Contractor Foreman Erfahrungen

Very Good Software for Small Businesses

Kommentare: Combines all work completed on one site.

Vorteile:

One location for Project Management, Invoicing, Tracking, Time Tracking (Clocking In/Out)

Nachteile:

For me, I overall need a program that will let me Import a PO. Not from an Estimate, but an Import field. When I have 200 plus line items..it's easier to be able to import than manual entry of all items. Secondly, it'd be nice for the PO to update on qty's as I receive against the PO without having to rely on my employees in the field to enter all information into a Daily Log to show qty delivered.

Contractor Foreman

Kommentare: My overall experience has been great, I feel that I should of made it more important from the beginning to learn the ins and outs of the features of the software as now I'm over 20 projects in and learning how to properly enter the data. Overall our experience with the software has been outstanding and loving that we are able to grow with a software as our business scales

Vorteile:

I like that you can keep a running total of each project from start to finish, the features in Contractor Foreman are simple, easy to use and allows us to run our business effectively and efficiently from start to finish

Nachteile:

I can't answer this question at this time, I truly love all of the features and modules of the software

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: FreshBooks

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Our business needed something and a software that we can grow into, and felt that Contractor Foreman was the best option as far as features and pricing for our business needs

Zuvor genutzte Software: Wave

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Mainly cost and functionality, Contractor Foreman by far was the best fit for our company

Dissapointed

Kommentare: Frustrated. Recently returned from out of the country to find an aggressively toned email from [SENSITIVE CONTENT] stating they had an error on their side of the business and were not collecting fees associated with the WePay portion of the software. They demanded we pay $800+ dollars that day or they would suspend my account. They also attempted to charge an on file credit card without permission, but it was expired. They claimed to have send several emails but only on was sent and then the notice to suspend.

Vorteile:

Th pricing is somewhat reasonable and there is an ability to offer a portal to customers.

Nachteile:

Lots of bugs. When forwarding the bugs or errors the team responds quickly but they assume everything is an operator error. One you convince them it is actually the program, them never follow up.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: JobNimbus

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Pricing

Transformative Tool for Contractors: Easy to Use with Outstanding Support

Kommentare: Outstanding choice for contractors looking for a reliable, easy-to-use software solution with excellent functionality and top-notch customer support. It’s helped me streamline operations and improve efficiency in ways I didn’t think possible. Highly recommended!

Vorteile:

The interface is incredibly intuitive, making it easy to navigate through various features without a steep learning curve. Setting up projects, managing tasks, and generating reports is a breeze, thanks to its well-designed layout and user-friendly controls. Whether you’re tech-savvy or not, you’ll find this software easy to master.

Nachteile:

Slightly expensive but still comparable to other software programs I researched.

Tried them all… CF is the best.

Kommentare: My experience has been very positive. I appreciate the live chat function that is available during business hours. In fact, a number of times I’ve been assisted after hours, which has been very useful. I recommend contract foreman to any contractor looking for CRM solution

Vorteile:

I like the long list of PDF formats available. I get to email or text my subcontractor cruise, the work orders which I found the most valuable.

Nachteile:

Initially, the color and layout of the dashboard seemed a little boring and outdated, but I see it coming together. I have no problem with it as it is function, that matters most.

Great Project Managment Software

Kommentare: So far this is exactly what we are needing for our line of work.

Vorteile:

It was easy to set up, easy to learn how to use it. There are tons of training options to help with the use of the program.

Nachteile:

There are quite a few modules that we will not use, however you can turn most of them off.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Pricing and training are our two largest reasons for switching

Zuvor genutzte Software: Procore

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Price was a major factor in our decision.

Always Improving!

Kommentare: Contractor Foreman is well worth the investment. I like the constant improvements that the developers are always working on. Customer service is very responsive. I have made multiple suggestions to development and have always received a response whether it be for more info or sometimes, what their plan is to implement my suggestion.

Vorteile:

Contractor Foreman is very customizable. I like that the user can has to do a minimal amount of setup in order to start using the software.

Nachteile:

This is very basic software. Reporting is somewhat lacking but the user has the ability to create custom reports with available data.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und UDA ConstructionSuite

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: As we had not been using any software, I thought Contractor Foreman would be a good first step to introduce users to project management software.

Good value software

Kommentare: I like the program, but feel some of chat assistants can take you down the wrong road.

Vorteile:

An easier program to learn than some of the other software programs we have used at a reasonable price.

Nachteile:

Would have liked a tutorial overview of how to properly set up the system. Step by step so everything is set up and then start with estimate creation, and so forth.

I’m so glad i chose this program

Kommentare: I genuinely enjoy the program and can’t wait to utilize all of the options it can provide to me.

Vorteile:

Contractor Foreman allows me to manage my project from 1 program. I love the fact that it syncs with Quickbooks, allows unlimited photos and customization. The team has been very helpful with answering my questions. The cost was way more reasonable than another big name program.

Nachteile:

I just don’t like the fact that people can’t respond to the email sent from CF so it is an extra step to track.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: CF was more affordable and had good reviews.

So many features

Kommentare: So far it’s been an easy transition going from buildertrend to cf

Vorteile:

It does it all, for a fraction of the price of other project management softwares.

Nachteile:

Schedule not integrating with iCal has been a challenge with managing my schedule as a whole

Searching for F I V E years!!

Kommentare: EXCEPTIONAL. Again - from the beginning with other companies, our time was mostly spent figuring out "workarounds" for their issues. No software will be everything to everyone, but this one is close. We've searched for FIVE years and have used most of the bigger names in the construction industry. Most highly overpriced, and poor customer service. CF has great people, all willing to help and they're even modifying the system monthly based on their customer feedback. What? A company that cares what we think?

Vorteile:

For the FIRST time in engaging with new software - the positives are more than the mandated "workarounds". Easy to use. Simple to train. Seems to be EXCEPTIONAL at caring about what their customers want. Took the time to get the TWO WAY INTEGRATION figured out with Quickbooks (no one else has done this that we've worked with). Honest about the shortcomings, but again very motivated to change as needed.

Nachteile:

Wish there was more attention paid to "coloring" the dashboards. Making colors correspond to the areas that you are working within. Wish that they'd put together either a Procedural book, or help more with a documented training. It's not hard to train, just would be nice to have a roadmap per see.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Housecall Pro, Dataforma und Jobber

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: HORRIBLE customer service. Too many workarounds. Flat out LIES about their Quickbooks integration (which is horrible and only goes one way - not two way). Price is out of this world too if you want more than 5 projects. We're a service-based construction and therefore didn't use the system as it was intended, but they knew that in our initial meetings and yet still told us it would work. It didn't.

Zuvor genutzte Software: CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Honestly, it was the people at CF that made the difference. Answered our questions. Helped us look around. Kept checking back with us to be sure we were happy. Jumping on any needs that we expressed. This is how we treat our customers - it was a treat to find someone who would treat us the same. Plus we just kept finding MORE things we liked around every corner. Vehicle management. Subcontractor management. Saved us SO much money and time with multiple systems we used to use.

A budget software with serious usefulness

Kommentare: Although roll out of CF has been a bit bumpy and there is certainly a learning curve involved, it has been good! Every Step of the way has been a bit easier knowing there is always support to reach out to if you have any issues or confusion.

Vorteile:

This software packs more punch than you would expect at its meager price point. It offers so much in the way of construction management that it is almost unbelievable. The best part? AWESOME customer service, ltterlay at your fingertips. If you are struggling with anything, an agent (usually one of the same few people) are available in less than 5 minutes to help you with whatever you are struggling with.

Nachteile:

Since this software is a bit new, it is kind of clunky. Some of the processes to do things are less than efficient, and it definitely isn't "as pretty" as some of the other competitors, but what other competitors are charging $10,000+ for, CF charges about $1,500.00. However, this is made up for my the fact that they are constantly updating based on real customer feedback, I am genuinely excited to see where this product is heading!

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore und Premier Construction Software

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: We will be switching from Raken to this once we are fully integrated and our subscription is up for the year with them. This product is 1/2 the cost for 2x the seats and does way more than Raken can.

Zuvor genutzte Software: RAKEN

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Great price point, and a great fit for smaller contractors like us!

Awesome Software

Kommentare: The technical support is superior. They have a chat within the program that is so handy. It guides you to articles AND has a real person answering questions. I love that. There are training videos within every module - their placement and accessibility makes sooooo much sense. They also offer classes as well as one-on-one training. Absolutely stellar, and unusual these days! Good for them - better for me. : )

Vorteile:

One of the most important things that we were looking for in job management software was a portal for our clients, so we could have a single space for our notes and theirs. Contractor Foreman exceeded my expectations in this area - Our clients LOVE it!

Nachteile:

The only ask would be the ability to change the size of type within the program... ie: the menus, etc.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Houzz Pro, Buildertrend und FieldPulse

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: We needed a place to interface with each other and our clients. This also put all of our software in one place - we released Instagantt...

Zuvor genutzte Software: Instagantt und QuickBooks Online

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Support. Ease of use for employees and clients. Depth of what was offered - It is clear that who ever put this software together worked in the field. Price.

A must buy to digitise site processes!

Kommentare: Brilliant from the start, support throughout, clear pricing structure. Nothing to catch you out. Friendly and thorough support team. Plus great software that receives regular updates based on user suggestions. Makes you feel like you are being listened to and helping develop the software.

Vorteile:

The ability to add multiple users including those outside of are company at no additional cost is brilliant, you can also easily give each user different access settings. The software is easy to use from the start as it is separated out into different features/processes. That said should you have a problem the support team is brilliant. Contactable via email, live chat and online training with ease, make the most of this as it is all included in the price. Given we were very much paper based for our processes changing to using Contractor Foreman was simple. But should you be transferring from other platforms this wont be a problem as the CSV upload system works great and templates are provided. Also there are training videos and webinars that pretty much cover all elements should you require any assistance.

Nachteile:

It would be great to have multiple signatures available on the form builder, although aware this is a feature to be added in a coming update. A file management system would be brilliant so you don't have to re upload documents should you add them to the wrong area. That said aware again this is a feature to be added at some point. An integrated drawing/plan feature where you can add comment, pin issues etc would be brilliant. again believe this is looking to be added.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore, Fieldwire, Buildertrend und Adobe Creative Cloud

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Cost was considerably less for a superior product. No user limits. Simple and transparent pricing structure, brilliant mobile application and great support.

I love this

Vorteile:

That the support team is the greatest and that they really want to help. I wasn't quiet sure the other day when i wasn't getting a response only because i was not going to the right place to ask the question. The software is great and once you get use to the menu it really is a great product. I am so happy that we are getting this for our office. You get very important stuff for a great price. This is not over priced at all compared to others and it gives you more than the other competitors do.

Nachteile:

Not knowing how to copy and paste instead of having to enter the same information multiple times.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Contractor Foreman software was easier to understand and use. It also gave OSHA trainings and other important stuff that the other software companies didn't.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Smartsheet

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman software was easier to understand and use. It also gave OSHA trainings and other important stuff that the other software companies didn't. The price was very reasonable and the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful.

Most features, easy to use, great value

Kommentare: The company is committed to improving their product. The software is packed with features and I'm always impressed with how much the software can do. With their constant improvements I feel that they will continue to correct any areas that could be improved.

Vorteile:

The software is easy to implement. It is packed with features. They encourage and take feedback and make monthly updates.

Nachteile:

There are some glitches and some parts of the software are more complicated than they need to be.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Contractor Foreman has many times more features than CoConstruct at a fraction of the price.

Zuvor genutzte Software: FreshBooks und CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Easy of use, features. Clearly designed by people in the construction field unlike CoConstruct.

Best bang for your hard warned BUCKS

Kommentare: Contractor Forman is a great system especially for the price point, with all the bells and whistles available as standard features. which we really appreciate as a smaller renovation company. We previously used a well-known system that was admittedly easier to jump in and start on. But the price was not worth it, Plus the really useful and necessary features were extra. We switched over to Contractor foreman and we are pleased we did. And will continue to use it for the foreseeable future.

Vorteile:

A lot of functions and features we can use to track everyone and everything we need to keep ourselves in line for every project. It's been especially helpful when we have multiple projects we can locate everyone, track change orders, and track progress details.

Nachteile:

Not a con per se, but the recorded trainer jumps into videos as tho everyone has had system experience. But for those of us who are brand new to estimates or project details, it can be frustrating at first. Now I will say they are always updating and improving the system, and the training videos have gotten better with the new outline feature. Just give it time, things are pretty well integrated and once you figure the quirks out, the ease of use is game-changing.

Our search is over!

Kommentare: Exceptional! Support has been amazing as well as all the friendly staff. Very personable and knowledgeable.

Vorteile:

The versatility! Being an electrical contractor that works in both residential and commercial, its difficult to find a platform that works for service, small projects and larger scale projects. Not only is this platform versatile, it also has a flow that works and makes sense. It has consolidated two other platforms we were paying for as well as two in house solutions, saving us 1000's over the next few year. We are already seeing the benefits in project management and accountability as a company not to mention the elimination of redundant data entry and a streamlined system.

Nachteile:

The only thing so far is the lack of a timeline on the service ticket screen to see a live view by service tech.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Knowify

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Terrible Work Flow, programming issues, broken modules, half built modules, can go on and on. Long story short it cost us time in the office and didn't save us time. Caused the creation of complicated redundant processes.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Service Fusion

Great Software

Kommentare: Experience has been good.

Vorteile:

Works well with Quickbooks. It also has a nice estimate worksheet that is customizable.

Nachteile:

Navagation could be easier. I would prefer the navigation based on customer vs a large dashboard you have to navigate.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Buildertrend Quickbooks integration was poor in regards to sales tax. I also felt it was too expensive for having to do sales tax work arounds.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Buildertrend

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman does the best job of all the softwares I have tried.

Great CRM for a small business

Kommentare: They seem to be improving the software every month, and I'm excited to see what improvements they announce next. I am getting the program figured out, and it is now becoming a great tool. I think the program is fairly nimble once you learn the steps to do each task.

Vorteile:

I like the two-way sync, the program's simplicity, the client portal, and the project cost tracking. Contractor Foreman offers most of the features I was looking for, for a price that I can afford.

Nachteile:

I had some issues in my initial syncs. I decided to move from Quickbooks Desktop to Quickbooks Online while integrating with Contractor Foreman. Learning how the two programs integrate is always a challenge, and QBO is not as user-friendly as QBD in fixing errors. I had systems and processes in place that I had built over many years, and it took some trial and error to get CF set up the way I needed it to work. Other than that, the only other issue was reaching someone other than the chat support. The chat support is great for quick answers, but bigger issues will need to be handled by the tech support that is only available by email, which was sometimes challenging to get a response from. Overall they took care of my issues, and the program is working well now. I am probably an unusual case, but this is where the program became frustrating, and I was questioning my decision.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Leap, Buildertrend und CoConstruct

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Contractor Foreman offered most of the features I needed to make the CRM valuable. I've tried several other CRM programs, and they were not as easy to use for a small company. They were made for a team. Contractor Foreman can be run by one person or be used by office staff and field personnel. I think this will be a program that will allow me to grow with it.

Incredible Price, Product, and Support!

Kommentare: Wish I had found this years ago. The best software I have used and I have compared several.

Vorteile:

Ease of use, easy to understand and implement. GREAT PRICE!

Nachteile:

It has everything I need at this time. There is nothing I can think of that I need.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: ECI MarkSystems, Buildertrend, Clear Estimates und CoConstruct

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: I felt like Houzz Pro was difficult to use.

Zuvor genutzte Software: Houzz Pro

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Overall features provided were incredible compared to others and a far better price. The company provided so much information, that it was easy to know that Contractor Foreman was what fit best for my company. It had everything we needed to properly manage all aspects of our custom home building company.

Invaluable

Kommentare: Revolutionary for my business in every digital way

Vorteile:

Schedule blocking and flow is awesome. So many features and options always does more than you need.

Nachteile:

Occasional crashing of app, needs to be restarted and sometimes the buttons take multiple taps to react which is strange and frustrating but not always

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Buildertrend

Warum Contractor Foreman gewählt wurde: Because servicem8 is more for many small jobs rather than medium to long term projects and had unacceptable functionality bottlenecks and limitations

Zuvor genutzte Software: ServiceM8

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Cheaper and equal if not better functionality

Excellent option for smaller but very busy specialty sub-contractor

Kommentare: What initially drew us to Contractor Foreman was trying to find a way to bring our Bidding & Estimating functions into QuickBooks for better reporting and managing the job going forward. We just didn't have a system that captured all the critical info in the bid for tracking the actual work vs the bid. As a result of implementing Contractor Foreman for this solution, we have been able to solve several other problems that were lower on the priority list including Daily Logs and material pulls.

Vorteile:

As a small but busy specialty sub-contractor, it's a game changer. The full-featured integrated platform is giving us the ability to streamline much of the work that was siloed between workflows. Redundancies are dropping away with each implementation of new workflows. We also love the many built-in reports that are putting critical info in front of our team without hours of manual report production and cross-referencing. As we finetune our use of it, we are already seeing how we can utilize it in some other areas we have not anticipated, like our warehouse. Tech support has been excellent as well.

Nachteile:

While they have a great manual for implementing the Quick Books integration, their "Getting Started" support materials were lacking. They offer free live classes and specific videos on each function but I would have liked to see a more detailed manual or checklist that walked us through how the various functions are integrated. It would have saved us some time in the trial and error category. Folks on our team each learn differently and while the videos were fine for some, others really needed a document.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Procore

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Contractor Foreman: Value and more robust features

Great Construction Management Software for Small to Mid-Size Companies

Kommentare: I found that the software can be very helpful to manage a lot of details and areas within a construction company. It can be used by various types of contractors, and to a certain point customized to serve each individual contractor. Overall, I think this software is a great upcoming contender against existing respected software, although I do believe it has a bit more to go before it can meet toe-to-toe with them; its getting there though.

Vorteile:

I sincerely like how many functioning features are readily available right out-of-the-box. Each feature/module is extremely helpful to manage the different facets within the construction industry. The features allow a wide range of different contractors to benefit from this software that can be customized to work the way each individual business works (although customization can be a bit limited with certain modules). I also really appreciate the company taking the effort to truly consider and seek out feedback from contractor's and then actually implement needed updates to the software. Since their inception they have drastically improved A LOT of the software features that work so much better.

Nachteile:

There are minor "cons" from our experience, one being that when wanting to customize certain modules to fit our particular company procedures we met some limitations. At the time, the software couldn't be customize to reflect certain details we were wanting/needing the software to do, although there were some "alternate" routes but they still didn't function the way we would prefer. But that can be overcome by doing some work arounds (as we found) but again would be preferiable if customization wasn't as limited (I'm not speaking in full details because there are several areas we saw we faced this, but the major point is we saw that customization can be limited if wanting the software to reflect or do certain things that you would want). Although I do believe the software is capable of reaching a much higher customization level than it presents now although depending on the company's ability to work on those specific areas (which they are currently doing). Another minor con is the actual customer service and support. It is currently not as strong as I believe it should and can be. When needing assistance in various occasions to fix an issue beyond our control, reaching out to support through their chat and email options were simple and decently responsive. But when it came to the actual support and help, it fell pretty short there. Mainly the reps. didn't feel eager to help and solve the issue, they just gave generic unhelpful ideas. But of course that can improve over time.

Impartial

Kommentare: I'm very impartial. I was very impressed at first with my tutorial which made me want to purchase the program, but once purchased I realized that even for small questions it took an hour to get an answer out of someone on multiple occasions that should have been simple "set status to this" or "create an invoice this way for a project." So overall I am not as happy with Contractor Foreman as I expected to be and never would have purchased it for the amount of money if I knew it was going to cause so many issues.

Vorteile:

I really liked the program when I first sat down and did an overview. It seemed like it would be very user friendly and I liked that layout and the abilities of the program.

Nachteile:

The program is extremely picky, one must know exactly how it works or it won't work at all the way one would expect. The program has extreme potential to be so user friendly and it'sjust not. Every Estimate, Invoice, project, ect must be set at certain statuses to do what the program is expected to do. I consider myself fairly tech savvy and could not figure out how to print an estimate without help. With that said, the help is hit and miss. Some people you talk to are very helpful, some seem like they're just as confused as you are and have no idea how the program works which is very frustrating. Lastly, there are multiple ways to invoice clients but there's only one way to do it without messing up financing on the project and to have all invoice items on one invoice. Otherwise everything is screwed up and it is not a simple process at all.