Jonas Review - why 4.5 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 03, 2022

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What is Jonas?

Jonas Enterprise is a business management accounting software for construction companies that can help users to manage their business efficiently. The software offers two solutions: Service Management and Project Management Toolkits depending on users business needs. The business management accounting solution is module-structured and there are more than 40 modules to choose from.

Jonas Construction Software, the company behind Jonas Enterprise, has been providing integrated software solutions for North American Construction companies since 1990. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and also has offices in Europe, North America and Australia. The software is used by over 1000 contractors.

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Who is it best for?

Jonas Enterprise is perfect for construction companies of all sizes. Electrical contractor, general contractor, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC and contractors from other trades can use this software. MacKinnon and Olding, Western Oil Services and Direct Energy are some of the clients of Jonas Enterprise.

Main features and functionalities

Jonas Enterprise comes with accounting, payroll, inventory and equipment, reporting and document management modules to help users with their service management and project management needs. The core modules of the project management module are: work orders, accounting, payroll, inventory and equipment, reporting and document management. Other necessary modules are: job cost, project management, construction management, takeoff, comprehensive change order, subcontract control, job scheduling, progress billing and homebuilding subcontractor.

The service management solution comes with work orders, service contracts, flat rate, tasking, dispatch scheduler, eMobile and eService modules. These core module’s deep integration can help users to increase efficiency and get accurate key business information on time. Users can handle payables, general ledger and receivables, issue out contracts and work orders, track attendance and time, monitor inventory and manage projects using these modules. There is also an optional module that can help users to do dispatch scheduling and GPS routing.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $8,000 per license. ITQlick pricing score is 7.4 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Jonas. You can also find here pricing information from Jonas's website.

Pros

• Jonas Enterprise offers construction accounting solution for construction companies of all sizes
• Jonas Enterprise offers Software as a Service deployment option for users and doesn’t require any additional hardware
• The customer support of Jonas Enterprise offers general and emergency support for users
• The construction accounting software offers eMobile and customer web portal for users unlike other similar tools
• The construction accounting solution offers multi-company and multi-currency support unlike other similar tools

Cons

• Jonas Enterprise construction accounting solution’s initial setup system can be difficult for some users
• Jonas Enterprise’s audit trails option needs improvement and it doesn’t include option to print or not print
• The customer support of Jonas Enterprise’s emergency support is only available at an additional cost
• The customer support of Jonas Enterprise’s emergency support is only available at an additional cost
• The construction accounting solution’s reporting run time can be slow sometimes according to some users

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Jonas vs alternative software solutions.

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