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out of 5"The ease of being able to transfer a price list to Build Xact and supply a formal quote all in one place is amazing. All integrated with Xero."
"I like the seamless integration between Xero and buildxact."
"It ensures money is saved during the estimating process and margins are clearly identified. Buildxact streamlines efficiencies and frees up time for you to run the business."
"The variation function is limited at times as you cant use recipes to price them up quickly."
"There is no undo button when quoting or give me an option to lock a template, I accidentally deleted lines of my template and lost a lot of info."
"With cost plus’s Client reports are hard and timely, can’t print and show them cost tracking v estimate."
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Stephen
Verified reviewer
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
builder use
We absolutely love Build xact, it's not perfect for my individual desires but it sure does capture my needs in a massive way, we can't imagine operating without it now. there is nothing like being certain on your pricing when negotiating with clients and subbies, it puts you in such a more powerful position and takes away a lot of the stress
Pros
I love the take off tools and the ease of generating a quotation, it allows me to get ontop of pricing and take offs and the ability to calculate variations based off of subcontractors m2 rates without waiting for my subbies to get back to me is invaluable. also when entering the line items I love that it can allow me to add in a picture into the specifications so that my client knows exactly what products are included in my quote and it also gives me to option to nominate items as provisional costs or provisional sums at the click of a button further more, I can select if the item is a task in the schedule so I have the ease of generating a gannt chart as i go with little to no down time so when I submit my quote I know exactly how long I need to build.
Cons
overall they have captured everything well and the only items I dont like are some of the little bugs that come with developing such a great software such as: 1. I would like a little more functionality in the plan scaling section. 2. The RFQ's tie themselves to line items and can't be adjusted without deleting the RFQ's or overriding them manually 3. All RFQ's have to be tied to a Job, you can't send off rfq's once the project becomes a Job for further item shopping for savings nor can you issue the rfq to subbies without having to mess around with your Quotes and categories. 4. the project cost analysis only seems to work off of purchase orders and work orders, you can't just tally up numbers under line items such as fixings which may require 10=15 receipts so you need to create a purchase order to tally it up. also, you can only issue invoices in the cost plus projects for expenses worn and not preempt expenses which makes it impossible to issue invoices in a pro active manner to get the client paying the bill. 6. The gannt chart lacks the flexibility and function that I am used to from such programs as smart sheet (another great software that we use) 5. It would be great to have it as an app and in the future look at expanding the software to a fully integrated project management software similar to plan grid
Harold
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
January 2022
My Buildxact review
Estimate writing is much easier, and more reliable than previously done. I just tried another software package for 6 weeks. Had thought of making the change on based on monthly Pricing. What I have here may be a bit more per month, but the overall savings on time, reliability, presentation organization, is worth much more.
Pros
The ease of Authoring the Quote. Being able to create and add Categories and line items keeps the quotes organized and easy to review. I like my quotes to be presented chronologically as the work will be progressed. The ability to Move categories, and or individual items is great. And simple as this sounds, being able to insert a line where ever I want, is priceless.
Cons
I have only used this software for the writing of quotes. After 1.5 years of use, the only shortfall I have is to be able to total out individual items throughout the quote such as labor, materials, equipment.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
The ability to organize the quote so that it presents better to the customer.
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
The formatting and functionality of writing quotes.
Jamie
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
April 2022
JAK Build
Great after sales services , and follow you up. Always looking to improve and up grade, asking for our thoughts and also testing some new ideas.
Pros
The integration with email, suppliers and other products is great. The client Portal is another good add on, you can also make suggestion for up grades
Cons
Some better training for the the more experienced users, look a t the schedule side of the program. Some subbies and rated the request quote side of things.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
cheaper and Australian Made
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
not enough after sales service
harbi
Verified reviewer
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: GetApp
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2021
They had Money guaranty but
it was ease to use CRM online but you no need spent money and time if you have some computer skills.. offering services and giving services is opposite. if you are professional constructor please do not give them chance to they get your 2 or more money without you permit. when you want to cancel your account and unsubscribe they can stall you!
Pros
They had give money guaranty premises but... (read cons)
Cons
I had try to learn and use for long time but it was waste money and time and customer service annoyed enough to make me crazy...
Gary
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
April 2022
Bx
Pros
The set out and ease of use is good. The take off allows for basic functions and calculations. Job control is good
Cons
Bx Has some annoying traits Take off is slow when a decent template is used. You have to go in and out of the take off for every item. The program basically shuts down by8:30 , 9pm and is useless. the email functions eg emailing Po's from the system are so unreliable that we don't use them. We save and email from outlook. The client portal is not very good and we are not using it. POs cant be ordered by supplier which is very annoying. Invoices get scrambled if you try to move the order.
Bruce
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
January 2022
Buildxact - Estimating Game Changer
Estimates are so much quicker. I have been an estimator for over 20years and this system makes my job so much easier and faster.
Pros
The digital take-off is by far the best part of this software in my opinion. When linked to Recipes I can complete a full estimate far quicker then I ever have using other systems. Very easy to use and set up.
Cons
It woud be great if you could have a report while still in estimating stage of all Cost Centres with Recipes allocated, not being able to add more than one item at a time is a pain.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Cost, features & ease of use
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Take-off's

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for such great feedback Bruce!
Replied March 2022
George
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
November 2021
Continually Evolving
It has been a great product to help our company grow and is continually evolving and improving, the customer support is excellent. It was a little learning curve at the being but is definitely a case of short term pain for long term gain
Pros
It has systemised our quoting process, which speeds up our quote time, which leaves more time for project management and sales. We can produce extremely professional quotes now which include all the products we have allowed for so the clients and my team know exactly what they are getting
Cons
Integration with building suppliers in NZ isn't available yet but I believe this will come in due time. The client portal is quite cumbersome and I don't like the fact that we don't have control over this once it's set up. Manual inputting of supplier invoices can take some time The scheduling tool can be a bit of a pain to use and doesn't look very nice, an upgrade to this would be great
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Based in Australia it was more suited to us in NZ also, other products were too USA focused The estimating software was a step above their competitors
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
very limited functionality and not user freindly

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the feedback George.
Replied January 2022
Craig
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
October 2021
Buildxact Review
Two thumbs up! It has significantly increased my productivity through decreasing the estimation and job management process. I spend less time in the office and more time on the tools and having a clod beer after a hard day!
Pros
Buildxact is a simple but powerful estimating and job management tool. It has basic CRM functionality that enables the management of leads within the program. The ease take off tool is simple and when combined with the recipes makes the complex quite easy. Building recipes is easy to do and the supplied videos quide you through the process. The other huge time saver is the integration of the software with supplier catalogues. I don't spend anywhere near as much time manually entering items and prices and they are now always up to date.
Cons
There is nothing really diffcult withe the program. If they could improve one thing it is the ability to truly customise the quote cover in a simple manner. The advanced editing feature is a little too complex and even with the help of one of the trainers we couldn't get it to jump through the hoops we wanted. The cover still looks a million bucks - I would just like to tweak it a little more than the system allows.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Cost, ease of use and the fact that it follows the building process. Well done guys its a cracking piece of software!
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
The estimating capability in CoConstruct is a tarted up spreadsheet and it costs twice as much. Now that Buildxact has a client portal to manage communications and jobs there was no reason not to switch.

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the review Craig.
Replied January 2022
Richard
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
August 2021
Build Exact user
Tracking of variations has been extremely useful especially as linked to the invoicing
Pros
All the features are useful and relevent
Cons
Clearer tracking of progress invoices from contractors and suppliers for part claims
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Perceived understanding of building enviroment and fact that the product was going to keep evolving from our feed back
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
simplicity of using Build exact

Response from Buildxact
Hi, thank you for the great feedback and for using Buildxact.
Replied September 2021
Anthony
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
March 2022
Buildxact Review
It has some great features and functionality, but with time they will become more polished and more sophisticated to really shine to builders and then to clients.
Pros
The layout and options with the proposal template, professional looking
Cons
As exploded recipes are not available at estimating stage, it has not saved me as much time as I had anticipated.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Australian based
Sharon
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
May 2022
A Must For Quoting
They are always there for help if required and they are always looking for better ways to improve. Great software to have for quoting, time saving.
Pros
Takes a while to set up the way you want it but once this is done quoting is quick and easy
Cons
The cost - unless you are on the top package which is expensive you can't get the feeds
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Not applicable
Daniel
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2022
Estimating made easy
Assist with providing professional tenders
Pros
I like the seamless integration between Xero and buildxact
Cons
Pricing is substantial but well worth it if saving time and winning jobs
Geoff
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
September 2019
Product Review
I can now keep up with all quotes & take offs, time is saved massively! Not too mention I can attach all my contracts and save all my templates from all my suppliers, I love it!!
Pros
Keeping up with all our take offs, sending invoices/quotes etc
Cons
No iPhone app, so we can access all costings and other areas that you can from a PC, I have bookmarked the site so I have easy access to some areas of Builxact from my iPhone, that’s the only improvement I can see what will make this software
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
We use t sheets to keep track off all our employees but t sheets does not talk as well with Buildxact as we hoped for, the only app that does we trailed and didn’t match our criteria off keeping track of our profit and loss on each job,
Peter
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2021
Buildxact Review
Better platform than previous systems used, however is lacking in some areas
Pros
Cloud based system, modern system with a lot of potential to improve functionality. Really easy to measure and take off from plans
Cons
Communication regarding feedback on features to improve the system is lacking. It appears the easy features may be addressed while the harder ones are ignored. Cutting lists are not a current feature. Cannot put in future prices rises effective on a certain date
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
We felt that the constructive feedback we gave to improve the system was not considered

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for sharing your Buildxact feedback.
Replied January 2022
Leigh
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
November 2021
Highly recommend
We can easily keep on-top of all variations, invoicing, and schedules - also keeping a track of job costs via purchase orders has been really beneficial.
Pros
Being able to upload all types of plans and the ease of measuring up complex projects.
Cons
The Variation forms would be much better if you could list/add 'Actual Cost' items after the variation has been made up. (if something was accidentally missed) Being unable to export screen shots to show trades certain areas of what we have allowed etc.
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
I found the other programs not as easy to use.

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for using Buildxact Leigh!
Replied January 2022
Luke
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
September 2021
BuildXact Estimating
Excellent isnt a better package out there to suit my needs
Pros
Estimating ease of use, graphical takeoff, template creation
Cons
actual calculation functions to assist with cutting lists
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
ease of use
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Needed a simpler easier to use product

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great feedback.
Replied September 2021
Scott
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
September 2021
Making Life easier
Could not be happier with BuildXact and get really good feed back from clients and our accountant team
Pros
From tracking quotes, to take offs and organizing your quote in a professional way, to sending purchase orders and tracking your project to the cent, BuildXact is by far the best value for money estimating/project management software on the market.
Cons
The scheduling is a bit clunky in comparison to MS Project
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
one stop shop, Procore uses an external estimating software

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for your great feedback.
Replied September 2021
Joshua
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2021
Construction management made easy
Pros
I love that i never have to worry "did i send that order or book that tradie?" It is so easy to issue price requests, purchase orders, work orders and program my jobs/subbies and if i ever need to check that a task has been done i have the reassurance that the systems are in place to control all that communication.
Cons
The invoicing when completing cost plus projects could have more options and be more customisable.

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great feedback and for using Buildxact.
Replied September 2021
Andrew
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2021
Great allrounder that keeps getting better
We are able to generate accurate reports + track the jobs a lot better
Pros
Buildxact has all the features we need to run and manage multiple building projects.
Cons
Take off function takes a while to get used to
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
Ease of deployment & simplicity
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Wanted something web based

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great review!
Replied January 2022
Min
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
November 2021
Overall good
Very good, would recommend to anyone that in this industry
Pros
Software - easy and useful. Service - 5 star services, solves all the issues we have ever.
Cons
Sometimes bugs still come out, most them have been resolved, but some we still have to pay attention too.
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Cubit is very useful on doing the costings, but we prefer to combine the program management, contract admin and costing all in one place.

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great feedback.
Replied January 2022
Barry
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
November 2021
Buildxact Experience
My overall experience with Buildxact is great.Estimates are Professional and build confidence in your clients. This program will help you win Quotes.
Pros
The product was easy to use. Uploading your company logo for branding was easy. This program is backed up by fantastic support which I accessed .
Cons
Could have smoother transition between estimate and invoice. Should be in same drop down box. Ex convert current estimate to invoice.
Reasons for choosing Buildxact
It took me very little time with some articles and bit of conversation to start putting out professional looking estimates, in total time a couple days and your up and running providing detailed Quotes
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Buildxact was superior in functionality and ease of use. You cannot upload a print in CoConstruct and do take offs.

Response from Buildxact
Great to hear you're enjoying the software so much Barry.
Replied March 2022
Grant
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
August 2021
Buildxact
The main benefit is that we can have processes in place to assist us with quoting clients homes
Pros
Great software and they are continually improving their service offering. Easy to do take offs and manipulate the software to your individual requirements. The support teams are great, always ready to help you and assist you in getting the most out of the software. They continually run sessions on their updates to ensure you are across them. All of their support are based in Melbourne and Australian owned company which is great for local business.
Cons
Their quoting system wasn't ideal at the start however they have just released a newer version and it's great.

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the great feedback Grant. Thank you for using Buildxact.
Replied September 2021
Glenn
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
December 2021
Great work tool
Pros
Keeping my jobs costed and follow profit to each job
Cons
Nothing to mention, everything works as I need
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Buildxact is web based and I can continue to do business even when I'm overseas

Response from Buildxact
Glad you're enjoying the software Glenn!
Replied January 2022
Steve
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Building Materials
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
September 2019
Ease of use
Pros
how easy it is to use, provide digital take off, purchase orders
Cons
not a great fan of the schedule, im sure its easy to use as well but never got around to it.
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
Databuild was extremely hard to use, it was made for estimators not builders
Rolf
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
October 2021
Reveiw
Overall experiance has been great.
Pros
The take offs of plans is very quick and efficient.
Cons
cannot change quote template to replicate the rest of the company's documents and formats
Reasons for switching to Buildxact
To a more efficent platform

Response from Buildxact
Thanks for the review Rolf.
Replied January 2022

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