Groundplan vs Trimble Estimation Desktop: Which is a better fit?

The customer service experience is fantastic. They are always happy to jump on the phone or Zoom with you to solve issues and get you running at 100% again.

Unfortunately being cloud based when the internet is out I have to wait a while to continue work, first world problems.

Overall the interaction with Groundplan and in particular [SENSITIVE CONTENT] has been fantastic, the training sessions we had were very informative and a lot of fun.

The lack of global variables. If you could make global variables for labour and materials this.

Smart guide has been a great addition - and it's great being able to create new symbols as required and the support is FANTASTIC.

Inability to fully integrate with Smartbiz software.

The development and growth of Groundplan is fantastic with users suggestions taken into consideration and implemented where appropriate. Everything I need is right here in Groundplan.

Slightly difficult to manipulate symbols etcPlan preview could be biggerMan hours to enter individual symbols with no auto shuffle button for symbols.

We have been using Estimation/Maxwell Systems estimating program for over 26 years. It is a fantastic product, on that I would and have recommended to anyone in the market for estimating software.

The vendors inability to make improvements or even fix bugs or error within the program.

There are many functions even after 25 years of using this system that I don't use, but there are many that I do. This software is great and has provided us with winning bids in the 30 to 40% range.

We use to call and get problems resolved right away. Now we have to wait for a call back and I'm not always sitting in my office waiting for calls so I've missed those call backs (frustrating).

Our account manager (Mary Heinz) has been a great help keeping us up to date with the latest software upgrades. We recommend this system over any other estimating software we have tried.

What are you waiting for. Get rid of the costly bid documents.

Customer service agent has been a great asset to us in upgrading our software and purchasing other systems. We would highly recommend her as an account manager.

Here in Nebraska as an electrical company we find ourselves bidding houses, apartments, fire alarm systems, commercial, and industrial projects.