DESTINI Estimator Software
About DESTINI Estimator
DESTINI Estimator is an on-premise solution designed to help businesses from the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry manage estimation data and teams for streamlining preconstruction processes. Key features include what-if analysis, accounting integration, building information modeling and a historical database.
Teams using DESTINI Estimator can create as well as sort fields based on individual requirements for improving operational efficiency. The solution supports 2D takeoff, enabling enterprises to import data from 2D files and determine costs. Additionally, it lets organizations generate reports for comparing current projects and estimates with previous ones to facilitate decision making.
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DESTINI Estimator User Reviews
OVERALL RATING
Showing 1 - 5 of 32 reviews
Carlos
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
August 2020
Destini Estimator
Great Service, they need more program developers
Pros
The features are very good, it has great reporting features and different ways of presenting the cost, for much easier analysis. Great 3D takeoff features but if you are in early stages of design you can't only rely on BIM models. You can't allow your estimate to be as good as your BIM model
Cons
Implementation needs to be more standardized, the support and implementation teams have done everything they can but the development of the program is lagging. 2D takeoff must be greatly improved. There has to be a simpler way to build assemblies. No available online tutorials. Need realistic set in stone dates for releases of required updates
Reasons for choosing DESTINI Estimator
Easyof bid analysis, reporting cpavilities and 3D take off
Reasons for switching to DESTINI Estimator
Reporting capbilities
Response from Beck Technology
Carlos, Thank you for the 5 star review of DESTINI Estimator. We are glad to hear that you've enjoyed the service from our team and 3D takeoff in DESTINI Estimator! We've relayed your feedback to our implementation team. Also, the upcoming version release of DESTINI Estimator will include major enhancements to our 2D takeoff capabilities. Stay tuned for more information! -Beck Technology Team
Replied March 2021
Jan
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
August 2020
Leading Edge Estimating
Implementation takes time. They don't offer a canned out of the box database for costs or assemblies. So be ready to bring your own or build from scratch.
Pros
Beck-Tech has a tremendous support team to help with issues, bugs and general how-to's. The flexibility of the software allows the user to bend it to his/her will. We especially enjoy having all our estimates in a single database for quick resourcing of historical costs and enterprise level collaboration.
Cons
Not sure it's a Con so much as a point to before purchasing: because Beck-Tech is a leading edge software developer changes in the software are frequent (2-3 times per year). This means your team had better be comfortable with adaptation and pushing the limits of software.
Reasons for choosing DESTINI Estimator
Flexibility, Level of Service and direct access to development team for special cases.
Reasons for switching to DESTINI Estimator
Sage wasn't keeping up, didn't offer a solution that would accomplish what we needed to going forward as a company.
Response from Beck Technology
Jan! We appreciate your review of DESTINI Estimator! It's great to hear that you've found lots of value and help from our support team. Continuously innovating our product is a goal of ours and we appreciate the feedback on how to enhance the process on the customer side! -Beck Technology Team
Replied March 2021
dj
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2022
DP Review
Help desk is great. but seems when we fix one issue another one comes about. consist battle
Pros
Takeoff and estimator is in one location not two software's
Cons
Takeoff is terrible, not user friendly, terrible product compared to actually takeoff software, estimate version is not user friendly, change production in two places, same line items dont roll up (even with the toggle roll up). Importing rates with modified crews all screws up. Consistently finding destini glitches
Reasons for switching to DESTINI Estimator
MC2A was no longer supported
Response from Beck Technology
We are excited to have improved our takeoff capabilities with our most recent version update. Thanks to feedback from our clients we can now provide capabilities that exceed anything on the market today. We also streamlined the versioning process and greatly improved the performance while we were at it. Please connect with our Support team to see how you can get the update. We have more takeoff improvements in the works, too! You are correct that our takeoff capabilities are not like other takeoff platforms because we are working diligently to streamline the entire estimating process. We are always eager to connect with our users on how we can constantly improve our products.
Replied February 2022
Tom
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2022
Promising Software that needs to focus on the Takeoff Module
Pros
This is one of the best estimating software packages in the market. We were able to develop a very detailed and powerful cost database and align several different regions to make our estimates more uniform throughout the company.
Cons
The Takeoff module is not efficient and needs significant upgrades. We will continue to need to have a separate takeoff software until this is improved.
Reasons for choosing DESTINI Estimator
We felt the focus on our concerns and needs for improvement would be address (many have) and the overall customer support always would be at a higher standard than other packages in the marketplace.
Reasons for switching to DESTINI Estimator
Improved customer service
Response from Beck Technology
Aligning your regions and creating uniform estimates is a fantastic win! Glad to know the cost database is assisting in this effort, too. We have improved our takeoff capabilities with our most recent version update to provide an unparalleled experience working inside an integrated environment. Connect with our Support team to see how you can get the update.
Replied March 2022
Rob
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Construction
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.
June 2019
Great product & great team!
We have streamlined a previously disconnected process.
Pros
This brought all of our estimating functions into one software package.
Cons
Takeoff tool could be better. They have committed to upgrading.
Reasons for switching to DESTINI Estimator
Timberline did not show much interest in updating/upgrading the software.
Response from Beck Technology
Rob, Thank you for the 5-star rating! Significant enhancements are coming soon for the 2D quantity takeoff feature inside DESTINI Estimator! Keep an eye out on our Beck Technology Community Page. Your feedback is incredibly valuable in making DESTINI Estimator the best preconstruction estimating software. -Beck Technology Team
Replied March 2021
