I would recommend SmartContractor to any construction company that would like to spend less time estimating and more time making money... I was in the market for a program that would create schedules for my projects. I found Smart Contractor surfing the web and it had everything I was looking for and more. The integration with Quickbooks was a snap thanks to a fantastic support group. Integration was done online via go to meeting with a tech to ensure everything was installed properly. My e-mails and phone calls were returned very quickly, Dan Fellman is very knowledgable and will make you installation a smooth process. I would recommend Smart Contractor to any construction compant that would like to spend less time estimating and more time making money. SC has stream lined my company and will pay for it's self in very little time. I'm glad I made the decision to go with Smart Contractor.

Pros: Smart contractor allows you to do so much! It is a complete business management solution that allows you to efficiently manage your business. To name a few, you can create estimates, schedule jobs, create contracts, create change orders, invoice and track all the job costs through the many reports available. Another big feature is that the program is integrated with Quickbooks! Cons: Although not a con, Smart Contractor has so much to offer I haven't been able to experience all the features and benefits. Overall Recommendation: We did a lot of research prior to purchasing this program and we couldn't be happier with the results. Our customers now compliment us on our detailed project management! Smart Contractor has allowed us to grow and I would recommend it to any company...unless you are the competition!

Great program and even better support! After trying and using other software, I new there had to be something better. I finally found it. Smart Contractor has all the features I need in my general contracting business. I almost enjoy estimating now. The program makes it easy to estimate and is extremely adaptable to any type of job. Once you enter an estimate, the program can automatically create purchase orders, proposals, contracts, integrate with quickbooks and more. The more I use it the more features I find I can use. The customer support is far better than I've experienced with any software company. I first downloaded the software on a Saturday. Within an hour Bill was on the phone and spent more than an hour to help me get up and running. When I've had some technical problems Dan has responded immediately. They have been very impressive. I would recommend this software to any contractor. My company is very small, so the initial investment was not easy. But, it has paid for itself many times over because of the speed and accuracy I now have in preparing bids.

SmartContractor is an awesome business management software. If you value your time, effort and money Smart Contractor is the program to use. The features of Smart Contractor are endless. The program's ability to manage a project has increased our companies volume by 30%. Being able to quickly and accurately put together job proposals, turn the proposal into the correct purchase orders and coordinate a job schedule alone have cut my office time in half. This has allowed me to see more clients which in turn means more volume. Smart Contractor has also limited my estimating mistakes by its ability to directly write the proposal from the job estimate. This means that when the client and I sit down to go over their proposal, if an item is not in the proposal... they were not charged for it. Smart Contractor also allows our company to monitor, adjust, and repetitively perform the same project time and again. It has allowed us the opportunity to break down jobs by phase and make appropriate adjustments price wise to control profits. Now we can see where we make money and more importantly, where we are not. Smart Contractor's flexibility is great. Most everything in the program can be adjusted to fit your companies set-up. From mark-up and overhead % to being able to create custom documents and forms. The support staff at Smart Contractor has been second to none!!! I'm always able to get a hold of someone in time of need and I've never had a problem go unsolved. Their willingness to take in feed back and better the program is amazing. Their true goal is to make this the best program that it can be.

Hello everyone....I have been reading alot about the mystery of what software to purchase. Well I hope i can shed some light on this topic for all. I have tseted about 15 programs from scheduling to management to estimating and takeoff softwares and I have come to a conclusion that you will need 2 and you will be set. Now I am a micro manager and think I could be a little extreme sometimes but i wanted a program that could estimate the project then track all aspects from proposals to change orders to scheduling to quote requests to emailing schedules to quick books intergrating to emailing letters to AIA documenting to accounting, reports, and more. Well after many months of downloading and testing I would suggest a program from SmartContractor.com, it is awesome. I would also like to share a takeoff program called Planswift, this program is and has been a money maker for our GC Company. Check these programs out and let me know what your thoughts are. Hope this helps with everyone's software searches. By the way, cost estimating programs are not so accurate, you end up adjusting all your costs anyway so might as well just start your own data base.

SmartContractor is better than any of the other Quickbooks add-ons I have found. The estimating and scheduling sections of the software are useful and user friendly. We are finding in our office that the estimating section saves us considerable time. The versatility it allows is very good for us since we perform several types of construction---new construction, remodels, additions and commercial. It allows us to design estimates around the specific kind of project we are doing. Having the estimate feed directly into the Schedule cuts the time spent preparing a schedule significantly. One of the best things I have found with Smart Contractor is the tech support. Anytime I have had difficulty---often times it is user error---Tech Support has responded promptly and to my satisfaction. That is important to me. My workload can’t afford the backlog delays in response can cause. The Help menu really works and is designed in such a way that it is not difficult to find answers to questions.

After 30 years with a spreadsheet and pencil, here is my take on choosing software for my small general contracting company... I was pretty well overwhelmed with what’s available. · They are expensive. · All take many hours of data entry to make it work for you. · No single program does it all. · Some look like they were designed before computers. · No magic bullet you still need to know how to estimate and schedule a job. · You get what you pay for. Anything under $500. You might as well just make a spreadsheet · Online is OK but I preferred to own the software. · Cost book databases are huge and 98% of the items I don’t use. · Times are tough, salesmen will hound you. · Some need a dedicated IT to just to administer them. After downloading countless demos I decided on Smart Contractor. I found it easy to learn and you can start out small and add components later. Really what it came down to was I could afford it and the sales and support was excellent. I’m not a SC sales person it’s just my choice.

SmartContractor is one outstanding program!!! I investigated several constructions management software programs before choosing Smart Contractor, including Ubid & UDA. Smart Contractor was definitely the right choice. The flow of data from one document to the next is awesome. From: customers, to job site data, estimates, contracts and proposals, scheduling, work orders, vendor quotes, invoices and payments, and much more, the data flows from one document or report to the next. All the forms are built in and pre-formatted, with the flexibility to manipulate forms to my specific needs. Takes a little getting used to because it does so much, but you can learn the basic functions quickly and the more advanced capabilities are well worth becoming proficient at. Smart Contractor will help deliver a level of professionalism to your customers that can really give you an edge, while making your office work easier and more organized. I highly recommend Smart Contractor to both the small and very larger construction companies. Thanks to Smart Contractor and Dan's personalized training, all aspects of my company have become more professional and profitable

SmartContractor has simplified my life as a small business owner... I have been able to template projects that we bid often and copy as many or as few details from a previously bid project which allows me to create very detailed proposals in 1/4 the time. From the estimate I create request for quotes, purchase orders, work orders, schedules, payment schedules, and all necessary contract documents. All with the click of a mouse button. Also on the project management side you can create invoices, change orders, receive payments, enter labor hours, track actual costs and much more. Any questions that I've had have been answered very promptly by their customer service staff. Smart Contractor is good software that simplifies life as an estimator/project manager. I would recommend it to others.