Cert-In 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Cert-In

4.6

(14)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Cert-In

Cert-In Software Systems, Inc. has been developing Estimating, Time & Material Billing, Bid Management, Contract Billing, and Purchase Order Manager systems for over 25 years. Our customers include small to large electrical contractors.

The Estimating Systems use customizable template takeoff worksheets and a menu-driven standard takeoff system for detailed estimates.

The Bid Manager is a comprehensive tool that allows you to analyze your estimate thoroughly. Project Managers and Bid Checkers are provided with tools to analyze labor, supervision, quotes, and phases of work.

The T&M Billing system is work order-based and allows users to create different markup profiles by customer, job, or invoice and prepare invoices using standard or custom-created invoice forms.

The Contract Billing System provides the user with the tools to properly prepare and submit industry-standard contract progress payment requests.

The Purchase Order Manager allows contractors to use the Electronic Catalogs to Create Purchase Orders, Requests for Quotations, and other reports easily and quickly thru printing or email.

The systems include interfaces to digital takeoff, Spreadsheet, Document Manage...

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Cert-In Pricing and Plans

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Cert-In Features

Popular features found in Construction Estimating
Accounting Integration
Audit Trail
Bid Management
Change Order Management
Customizable Templates
Historical Database
Project Management
Proposal Generation
Quotes/Estimates
Subcontractor Management
Takeoff
What-if Analysis
More features of Cert-In
Cost Database
Cost Estimating
Document Management
Electrical Estimating
For AEC Industry
For HVAC Companies
Invoice Management
Job Costing
Purchase Order Management

Cert-In User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

71%

21%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.6

Jim G.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Fastest Electrical Estimating Software Out there.

Cert-In's support is fantastic! I never have to wait and always get my problem solved quickly and on the first call.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use and the speed of the take-off. Thousands of ready built assemblies all ready to go. The integration between you eTakeoff is the really neat part of this system. The special assemblies are so fast and easy to build, you can customize any estimate easily and fast. The ability to break out portions of the bid is very flexible and almost unlimited in how you want the breakout done. Also very fast in making the breakouts. There are very good videos of how to do different things and are easy to follow.

Cons:

The ease of building permanent assemblies is slow and cumbersome. This is the least liked portion of the system that could use some re-work. You do have the ability to import from one job to another the special assemblies, which are easy & fast to build, projects of similar type can reuse the same assembly.

Reasons for choosing Cert-In

I liked the assembly method of take-off that Cert-In uses because of the speed.

Reasons for switching to Cert-In

I was working with a different company that used these systems or I just wanted to try something different to see how I might like it.

Steven C.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Long Time User

I purchased my first system back in March of 1995 a SD150 estimating system, I now have The Estimating System V10.6, T & M Billing V9.1 and Invoice Manager V.10. There was never an issue which they could not resolve for me. They always take care of the problem when I call or get back to me the same day. Back when Windows Vista came out many business were having problems running their software on the Vista Platform and return to their previous Windows Program. I couldn't get the estmating program working correctly after buying a new computer with Vista. Cert-In had me send the computer to them (proir to on screen help) and within a week I had the computer back working 100% correctly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This system is extremely easy to learn. You can use Specific menues to find parts or assemblies or Templates menues which are or you can designed for specific type of work for rapid input.

Cons:

Additional Features: 1. Menues Identfication allowed to be two letters or two letters than a number. This way you could have related menues grouped together. 2. On the Bid Takeoff Detail pages the items which does not have a value are highlighted.

Reasons for choosing Cert-In

I prevoisly worked for a company which used TRF/Cert-In estimating and liked it.

Brandon B.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Its good for getting estimates out quickly and easy to keep prices updated. Also easy to install.

Cons:

It has some glitches. Sometimes the price doesnt match the screen. Printing will sometimes take a while.

Wesley S.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

WinTRF - The Answer to Electrical Estimating

I have used the Certin WinTRF system since the early days of Windows 3.1 and can't imagine using anything else.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very intuitive and simple for take-offs. Options available for different styles of Take-off

Cons:

I can't really think of anything that I don't like about the Software. It is a work horse

Reasons for choosing Cert-In

Very intuitive and simple for take-offs. Options available for different styles of Take-off

Roger T.

Verified reviewer

Construction

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

VP Director PreConstruction

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Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Assemblies enabled estimators to be more efficient. The different ways to print takeoffs helps the ever demand GC bid forms.

Cons:

Wish software was true Windows based for editing estimates. While there is a work around, if product was licensed with Microsoft the ease of use would be tremendous.

Darrell M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Electrical Estimating

Thirty plus years of use and they are an essential part of our success

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use and customer support. Always ready to help with experienced staff.

Cons:

I have no complaints. We have nothing but positive experience and good things to say about the software.

Doris K.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Review 7-27-22

Support is great. Issues are taken care of in a timely manner. Reports are easy to compile.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to use and reports are easy to generate. Costs and multipliers are easy to set. Importing parts is useful.

Cons:

Vendor pricing is very cumbersome and importing parts is a struggle if you don't do it very often.

Mac W.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Owner, Estimator, all phases of electrical construction

Excellent!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use. I've used Accubid and Estimation. Cert-in is by far the best for estimating and quality of reports.

Cons:

Compared to all other Electrical Estimating Systems...Cert-In is the best.

Reasons for choosing Cert-In

It's the best!

Mark S.

Verified reviewer

Construction

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Sr Electrical Estimator

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

very user friendly,very easy to use,very easy to update

Cons:

nothing that i do not really like,if one thing would like is updated user manual (i am not very computer smart,and hard for me to make changes to program)

Fred C.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Electrical estimating