Buildxact Reviews

The product was easy to use. Uploading your company logo for branding was easy. This program is backed up by fantastic support which I accessed .

Could have smoother transition between estimate and invoice. Should be in same drop down box. Ex convert current estimate to invoice.

It has systemised our quoting process, which speeds up our quote time, which leaves more time for project management and sales.
We can produce extremely professional quotes now which include all the products we have allowed for so the clients and my team know exactly what they are getting

Integration with building suppliers in NZ isn't available yet but I believe this will come in due time.
The client portal is quite cumbersome and I don't like the fact that we don't have control over this once it's set up.
Manual inputting of supplier invoices can take some time
The scheduling tool can be a bit of a pain to use and doesn't look very nice, an upgrade to this would be great

The set out and ease of use is good.
The take off allows for basic functions and calculations.
Job control is good

Bx Has some annoying traits
Take off is slow when a decent template is used. You have to go in and out of the take off for every item.
The program basically shuts down by8:30 , 9pm and is useless.
the email functions eg emailing Po's from the system are so unreliable that we don't use them. We save and email from outlook.
The client portal is not very good and we are not using it.
POs cant be ordered by supplier which is very annoying.
Invoices get scrambled if you try to move the order.

I find the estimating features to be easy to use and effective in generating accurate project estimates / quotations.
Leading on to 'Job' stage the historical data and cost plan is essential for reviewing and maintaining project cost controls.
The Variation portal is also very beneficial with submitting and tracking any changes as the project progresses

I dont find the Accounting Software integration to be beneficial as the communication between Xero and Build Xact is not 2-way.

Keeping my jobs costed and follow profit to each job

Nothing to mention, everything works as I need

how easy it is to use, provide digital take off, purchase orders

not a great fan of the schedule, im sure its easy to use as well but never got around to it.

The digital take-off is by far the best part of this software in my opinion. When linked to Recipes I can complete a full estimate far quicker then I ever have using other systems. Very easy to use and set up.

It woud be great if you could have a report while still in estimating stage of all Cost Centres with Recipes allocated, not being able to add more than one item at a time is a pain.

The integration with email, suppliers and other products is great. The client Portal is another good add on, you can also make suggestion for up grades

Some better training for the the more experienced users, look a t the schedule side of the program. Some subbies and rated the request quote side of things.

VERY easy program to use, gives a great insight into overall budgeting throughout a particular job, ease of use, generation of invoices, compatible with our MYOB software

It can be a likely clunky with MYOB and generating "design" invoices appears to be sometimes challenging. It would also be great to run cost centre reports

Ease of use and a great way to keep track of jobs/Quotes from start to finish

I feel a dedicated app that could be used onsite would be great although the web browser is ok on mobile

Super easy to use, can't believe I was quoting jobs without it

Needs a mobile app. Using the browser through the phone isn't very good. Also be good if you could buy it outright rather then a subsciption

Simple and Easy to use! The trial period gave me the chance to test the system out and I couldn't fault it

Uploading the initial pricelist takes some time

All the features are useful and relevent

Clearer tracking of progress invoices from contractors and suppliers for part claims

The take offs of plans is very quick and efficient.

cannot change quote template to replicate the rest of the company's documents and formats

Takeoffs are a breeze, proposals look and present well. The costing and profit and loss is also great

Needs to have a good app that we can use easily on-site, the portal needs works before I will start suing as this would be a more site friendly/ ie app for messages etc and photo upload

intergration from estimate to job. this excellerated our sales process helping us lift our turn over

intergration with other systems...Payrole etc. The overall dash board is helpful but I would like a global company planner

The ease to develop a new project each time is a great tool. Even allowing the copy a similar project from previous tenders saves so much time. The ability to have separate categories for each trade, and to individually add margin where required is such an integral tool to use. The ability to use existing formulas from historical jobs creates and ease and confidence when pricing. I love the take-off options, that can be used on-site and for others to price,

Nothing really but think the tender letters could have more options aesthetically

We found it very easy to use and easy to teach our employees. We all use it daily!

Aspects of workflow could be better. We came from using on-site companion software, and believe that check-lists would be beneficial.

It's very easy to navigate when it comes to the basics and the proposals you produce look great for clients.

Probably like most programmes, it has a lot of functions that we have to pay for, but do not use. Also annoying when you are putting a proposal together and you enter an item, hit TAB and if there is a receipe it autofills and if it's not what you were wanting, you have to delete the line and start again.

overall package offers a lot. compares to other software. Template is useful when planning the project

The software price is at the higher end. Only offers 2 user account is a bit limited. It will be good to allow a few accesses only accounts for Site managers.

Buildxact is more than a way to produce professional accurate estimates quickly and easily. We have integrated it into our day to day operations using the jobs scheduling and construction management. Its great to be able to track a job from start to finish comparing estimated and actual costings and applying the results to future estimates.

Would love an app for the onsite staff to be able to use with limited capabilities

Super easy to use, a great tool for tendering and beyond.

Some difficulty getting used to all the functions.

The layout and options with the proposal template, professional looking

As exploded recipes are not available at estimating stage, it has not saved me as much time as I had anticipated.

We use Buildxact from generating quotation to completion of project.

Very user-friendly. Great features and excellent customer service.

The ease of doing plan take offs and tendering jobs.

No issues with Buildxact, really happy with the ongoing support and cost of the program.