Compare Clear Estimates and D4COST - Jun 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Clear Estimates or D4COST?

D4COST is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Clear Estimates, and D4COST is rated higher (89/100) than Clear Estimates (84/100). Clear Estimates offers users more features (6) than D4COST (0).

Looking for the right Construction Estimating solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Clear Estimates Vs. DC&D Technologies

Clear Estimates: Clear Estimates provides a web-based software tool for remodeling contractors that makes estimating costs and writing proposals for construction project fast, accurate, and pain-free. The company began as a father-son team in 2004 and has since grown to become the industry standard in the residential remodeling industry with thousands of active use...

DC&D Technologies: Our Firm has used the D4COST probable cost estimating program for years. Our history with D4COST, in fact, goes back to the era of it being a DOS program. We continue to use it as a cost management tool to initially establish a direction for the design and then to manage the project to stay in budget. We have recently designed numerous “Public Fund...

Who is more expensive? Clear Estimates or D4COST?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Construction Estimating software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Clear Estimates and D4COST.

Clear Estimates price starts at $59 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Clear Estimates is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Construction Estimating software. D4COST price starts at $20 per year , When comparing D4COST to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Construction Estimating software cost.

Bottom line: D4COST is more expensive than Clear Estimates.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Clear Estimates Vs. D4COST based on some of the most important and required Construction Estimating features.

Clear Estimates: Customizable Categories, Data Analysis Tools, Project Management, Billing & Invoicing, Change Orders, Construction.

D4COST: We are still working to collect the list of features for D4COST.

Target customer size

Clear Estimates's typical customers include: Small businesses and start ups, and D4COST's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.