Buildertrend vs Houzz Pro: Which is a better fit?

Dave: Hi, my name's Dave. I'm the founder and principal at Watermark Business Partners. And with respect to BuilderTrend, I was sort of an administrator and user when advising a custom home builder through a transition. And our rating of five stars, or my rating of five stars, is largely based on the fact that I think this tool just has absolutely phenomenal capabilities. And I just wish the business that I was working with was making even more use of everything that's there because it's absolutely very, very strong and incredible potential. So BuilderTrend, the core need that I was solving with this business was the need to organize complex fulfillment with anywhere from 20 to 30 different subcontractors, milestone based billing, the need to organize and coordinate a complex supply chain on the product, so vendor sourcing side. And this was a solution that was badly, badly needed for this business. It's already had a big impact and I think there's even more to come. [inaudible 00:01:05] I think is perhaps overlooked and unappreciated as a really key, important value add that was a new beginning with BuilderTrend's launch for this business was the far superior and enhanced degree of accountability in the business. Whether that be with employees, with contractors, or the business itself to its customers. The ability to get everybody on the same page and have that same unified line of sight had a really big impact and drove results in a meaningful way. So as far as what I liked the least or saw as an area of opportunity was just honestly that there's so much there. I think there was a need for the business that I was working with to really prioritize for the greatest impact because as I said previously, there were really only scratching the surface with the platform's capabilities. And I think there's sometimes the potential to get lost in the weeds and lose the forest for the trees. So if anything they can do to help whittle it down to the core components and stage that implementation I think would be very, very helpful.

Chris P.: Hi, I'm Chris. I'm the owner of Modified Kitchen and Bath. I rate Houzz Pro five out of five. So previously, I've used a software called CostCertified, which was good but it wasn't full-featured like the Houzz Pro. Houzz Pro has quite a few options. It has a lot of different segments to it so you're checking a lot of boxes. The reason we chose Houzz Pro was first of all was the cost. Second of all, it allowed us to have a built-in website right on the Houzz Pro setup. It also gave us the opportunity to estimate right from their system, and just was very full-featured for what we were paying. I would say it was very easy to get started with Houzz Pro. Once he got signed up, they made it extremely simple. And even putting the website together, it was probably the easiest I've ever worked on. My recommendation would be Houzz Pro would be a great solution if you're a small to medium-sized company and you're looking for an all-in-one feature set that also includes the ability to manage your website and do your estimates all in one system.