AccuLynx Review - why 4.5 stars?

AccuLynx is a roofing contractor software that is designed for roofing businesses. This roofing software comes with many features, and we will list some key features:

• Customer Relationship Management: Serves to manage a prospective lead to a signed contract. This feature includes activity tracking, documents, and correspondence.
• Production and Labor Management: This feature manages labor and production tracking to ensure that projects are on schedule and carried out within budget.
• Photos: This feature captures and stores project photos. These photos can be added with annotations and shared with the project team.
• Material Ordering: It helps keep project teams updated with the cost of materials and creates estimates with live access to approved vendors. It is also capable of performing order placement.

AccuLynx is a roofing CRM that is designed for roofing contractors of all business sizes. The software company was founded in 2008, and it has its offices in Beloit, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The software company has about 200 staff and has received various awards, nominations, and certifications like the Great Place to Work certification.

The rating of AccuLynx is 4.5 stars out of 5 and the total score is 96 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

The software is a useful solution for a variety of domains of construction industry and all sizes of businesses. It can be used by construction management firms, specialty contractors, custom home builders, general contractors, and others. Some notable clients of the software include Elbert Construction, Roof Pros Storm Division Inc, Hoffman Weber Construction Inc, and others.

AccuLynx is ranked 6 out of 443 software in their category (Construction systems).

The software comes with in-the-field estimating capabilities eliminating the guesswork and errors out of the estimating process. Professional looking estimates with company logo can be printed and job cost can be accurately calculated. The software also facilitates reliable scheduling of jobs and events and offers a visualized view of daily, weekly, and monthly activities.

AccuLynx offers inventory management, materials management, and time and materials billing. It seamlessly integrates with QuickBooks and also offers accounts receivable and payable management. Other important capabilities include document and image management, data backup in cloud, bid management, contractor and sub-contractor management, and others.

AccuLynx competes with some roofing contractor systems in the market. Some of its closest competing software are FieldPulse, Bolt, DataForma, and Jobba. Below is how it competes with these systems in selected aspects:

• Functionality: AccuLynx has more functionalities when compared to its closest competitors. While all its competitors have some basic features like photo capturing, project scheduling, crew management, Acculynx has more features like Quickbooks integration, Job costing, Commission module, Material ordering, and Aerial Measurement Ordering.
• Customers/Industries: AccuLynx is designed for only roofing contractors while its close alternatives like FieldPulse targets 5 more industries like Handyman, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, and Service businesses. Bolt also targets more industries like Manufacturing, Home and Building Supply, Home Builders & Land Developers, Office Technology, Equipment Maintenance & Service, Office Products, and Contract Office Furniture. Comparing the customer base, AccuLynx has a more extensive customer base boasting over 25+ billion in contracts carried out. In contrast, its competitor closest to it in this aspect (DataForma) can only boast of 2+ billion contracts executed.
• Cost: Compared to its close alternatives, AccuLynx is a low-cost roofing contractor software, and some of its alternatives like DataForma and FieldPulse offer free trials while Acculynx does not.
• Cloud-Based/On-Premise: AccuLynx and its alternatives are all cloud-based roofing contractor systems with mobile app versions.
• Popularity: AccuLynx is rated average to its competitors in terms of popularity. AccuLynx is not the oldest software (founded in 2008), DataForma was founded in 2004, and Jobba was founded in 2006. However, AccuLynx and its alternatives are not publicly traded.
• Scalability: AccuLynx and its alternatives are average when it comes to helping businesses grow. The roof contractor systems can be used by small roofing contractor businesses and help them to scale up.
• Support: Compared with its competitors, AccuLynx lacks some support channels which their competitors offer. AccuLynx offers Email/Helpdesk, Chat, and Phone support, while Datafomer, FieldPusle offer Live Chat, Forum, helpdesk, and Phone support.

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