Jonas Construction Software Reviews

It’s impressive how easily one can get to learn this software for their daily use in various aspects of job. It has all the basic features require for efficient project management.

It can be improved to have more useful and advanced project management tools that can enable managers to drive strategic decisions.

Hi Nisarg, Thanks for taking the time to share your review of our software. We really appreciate it! Oren, Director of Marketing Jonas Construction Software

Great when we were smaller. Handled all of our business needs.

Support was not good. Takes an act of congress to get something simple as an additional license.

Hi John, Thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry we couldn't help you as quickly as you needed us to. We know you rely on us and our software to operate, and that must have been frustrating,... that we weren't there when you needed us. I've passed your feedback to my colleagues. Would you be open chatting with them to discuss how we can better support you when you need us? Oren

Very easy to use once you get trained. Navigation is simple as well.Everything is found by one click and made very user friendly.

Overall happy at this point. Nothing to cause concern or looking to change. As time goes on, I would imagine certain things may come up.

We are using this software over 10 years, since we have grown and need to track labour and materials per job site, Jonas does this for us.

I have 2 monitors, when I open a new window, it ways opens twice... this just started after my last upgrade. its annoying.

The software offers many different report options. With time I have learned where to find and utilize these reports.

I found it difficult to determine which reports would produce the information I was seeking. With time I have learned which reports and options provide the information I need.

The main reason we switched to Jonas was for the Job Costing feature and it continues to to make our life easier. Payroll has also proven to make us more efficient, particularly with dealing with multiple union agreements.

What I like least about Jonas is the Report Design feature. I find it difficult to maneuver and create the reports that I need.

Great flexibility once you learn how to use it! Put the effort in ahead of time and during setup, get the buy in from your staff and given a little time you will have a solid package that is able to be tailored to your business. We were able to eliminate separate data bases we were keeping on different platforms due to the limitations of our previous software package!

Report writer could be a little more robust but overall it is not difficult to get the information you need from the system

Ease of use. The program is easy to navigate, fast and functional.

There are modules which you are forced into purchasing in order to upgrade the program although we have no plans to use them.

Jonas Software has made our jobs in Accounting much easier than our past system. Our payroll is very complicated with many different unions and specific parts of payroll burdens going to different union locales - and Jonas has made this very easy to set up. We are constantly finding new and easier ways to simplify daily entries.

There aren't too many cons - but the major one that has stood out to us is that there are so few characters available to enter AP invoice numbers.

Easy to get around for the most part. Search function works good but needs more detail. Easy to start a case.

Fixes seem harder than they should be and when I call in for help on a time sensitive matter the person helping doesn't seem to know what I am talking about.

What I like is that you can get the exact reports you want. The software is easy to use and understand. And I like it as it is structured and geared towards the construction business. The ability for Management to view and review daily standings, keep a track of many projects.

I believe the creation of a report can be a bit challenging, need more custom designs. That's all I have for now, the more I use the software I will see if there are any places where improvements may be needed.

Unfortunately we spent to much money on this product. I honestly can't think of any pros. we went with this product initially because it was a Canadian company and they would have a better handle on the accounting piece. our accountants think the software isa joke.

- Currently the it runs on a data base that no one uses, out dated. the company does a great job marketing the product but once you start using it, you will come to discover its not that good. Some examples: Job names, contract numbers, part numbers etc , only allow a limited number of characters. some times client PO's or contract numbers are 15-20 characters or more and the field doesn't allow...

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The one entry accounting system is the best feature, everything flows from one module to the other, payroll to cost reports, A/P, A/R etc. You basically get excellent reports that you can customize to your companies needs directly from your standard accounting functions.

One of the few cons would be the mobility between modules and some of the limited selection features when printing, etc.

Always looking for integration in construction software, Jonas did well in that, And everything we did with all the modules flow smoothly.

Some of the older version caused some problems, but the updates were quick and support is good and responsive.

Once the setup is complete, the product is very easy to use. I also like the constant updating of the product.

The interfacing with other products such as Accubid is difficult, as well as the setup is a bit complicated.

There are many things you can do to track costs in this program. It is fairly easy to use once you know how to use it.

You can't leave very long descriptions, the help documents aren't very helpful to find how to do a specific function, you can't adjust things easily (you might need to do a couple things to fix one thing)

The software gives us all the tools we need to run efficiently with modules for Financial Reports, Payroll, Inventory, Project Management, Subcontracting, and more. There is plenty of training available both online, by phone, and in person so all questions are answered in a very reasonable time. Comparable products are considerably more expensive and do the same things Jonas does for a far more reasonable price. the value cannot be overstated. Most importantly, Jonas is one of those companies that truly takes an interest in their clientele and it shows.

The transition process is intensive so time and dedication is required initially, but once it is done things flow very smoothly.

That it has good Job Cost reporting features / E-Time Sheets / Direct Deposit / Work Orders that work very well. All modules work well.

Sometimes support takes a little to long. Some of the modules don't seem like they have been finished.

Overall the products are pretty accurate in processing data and generate financial reports, most of data can be downloaded in Excel for us to analyze.

The system should not allow unbalanced JEs to be posted, in addition, it should make it easy to run reports by Dep. IDs

The customer support whenever you have an issue, question or concern is outstanding, when you log a case they get back to you very quickly.

The system can be a little overwhelming if you do not have some training, but once you have been working with it for awhile (if you have worked with other accounting software) it is very user friendly at least for the general areas of each module. If you search in the tutorials Jonas is quite good at supplies assistance for most of the modules. Therefore I can not really find a con.

The primary issue with our last software was an inability to get good reporting and data from the system, especially for our multi-divisional operation. The report writer in Jonas is a very useful tool, and the financial drill-down capabilities are excellent. We also now have real-time job cost data, and more detailed P&Ls, which has helped our ability to manage construction work.

No software product is perfect. We've had to adapt a few of our internal processes to fit the way Jonas is made to operate, but nothing has come up that we haven't been able to work around. The Jonas trainers are also an excellent resource we've utilized to make the system work as best it can for us.

The bookmark feature where you can have multiple screens open simultaneously is so convenient. Jonas is willing to accept input on new ideas and feedback on current features to keep the product moving forward. Our network administrator thought the Jonas user conferences worthwhile and learned a lot at the seminars and networking sessions with other users.

MIS processes an extremely high volume of service calls every month. It has been a learning curve using the new Jonas dispatch/scheduler which is vastly different from the previous dispatch board. Customer service reps have been working with us since the upgrade in March. Plus we are working towards implementing Jonas eMobile in September which should go a long way towards streamling our cumbersome data entry processes.

Jonas is a great multi-faceted ERP. It covers all your accounting needs and takes risk in developing innovative solutions to our needs. There is a modern dispatch scheduler that allows you to manage your technicians, eMobile that allows techs to work paperless and provide immediate results. Among a few.

I have no complaints. I would add though that when deploying new products that more release information should be included with standard procedures.

The reporting options are pretty much unlimited.

This software package is not very intuitive. Data entry is not centralized, and you are required to navigate through multiple areas of the software to enter information that could easily be centralized in one data entry point. We were sold on features that either do not exist or that we are now being told we should not implement. This software does not do automated workflows, which we were told...

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