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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buildxact Experience
Reviewed on 11/3/2021
My overall experience with Buildxact is great.Estimates are Professional and build confidence in your clients. This program will help you win Quotes.
Pros
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 .
Cons
Could have smoother transition between estimate and invoice. Should be in same drop down box. Ex convert current estimate to invoice.
Alternatives Considered
CoConstructReasons for Choosing Buildxact
Buildxact was superior in functionality and ease of use. You cannot upload a print in CoConstruct and do take offs.Switched From
CoConstructReasons for Switching to Buildxact
It took me very little time with some articles and bit of conversation to start putting out professional looking estimates, in total time a couple days and your up and running providing detailed QuotesResponse from Buildxact
Great to hear you're enjoying the software so much Barry.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Continually Evolving
Reviewed on 11/10/2021
It has been a great product to help our company grow and is continually evolving and improving, the customer support is excellent.
It was a little learning curve at the being but is definitely a case of short term pain for long term gain
Pros
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
Cons
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
Alternatives Considered
ProcoreReasons for Choosing Buildxact
very limited functionality and not user freindlySwitched From
WorkflowMaxReasons for Switching to Buildxact
Based in Australia it was more suited to us in NZ also, other products were too USA focused The estimating software was a step above their competitorsResponse from Buildxact
Thanks for the feedback George.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Bx
Reviewed on 4/5/2022
Pros
The set out and ease of use is good.
The take off allows for basic functions and calculations.
Job control is good
Cons
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.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Residential Renovations building Company review
Reviewed on 1/31/2022
My experience with BuildXact has definitely been positive. It has streamlined and simplified our quoting and cost planning processes.
Pros
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
Cons
I dont find the Accounting Software integration to be beneficial as the communication between Xero and Build Xact is not 2-way.
Alternatives Considered
BuildertrendReasons for Switching to Buildxact
Subscription Fees and options Australian based and supported Best suited for the features I was chasing- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great work tool
Reviewed on 12/15/2021
Pros
Keeping my jobs costed and follow profit to each job
Cons
Nothing to mention, everything works as I need
Response from Buildxact
Glad you're enjoying the software Glenn!
- Industry: Building Materials
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Ease of use
Reviewed on 9/3/2019
Pros
how easy it is to use, provide digital take off, purchase orders
Cons
not a great fan of the schedule, im sure its easy to use as well but never got around to it.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buildxact - Estimating Game Changer
Reviewed on 1/31/2022
Estimates are so much quicker. I have been an estimator for over 20years and this system makes my job so much easier and faster.
Pros
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.
Cons
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.
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for such great feedback Bruce!
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
JAK Build
Reviewed on 4/23/2022
Great after sales services , and follow you up. Always looking to improve and up grade, asking for our thoughts and also testing some new ideas.
Pros
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
Cons
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.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buildxact for residential building companies
Reviewed on 7/3/2022
Pros
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
Cons
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
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great software for any size building firm
Reviewed on 5/29/2022
job cost tracking, Material ordering and job scheduling
Pros
Ease of use and a great way to keep track of jobs/Quotes from start to finish
Cons
I feel a dedicated app that could be used onsite would be great although the web browser is ok on mobile
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buidxact
Reviewed on 9/7/2021
Love it
Pros
Super easy to use, can't believe I was quoting jobs without it
Cons
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
Alternatives Considered
DatabuildReasons for Switching to Buildxact
Recommended to me by another builder and price was reasonableResponse from Buildxact
Thank you for the feedback Matt. Much appreciated.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Cant go wrong!
Reviewed on 11/8/2021
Service is great, they get back to you super quick!
Pros
Simple and Easy to use! The trial period gave me the chance to test the system out and I couldn't fault it
Cons
Uploading the initial pricelist takes some time
Alternatives Considered
DatabuildReasons for Switching to Buildxact
Price point and trial period made me choose BuildXactResponse from Buildxact
Thanks for the quality feedback.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Build Exact user
Reviewed on 8/26/2021
Tracking of variations has been extremely useful especially as linked to the invoicing
Pros
All the features are useful and relevent
Cons
Clearer tracking of progress invoices from contractors and suppliers for part claims
Response from Buildxact
Hi, thank you for the great feedback and for using Buildxact.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Reveiw
Reviewed on 10/28/2021
Overall experiance has been great.
Pros
The take offs of plans is very quick and efficient.
Cons
cannot change quote template to replicate the rest of the company's documents and formats
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the review Rolf.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great all round software
Reviewed on 9/15/2021
Love using the software and makes my job as a builders wife significantly easier and would highly recommend the software to all looking for an al rounded building software that does, quoting, takeoffs, job management and job tracking etc.
Pros
Takeoffs are a breeze, proposals look and present well. The costing and profit and loss is also great
Cons
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
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great review Jane.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Buildxact for residential construction
Reviewed on 8/26/2021
Buildxact does a great job of estimating and job management. Helpful with back costing etc
Pros
intergration from estimate to job. this excellerated our sales process helping us lift our turn over
Cons
intergration with other systems...Payrole etc. The overall dash board is helpful but I would like a global company planner
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the feedback Anthony.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buildxact has become integral to the success of my business
Reviewed on 9/7/2021
Love it. Enjoyable to use, simple to develop a tender, and build up pricing and to know what you have made at the back end of a project
Pros
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,
Cons
Nothing really but think the tender letters could have more options aesthetically
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great feedback Scott.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Buildxact is the game-changer we needed in our business
Reviewed on 10/6/2021
Pros
We found it very easy to use and easy to teach our employees. We all use it daily!
Cons
Aspects of workflow could be better. We came from using on-site companion software, and believe that check-lists would be beneficial.
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great review Sera.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great programme and much more user friendly than others.
Reviewed on 9/15/2021
We like it. It works well for our proposals/quotes and something we will continue using for this purpose.
Pros
It's very easy to navigate when it comes to the basics and the proposals you produce look great for clients.
Cons
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.
Response from Buildxact
Thank you for the awesome review.
- Industry: Building Materials
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Bob at Loven tools
Reviewed on 1/19/2022
Pros
overall package offers a lot. compares to other software. Template is useful when planning the project
Cons
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.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
All in one tool
Reviewed on 8/30/2021
Pros
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.
Cons
Would love an app for the onsite staff to be able to use with limited capabilities
Response from Buildxact
Thank you for the great feedback Jordan.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Easy to use software
Reviewed on 8/26/2021
Buildxact cuts down time at tender stage and provides an easy to use system to manage your project as you progress.
Pros
Super easy to use, a great tool for tendering and beyond.
Cons
Some difficulty getting used to all the functions.
Response from Buildxact
Thanks for using Buildxact Matthew.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Buildxact Review
Reviewed on 3/19/2022
It has some great features and functionality, but with time they will become more polished and more sophisticated to really shine to builders and then to clients.
Pros
The layout and options with the proposal template, professional looking
Cons
As exploded recipes are not available at estimating stage, it has not saved me as much time as I had anticipated.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great product and customer service.
Reviewed on 8/26/2021
We have been using Buildxact for over a year. It helps save us time for drafting professional quotations, takes offs and scheduling entire project.
Pros
We use Buildxact from generating quotation to completion of project.
Cons
Very user-friendly. Great features and excellent customer service.
Response from Buildxact
Hi, thank you for the great feedback and for using Buildxact.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Eagleye Building Buildxact Review
Reviewed on 9/4/2021
Spending less time doing take offs and tendering.
Pros
The ease of doing plan take offs and tendering jobs.
Cons
No issues with Buildxact, really happy with the ongoing support and cost of the program.
Response from Buildxact
Thanks, Brett for the feedback. Much appreciated.