Sage Estimating Review - why 4 stars?

Sage Estimating is a construction estimating software solution. The software supports proposal generation, and conceptual estimating. The software also offers integration with RS systems and MS Excel. Sage Estimating features a standard version, and an extended version that features built-in estimating templates. Both of the versions have integrated databases and can be ready to use almost immediately. Databases can also be customized with the software.

The Sage Group PLC, the developers of Sage Estimating, has offices all over North America, but its headquarters are located in Irvine, California. The Sage Group was formed in 1981 and has business all over the world.

The rating of Sage Estimating is 4 stars out of 5 and the total score is 89 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

Sage Estimating is best for customers in small to medium size businesses, from home businesses and small businesses to large enterprises with a large distribution. The software works best for construction firms because it helps on several aspects of the construction business, and similar businesses such as HVAC, utility contracting, and mechanical construction. The software is used by over 3 million clients, in just the U.S. and Canada alone. Among the clients of Sage includes Echo Pacific and Cannery Brewery Co.

Sage Estimating is ranked 3 out of 45 software in their category (Survey Software systems).

Sage Estimating can help your business in several ways. There are applications and features that can help a business improve and thrive. One of the most important features that the software has is its ease of integration. The software is one of the easiest software solutions to integrate with existing system and applications that are already in place.

Another important feature is the quotation and procurement add-on. This add-on allows clients to make quote sheets from takeoffs, send them to vendors through email, negotiate the price, and choose that quote for the estimate budget or use it to a subcontract or purchase order. This is a very useful tool that also allows clients to develop a library on their bid history. Other features include the CAD feature that uses CAD integration that has CAD item libraries to feed CAD quantities from the drawings. CAD is a main means of providing quantities and material components.

There is also scheduling integration which gives clients is the ability to generate a text file recap on the estimate, which is sorted by a schedule activity. This integration also allows clients to export the recap into a Primavera native file format or a MS Project Schedule native file format. Although the software is not a scheduling program, it utilizes integration to create data that can be used by other scheduling software solutions. The software can also help because of its flexibility. The software allows the client to be flexible with how they present their results. The assemblies will allow questions to be used differently by each estimator (questions such as total square footage, unit price, man hours) and get all of it under one common system setup.

Among the competitors of Sage Estimating includes Salesboom Cloud CRM and Oracle Primavera. Aside from all these software solutions being helpful in the construction industry, these programs can also help with other aspects. Salesboom has more features for CRM and collaboration, while Oracle has more features that help with project management.

But one big advantage that Sage Estimating has over both these competitors is with its integration. Sage Estimating is one of the most used software products because it can be easily integrated with several other software programs and applications that are being used by the client. 

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