Hard Dollar Review - why 4.3 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Oct 05, 2022

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What is Hard Dollar?

Hard Dollar is a construction estimating software that allows clients to manage estimates in a faster and a more accurate way. Among the features included in the program are team collaboration, centralized estimate management, detailed earned value reporting, third part cost items, real time cash flow analysis, cost escalation factors over project life processes, and historical work estimates. Also included in the software are standardized practice estimating processes to improve estimating activities in the business.

Hard Dollar has been in the construction management industry since 1989. The company has been developing software for project control and estimating for more than two decades. The clients have constructed over $1 trillion in capital projects. Hard Dollar has headquarters located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Who is it best for?

The Hard Dollar software is best for large enterprise and small to medium businesses in energy and resources, and government and infrastructure industries. The software is also best for businesses such as architecture, utility contracting, specialty contractors, construction management firms, general contractors, and custom home builders, paving, and engineering firms. The software is also best for firms and companies that do more than $5 million in business annually. Hard dollar has 50-100 employees and their most prominent clients include SAP, Aecon, and Redpath.

Main features and functionalities

Hard Dollar can help your business with their functionally for project management and estimating with takeoff that is provided in their network. Takeoffs that are performed in the on-screen takeoff of the software are immediately transferred to Hard Dollar, which enables fast estimating and cost item inputs. And when the digital takeoff is changed, the Hard Dollar software will create alerts that notify the user which of the measurements have been changed.

The software’s estimating feature has modules for visual assemblies, conceptual estimates, “what if” scenarios and a historical database. Clients can also use the program’s item costs with more than 700,000 costs available on a live basis, to make sure that estimation being generated is accurate and competitive. The project management application also features resource and equipment management, cost controls, contract management, and document management. The software also includes a mobile time sheets bonus feature. The mobile time sheets allow administrators and workers to input labor hours through the internet. The feature also creates reports that can be accessed for analysis through online access.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 9.4 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Hard Dollar. You can also find here pricing information from Hard Dollar's website.

Pros

• Hard Dollar has comprehensive OS system support
• Hard Dollar features video library with over 70 video tutorials
• Hard Dollar offers a free demo
• Hard Dollar features on-premise deployment model
• Hard Dollar features supported database (MS SQL Express and Server)

Cons

• The vendor site’s Live Chat support currently does not work
• Hard Dollar does not offer money back guarantee
• The software does not support Mobile applications
• Hard Dollar does not offer language packs outside of English
• Hard Dollar does not feature social networking links

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Hard Dollar vs alternative software solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)