eSUB vs Houzz Pro Comparison

monday.com

Procore

Buildertrend

CoConstruct

RAKEN

RedTeam Flex

eSUB Consolidates Tasks Effectively

Gaining better control with our projects has saved time and money and our customers like the fact we are on top of the project at all times. Being pro-active rather than re-active is largly due to using eSub and the daily reports turned in by the field employees. Very user friendly for all employees.

Lives up to what it is supposed to do.

Pros:
-easy to use
- streamlines project management by reducing hefty admin time spent creating documents such as: purchase orders, rfi's, sub agreements, change orders, quick memos , etc
-allows for more timely contract responsiveness to our customers 
-makes creating submittals a breeze
- produces excellent daily reports for manpower by cost code that are easy to download
- excellent cost tracking by cost code and issues
-excellent project overview
-excellent customer service, very responsive with follow through
-easy to train new users 

Cons:
-contact management  can be a little burdensome with all the clicking required. You learn quickly to setup the project correctly from the beginning with all pertinent contacts. The contact will already be added in the main contact log but not assigned to that specific project unless that project is 'clicked' for that contact. This resulted in a few new ESub users thinking those contacts weren't in the main contact log yet and they added them, creating duplicates. You do get the hang of this and your preparation will be self-appreciatied down the line.
-this one is a pro and a con depending on how you use this software: you really can't fully delete anything. For example: If you enter the wrong date on a daily report (auto dates for current date) you cannot go back to change later so better get it right the first time. This could be simplified by requiring an entry instead of auto fill maybe? You also cannot delete that report and start new. We add notes to the internal notes "work date was actually xx/xx" so that it will show up on a multiple daily report. 
-the outgoing emails from the website for some reason often get filtered by spam filters and end up sitting in the recipients junk folders. This is quickly resolved by a follow up to the vendor or customer via phone or email to confirm which is common practice. Also, this is probably typical of any web based software outbound emails.

All and all I use it just about every day and I would highly recommend it. Once you are trained and used to the system; it's fantastic. Definitely allows our company to operate much more efficiently than before we had ESub!!

ESub has been a game changer for us!

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Procore construction software manages your construction projects, resources and financials from planning to closeout. Procore helps owners, general contractors, and specialty contractors increase project efficiency & accountability by streamlining project communication & documentation.

Raken is a daily reporting and field management tool, designed to streamline construction workflows like daily reporting, time cards, production & equipment tracking. The Raken app helps field workers input data faster, while the web app gives the office real-time jobsite insights and visibility.

RedTeam is a complete platform for your commercial project management, construction financials and document control solution. RedTeam offers robust field data capture and helps you manage everything from preconstruction through to project closeout

eSUB standardizes project management and establishes a documentation system for subcontractors based on industry best practices.

Accounting Integration

Bid Management

Bills of Material

Budget Tracking

Budgeting/Forecasting

Calendar Management

Change Order Management

Commercial

Contract/License Management

Contractor Management

Cost Estimating

Cost-to-Completion Tracking

Dispatch Management

Document Management

Equipment Tracking

For AEC Industry

Incident Reporting

Invoice Management

Job Costing

Job Management

Mobile Access

Offline Access

Overrun Reporting

Percent-Complete Tracking

Production Cost Tracking

Progress Reports

Project Scheduling

Project Tracking

Projections

Purchase Order Management

Quotes/Estimates

Real-Time Updates

RFI & Submittals

Scheduling

Subcontractor Management

Subcontractor Monitoring

Time Tracking

Timesheet Management

Work Order Management

eSUB

Android

Web-based

iPad

iPhone

Operations Management

Excellent experience from the demo through the purchase and implementation. Our account success manager and tech support have been very helpful.

Service Coordinator

Excellent project overview. Excellent customer service, very responsive with follow through.

Accounting Admin

If I need to ask for assistance when a foreman needs help with something to add or edit the customer service help is very responsive and quick to respond.

Busines Compliance Manager

I like the ease of use for the field and their ability to enter time along with upload dailies and pics.

General Manager, Commercial Construction

The timecard function is great, getting project information to our Superintendents and Foremen is immeasurable. I really like the submittal, Change Order, and RFI functions.

Health/Safety Administrator

ESUB makes track job costs really easy, which is super important for all of our projects.

Project Engineer

But again, daily reports are usually done through Procore because that is the GC platform and what they want used. It automatically adds the cover page to submittals which was nice.

Construction Manager

Huge time saver and helps keep all my dailies super organized.

Superintendent 

Ease of use and being able to share and explain this program to other contractors that I reoffend this to.

The problem with this type of product was there were tons of functions that a subcontractor would never need or use. These products were also not efficient in exchanging files and information.

Manager

It was great being able to assign different roles to different users so individuals only saw the information relevant to their position.

We use the Sage 300 connector, and all project financials are current in our projects on eSub. There's a cost to complete function that is a great way to get an idea of how the project will finish.

Getting a job set up is not quite smooth yet. I have a little trouble figuring out how to get my information switched over from the Edge.

Lead Estimator/ Project manager

Great for tracking submittals, purchase orders, change order requests and job costing.

Vice President

I have no recommendations for others. They just need to try it.

ESub allows us to quickly and effectively upload pictures and communicate on the job site information.

Director of Operations

Great product with lots of features, but did not integrate with our required accounting/ERP system.

President

Transfer fabrication / pull list from quick book enterprise to Esub for verifying on budget for materials and equipment charges to job. This would then make pre-billing worksheets a breeze.

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Mid Size Business

Small Business

Our mission is to bring order and efficiency to the construction process for all by empowering contractors
with a better way to run their business. 

monday.com is a cloud-based Work OS, where teams create workflow apps in minutes to run their processes, projects, and everyday work.

CoConstruct helps builders and remodelers manage, schedule, + coordinate construction projects seamlessly, communicate with clients, crew, + subcontractors, and have full control over all the financials of residential builds with its bi-directional Quickbooks construction accounting integration

Houzz Pro is a business management software that is built for enterprises in the residential building, remodeling, and design industries. Contractors can streamline payment scheduling and online invoicing processes as well as track activities through a client dashboard and project timelines.

3D Imaging

3D Modeling

Access Controls/Permissions

Accounting

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Alerts/Notifications

Audit Trail

Automatic Backup

Bill of Materials

Billing & Invoicing

Budget Management

Calendar/Reminder System

Client Management

Client Portal

Client Tracking

Collaboration Tools

Commenting/Notes

Communication Management

Contact Database

Contact Management

Cost Database

Cost Tracking

Customer Database

Customer History

Customer Management

Customer Portal

Customizable Branding

Customizable Forms

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Data Import/Export

Document Storage

Electrical Estimating

Electronic Payments

Electronic Signature

Email Marketing

Email Templates

Estimating

Expense Tracking

File Sharing

Financial Management

For Commercial and/or Industrial Electrical Contractors

For Residential

Gantt/Timeline View

HVAC Estimating

Idea Management

Issue Management

Job Scheduling

Job Tracking

Lead Management

Marketing Automation

Milestone Tracking

Mobile Alerts

Mobile App

Multiple Projects

Online Payments

Order Management

Performance Metrics

Plumbing Estimating

Point of Sale (POS)

Progress Tracking

Project Accounting

Project Estimating

Project Management

Project Planning

Project Planning/Scheduling

Project Templates

Project Time Tracking

Project Workflow

Proposal Generation

Purchasing & Receiving

QuickBooks Integration

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Reporting

Reminders

Reporting & Statistics

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting/Project Tracking

Houzz Pro

Linux

Windows

Owner

The proposals and invoicing are seamless. I also use the time stopwatch for clocking freelance hours which seamlessly translate to an invoice for billing which is amazing.

Cofounder

I loved using this to manage projects as it was really clear. It was fun to create the mood boards that is available to do and use the floor plans too create models and them see in 3D.

City Manager

The messaging features and leads features are very helpful, and I like the concierge. I haven't used the estimate feature because we have our own system for that, but I like that it exists.

Engineer/Design

The ease of use of the product is certainly there and integration with the business model was easy. The client success manager that we are assigned is amazing.

Office Manager

Honestly, working with Houzz has been a great experience. Everything is user friendly, our rep is great and the advertising aspect can't be matched.

Sales and Project Management

I am impressed with the ability to create floor plans in Houzz Pro and will play around with it more when I get some more help in the office.

Our customer service rep has been pretty excellent, which has probably been the best part.

Architect

Being directly connected to a potential client by a computer on the phone, when they have no idea who you are or why your are calling at what is usually an inconvenient time for them.

Building designer

Houzz has been a pleasure to work with, great customer service and brand exposure. Highly recommend Houzz Pro as a platform for anyone looking to build/ renovate.

I am not one to be afraid to click buttons and try to figure things out for myself, but when that approach has been less that successful, the support staff and account managers have been amazing.

Designer

I like all of the information that is available and it is quick to find and easy to ease.

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