It's a great quotation generator, it comes with a "progress claims" feature which I have come to love and it is a flexible software that allows me to import some of my most important spreadsheet templates with ease.

Out of the 3 versions that were available, (Lite/Professional/Corporate) the Pro series was significant for my needs. It caters for a multitude of businesses that I run so that was a huge bonus for me. I have to say that the support I got from the Benchmark team was beneficial to such an extent, that I became way more confident with my ability to use the software in a short span of time. Kudos to them for that.

It is a bit of an uphill battle to get acquainted with the user interface if you've never dealt with software like this before, and that was were I was coming from.

With Benchmark we are able to produce estimates from sectors we previously were not able to, meaning we can scale our business because of the flexibility with benchmark.

Integrating into our business was a given as we needed a robust system. The feature like variable and production rates are great. The libraries are easy to manage and build upon. Routines are a fantastic tool for any business. The latest calculator is very powerful. The project Comparator is a great innovation to be able to compare estimates from one design phase to the next, or to be able to compare a quote/tender from the market against your estimate.

There were some features early on when we started with Benchmark, but true to their word the development team have been able to expand upon. Integration into our accounting package would be a benefit, but not essential.

Wish we picked another software.

Auto allocate, library, shortcuts, cloud access is convenient.

Customer support is the worst, even when there are bugs with their own software. Some of the processes are more complicated than needed. Being hosted on the cloud means you can't access your filesystem easily. The whole software is a blackbox where you don't know how/why it does certain things, and some features will be locked for no reason. Eg there is a Custom Reports feature but its severely dumbed down where you can't export every field that you need.

Started using this in 1999 - tried the others as well, but came back to Benchmark - it's so simple to use the Resources and Item libraries to quickly set up and price a set BOQ/SOR or make up your own from the library items.

How simple it is - and how the software does the adding and subtotalling for you - no messy hand typed calculation lines.

Some of the standard reports need a good tweaking.

I have been using Benchmark since 1997 and from the beginning have found it very easy to use. It has evolved over the years through constant development to be very comprehensive estimating software. Benchmark has saved me significant time while improving accuracy and consistency. Navigating through an estimate to review and revise production rates, crew composition and quantity calculations etc. is fast and simple. Anyone considering purchasing estimating software, should seriously consider Benchmark Estimating Software.

Composite items, variables and the overall ease of navigation within an active project or browsing for previous projects