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Jim
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
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.
PROSEase 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.
CONSThe 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
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.
PROSThis 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.
CONSAdditional 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
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2023
Good
Its good for getting estimates out quickly and easy to keep prices updated. Also easy to install.
CONSIt 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
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.
PROSVery intuitive and simple for take-offs. Options available for different styles of Take-off
CONSI 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
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.
PROSAssemblies enabled estimators to be more efficient. The different ways to print takeoffs helps the ever demand GC bid forms.
CONSWish 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.
Doris
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Review 7-27-22
Support is great. Issues are taken care of in a timely manner. Reports are easy to compile.
PROSIt is easy to use and reports are easy to generate. Costs and multipliers are easy to set. Importing parts is useful.
CONSVendor pricing is very cumbersome and importing parts is a struggle if you don't do it very often.
Darrell
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Electrical Estimating
Thirty plus years of use and they are an essential part of our success
PROSEase of use and customer support. Always ready to help with experienced staff.
CONSI have no complaints. We have nothing but positive experience and good things to say about the software.
Mac
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Owner, Estimator, all phases of electrical construction
Excellent!
PROSVery easy to use. I've used Accubid and Estimation. Cert-in is by far the best for estimating and quality of reports.
CONSCompared to all other Electrical Estimating Systems...Cert-In is the best.
Reason for choosing Cert-In
It's the best!
Mark
Construction, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Sr Electrical Estimator
very user friendly,very easy to use,very easy to update
CONSnothing 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
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Electrical estimating
Not only is this a great program but there customer service and support is amazing. I would highly recommend there estimating program.
PROSProgram is very easy and straight forward to use
CONSI have nothing bad to say about this product.
Patrick
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Cert-In Electrical Estimting software
Excellent, the work horse of our estimating.
PROSUser friendly, great data base, extensive print out option, great tech support.
CONSOccasional error messages during input,
Brad
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Cert-In Review
Always positive
PROSWas the most like the Estimatic that we used in the '70's that was out of Colorado
CONSHas to work on a PC, [SENSITIVE CONTENT] doesn't want Apple to have access to an emulation program anymore as Apples' chip that they are making themselves will run much faster than anything else that's out there and he sells more to them than Apple users. Same thing that's been going on for decades.
Reason for choosing Cert-In
It's what [SENSITIVE CONTENT] recommended
Reasons for switching to Cert-In
They stopped with Estimating
John
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2022
Great Customer service
great
PROS[SENSITIVE CONTENT] has been very prompt in returning calls and emails
CONSit is glitchy some times, but it might be the user
Becky
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Excellent Customer Service
Customer service is the best. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] worked with us when my husbands computer was on its last leg. Got us back up and running.
CONSNot web based, for some that’s a con but just fine for us.