ProContractor
9 Reviews 3/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★A cloud-based accounting and construction management solution for small to mid-sized general contractors.
Product Overview
ProContractor by Viewpoint is a cloud-based, all-in-one solution tailored for small to mid-sized contractors, offering integrated features for estimating, project management, and accounting. It enhances efficiency by automating takeoff processes, providing real-time data management, and facilitating end-to-end project lifecycle management. The software’s scalable design allows businesses to adapt and expand its functionality as they grow.Pros
- Also includes equipment, financial, and project management
- Made for small to mid-size contractors
- Online plan room
Cons
- Cumbersome plan sheet viewing
Target Market
Mid-sized construction companies looking to integrate various aspects of their business processes, such as estimating, project management, and accounting, into a single cloud-based system. Its comprehensive feature set makes it a good option for businesses seeking improved visibility, control, and efficiency across projects.Not Recommended For
Businesses outside of the construction industry. Larger enterprises might find the support response inadequate for their scale, and companies in other industries might not fully benefit from the construction-centric features and tools that ProContractor provides.ProContractor Benefits
- All-in-One Solution: Integrates takeoff, estimating, job cost accounting, project management, and reporting for small to mid-sized contractors.
- Business Visibility: Increases visibility, reduces risks, and tracks project details for informed decision-making.
- Cost Management: Improves accuracy of cost reports and projections; compares budgets against actual costs.
- Enhanced Communication: Breaks down silos, enhances workflow and project quality.
- Cost and Schedule Control: Real-time tracking tools for budget and schedule adherence.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Facilitates confident decision-making based on accurate data.
- Flexibility: Offers a complete solution or allows adding components one at a time.
Key Features
- Employee Management: Manages construction payroll, workforce reporting, employee benefits, and document management.
- Equipment Management: Tracks equipment location, usage, billing rates, and costs.
- Financial Management: Offers robust cost management, financial reporting, and efficient transaction processing.
- Procurement Management: Simplifies pricing, ordering, and tracking of goods.
- Project Management: Centralizes project information for better control, risk minimization, and profitability.
- Reporting: Automates compliance and creates electronic files for various business and employee-related reports.
- Takeoff and Estimating: Provides efficient, accurate digital takeoff and estimating processes.
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They will move mountains to help get something corrected
One of the biggest strengths of Viewpoint is that they will move mountains to help get something corrected or make improvements to the product. They really want to provide the highest level of customer service and we have pushed the system to its outer limits with our company structure and they have been patient and worked with us. They recognize our level of commitment to ProContractor and tenfold have paid it back to us.
We’ve been able to set up fantastic business processes
Having the entire package – integration of Estimating, Accounting, and Project Management in a single solution – was clearly so valuable. We’ve been able to set up fantastic business processes! We also received really good customer service right off the bat. We are able to make ProContractor fit the way we work; that right fit allows us to easily modify reports to be the way we want to see things.
Our company has experienced significant growth
Our company has experienced significant growth in both our people and project size over the last five years and we expect this growth to continue. Prior to Viewpoint, we employed several different software programs to support our day-to-day operations. It was our goal to implement one solution to improve overall efficiency and to streamline processes across the company. Viewpoint’s strong reputation and excellent customer references helped support our decision to select ProContractor.
ProContractor Review
Everything takes to long, setup in horrible, it’s not designed for an estimator seems to be a better fit for an accountant.
Pros
Take-off software
Cons
Estimating module, project management module, accounting module.
- Construction & Engineering
Great software which integrates all main components of running my company
Great software which integrates all main components of running my company
Pros
Interface among estimating, accounting/financial, HR, and project management. The mobile module is a plus. All payroll is imported on the daily field reports. The customer service and support is awesome.
Cons
I would say there are some reports among hundreds of them that don't provide the proper information. Specially the unit price reports. It has something to do with the way the data entry is done. The software might seem hard to understand at the beginning but actually is quite simple. Proper training is required.
- Construction & Engineering
- 1-10 employees
- Annual revenue $0-$1M
ProContractor Review
extremely hard to get training now that clear view has taken acquired product line
Pros
We like the digitizing software .
Cons
The estimating portion is not user friendly .
Software is not user friendly and difficult to navigate
Software in not user friendly and difficult to navigate. The take-off software does not compare to other take-off software such as Planswift The training that is offered is very trial and error-ish. I would not recommend this software.
Pros
The only thing i like about the software was one aspect of the take-off software that multiple take-offs can be completed simultaneously.
Cons
Difficult to use. Noticed a few errors with the estimating side that have to be corrected by support.
- Professional Services
- 11-50 employees
- Annual revenue $1M-$10M
ProContractor Review
Not automated at all. It’s like putting paper on a computer. Too hard to use.
It was a seamless transition
I’m a preconstruction manager. Previous to ProContractor we were simply using Excel which does have it’s drawbacks. It’s tough to sort estimates, and Excel can have the tendency to make mistakes if you’re not dragging across the right cells. It led to us having to triple-check our work.
I had concerns about having one program to do it all (estimating and project management) but ProContractor has eased those concerns. It was a seamless transition, and the handoff went a lot better than expected.
I like the sorting features to sort my areas and alternates. Having the database built into it has been huge. We can capture historical costs a lot better and keep track of them and update them quickly, which is available for every estimator.
