Construction Manager 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Construction Manager

4.0

(23)

Pricing

Starting at £66.00 per month

About Construction Manager

Construction Manager is a cloud-based software designed to help small and midsize businesses in the construction industry streamline job costing processes. Supervisors can create sales quotations using customizable templates and generate project reports to gain an overview of all information.

Construction Manager allows organizations to allocate costs to each project and track budgets accordingly. Professionals can generate subcontractor certificates and automatically deduct CIS taxes. The software facilitates integration with various third-party applications such as Sage 50cloud, Xero, Sage Accounting and more.

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Construction Manager Pricing and Plans

Starting price: £66.00 per month

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£66.00

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Construction Manager Features

Popular features found in Construction Management
Budget Tracking
Contract/License Management
Contractor Management
Equipment Tracking
Estimating
Inventory Management
Mobile Access
Reporting & Statistics
Subcontractor Management
Task Management
Timesheet Management
More features of Construction Manager
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Billing & Invoicing
Budgeting/Forecasting
Cost Estimating
Customizable Templates
Job Costing
Progress Reports
Project Billing
Project Management
Project Time Tracking
Project Tracking
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Time & Expense Tracking
Time Tracking

Construction Manager Integrations

Sage 50cloud Payroll

Sage Accounting

Xero

Construction Manager User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.0

Ratings Breakdown

43%

35%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

3.9

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

3.7

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Good alternatif software

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great to be able to do the job costing or the estimates for the job before getting in it, plus it is easy to learn and use you won't need lot of time to get used to this software, also it contains a lot of things that will surely make it easier for you to use it especially the filters

Cons:

The mobile app should be developed as it can be used a lot and also the cloud website makes it a little hard.

Carrie K.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed October 2021

Construction Manager review

JNC made the implementation process very easy. Their support staff are experienced with Sage so were able to help in setting up new nominal codes for retention/CIS tax/etc as required.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's very easy to use and plenty of training was provided by JNC. I like that the POs are linked to invoices, and the reports provide a lot more information than I had been getting from our previous software. Construction Manager works very well with Sage 50.

Cons:

Construction Manager can only operate with 2 currencies at present so we have had to come up with work arounds for payments not in GBP or Euro.

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

Both systems were very similar but the huge difference was cost. Eque2 were charging a very steep set up fee as well as monthly costs. With JNC, we only pay the monthly costs. Set up was free.

Reasons for switching to Construction Manager

Sage Job Costing is no longer supported by Sage

Vendor Response

Thank you for leaving a review of Construction Manager. We are delighted that the software and support is working well for your business.

Replied November 2021

David K.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

Beware of the sales pitch

Extremely frustrating and I wished we had spent the money to further our own bespoke system which CM replaced.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Monitoring of purchase orders against planned spend

Cons:

It takes an age to set up. the CIS module is no where near as good as Sage 50 and there is no ability to block suppliers from being used despite expired insurances.

Reasons for switching to Construction Manager

The sales team promised us that Eque2 Construction Manager could do everything we needed to straight from the box. "it was a tried and tested system" yet we have found numerous errors with their advanced approvals function.

Kelly B.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Everyone loves this program!

All our employees love this program. It is simple and easy to use, produces excellent reports and keeps records great.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The easy and user friendly options for the app. Associates can pick up the software better than any other software we have used in the past.

Cons:

This is an excellent product. The only issue and this is a very minor insignificant issue is the paper size selection.

Neale M.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Working Smarter

I knew what I needed in terms of the software but didn't know what it would look like or how it would work. I wish I had this in my last job as it would have been ideal and definitely would have added value to what we did. In the end I was recommended Construction Manager from another company that we work with.It has helped with schedules, reporting, forecasting and workloads. Also, our clients really love it as well. It provides total transparency with regards to what we do and has added value to our service. Customers have commented on how professional we are now and I think a lot of that is down to how we use Construction Manager and the improved ways in which it allows us to operate.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really love the transparency or the planner and seeing where we are up to on a weekly and monthly basis. The engineers who use it too, appreciate knowing what work they have on as it helps them schedule not only their workload but also any potential impact on the home life (ie. if they are going to be finished earlier or later)

Cons:

Some of the job cards could fit the template better. Sometimes the photos and descriptions are hard to decipher if it relates to the picture above or the picture below.

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

There were a few other alternatives however Construction Manager was the most cost effective and for me it was the simplicity and ease of use that made me choose this over other options which were more expensive and with features that wouldn't have been used.

Nicky S.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed March 2022

Moving from Desktop to Cloud

Construction Manager on the desktop worked well but was no longer being updated as the cloud version was preferred. Our migration from desktop to cloud was ok but as previously mentioned there are still issues which have not been solved creating an inefficiency to us costing us time. I feel the software has issues which should have been overcome by now and weren't present in the desktop version. I find the support team very easy to to get hold of and deal with, however if the fix isn't instantly available, we are sometimes left not knowing when a fix will be.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We use the reports and job management features all the time as they provide detailed information on our individual contracts. Altering the design on our bespoke reports is a little easier in the cloud version.

Cons:

Having to clear filters before viewing a list of orders is frustrating and all orders show not just current. This did not happen with the desktop version. When posting invoices, the software will show posted but not a transaction number on the same page, on occasions, the invoice has not actually posted. An invoice can be posted against an order which has not been GRN'd which could cause an error.

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

We were more than happy with the DESKTOP version and its ease of use and IT support and hoped that the cloud version would work the same if not better for us.

Reasons for switching to Construction Manager

Construction manager advised us to switch due to lack of investment into the desktop top version by Construction Manager software team.

Debbie P.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed October 2021

Great Piece of Software

We have never been able to do job costing but now we can keep an eye on jobs throughout and find out profit, etc, at the end.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Its ease of use. I use this for job costing and the filter function enables me to filter between jobs, suppliers, customers, etc, so now when my boss asks me about job costing for a particular job, it is all there at the touch of a button (or two). Support from onboarding team and support team is excellent.

Cons:

I did have an issue with Subcontractor Returns at first but with the excellent support from the onboarding team I now have no problems. I do have an issue as I have Main PC at home and Remote access on laptop at work. When I am working remotely on laptop I have to not post anything to Sage otherwise I get errors and have to delete everything. I have to post on the main PC at home. Onboarding did look at this but this was the only work round. Bit of a pain. Being able to add a minus line into Sales Invoices would be an advantage. Sometimes we do interim invoices so it would be good to have a line for the full amount and then a line deducting the previous invoice or even things omitted from original quote would be ideal

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

I have used Construction Manager at a previous company and although slightly different it made it easier to pick up and also was slightly cheaper.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of our Customer Manager solution, it's great to see that the software has enabled you to streamline your processes. Customer feedback is extremely important to us so I will raise the comments with regards to remote access and Sales Invoices so we can consider these in future developments.

Replied October 2021

Linda O.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

Would change back if I could

We are not resolving any problems with Construct, in fact it has caused more work for us, since using it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There is nothing I like about this product

Cons:

This system does not have full integration with Sage. When deleting a transaction from Construct, it does not remove from Sage. You have to remember to delete it yourself. Can't transfer costs from one job to another. have to delete and re-key invoice. this proves extremely difficult once an invoice has been paid. Again have to remember delete in Sage as well. Lack of information when they make changes to the system. They do not warn you of errors you find them yourself. Recent VAT error was very worrying. Would have caused problems with HMRC if I hadn't spotted it. Have to remember to import payments from Sage back to Construct. If you don't do this your CIS return would be incorrect. Overall a very complicated and poor piece of software compared with other construction packages I have used.

Reasons for switching to Construction Manager

We asssumed it would be better, but it is not.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to review our Construction Manager solution, I'm sorry to hear that you are having issues with the software. It's likely that we are able to help with some of the issues that you have raised, it may be that there is some training we can provide to help you get more out of the software and improve these processes. Please could you contact the technical support team on 0121 285 0056 and explain these issues and we will be more than happy to look into this for you and help to find a resolution.

Replied October 2021

Georgina P.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

R&R Review

Overall experience is very good. It has helped manage costs in our business, as we expand it is proving vital, customer service is usually very good with anyone ive spoken with.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Allows us to see the job costings easily and you can group for individual customers or have individual reports.

Cons:

There are a few bugs which have been reported over the year and not fixed. When posting to Sage our slaes invoices do not post with our tax taken off which is making it hard for our accountants to correlate remittances. Updates arent always communicated quick enough.

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

n/a

Vendor Response

Hi Georgina, Thank you for taking the time to review our product. I'm happy to hear that you are benefiting from our costing and reporting functionality. Also thanks for raising your concerns around a bug. From time to time we do find that there can be 'bugs' unique to certain customers that need investigation, as everybody's data and financial package integration can be a little different. We do have an internal process for logging and referring these 'bugs' to our in house development team for investigation and resolution. That said, we would not expect anything to be outstanding for long periods of time, especially when it relates to posting. Please would you be able to make contact with our support team, refencing your outstanding 'bug' as we would like to escalate this and provide a resolution timescale.

Replied June 2022

Jasmine H.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Excellent Service, Intuitive Product

We have saved time and have become much more efficient as a company.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The product is fairly intuitive to use and the help and support to integrate the new software was outstanding.

Cons:

There have been a number of features that we would have found useful, but on speaking to support, who then forward to the development team, these are listened to and implemented.We would like the ability to add an invoice to a purchase order even if it is complete and for this to show as a negative number if it does go over. That way we have a good way of tracking exactly where we are without having to edit the original PO.

Reasons for choosing Construction Manager

We had a good relationship with [sensitive content hidden] who provided outstanding care and instructions, making our transition seamless.

Reasons for switching to Construction Manager

We were told we would need to as Eque2 was becoming redundant.

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