IHMS Review - why 4.2 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jul 25, 2022

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What is IHMS?

Mark Systems IHMS is a single database home builder software suite. It is one of the most popular residential construction accounting solutions in the industry. The software aims at giving you the complete financial control of your construction business and making possible the instant delivery of residential construction information.

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Who is it best for?

IHMS is suitable enough for businesses of all sizes. Industries that mainly deploy this software include financial, infrastructure, and technology. It is widely used by construction management firms, custom home builders and production home builders.

If you are looking to maintain a single database for all the important aspects of your business including service management, accounting, estimating and others, IHMS can be a viable choice for you. Home builders can use the single access point of the software to store, log-in and share data with other parties involved in the project.

Some noteworthy clients of Mark Systems IHMS include Main Street Homes, Hakes Brothers, French Brother Inc., and ROBYX Management LLC.

Main features and functionalities

Like other major construction business solutions, IHMS follows the modular architecture in which the entire system is divided into various modules. On this system, you will find such modules as project management, estimating, accounting, service management and integration.

The project management module of IHMS offers several useful features such as bidding, contract management, cost management, document management, daily log, and scheduling. The features of estimating module that you can benefit from include bid comparison, cost database, conceptual estimates, item list, and proposal generator.

The accounting module of IHMS offers you such features as bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, inventory management, materials management and purchase orders. Under the service management module, you have applications such as service agreements, service contracts, service quotes, and work orders.

IHMS also provides integration with Microsoft Access, Excel and Word. Its integration features include custom dashboard, triggered updates, unlimited custom objects and assignment creation.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 7 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for IHMS. You can also find here pricing information from IHMS's website.

Pros

• IHMS keeps detailed track of LEED qualified home improvements for the contractors.
• The software offers support for several major platforms including Windows and Mac OS.
• IHMS is the only single-database, enterprise wide house-builder management system in the industry.
• IHMS offers dedicated interface for several mobile platforms including Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows mobile.
• The software offers multiple deployment models of online, on premise, and mobile deployment.

Cons

• The software only supports English language which limits its user base.
• While the software offers dedicated mobile interface for smartphones and tablets, it does not offer any dedicated mobile app.
• The software does not offer integration with QuickBooks so if you are already using QuickBooks, you will have to overhaul your entire system.
• The service management module of the software does not offer the feature of dispatch management.
• Customer support is not offered in the form of user forums and brochures.

How it stacks up?

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

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