The ONLY accounting software truly designed to work for New Home Construction Subcontractors

Good value for the price, decent user support, excellent adaptability for subcontractors, could be better in reporting, general ledger entry and paying invoices with credit cards.

Pros

If you work in the New Home Construction marketplace and deal with "buyer options" you have to buy this package. It is the only software package that I have seen that addresses buyer options.

Cons

The software is at least partially designed to work with general contractors and builders too so it has some a little trouble crossing over for subcontractors in some cases. However, overall it is the best subcontractor oriented package I have seen in the marketplace and the price is very attractive.

On the project I am assigned to we use AccuBuild on a large highway and bridge contract.

I came from a QuickBooks environment so this software is much more detail oriented. The document routing is fantastic and also many reports you are able to drilldown to see the document.

Pros

User friendly. Support is quick and efficient. Document routing is fantastic and cuts down on paper docs and files in the office. We are on the implementation team so we get to share ideas and requests. Being able to export information to a pdf and/or excel are a plus.

Cons

Not many cons, especially with being on the implementation team. Occasionally there are hang-ups but this may be caused by our internet connection.

I find Accubuild relatively easy to learn and use.

I like how you can pull a job cost capsheet and look to see if there is a budget in certain codes for me to code things to.

Pros

I like the document routing section the best. It is easy to attach documents and to code them with the correct phase and GL codes. It is convenient and easy to teach all of the approval users how to use it to look at their invoices for approval.

Cons

I wish there was a search button in the documents tab in the vendors list. I have some vendors that have a lot of documents and it is hard to find the one i am looking for when i have to scroll through hundreds of documents.

AccuBuild works great for our construction company and it handles all our accounting job costing needs

It takes care of most of our accounting job costing needs and the staff is willing to step in to adopt reports to our specific needs

Pros

AccuBuild's customer service gets back to us within hours (or minutes if it's pressing) and is very knowledgeable about their system and construction accounting. Our year-end tax needs including W2's and 1099's are now much more straightforward and simpler.

Cons

As a small contractor with only two users, their annual fee to renew a license is somewhat steep but the staff is willing to work with our requirements.

Accubuild is Great!

Everything is great. When there is a question, Accubuild is quick to resolve it. Price keeps going up but so does the price of milk, and gasoline so....

Pros

Ease of use. Very easy to learn the system. And they give so many hours of free training included with the sale so if you have questions they are there with an answer.

Cons

Very hard to come up with a least favorite. We have several banks and we use blank check stock.
Accubuild initially did not have a way to accommodate this issue. However they quickly came up with a fix.

Easy to work with and all encompassing software for contractors

All encompassing processing for all accounting functions and detailed reporting for jobs.

Pros

Aside from having the cost details available in the job cost capsheet, I especially like that you can send reports to excel in addition to the pdf prints.

Cons

Though the excel reports are what I like the most, I will state that this also is a part of being the least (since I like most of AccuBuild) since many reports have to be properly formatted since the data will be in different columns throughout the report.

powerful product, great customer support

Real time management of job reporting. Improved profitability as a direct result

Pros

Cloud based so it can be access from anywhere. Ease of use, provides one stop functionality for the financial area of a construction business. Also helps with project management, tracks submittals, has a scheduling tool.

Cons

Customization of reporting is difficult. As a cloud based user it will not allow access to manage users when maintenance is required, as such you must call support to assist.

Software Review

Pros

I have been using this software for 14 years. For the most part it is pretty easy. There are some things I need help with like customizing reports.

Cons

I think the project management portion is hard to use.
I don't like the support anymore. It used to be that when you called your questions or problems were solved asap. Now it is difficult to get a call back and when they do get back to us we can't understand them most of the time.

Accubuild Delivers

As a user for over 20 years AccuBuild has been a key component for our success. As a contractor specializing in the technology field it is important we are aligned with the leader in Acoounting Software.

Pros

Flexibility and ease of use
Mobile user and Cloud based operation allows our staff to obtain information instantaneously

Cons

Lack of robust service module and the service manager applications processes with the ability to email status and completion

ACCUBUILD

I like working with AccuBuild. I use it all the time.

Pros

The ease of use and the support that is available when you need it.

Cons

That after some updates some functions are more difficult and not real clear how to correct an issue if you have one, such as Certified Payroll Reports if information has been entered that requires change after payroll has been posted. now it is more difficult to correct than in the past.

Accubuild has a great support staff. When we have needed help the response time has been quick.

The Project Module has saved us time on the job.

Pros

The project management and accounting modules in Accubuild work great together. The program is also easy to use and if you can't figure it out, Accubuild has a quick turnaround time on support.

Cons

If you like to figure things out on your own, the Accubuild help section is not the easiest to navigate. If you need help you're better to just contact Support.