Buildertrend Reviews

“A necessary tool to achieve the best followup of work programs and accurately document all project

Pros

Buildertrend simplifies project information access enabling viewing sharing updating and saving on both PC and mobile app.

Cons

No technical problems encountered quick response from support and effective information retrieval.

“Commercial Builder Review

Pros

Excellent application for phones and tablets featuring great functionality especially with the Daily Diary and ToDo lists.

Cons

Challenging and timeconsuming cost reporting feature potential for improvement.

“Recent Changes Upgrades

Pros

The combined functions create multiple benefits for users especially for daily users.

Cons

Recent upgrades increased user workload and created additional manual work.

“Nuked with extra features!

Pros

I have found this to be the most user-friendly construction management software. It makes assigning tasks and scheduling them very simple. I can log all the employees and track their work routines. And all the documents we use in our business are available in a centralized space where everyone has access, saving us a lot of request time.

Cons

It can be challenging to view the documents on a mobile device, but it is still doable. However, I feel that the program should have offered a stripped-down, cost-effective version. Because I don’t use half of the features available, or at least there should be more training available so that I can make sense of where all the parts could come in handy.

“Thoughts from a remodeling company perspective

Pros

All our updates with pictures regarding the project can be made available to concerned parties prior to start date which is great. The scheduling feature is what we use the most.

Cons

Only allows 3 users in the package and you have to pay for additional ones.

“Streamlines so much of our business

Pros

We initially purchased it to manage our client section of new homes but it quickly became the backbone of our business. We now use this to manage a long list of features including client change orders selection, material order from site, and daily logs.

Cons

It needs a serious commitment to fully integrate BT with your business and a lot of effort. But it pays off in the end.

“Easy onboarding with this polished PM system

Pros

Very straightforward UI which makes sure you never loose track of where you are. Filters and views are very customizable with the ability to add custom fields.

Cons

Somewhat simplistic and lacking accounting features and also print outs sometimes lack basic information such as project name.

“Well worth the price

Pros

Helpful daily logs allow my entire team to stay up-to-date with job progress and anything new thats come up. We use it daily. Also, flawless Quickbooks integration!

Cons

I have found some of the features to be less useful when I bid on fixed cost projects. Seems like a missed opportunity here.

“Works great for my swimming pool remodeling company

Pros

Tons of helpful features such as owner payment, job costing, and change order section. It is also accessible from anywhere thanks to it being cloud based. This allows for greater efficiency while at the job site.

Cons

Not as customizable as one would like. Any missing feature will stay missing since there is rarely a response to our recommendations.

“Upgrade ruined it

Pros

At first I really liked how the program organized everything into categories and subcategories and I found uploading photos simple and uncomplicated. Once we learned what the redesigned layout would look like, my team and I immediately started evaluating alternatives and ultimately decided on UDA Construction Online.

Cons

Scheduling was a real pain after the update. With the new upgrade I lost the ability to organize estimates the way we used to and every line item ended up in QuickBooks instead of staying under our categories and subcategories. I also couldn't tell which items had purchase orders and which didn't and they often pushed software changes in the middle of the week during work hours. Overall entering data became tedious.

“scheduling page is slow

Pros

I'm really glad that it keeps every one of our jobs organized and accessible from a single, central place.

Cons

What annoys me is how slow the scheduling page can be and it's honestly pretty frustrating when I'm trying to plan work quickly.

“payables and receivables don't link

Pros

It offers excellent visual layout and plenty of customization and viewing options.

Cons

I ran into major problems because the payables and receivables aren't connected. That made it really hard for me to be confident I'd invoiced every job I completed and it was even more of a headache when I tried to pull reports to show clients what was billed. They also advertise QuickBooks integration but in my experience it simply doesn't sync. Neither their team nor the QuickBooks expert we hired could get the two systems to communicate. We spent a significant amount on the software and support yet we never achieved a working QuickBooks link.

“Professional support team

Pros

Their customer support team is very knowledgeable and well-trained. They never disappoint me when I need help.

Cons

Honestly I haven't been able to identify any real "con" so far. Perhaps something will surface down the road but I just haven't noticed it yet.

“Keeps everyone in the loop

Pros

What I appreciate most about this program is how it keeps everyone aligned making sure we're all literally on the same page.

Cons

Don't really have any complaints. The software works exactly how it should and stays simple to use.

“Mobile-friendly software

Pros

The mobile app is really user-friendly and helpful when I'm on the go.

Cons

I can't find any option to delete files. As far as I can tell, there isn't a feature to remove duplicates or files that are no longer needed in the project.

“a large variety of features

Pros

I've been using it for about four months now in my office role and while it's pretty user-friendly overall, there's an enormous amount of functionality packed in so honestly the more training I get, the better I feel about using it.

Cons

There's so much in the system that I haven't yet mastered and I still have quite a bit left to learn before I feel fully confident.

“Helpful features

Pros

Personally I'm a big fan of the wide range of tools and functions this software provides because thanks to those features I can actually work efficiently with the program and make the most of it in my daily tasks.

Cons

What bothers me is that some functions are hard to grasp and the way you have to learn them isn't very clear.

“Very happy with it!

Pros

Every piece of information I could possibly want to build a custom home is available right at my fingertips.

Cons

So far I haven't found anything to dislike. I couldn't be happier with it.

“Keeps me aware of the project timeline

Pros

I can view the schedule clearly which helps me understand the overall project timeline and how tasks fit together.

Cons

Since external parties don't consistently upload all updates, I'm not able to add my own notes to those entries from my side which makes tracking harder.

“critical for my business

Pros

As a busy construction professional I rely on it as a must-have tool because it provides a user-friendly way to manage projects, prepare proposals and keep close tabs on expenses.

Cons

I've noticed that connectivity can be unreliable at times which I suspect is often due to the remote locations of certain jobsites rather than the app itself.