Fieldwire Review - why 4.4 stars?

Fieldwire is a cloud-based jobsite management for construction teams. The software offers features such as;

• Plan Viewing: This feature provides easy access to the latest information and drawings to users. It enables users to go paperless and track changes via mobile editing.
• As-Built Drawings: This feature offers editing and the enablement to view as-built from any device. It provides accurate drawings, easy handoff to operations, and a searchable historical record.
• Task Management: This feature offers punch lists and inspections. Through this feature, every user on the Jobsite possesses the tools to execute their tasks.
• Scheduling: This feature offers calendar-based field scheduling to users towards accurate progress tracking, easy crew scheduling, and lean field management.
• Inspection: With this feature, users can track issues, photos, and checklists. Users can have faster walkthroughs and effortless reporting with standardized inspections.

Fieldwire was established in 2013 and is currently headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. It accommodates of staff of about 200 employees. The software has been used for 1 Million+ projects worldwide.

The rating of Fieldwire is 4.4 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

Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and a wide range of types. It can be used in different domains of construction industry such as general subcontractors, construction managers, architects, and others. Some notable clients of the software include Turner, Kiewit, and others.

Fieldwire is ranked 7 out of 443 software in their category (Construction systems).

The software offers swift access to field service plans from any device and location and optimize the blueprints on the servers for better display. Blueprints can be imported as PDF files of connected to the project directly. The software also names the sheets automatically, flagging any version conflicts, and allowing addition of descriptions and version notes.

Fieldwire offers automatic blueprint hyper-linking along with powerful issue tracking. It also offers tracking of construction issues, punch lists, and checklists in the cloud. Other important capabilities of the software include task management, client communication, document and photo management, incident reporting, and others.

Fieldwire competes with top alternative construction systems like Dataforma, FieldEdge, Housecall Pro, and Service Core; below is how it compares with its alternatives;

• Functionality: Fieldwire offers some of the features required for practical functionality. Some of the features offered by the software are Dispatch Management, Electronic Signature, Mobile Access, Online Time Clock, Scheduling, etc. When compared to its alternatives, Dataforma and Housecall Pro offers all required features except for Inventory Management. Service Core also offers all required features found in others except for Contract/License Management.
• Customers/Industries: Fieldwire serves specialty and general contractors, Designers, Architects, and Engineers. Compared to its alternatives, Dataforma can serve any contractor managing service and production jobs.
• Cost: Fieldwire comes with a starting plan of $29/per month with a pricing model for every feature. The software offers a free trial and a free version to customers. Compared with its alternatives, Dataforma also comes with a pricing model for each feature with a starting price of $69.99/per month. It offers a free trial at the inception but does not have a free version. The pricing for Service Core and FeildEdge is made unavailable by the vendors of respective websites. They neither offer a free trial nor a free version.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Fieldwire and its close alternatives are all cloud-based systems.
• Popularity: Fieldwire was founded in 2013, making the software company the youngest among its top alternatives like FieldEdge and Dataforma. Based on the number of projects completed worldwide, Fieldwire is more popular than FieldEdge and Dataforma as it has been used for more than 1M+ projects.
• Support: Fieldwire and FieldEdge offer customer support features such as Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat. The software companies do not offer 24/7 (Live Rep). DataForma, on the other hand, offers all the customer support features which the exception of Chat.

Fieldwire offers four pricing plans with different packages: Basic (a free version), Pro, which goes for $29 per user per month, Business $49 per user per month, and Premier $89 per user per month.

The Basic pan cost $0 with a limit of 5 users. It is packaged with Plan Viewing, Task Management, Instant Messaging, File Sharing, photos, Checklists with 100 sheets and 3 projects.

The Pro Plan offers every feature in Basic with the addition of Sheet Compare, Custom task statutes, Report and export, Revit Plugin, Email Support with a provision of unlimited sheets and projects. The Business Plan offers all features in Pro with the addition of Custom Forms, 360° photos, Box/Dropbox, BIM viewer, and Phone Support.

The Premier Plan offers all features in Premier with the addition of API access, Single Sign-on, API Support, Training Programs, Dedication, and Account Manager.

What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 5.8 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for Fieldwire. You can also find here pricing information from Fieldwire's website.

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