PlanGrid Review - why 4.6 stars?

• Markups, photos, and more: These features allow contractors to create, view, and share markups of photos, tasks, and hyperlinks.
• Sheet Compare: This feature ensures that contractors view many sheets side-by-side and see or attachments or documents.
• The Who, What, Where, When Features: This feature ensures that managers can access planned work, punch lists, versions, and an entire history of sheets.

• The software is user-friendly and actively effective
• The PlanGrid project tracking feature is excellent.
• The construction productivity software is cost-rated low-cost

• The software sometimes lags, which is not time-effective

• Functionality: PlanGrid has some interesting features, and some of them are: Documents, Smart drawings, BIM, Workflows, Submittals, Automatic Submittal Log, Advanced RFIs, Instant sync, Markups, Tasks, Punch Lists, Sheet compare, Photos & videos, Project Hub, etc. Compared to its alternatives, HouzzPro has Time & Expense Tracking and Mood Boards, which are missing from PlanGrid. BuilderTrend has the CRM feature missing in PlanGrid, and PlanGrid has the sheet compare, markups, and Smart drawings missing from all its mentioned close alternatives.
• Customers/Industries: In terms of industry targets, PlanGrid targets customers in the Commercial, Heavy civil, Industrial, Healthcare, Education industries. Compared to its alternatives, Houzz Pro targets the Home Builders, Remodelers, Interior Designers, Architects, Kitchen & Bath Designers, Kitchen & Bath Remodelers, Handymen, Painters, and Landscape Contractors. BuilderTrend targets homebuilders, remodelers, specialty contractors, and commercial contractors.
• Cost: PlanGrid has a license price starting from $50 per month, Buildxact has a license price starting from $149 per month per user, BuilderTrend has a license price starting from $99/month but increases to $299 after 2 months, and Houzz Pro has a license price starting at $65/month. PlanGrid is cost-rated 1.3/5 (where 1 is low-cost and 5 is high-cost) by construction software experts, and this means that PlanGrid is a low-cost construction software.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: PlanGrid is a cloud-based and on-premise software, while its close alternatives are cloud-based construction software.
• Support: PlanGrid and its close alternatives in construction productivity systems offer support channels like email /help desk, FAQs/forum, a knowledge base, phone support, and Chat. All do not have the 24/7 live rep support option.

• Small project & team collaboration (550 sheets): $50/month and $600/year on the monthly billing and $39/month and $470/year on the yearly billing.
• Flexible collaboration across many projects (5000 Sheets): £90/month and £1080/year on monthly billing and £80/month and £960/year on the yearly billing.
• Collaboration without limits (Unlimited Sheets): £162/month and £1944/year on the monthly billing and £149/month and £1,788/year on the yearly billing.

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 2.6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for PlanGrid. You can also find here pricing information from PlanGrid's website.