Buildxact - Avis

Being able to upload all types of plans and the ease of measuring up complex projects.

The Variation forms would be much better if you could list/add 'Actual Cost' items after the variation has been made up. (if something was accidentally missed)

Being unable to export screen shots to show trades certain areas of what we have allowed etc.

Good concept - does the fundamentals that are required for Custom Residential Building.

They rarely implement functional improvements. They are quick to 'expand' however they do not seem to be interested in improving the product - only increasing its marketability. Many new features are for show rather than function. A number of really practical design implementations have been suggested by users on their 'feedback' page however many of these have been sitting idle for years.

Fast service easy to use and practical

Some things fail to sync properly hard to use it to full potential

I love the estimating, the take off tool within the estimating section. Its easy to convert a quote to a project.
It links to my suppliers pricing which means i should always have the most up to date pricing avaialble

Dont like that you pay per user, not just per account. Or have a residential package to suit up to 5 users say.
The timeline scheduling, unless I'm not using correctly is difficult to edit and frustrating so i dont use it like i probably should.
Love that it links to xero and Deputy

From tracking quotes, to take offs and organizing your quote in a professional way, to sending purchase orders and tracking your project to the cent, BuildXact is by far the best value for money estimating/project management software on the market.

The scheduling is a bit clunky in comparison to MS Project

Loving the estimating features, especially plan takeoffs. Bunnings live integration is a must. Buildxact helps to complete the feed back loop on estimating, job costing, actual costings.

Can be a bit complicated, and sometimes restrictive in what you can do once in a job.

Software - easy and useful.
Service - 5 star services, solves all the issues we have ever.

Sometimes bugs still come out, most them have been resolved, but some we still have to pay attention too.

Keeping my jobs costed and follow profit to each job

Nothing to mention, everything works as I need

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.

I find that Buildxact is the easiest software to learn from scratch, it is the most intuitive construction management software that i have found so far

In the early days there were a few limitations that led me to search for more comprehensive packages, but i came back after a year or so of try others and found that a lot of the issues had been addressed, such as customer portal.There are still things like mobile app with company skin that would be a great additionMore editable types of invoice and document templates Would be great and also ability to set up a job template for cost plus with different sections / categories would be fantastic

Buildxact has all the features we need to run and manage multiple building projects.

Take off function takes a while to get used to

The estimating is easy to use and pilot through. The integration of our existing spreadsheet was also simple to implement.

It is a same that Reckon are not coming on board. Overall the program is great to work through, although the customise of quote is good but not being able to split the estimating amounts up, but do realise i can offer them in the PS sums.

Buildxact is a comprehensive estimating and job tracking software package for builders and building companies of all sizes. It's simplicity of use yet effectiveness to cover nearly all aspects relatable to a construction project has made it the number choice for our network of builders which has positively impacted their businesses and lives.

Buildxact lacks a detailed CRM tool but this can be covered by other additional applications. However, I do believe Buildxacts version is in production phase for release soon.

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.

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.

The estimate and costing format. It's all in one page and you can go from item to item easily.
How easy it is to customise estimate templates.
Quote letter and it's format

Mark up can't be shown as separate line item in the "quoted catergories' so I am having to manually calculate it.
Quote body and terms and conditions font type is "arial" not "tahoma' like the rest of the quote letter font.
No undo function.

That is works well with XERO to track expenses according to each job

That there is no search feature in the Actuals. In the building industry there are so many different items used and a search to find an item would be handy.

The costing element to the software

No more spreadsheets

No more errors from CA or other people within the business

everything is very self-explanatory

Buildxact Technical support is fantastic and hassle-free

Take Off Feature helps me to speed up with my estimating.

Price Update, I find it is very hard to update the pricelist if it contains lots of items.