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Overview

Contruent

4.2

(25)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Contruent

Contruent is the lifecycle cost management solution that empowers Owners and Engineering & Construction firms to deliver complex capital programs and mega projects with precision and speed.

Contruent is faster to deliver across the project lifecycle because it integrates cost and scheduling and comes project-ready out-of-the box with 25 years of best practices built in. The result is higher accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency.

Founded in 1994 as ARES PRISM and renamed with the launch of an innovative SaaS platform, Contruent operates in 26 countries and is now headquartered in Naperville, IL.

To learn more, visit www.contruent.com

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Contruent Features

Popular features found in Project Management
Billing & Invoicing
Budget Management
Document Management
File Sharing
Gantt/Timeline View
Issue Management
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Multiple Projects
Prioritization
Resource Management
Time & Expense Tracking
More features of Contruent
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
API
Audit Trail
Bid Management
Budgeting/Forecasting
Budget Tracking
Change Management
Change Order Management
Collaboration Tools
Commercial
Compliance Tracking
Configurable Workflow
Contract Drafting
Contract/License Management
Contractor Management
Cost Database
Cost Estimating
Customizable Fields
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Data Visualization
Equipment Tracking
Estimating
For AEC Industry
Forecasting
Goal Setting/Tracking
Incident Reporting
Inventory Management
Job Costing
Key Performance Indicators
KPI Monitoring
Mobile Access
Performance Metrics
Portfolio Management
Pre-built Templates
Predictive Analytics
Progress Tracking
Projections
Project Planning
Project Planning/Scheduling
Project Tracking
Purchase Order Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting/Project Tracking
Reporting & Statistics
Requirements Management
Resource Allocation & Planning
RFI & Submittals
Scheduling
Status Tracking
Strategic Planning
Subcontractor Management
Supplier Management
Task Management
Task Scheduling
Team Collaboration
Third-Party Integrations
Timesheet Management
Trend Analysis
Visual Analytics
Visualization
"What If" Scenarios
Workflow Management

Contruent Integrations

Oracle Primavera Cloud

SAP Business One

ServiceMax

Box

Salesforce Starter

Sage 500

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Contruent User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

32%

60%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.1

Fred Q.

Verified reviewer

Construction

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

PRISM - Oct-2019

For the first time in our organization we managed to drop all excel sheets and use one solution that caters for all business needs. Reporting accuracy has increased noticeably, and time to generate reports has dropped drastically which in turn gave our users the time to do what is more important in their jobs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Ease of use, PRISM is user-friendly and allow flexible import/export functionality, plus a lot of utilities that caters for bulk updates. - Comprehensive Project Controls Capability and features, PRISM is a one stop shop, you don't need to look for additional systems to cover gaps, because there isn't any. - Fully Integrated solution, All modules talk to each other very efficiently, no need to worry about external integrations. - Excellent Support team, Experienced and responsive team that resolves issues promptly.

Cons:

- Reporting features, PRISM standard reports are good but a bit difficult to customize.

Reasons for choosing Contruent

Capabilities, Price, and Ease of setup and implementation.

Diane Y.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

What I like about Classic and G2

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to setup. The clients I support want different things, so the setup has to be flexible

Cons:

not always easy to get support on a question

Reasons for choosing Contruent

the cost was less and the familiarity I have with Classic and G2. I don't have the time to reinvent a cost system for new clients.

Sam B.

Government Administration

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2017

80's/90's Graphics

Not happy yet, primarily to cludgy reports.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Use of Excel to update via imports and exports Wide variety of canned reports and processes (includes change control, trends)

Cons:

Canned 80's/90's style reports that cannot be modified. Can't copy an existing report to modify and make another report. Executive Summary reports do not format correctly. S-Curve /Histogram has errors on progress (group that has not started yet shows progress. Technical Support not consistent. Dashboard is not included.

Brian C.

Oil & Energy

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

Great cost control software with instant budget and schedule integration

There are many benefits to using the software. I like the enterprise reporting capability where multiple cost engineers can be managing projects in the system and that data can be combined at the program level. As a cost engineer, financial analyst, or project manager, there are few tools that can match G2 out of the box. There are definitely some competitors who offer products that can be tailored more to a specific business, but the amount of time and money that is required for the customization is very expensive. G2 is great for anyone who is converting from spreadsheets to a more structured platform.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The things I like most about G2 is that it is ready to go out of the box. G2 provides enough structure for you to start using it immediately, but also offers the ability to customize to many different business needs. G2 can be used at a project or program level to manage projects from a few million to several billion dollars. Some other benefits are that you can quickly setup the software to integrate with SAP, load actuals, and see your EAC quickly in both tabular and graphical form. You can select your physical progress method to obtain both calculated and independent EAC's. Integrating the software with Primavera is also very easy by creating a cross-reference utilizing G2's built in utilities. The same can be done to map your estimate to control accounts so that you have a common element at the level which the project is managed. There are a good amount of standard reports are available and the system also has a report writer available. When starting a new project, I immediately go to G2. I like the fact that reporting periods are locked down once closed out and forecasts can be obtained easily. The system also allows you to process accruals in a couple of different ways and allows the tracking of both actuals and incurred. Great software that I will continue to use for many years!

Cons:

There are a good amount of standard reports available, but if using the report writer, some time is required to learn.

Oscar O.

Verified reviewer

Construction

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

A good option to manage project cost data and reporting

ARES PRISM is a great tool for any project controls team who wants to elevate the way Cost and Performance Reports are presented to the client. It is a good tool to really manage large amount of data to focus on key aspect of Project Controls: performance, change management, forecast.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PRISM offers a good set of functionalities to manage cost, progress and change in almost any type of project. Standard reports are easy to read and data can be summarized and grouped for cleaner presentation. Data analysis for forecast is simpler than using any spreadsheet. Customer Service is very good.

Cons:

We still face some software glitches in certain views and when running calculations/reports. User Manuals should be better developed for more complex functionalities, eg. Staffing Plans, Indirect Costs, etc. Despite our Customer Experience is very satisfactory, there are few improvements and fixes that have been around for a while with no effective response from the development team.

Chris D.

Construction

51-200 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

I have had experience with the PRISM software products since 1996, my level is expert.

Reduced effort in managing the monthly reporting process, reduced duplicate work, reduced effort spent finding mistakes in the multiple systems we used. ROI was realized quickly. Baseline can be established quickly allowing the monthly reporting and trending processes to begin sooner in the project cycle. Ability to establish a baseline while the other systems (schedule & estimate) are being fine tuned. The change management features save time on the project and allow changes to be incorporated very quickly!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's ready to go on Day 1, you can actually load data and start configuration immediately and develop a PMB very quickly. I've used on Mining, O&G, Energy, Land Development, Rail, Airports, Government EVMS required projects, and even IT projects and PRISM has always met my program' / projects' needs. If there is a gap, the ARES team works to understand the requirement and close the gap. The ROI was quick as the implementation and training cost were fare less than other tools on the market. The system has many reports to analyze a programs performance if tracking unit rates, quantities or just contract and subcontract values. It's easy to get data into and out of the system and doesn't require complex work flows.

Cons:

The on-screen analytics can be improved. All analytics run through reports or from the Dashboard system. It has taken us a long time to get service packs to fix technical issues in the past. It's seems to be getting better. Most issues were addressed with simple work-a-rounds luckily.

Kyle K.

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

PRISM G2's database is comprehensive and meets our needs

Standardized way of implementing projects and standardized reports.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Bulk importing/updating data via excel is very powerful. I also like the flexible coding structures and user defined fields that allow for tracking additional data. Between these 2 I've been able to satisfy all requirements for project cost reporting for several different business units. It has supported all our data requests to date and aided in our Enterprise reporting. This was helped along by us being able to link our Enterprise Analytics tool Spotfire to PRISM G2 for Enterprise reporting.

Cons:

In my opinion PRISM should have a web interface for managing changes. Changes should be distributed and Reviewed/Approved using email and web links and the change documents should be available from the web page. The reports are flexible by utilizing the coding structures however they are getting outdated and static. This is why we replaced most of the PRISM reports with Spotfire dashboards. They are interactive and more flexible.

Gary A.

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

PRISM G2 has been an integral part of our PC tool box helping to deliver 6+B of transit expansion

This product helped my client manage a multi billion, 10+ year Transit Expansion Program in the Denver Metro area. The transit agency's budget, cost and contracts systems were hampered by limitations that would not support long-term projects. PRISM (PPM thru G2) was implemented to remedy these issues.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ARES has listened to the industry and has adopted necessary functionality to help project teams deliver on time and to budget. The system adapts will to varying project delivery scenarios and will work for contractors as well as big program level conditions. From scoping/budget development, through implementation, change management, funds tracking/control, schedule interface, all the bases are covered. Really solid product.

Cons:

Long time user of PRISM PPM, so there was some "look" and "feel" adjustments to make. All good in the end. Data cut-over from old system wasn't an issue. Minor bugs have been worked out during early G2 version release(s), but this is typical of any software roll out.

Anja M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Ares PRISM software Event& Review

Since arriving in Australia, I am much more involved with Ares PRISM than ever before. The team's engagement and support is fantastic and they go out of their way to provide the best support possible. The software upgrade and enhancements are amazing and it is nice to know that Ares take note of what their users suggest or struggle with.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software support is great and I enjoy working with the Ares team. The software is accurate and ideal for total control over large projects.

Cons:

I don't know everything the software has to offer and it can be frustrating sometimes, I am working on improving my knowledge

Ed R.

Verified reviewer

Construction