Jonas Premier Software

Overall experience using this was so awesome .

Pros

This product has a robust workflow , You as an admin are allowed to control what are user to allowed to be customize or what are not . This features helps me controlling the access of workforce on our company.

Cons

There main features are focus on sub-contracts but the developer it self , but I'm waiting for more updates on this product , because it is so useful for companies .

Great continued support! :)

Pros

Great project Management Software. It is easy to use and really easy to navigate when setting up Contracts.

Cons

Initial training/kickoff was fast. We felt that we were rushed on original implementation. All workers were so helpful. I wish training was a little slower.

the Jonas team is going a great job and the support is wonderful.

Pros

able to download lots of information. easy to use and saves time. Customer support is wonderful.
Able to process Change Orders and Subcontract Change Orders in a few steps.

Cons

very easy to delete documents that have been previously uploaded to the Document tab.
on uploaded documents, we should not have the ability to deleted.

Pros

Easy to navigate and very intuitive to find what you are looking for and get the most from the information in the software.
Training and setup process is very well run, and trainers are very approachable with follow up questions.

Cons

Role Security takes a bit of fiddling to get it setup to match what we wanted are people to have access to, but the functionality is there to achieve this.

Pros

Jonas Premier is built on a strong accounting foundation. We feel confident in its ability to be the full cycle accounting tool we need daily to run our business. The project management integration creates efficiencies for both our project managers and controller. The integration between the two systems also gives our ownership the visibility we desire on a project by project basis.

Cons

The training webinars are not personalized to our business. The training sessions are group webinars, with 1 on 1 follow up sessions. The training would certainly be expedited with 1 on 1 training for each client.

We love it!

Pros

The software meets all our needs. We run 13 companies each with different needs. This is a construction software, but we do other companies involving investments, property management, and it meets all our needs and more. One of our favorite features is the document manager. It is super easy to grab documents and attach that document to any transaction. It frees up our computer space and organizes it much better than we could have by ourselves. This software really is for everyone that wants to take the time to learn. It is a tedious process to get started, but well worth it and will save you a lot of time in the long run.

Cons

My only con would be that the training videos are a little long. I think the videos could be a quick overview of the item that is being trained on, then we are required to go and try and figure it out ourselves. The great thing with Jonas is that you can mess up in your test company and nothing carries over once you go live. So mess up as much as you want, it will help you learn. If the videos had a little revamp and shortened with more interaction, there would be not a single con to this software.

Jonas Premier should be given a careful look by anyone shopping for construction accounting software. After looking at all of the major players in this space, we chose Jonas an think that for a company of our size it is the best.

Pros

Jonas has great service and is invested in walking you through the training and implementation process. I feel that when you sign up with them you will not fall through the cracks. The MS Office add ins make moving data in and out of the system easy and fast.

Cons

The integrations and API interface with other systems is still early stage, and the functions on this side are quite limited. Payroll may be more complex than necessary depending upon your needs. We chose to just use 3rd party payroll and get the information on the GL through a journal entry. Single sign on would be very nice, as this system has financial information, and I believe that all cloud based line of business systems should be putting security first.

Pros

Two thumbs up the consistent and reliable customer service!! Jonas Premier is a very user-friendly project management software..Great Job!

Cons

Since I am new user of this software I can not say any negative feedback for Jonas Premier.

Pros

I have used this software for awhile now, and I can say it it very easy to use, and whenever I had problems, the customer service solved it.

Cons

Everything is good so far, there were some problem at the beginning, but that might not be the software's problem, and the few bugs have been fixed already.

Pros

The product is fairly straight forward and easy to use. The support staff is very knowledgeable and works in a timely fashion

Cons

Still working through some bugs with the rollout of the newest release, but the support team is on top of things to help them get resolved quickly

Pros

It is a very trouble free system to use most of the time, Jonas support team as been helpful during our difficult times with the system.

Cons

Having trouble with reports and providing what my supervisor needs on some reports and not having descriptions on those reports. Also, when needing to change the distribution of an invoice is not simple and easy as it should be, we need to reserve the invoice completely and re enter it with the correct distribution.

I know we made the right chose when we decided to have Jonas Premier be our new software. I have been doing ok with it, getting a little easier each day. But, I think that customer service is critical in the success of any company today, and Jonas Premier is one of the best in customer service!!!

Pros

The customer service and staff have been wonderful. There is never a problem having questions answered and even having a one on one conference to resolve any problems or issues.

Cons

I have had a slight problem getting accustomed to the software and how it works. As with anything new, there is always a learning curve, training yourself to work differently. The videos are good but some were difficult to listen to. But, the staff from Jonas Premier has helped me almost immediately.

Pros

Great in depth detail. User friendly and the support staff is always there to help!
Covers all aspects of our business needs.

Cons

Can be confusing while learning the software as there are many different pages and tabs.
Sometimes the program glitches and I must log out and back in.

Pros

The support 100%. Whenever I have a question, it is answered that day. The Project Management module flows very nicely and is easy to navigate through.

Cons

The learning curve. Support makes up for that and they are constantly making improvements to the software/training program.

Pros

Great customer service. Constant updates to the software have greatly improved Jonas Premier over time. Has improved since the move to Chrome.

Cons

Some common functions that should be available are difficult to access like an hours and time report based on time frame and not just jobs. Thankfully we can now access this but we must access it through excel which is cumbersome. Also, I am happy that Premier is on Chrome now so I can use it with my mac, but having some external links through excel only, is not helpful; perhaps make add ons so that we can access these same functions on excel for mac.

I have enjoyed learning the Premier system. I have different job duties than I had on the previous software I used. I had to learn different areas of accounting and job costing that I didn't use before. It was pretty easy to learn on Premier with the Webex sessions and the staff.

Pros

This product is very user friendly. it is easy to navigate and I like that all the reports can go directly to Excel.

Cons

Probably the thing I like the least is that I can from a system that automatically coded your invoices to material or subcontract. On Premier you have to type this cost code in for each invoice.

Jonas Premier people hold your hands during the transition period, patiently answer all your questions and concerns and ensure a successful transition. Periodic introduction of new features strive to keep the software responsive to customer needs and wish lists

Pros

1. Logical sequencing of menu items
2. End to End consistent user interface
3. Excel training program
4. Committed and customer focused client support
5. A robust document management system

Cons

I would love to see:
1. Complete glossary of all field headings used in all forms and reports
2. A user driven Report Builder that allows the user to pick and choose various fields, make choices for filtering, grouping, sorting and totalling data, enabling them to design their own reports

I would recommend this software to other companies in the real estate sector. While the software has some weaknesses, their team is constantly working on adding new features to improve the user experience and efficiency. Also, customer support at Jonas is very strong and their team is usually very responsive and is there to make sure your transition goes successfully.

Pros

The software has very robust workflow routing capabilities and can help companies transition to a paperless workflow approval process. Controls within Jonas are strong and there is a lot of ability to customize what each of the users can and cannot do in the system.
The implementation team is very helpful and responsive to questions/concerns. They work hard to address issues encountered and have helped to ensure that the transition process goes smoothly as possible.

Cons

The software is mainly geared to sub-contractors and not real estate developers. As such, Jonas currently lacks some capabilities which cater to developers (e.g. currently the Change Order report only looks at changes from the revenue perspective as opposed to the cost perspective). However, Jonas is working on addressing these issues.
Navigation within the system can be improved to increase efficiencies (e.g. being able to select multiple invoices within a batch to approve as opposed to doing one by one if you don't want to approve the whole batch, or not being constantly asked whether you want to save changes while you're still scrolling within the same module). Also, sometimes there are bugs in the system (e.g. not reflecting the changes that were made) but most of these can be resolved quickly by logging in and out of the system.

Pros

Ease of use - new features and performance are top notch.
CS is amazing - helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and prompt

Cons

Still some bugs to fix - however they are right on top of them.
Other than that I have nothing negative to report.

Pros

Jonas offers a lot for the costs to use this programme, however its low cost compared to other programs does mean that it lacks some of the features of larger companies like Jobpac. Its an affordable alternative to these companies and will do all you need it to for accounts AP and AR.

Cons

Lacks the usability of project management modules, this needs improving to become a better product that project teams can use well.