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From project evaluation, takeoff and estimating, to construction and closeout, contractors use STACK’s cloud-based software to help run their businesses and maximize profits.
PlanSwift is perfect for commercial and residential contractors, subcontractors and estimators of any size. PlanSwift can be custom tailored to fit all trades from finish paint to earthwork.
Reports are powerful and STACK catalog for assemblies and items are very useful. Quick and responsive customer service, free training webinars, improvement updates are included in your subscription.
It is so irritating having to use the mouse for the essential functions.
I love being able to load the Blueprints and navigate the Blueprints using this software. The ease of use makes it extremely easy to sort pages, highlight layouts and design from the pages.
The only Con is you are charged by user. If you have a single account Only one person can be logged on.
We are super pleased with STACK and the staff members. Initially, learning a new product can be challenging but the training team assured our success with its elaborate and precise training.
Sometimes we run into problems loading blueprints when more than one user is on the same account.
We've used Stack for almost two years. The product itself is amazing and the customer support is equally amazing.
Pricing structure is little bit restrictive. We do not need most of the feature that we currently pay for, but there is no option not to pay for the whole package.
I haven't used the cost estimating on it yet but I plan to and I feel like there is great value in it once I get that setup. I love the little tricks that help make the take-offs go much faster.
This never used to be the case (I have used the software for ten or more years). It seems every time they get bought, the problem gets worse.
Best in industry, good speed and better for revisions. Apart from that, counting is very easy.
Everything was horrible including the customer support.
The ease of use for missing measurements and the ability to highlight the areas in question is remarkably easy to use. Impressed by the feature that allows for a total linear footage.
The only problem with this program is that is is a bit pricey.
Anyway I can recommend this software for new users who are looking to have there estimation purpose. I am happy overall quality of the software.
Software is hard-coded to call Internet Explorer and ignore other browsers, even if the default is set in Windows.
Quentin O.: Okay. My name is Quentin. My job title is Estimator/Senior QS. We have around 30 employees, and my rating for STACK is four out of five. We use it for a combination of things, but primarily we use it for measuring and estimation purposes. So if we're tendering jobs, if we're pricing variations, if we're monitoring changes. I find it quite useful for construction changes during the course of construction where the architects may or may not bubble changes and we can put the overlays in place, and things that have changed distinctly will then flash red. So it's very useful for that as well. Identifying changes in the full construction set, because again, sometimes the architects will just issue a full construction set and not tell you that there are changes from the tender set, so then we can price and pick up those changes accordingly. I like the fact that it's browser-based, so it's web-based. I can use it from anywhere in the world. That is probably the single most useful feature that it has, or the way it's been constructed. Probably from my point of view, the single feature I dislike the most is that it's American-based and that everything defaults to imperial rather than metric. It's easy to overcome, or relatively easy to overcome, but everything does default to imperial rather than metric. And if you haven't got your settings right, then every time you upload things, then it will default. That's probably my single biggest pet hate.
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