ClearCalcs

RATING:

4.6

(35)

About ClearCalcs

ClearCalcs is an innovative cloud-based platform designed to assist businesses in the engineering sector with structural design and analysis. Our platform provides a range of tools that enable engineers to create and verify computations for various structural elements, including beams, columns, retaining walls, and concrete footings. With ClearCalcs, supervisors can generate calculation reports and easily export them into PDF formats. Our platform also allows managers to organize sets of calculations into projects, which can be linked to specific names, job numbers, or addresses. Users can duplicate, archive, or delete projects as needed, providing maximum flexibility and efficiency. In addition to its core features, ClearCalcs offers a host of other tools, including ...

ClearCalcs Pricing

Analysis only: €29 per month, €290 per year Basic: €45 per month, €450 per year Pro: €69 per month, €690 per year Ultimate: €125 per month, €1250 per year

Starting price: 

$79.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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ClearCalcs Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for ClearCalcs

1 - 5 of 35 Reviews

User Profile

Andrew

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2018

Simple and easy calculations for simple framing, extremely useful when engineering quickly.

Quick and simple engineering that is accessible and backed up.

PROS

All calculations are backed up in real time, and accessible anywhere. It is simple and easy to understand and there are explanations of what each of the available fields are used for.

CONS

This software is still in development and many of the features are not quite finished yet, but whenever I contact their support team I receive feedback quickly and they have even added features in after I have requested them.

Vendor Response

Thanks Andrew! Looking forward to continuing to improve with your feedback and ideas!

Replied April 2018

Ryan

Civil Engineering, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

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:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2018

A Review of ClearCalcs.

Simplification is the end game here. ClearCalcs is able to easily channel somewhat difficult engineering mathematics while maintaining reliability and yielding few to no error. This allows the user to spend more time and energy focusing on decision making, and not equations. Overall the items are displayed as to how each sum was totaled and calculated and it also gives in-depth reasoning as to "why" the ratio is provided and what it represents in each case.

PROS

One of the biggest pros for us with ClearCalcs is that our engineers have access to the most current work templates. This is mainly due to the fact that ClearCalcs is could based as opposed to a downloadable program. We don't specifically need to employ IT specialists because the software updates on it's own. Team members have access to quick and efficient means to cooperate and finish tasks in short time. Organizational sharing on multiple formatted devices is another extended benefit.

CONS

ClearCalcs, on the whole, is great. I will say that there are a few small glitches that could be worked out. Once in a while we have to do a remote reset of the webpage. A positive to offset this would be that one can request certain things to be added on to the software package, and ClearCalcs attempts to assist in any way possible, sometimes even adding on your request.

Vendor Response

Thanks Ryan! Looking forward to adding more helpful features to improve your day!

Replied September 2018

Jack

Architecture & Planning, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed July 2023

New Customer

A nightmare!! [sensitive content hidden] was a complete failure !! and a waste of my time. I had to spend my weekend figuring out your software so I can get my report.

PROS

Nothing!! your cloud base software is bogus.

CONS

Your software support and your lack of it.

Reasons for switching to ClearCalcs

Lack of support when I requested, I just started and need just a few questions answered from [sensitive content hidden]!! He told me I was going to get 30 min. of training and I got ten min. he said he had to go. I sent him an email asking for a phone for five min. he said he was to busy and I would have to booked something for next week!! REALLY!! Seriously!! So I finish just doing my report I got though it all. I paid for the month so I could get my report into the city and as well as so my time was not wasted. But I'm cancelling at the end of the month. AND WILL NEVER BE BACK AGAIN. I'm not done with you by far. I will write reviews of my experience, IT WILL NOT BE GOOD I guess his personal time is more important then mind time. FYI He finely sent me an email mid afternoon on Monday!!. IF YOUR PERSONAL TIME IS MORE IMPORTANT GAINING A NEW CLIENT THEN I'M WITH THE WRONG COMPANY!.

Vendor Response

We're very sorry to hear you didn't have a great experience with our Customer Support. Customer Support is one of our top values, so when we have a user that didn't have exceptional service, we take it seriously. From the email chain between you and ClearCalcs, it looks like he let you know on Friday morning that he was unavailable to connect that day due to previously scheduled ClearCalcs meetings, and offered his calendar to connect for a 1:1 session the following week. In the future, if you are unable to connect with an individual employee, we encourage you to take advantage of help@clearcalcs.com as we have our structural engineers standing by for questions 6-days/week. We've been unable to get ahold of you since that Friday, but we'd love to be able to offer a full refund of the price of your monthly license this past month. Give us a call at +1 303 309-9444 or email help@clearcalcs.com to confirm. Sorry again, Jack. Glad to hear you've gotten what you needed for your project!

Replied July 2023

Murray

Civil Engineering, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2018

The software is easy to use, & has specs for the big brands so timber design is easy

Faster design, more accurate design, easier to modify calculations, just all around better than a spreadsheet and hand calcs and significantly cheaper and more reliable than any other calculations software I have used.

PROS

Rep and the team have been amazingly helpful, any issues are resolved almost instantly, faster than any other commercial calculation software I have used and they actually care. The support team are here in Australia and Rep has taken the time to personally contact me to see what my needs were and how ClearCalcs could assist my engineering design. The regular updates and Beta versions for upcoming are amazing. I have been able to provide feedback on some of the features I thought would benefit my experience and Rep and the team have worked their magic to include them. Its been a very rewarding experience and I should have found ClearCalcs sooner!

CONS

The only real negative is that when switching between calcs it does take a couple of seconds to re-run the numbers and provide the results. I'm not sure if thats just my internet connection, the servers or what. But considering I can really only nit-pick a 2-3 second delay when switching between calcs, the software is pretty flawless.

Peter

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2018

Very easy to use, makes my work quicker

PROS

This software is very easy to use and makes doing many computations at once a breeze. The customer support is especially good as it seems any issues I have that arise are solved within only a couple of weeks. Seems to be a far superior product to other similars I've used in the market and appears to be improving much more rapidly than the others too. The front end is also especially nice looking and easy to read and the cloud server makes it really easy to use from anywhere which is a major benefit over competitors.

CONS

The software is still missing a couple of features which would be nice additions but I imagine these will get added soon (for example I requested the option for T-Lintels to be allowed point loads and this got added in)