Cert-In

RATING:

4.6

(14)

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...

Cert-In Pricing

Free trial: 

Available

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Cert-In Estimating System

Cert-In Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Cert-In

1 - 5 of 14 Reviews

Jim

Construction, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

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.

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.

Reason 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

Construction, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for 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.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

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.

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.

Reason for choosing Cert-In

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

Brandon

Construction, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 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.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed March 2023

Good

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

Construction, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

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.

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

Reason for choosing Cert-In

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

Roger

Construction, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 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.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

VP Director PreConstruction

The [sensitive content hidden] is heavily involved with users and developers which is a high plus to making this software a great product. Their customer service is top notch.

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.