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$39.00 per month
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Most Helpful Reviews for Layer
1 - 7 of 7 Reviews
Craig
Verified reviewer
Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2023
Layer Your Data
Overall, great experience with the software and their support team.
PROSI come from a BIM manager background, so I love the ease of use and flexibility to compose your data how you need it. Adding PowerBi over the top of this data should be icing on the cake. Their support has been fantasic as well.
CONSI would really like to see a smooth export...edit...import process with excel. I have this in Revit with DiRoots, AVAIL, and other "spreadsheet link" add-ons.
Reason for choosing Layer
Cost, flexibility, and ease of use are the big factors that we considered when evaluating this software for our needs. Smaller firms need to get creative with their dollar usage on software and I think Layer is a good fit for many firms.
Reasons for switching to Layer
Airtable had an error while transferring data and it corrupted our data. Their support was completely unresponsive. Sales also said their hands where tied and could not help us.
Pieter Jan
Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
You will love it
The implementation in our office went very smoothly. It felt very intuitive for everyone. It was the perfect solution.
PROSPreviously, we had to utilize multiple software tools to achieve the desired outcome. Excel lacked visual clarity due to the absence of images, and transferring data to InDesign required an excessive number of steps.Layer is the solution for this.
CONSCheaper version for people who are not using revit.
Reasons for switching to Layer
It couldn't be that we were the only ones with this problem, so we started searching and luckily we found the perfect solution.
Jacob
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Layer Review
Without Layer, the data collection process for our project would have drastically increased. Layer kept our photos and PDFs all in one place, making for a much simpler process in generating deliverable reports.
PROSCustomer service was very responsive and receptive. The PDFs we imported allowed us to link photos to specific locations, cutting down on time spent trying to identify location of photos across team members. The fields are very customizable, allowing for a variety of different types of projects. The report function was easy to use and customize. All files are located in one project.
CONSAs the project progressed, speed of the website dipped with more and more files being added. However, customer service was quick to provide solutions. Saving backup files required us to have the team at Layer archive it for us. Layer limits the number of photos per element to 12. Some instances may require more.
Julia
Architecture & Planning, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Saves me hours
Customer support has been wonderful and responsive. The programming team has been responsive to suggestions to improve the application.
PROSThe ability to customize forms and build out data collection in a way that suits a project's needs.
CONSDepending on how much data (in my case PHOTOS) you collect you may need product support to run a backup and download the data.
Reasons for switching to Layer
I've not found an application that supports the collection of information and photos in a fully integrated and coordinated manner. The integration and the ability to download information in multiple formats save time formating and analyzing field information. And the bonus is that the information can be imported into Revit, which saves tedious and time-consuming data entry of field information.
Louise
Furniture, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
Layer - 1 year road test
Without Layer, my company would not be able to produce the highly accurate models and reports needed and allow for the company to maximise working efficiencies.
PROSIt’s ease of access, it’s functionality, it’s a reliable tool that doesn’t crash and such a positive team of developers who are always looking to improve Layer based on customer feedback
CONSThere isn’t anything particularly negative - any gremlins (when found) are quickly dealt with. Some features aren’t fully available yet - which can be mildly frustrating, but we know that they are being worked on and when available will add to the positive experience of being a Layer user.
Pádraic
Real Estate, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Layer Review
One central location for our design standardsRegular roll out of new featuresCustomisable to our needsExcellent support from the Layer teamIntegration with other softwareProject Inventory
CONSMore dynamic control of document view would be good
Brad
Architecture & Planning, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2021
My layer review
The integration with Revit is most useful along with the ability to quickly take notes and have them available to the project team.
CONSIt is setting up projects with our firm's standard Layer tools is not user friendly as best as I can tell so far. The lack of notifications of project updates, tasks due, etc. is a drawback for our use. The lack of a dedicated chat or communication function is missing also.