPlanRoom

PASconcept

Paskr Project ManagementSuite

PayPanther

Peachtree Quantum

PlanGrid

PlanNext

PM Vitals

PMWeb

Praesto AE

PrebuiltML

Primavera Contract Management

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management

PriMus

PriorityTaskSchedulingby EstimateGuard

PRISMG2

PRO-ESTHVACMechanicalEstimating

ProContracter by Viewpoint

Procore

ProEstEstimating

ProgramLeader

Project DocControl

Project Drive

ProjectInsight

Projectmates

Projectteam.com

Proliance

Prolog

ProTenders

Pruvan

Q360PSASolution

QuickBase

QuickMeasure OnScreen

Quilder

RADAR

RAKEN

RaveBuild

RedRhino

Relatics

RENOMii

Resi-Cost

RoofWizard

RSMeans

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RUNNERS UP

Safran Project

Sage50

SageConstructionProject Center

SalesAchiever

SalesnetCRM

SAM-Superintendent’sAutomatedManager

SAP Business All-in-One

SEC Electrical EstimatingSoftware

Service Pro by MSI Data

Service Skeds

SharenologyProjects

SigmaEstimates

SimpleBuild

SIS Compass

Site Specs

SiteDiary

SiteMax Systems

SKYSITE

Smart Contractor

SmartBidNet

SmartDraw

Smartsheet

Snappii Mobile Apps

Spitfire Project ManagementSystem

Square Takeoff

SureCount

SynchroPRO

TakeoffLive

Tenderfield

The EDGE Estimator

TimberScan

ToolWatch Enterprise

Total Service

TPL

TradeSoft

Tradify

Trimble Accubid Enterprise Mechanical

Trimble AutoBid Mechanical

TurboBid

Twenty20 Construction Cloud

Virtual Construction

VirtualBoss

Vista by Viewpoint

VisualPlanning

Vital InSite

VMS Construction Management

WenDuct and WenPipe

WinEst

WinExGRADE

WorkflowMax

Xactimate

XactRemodel

Xledger

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The FrontRunnersmethodology assesses and calculates a score for products on two primary

dimensions: Capability on the x-axis and Value on the y-axis.

THE CAPABILITY SCORE IS AN OVERALL WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF SCORES INCLUDING:

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s functionality.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s ease of use.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s customer support.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the product’s inclusion of key functionality for the software category.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the number of other products that integrate with it.

METHODOLOGY BASICS

http://www.softwareadvice.com/frontrunners-methodology/

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THE VALUE SCORE IS AN OVERALL WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF SCORES INCLUDING:

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on overall satisfaction with the product.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on how valuable users consider the product to be relative to its price.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on how likely they are to recommend the product to others.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the size of the product’s customer base.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the number of professionals in the market who have experience with the product (e.g., users, developers, administrators).

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the total number of user reviews across the three Gartner web properties.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the average number of times per month internet users search for the product on Google.

M E T H O D O L O G Y B A S I C S

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Markets are defined by a core set of functionality, and products considered for, and included in, FrontRunners must offer that core set of functionality. Additional related functionality can contribute to the capability score for a product. To qualify for consideration in a FrontRunners quadrant, a product must have a minimum number of unique, user-submitted product reviews across the three Gartner Digital Markets web properties: softwareadvice.com, capterra.com and getapp.com. The minimum number of reviews required per product may differ by category, but will generally be between 10 and 20 unique reviews.

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