Blueridge Contract Assistant

Blueridge is the most simple contract system to use that I have ever worked with, and I've worked with most of the popular systems in the market today. It is easy to learn, easy to use, and very easy to implement yet it can scale to any size organization. It offers a significant amount of flexibility for any organization to configure and tailor the system to the business process or specific needs of the users. The system comes with a number of canned reports and users can customize reports to the need quite easily. Support is fabulous, literally the most responsive I have worked with in my 25 years of working with software suppliers.

Pros

Ease of use and the flexibility the system offers is far better than any system I have ever used. Support is always there and gets a score of 12 on a scale of 1-10 in my book!

Cons

It is actually hard for me to think of something I "don't like" about this system. I guess the one thing I would like to be able to change as a user, would be to replace the "Standard Report" offered on the main screen with my own report which has been customized to the needs of my team. That said, I am sure that if I turn this enhancement idea into the Support Team, they will find a way to implement the suggestion.

Getting the most bang for your buck!

The most outstanding experience I've had from using this software is the excellent quality of support. Someone's always on the phone to assist, and the person on the other line is always highly knowledgeable of the software application, so that any technical problem that may be encountered in using the software, such as generating reports, is attended to and resolved quickly! I've never experienced better support, in all my years of database management.

Pros

What I like the most about this software is the speed of execution of searches, and generation of reports.

Cons

There is a steep learning curve for the novice user, but the customer technical support provided by Blueridge Software helps make the learning curve smoother and more manageable.

Contract Assistant, Standard Edition brings order from chaos!

I have not found any other contract management package that fulfills the need of a small organization at such a reasonable cost. I would enthusiastically recommend Contract Assistant, Standard Edition for either a small organization needing contract management functionality or as an entry point to other organizations that could start with the entry level package and then upgrade to the more comprehensive Contract Assistant, Pro or Enterprise Edition.

Pros

With a small department, I needed a single place to centralize all of our IT maintenance contracts that would allow me to receive enough advanced notifications to complete all of the renewal workflow authentication process. The 'Quick Start Guide' tutorial is easy to follow and the 'User's Guide' is comprehensive in describing how to use all of the package's functionality. Technical help desk support is the best that I have experienced. As an example, I ran into a small issue late on a Friday afternoon. I checked my e-mail later that evening and had received an answer to my issue and was able to continue my work with Contract Assistant over the weekend. I have also always receive follow-up calls from Bruce Tucker making sure that I received answers to my issues and asking if there is anything else that he could help me with.

Cons

Contract Assistant, Standard Edition is a very comprehensive pack and you must devote adequate amount of time working with the package to understand how it functions if you want to get the full benefit of what the package has to offer.

Blueridge Software Review - Contract Assistant

A useful tool for our business

Pros

Pleased with its ability to capture pertinent contract information for later retrievals and reports

Cons

Limitation on User Licenses

Enterprise Edition - Blueridge SW

I would highly recommend anyone wanting a more organized tracking system for a corporations contracts to implement the Enterprise Edition.

Pros

I have used both the standard and Enterprise Edition of Blueridge's Contract Software. I have had a great experience with Blueridge and find them to provide personalized customer service which is so important. Depending on the size of your corporation and the volume of contracts, either of these products will be very useful. For a smaller corporation, with minimal contracts the Standard Edition may do the trick; however, Enterprise Edition is much more robust, offers more flexible search features, customization and 5 user licenses.

Cons

To those not familiar with databases and report creating software such as "Crystal Reports", it can be confusing pulling the information you want; however this is something that can be immediately remedied by obtaining training that is offered by Blueridge. For me, it's just finding the time!