Trimble Accubid Anywhere Software

One of best cloud based business suite.

Pros

The first advantage I want to point out is that its cloud-based and opens many possibilities. Striven has a really great customer care service. I also found it very reliable and fun to help our clients navigate the customer portal. Lastly, it has been light on the budget for a tiny firm like mine.

Cons

It lacks essential built-in email integration with various CRMs on the market. Hopefully, this will soon change. And the software needs to be more compatible by adding at least two or three additional merchant account integration options.

Overall, a great bidding tool with a lot of features.

Pros

It might not be as intuitive as some other software on the market, but it is surely easy to learn and use. The software offers great features such as comprehensive pre-built assemblies and also the ability to create and customize your own assemblies for whatever purpose you like. Navigating between jobs is dead simple, and there’s rarely a mistake in calculations.

Cons

It is pricey for a small company. Building assemblies could have been made easier. And some functions are overly complicated, which have no real purpose in my opinion.

My first choice for bidding, but it can be better.

Pros

I found Trimble Accubid to be incredibly simple to master and use effectively. I have used this software for segmenting the estimates, incorporating labor costs, increasing labor costs, repricing materials, and sorting data. Accubid has features that are arranged in a task-specific order, which makes the workflow smoother than ever.

Cons

In my opinion, it is very old and outdated. The assemblies are not particularly dynamic and are difficult to change. It has a steep learning curve.

Accubid: The best just got better

Pros

We were going through product after product trying to find the one that met most, if not all, of our estimating needs. It took us around half a year to finalize, but Accubid really had the potential we were looking for. Compared to the market, Accubid has all the features you expect and then some. It comes equipped with a completely customizable database and does not limit the usage to just one person at a time. We can easily see everything thats happening thanks to live updates such as takeoffs and topsheet tabs. All the data collected is presented neatly in a professionally managed report which is always ready for analysis.

Cons

The reporting could be less frustrating to deal with. I mean, it works just fine, but there are some very weird issues that really break the experience for me. We have some columns that are of no use to us, and were fine with just leaving them be. The problem is, they, for no reason, extend onto the second page and then the frustrating MS Word like issue happens and our formatting goes to waste. However, that has been fixed ever since we customized the reports as per our needs. We couldnt be happier with our decision.

One of the best and most dependable bidding software programs.

Pros

It is by far my top choice just because of how simple it is to use. No matter what problems I faced, the customer support was excellent and eager to assist every time. Ive been using it for a year and, believe it or not, Ive been getting constant employment opportunities in a very competitive market only because I know Accubid.

Cons

There is no doubt that it has a very steep learning curve. Which is practically the reason I get job offers. You will need lengthy (sometimes even boring) training sessions which are not free. But it is worth it in the end.

Long-term review.

Pros

I am actually of the age to have seen how takeoffs were done back in the old days and then compared them with Accubid. I’m happy to say that takeoffs with accubid are surprisingly similar to how we used to do them, and that made my transition to the software a breeze. I have used a lot of software along the way, but nothing came close to Trimble, so Im going to stick with it.

Cons

It forces you to go to each particular entry in a labor rate list in order to change the values. It would have been so much better if there was a way to select multiple items at the same time in which the same values needed to be entered and be done with it in an instant.

Easily the most accurate takeoff solution on the market.

Pros

It is a pleasure to use trimble partly due to its plug and play nature. I can immediately start working with the downloaded files and employ the excellent master database. I don’t even bother counting repeatedly and just go ahead and drop in a vent, drain, or header assembly without wasting time. It has excellent customer support as well.

Cons

It may take some time to set up. Currently, we use about 50 distinct specifications. Once you are familiar with the system, you can establish your own or modify current database specifications. Which, sadly, is a paid feature.

Reliable estimator with good after sales

Pros

Product support has been very good especially the training part. All the employees in our estimation department has been trained fully in such a short time.

Cons

Pricing is not regularly updated here in Western Canada. We cannot rely on it and have to manually update the prices which costs us extra.

Frustrating

Pros

Takeoff is very intuitive and interactive. Multiple estimators can work at the same time without any hiccups.

Cons

You cannot really change stuff here unless you are a programmer. You kind of have to take what is given in the assemblies and thats not ideal.

The best software, but a little pricey.

Pros

It has a well thought out user interface with a neat visual of all the composites at once as I proceed with an estimate. There’s also an option to use similar work done in previous projects for your current project, which enables me to build an excel spreadsheet and save time along the way. All the data is available for instant access anytime a user wants.

Cons

Its difficult to maintain all that needs to be done if you’re a below-average computer user. I have had to pay a lot more just to get the in-person training package which I think should have been included in the package already.