# CDR Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is CDR the right Productivity solution for you? Explore 21 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/169531/Construction-Daily-Reports/reviews --- CDR 4.3 (21) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of CDR Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.6 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews CC Curtis C Superintendent Construction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “As a guy who is NOT a tech guy I still find this to be very user friendly, very much like a fill in the blank test where I already have all the answers. Although I am good with math another great feature is I just fill in the blanks daily and they keep track of man hours, subcontract labor, etc. for the duration of the job.“ February 27, 2023 BR Bryan R OwnerConstruction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “It was not intuitive for me to find the proper order to click to get where I needed to go. “ February 22, 2023 TM Toni M AR/Interior DesignConstruction, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “We like that it's very user friendly, the office and field employees can all access it with ease.“ October 25, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-21 of 21 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use RS Robert S. Owner Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "All the Bang, Not so much Buck" February 23, 2023 5.0 CDR takes a very small construction company and instantly gives you a professional look and feel that is comparable to companies worth millions$ more. Overall, I am excited to say I am a CDR customer, and I think it is a beneficial program for any construction company to use. Pros The thing I like the most about CDR is it doesn’t try to be something that it’s not. Construction Daily Report (CDR) is just what it says it is. And it shouldn’t be anything else. And, it is great. A lot of time and attention was obviously put into the design and layout and functionality. Thank you, CDR, for making a program that does exactly what it should in a very professional way. Cons I have no dislikes. But let me say this, every time I have had a dislike, in the past, it was always quickly resolved by the \[sensitive content hidden\] and tech team. Alternatives considered [Procore](https://www.capterra.com/p/56250/Procore/) Reason for choosing CDR Procore has too many bells and whistles that I am just not interested in nor had a use for. It was like getting into a Cadillac to drive to the end of the driveway just to get the mail. Sure, it’s capable of doing CDR’s daily reports and much more…but I only was looking for what CDR does, and does well. Review Source JB Joshua B. project manager Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CDR review one" July 28, 2025 4.0 Generally, from front to back, the only thing that really pulls away from CDR was the photo quality issue on our CDR reports we wanted to consistent photo quality that was easy to reference. Pros For the amount that we paid CDR covered most functions that we were looking for being a general construction manager, photos, weather and other details like that Cons Uploading photos into their gallery was fairly difficult and it had problems with android and iPhone platforms where we lose his photo quality. Alternatives considered [Autodesk Forma](https://www.capterra.com/p/218046/Autodesk-Construction-Cloud/)[Bluebeam Revu](https://www.capterra.com/p/121586/Bluebeam-PDF-Revu/)[Procare Solutions](https://www.capterra.com/p/23486/Procare-Child-Care-Management/)[Fieldwire](https://www.capterra.com/p/142801/Fieldwire/)[RAKEN](https://www.capterra.com/p/153591/RAKEN/) Reason for choosing CDR at the time we were able to get a cost that was comparable to what we needed Switched from [RAKEN](https://www.capterra.com/p/153591/RAKEN/) like previously mentioned, the photos were top priority for us when we were referencing jobs that could be years in backlogs they were essential Review Source Response from Construction Daily Reports July 29, 2025 Thank you for your review Joshua. We appreciate that you found great value in our software! We will also let our dev team know about your concerns on photo quality on different platforms so we can work to improve in the future. Very helpful review, we appreciate you taking the time! CC Curtis C. Superintendent Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great bargain" February 27, 2023 3.0 overall CDR has made my job much easier and it’s a good bargain so I give them a good thumbs up 👍 Pros CDR is easy to use in the field and does not take up much extra time. As a guy who is NOT a tech guy I still find this to be very user friendly, very much like a fill in the blank test where I already have all the answers. Although I am good with math another great feature is I just fill in the blanks daily and they keep track of man hours, subcontract labor, etc. for the duration of the job. Finally, compared to other similar programs this one is much more affordable. Cons Honestly the only real issue I have had is that it is not as good on my I-pad as it is on my laptop and I use my i-pad daily. Sometimes if I need to review photos at full size I have to break out my computer which is not as handy to tote around on the job site. Review Source KT Kristin T. Project Engineer / Office Manager Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great tool that is user-friendly and priced fairly" February 21, 2023 5.0 I cut back on the amount of time needed to complete reports and get them to the proper party. These reports are also much neater than the ones I used to use - very professional looking. Of the few MINOR issues I've had with this product, the customer service reps were always helpful in communicating the issue and working to resolve them. In the ~2 years I've used this product, I've had 3 minor issues that were fixed the same day (2/3 times my issues were fixed within the hour). Pros I like the neat interface and user-friendly design that this product offers. The immediate send-off of reports is very helpful and it cuts back on the amount of time I used to have to spend gathering, organizing, and disseminating reports. This was also easy to switch to, and I believe the field personnel agree as they don't have any issues using the software. Great price too! Very inexpensive for what you are getting. Cons The only thing I have a mild grievance with is the fact that I can't "archive" projects when they are completed. So they just stay on the projects screen mixed in with active projects. It's a mild inconvenience when scrolling through to get to reports. Reason for choosing CDR Price, trial time to test product, user-friendly interface, professional-looking, ease of information dissemination. Review Source TM Toni M. AR/Interior Design Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Construction " October 25, 2023 5.0 This program helps us keep track of all our subs that show up for work, it's give us an opportunity to discuss any daily issues we come across out in the field. Pros We like that it's very user friendly, the office and field employees can all access it with ease. Cons Everything is great to us, and we wouldn't change a thing for what we are needing. Alternatives considered [RAKEN](https://www.capterra.com/p/153591/RAKEN/) Reason for choosing CDR They were too expensive. Review Source BB Brad B. Senior Project Manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great product, however" March 2, 2023 4.0 Pros Ease of useQuick set upPreloaded questions Project calendar needs an additional color dot to indicate if any daily entry has been made or skipped Cons Project is completed and I wanted to archive the project reports away on external drive in case of client questions…contacted customer service, was informed that I was to print off reports each day from the beginning to save them, (ridiculous) and that no data down load was available. Was informed that access to project data would remain available on your servers for the reoccurring monthly fee of 20.00. (Again, ridiculous)I paid for the use of the tool, which was great, however the reports/data is mine and should be available to me to download and archive at project close out.Time between active projects cannot support the monthly fee, which is not your fault, but this disappointing ending with impact a repeat customer.I am happy to pay the fee while using the tool, so there should be a way for you to figure this out.Currently paying for the service 3 months after project completion, hoping for a better solutionExpecting to cancel subscription shortly. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Ease of use Review Source BR Bryan R. Owner Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "CDR has great potential." February 22, 2023 4.0 I need to be able to convey status of project on a daily basis for clients that are far away. With the limited amount of characters available in a note entry, I can only hit the highlights, and then add more detail into the cover email that the report is attached to. Pros I liked the ability to attach photos to specifc statements. I like the weather feature. Cons Learning curve. It was not intuitive for me to find the proper order to click to get where I needed to go. Every day stands on its own. As I learned the software, I cannot go back and add or subtract questions or categories. I wish the weather feature was changable to something closer to my site. When adding notes, I am limited in amount of characters. Reason for choosing CDR Price to get my foot in the door was attractive. Review Source AS Ashlee S. Project Manager Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Construction Daily Reports - Muliple jobs" February 21, 2023 5.0 Pros I like the calendar feature - showing any days where an entry wasn't made the best, this is a QC feature that helps ensure we're tracking our jobs daily. Anyone can see from Superintendent to PM, what days entries were made. Cons I wish the daily report was customizable with question 'tiers'.For example, we have entered (customized) the question "Was a safety meeting conducted today?"Then followed by safety meeting applicable questions. I wish the applicable questions were tiered so that they only appeared if the checkbox for "Was a safety meeting conducted today?" was checked in the affirmative. Review Source CS Candice S. Owner Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Used for Roofing Foremans / Projects" March 16, 2019 4.0 Pros We had multiple large projects in progress at the same time. Our foremans had access to CDR for daily reports. This was great, we had a central management site that kept up with hours, days worked, photos of the jobs progress and open dialogue. Cons Once the project was complete I wanted to print out a full report of the daily reports. This is not an option for CDR right now. I did ask and they said this is something they are working on. Review Source Response from Construction Daily Reports March 25, 2019 Candice, thank you for your feedback and review! We have recently launched a monthly and weekly report summaries feature but have not officially announced it quite yet. If you go to your project and using the website then click view report, you will now have an option to view a daily report, a weekly report summary, or a monthly report summary. Hopefully that is helpful as we continue to develop and improve our product and service. We will continue to work to get that 5th star, thanks again for the review! MN Marsha N. Vice President Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CDR Reporting tool" March 2, 2023 3.0 It's a good tool for the cost. Support is there to help you get set up and even when continuing with expanding your knowledge of the product. Pros Ability to create your own report template Cons Flexibility to create a more in-dept reporting tool Reason for choosing CDR Pricing, flexibility of use Review Source JS Jim S. PRESIDENT Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SPINELLO-DCS review." March 2, 2023 4.0 Very satisfied... Pros Very user friendly. Client's like format. Cons To obtain one project DFR-PDF for project closeouts. Reason for choosing CDR Liked website. Review Source RS Roy S. V.P. Operations Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Thoughts" February 27, 2023 4.0 Smooth and easy Pros The automatic weather options is great. The ease of recording time & adding employees is great Cons After about a month I stopped receiving the auto emails when my crew did their reports. I alerted customer support and they said "we are working on it" but I have never seen a change. Reason for choosing CDR CDR seemed to be a smother operating app and was more cost efficient to my organazation. Review Source HS Herschel S. Project Manager Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "CDR Daily Reporting" March 2, 2023 5.0 Overall my experience has been great. The support has been there in a timely manner and help resolve some reporting issue. Pros I think the product is somewhat easy to use. Some of my team didn't find it the most user friendly, it took them a little to figure out what they needed to do. Cons The one real issue I have is when there are multiple foreman on the same project, I had to add a differently named project so that both could do their daily reports and send separate reports. Review Source DB Dallas B. Project Manager Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CDR Review " February 27, 2023 5.0 We are using this for daily reports - seems to be doing a nice job organizing and reporting daily activity on jobsites. Pros Tracking daily construction site logs - weather - delays - equipment - site visitors - changes - updates Cons That I have to click each link to view photos that are attached - would be nice to open all at one time Review Source TP Tahja P. Settlement Advisor Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable, Easy to use and facilitate training for." August 3, 2023 5.0 Pros Ease of visibility, easy to organize data and lightweight on system resources. Cons There could be more functions to sort through your database. This is however a minor nitpick. Review Source LB Lindsay B. HR Director Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great for productivity and progress reviews! " February 27, 2023 4.0 Pros Being in construction, it's easy to forget "where you started" on a project. I love that it is easy to attach photos of progress. We can go back and see all the different phases of the project! This is a great way for us to review the productivity of our teams without being on every single site every day. Our managers can upload photos and hiding what did or did not happen that day gets much more difficult! Cons I wish there was an easier way to see the series of reports from any given project. If I want to know what happened on a project I have to hope that we saved it in a logical manner and search through each report. I would love to see a "see this project" option, where we could scroll through the entire series of reports for a specific project or timeline Review Source SD Stephen D. President Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review" March 2, 2023 3.0 Pros I am not sure as my employees are the ones giving me feed back. Cons Inputting daily activity ie trade hours per project, is onerous , this process needs to be streamlined. Review Source PN Paul N. President Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "review" March 2, 2023 4.0 Do believe it has helped in documenting issue and safety item for projects Pros Basic Format of it is nice, like the ease of added and changing questions, Does work great with adding additional personal, s Cons The touch arrows and touch details are to small and dont always react when touched.Reports could be set up better and easier to get to Reason for choosing CDR It look like it was easy to work with Review Source DB Dean B. Superintendent Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Really easy to use and price was much better than other options. Saves a lot of time on my reports." January 24, 2018 5.0 Simplified my daily reporting and allows me to go home at least 30 minutes earlier every day. Pros I like that it does weather automatically and I enjoy the professional forma of the PDF it creates. My company uses Google Drive and Dropbox and CDR automatically drops all my reports in each company account without me having to lift a finger. Saves me a ton of time. Cons I wish it was free but it definitely is lower cost than their competition. I want the hours logs to automatically roll over but a customer service rep told me that they are building this feature now. Review Source Response from Construction Daily Reports August 15, 2018 Thank you very much for the positive review Dean, we are happy to hear how much you have been enjoying our service! We have added the hours rollover feature you mentioned along with some other improvements since your review. We hope that has improved your experience even further! BK Brandy K. Owner Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Daily reports completed" September 8, 2018 4.0 It does the job, happy for what we pay. Pros Ability to change the questions for the price, fast easy. Cons Pictures aren't big enough, wish we could get bigger ones in there for jobs. Doesn't work offline. Review Source Response from Construction Daily Reports November 1, 2018 Brandy, Thank you for reviewing us here! We are definitely looking into ways to allow offline use on the mobile app. For pictures, we currently have a photo gallery accessible on the website for full size project photos but we are looking into better ways to access those full size images from reports more easily. Thanks again for the feedback, we truly appreciate your business and will continue to improve to try and earn that 5th star from you! MN Mathew N. Project Manager Military Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Worth the investment" August 15, 2018 5.0 Pros It was easy. Helped significantly reduce the amount of man hours spent on writing reports and also standardizing the format for my team. Very simple to find and pull old reports. It makes it especially nice for tracking projects because I get a report in my inbox right when it gets signed. Cons It costs money. It was definitely a much lower cost option than others we saw out there and seemed to be a little easier and more fine tuned than some others. Review Source Response from Construction Daily Reports November 1, 2018 Mathew, Thank you for the positive review, we appreciate your business! ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.