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STACK Build & Operate Reviews

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Overall
4.4
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
4.2

About STACK Build & Operate

SmartUse is an industry-leading construction app that electrical contractors use to mark up and share construction blueprints and documents. Plan viewing: View your blueprints and documents with ease. Punch-lists: Track issues and assign them to collaborators. Inspections: Assign, communicate and resolve deficiencies list items. As-buit drawings: At project close-out, easily download and share as-builts, including all revisions. Svailable for iOS, Windows, Android. Get a 30-day trial! Learn more about STACK Build & Operate

Pros

  • Great tool, easy to learn and intuitive. Our younger employees enjoy it very much and it doesn't require a long time to be comfortable with it.

  • Overall it has been a great experience with Smartuse, including any and all calls to Smartuse support. I would recommend this software to anyone.

  • It was easy to use, it is like most of the other software out on the market so if you have used any of the others you will be able to use this software with ease.

  • Very happy with the product overall. Especially happy with the development enhancements.

Cons

  • Sometimes difficult to search within the documentation.

  • Is to be able to edit the drop down lists of names that have been previously entered. Especially in the case of spelling errors.

  • On mobile, sometimes the drawings wouldn't load. Other times, the app would crash upon opening.

  • Inability to view drawings without an internet connection.

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Alexandre D.
Estimator/Project Manager
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"Great value for money"

Pros: Ease of use and speed. A lot of options to draw and take pictures and link between plans and documents. OCR is great.

Cons: Learning curve is a bit steep, but once you get the hang of it it's great.

Alternatives Considered: Procore
Reasons for Choosing STACK Build & Operate: Price, made in Quebec, support in Quebec.
Nick C.
CFO
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 31, 2023

"PlanGrid Minus the PlanGrid Price!"

Overall: Overall, we enjoy our user experience with SmartUse. SmartUse allows us instant collaboration on plans and documents, including markups, direct from the field to the office.

Pros: SmartUse contains a host of features that allow our field personnel to carry plans, and other project documents into the field in digital version on phone or tablet. SmartUse has a similar feature set to PlanGrid, but a greatly reduced cost.

Cons: File upload and project setup can feel clunky or slow in comparison to products like PlanGrid, but this has slowly improved over the course of our user experience.

Reasons for Choosing STACK Build & Operate: Cost
Reasons for Switching to STACK Build & Operate: Cost
Jason J.
VDC Designer
Construction, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"Electrical project management"

Pros: Its very easy to use for experienced computer users and those that arent. The updates are easy. The doc sharing is easy as well as the redlining abilities.

Cons: sometimes the file structuring and navigating through those are a chanllenge.

Francis H.
Sales
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 25, 2023

"Easy to search content"

Pros: Easy to search for precise content with text reconnaissance

Cons: Direct download of pdf files will be a nice upgrade. For now, is it only by email (as I know)

Reasons for Choosing STACK Build & Operate: For easy collaborate with other entrepreneur.
Bashir Z.
Project Coordinator
Construction, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 27, 2023

"Good and convenient"

Overall: Smart use was very useful to go back and see previous revisions of drawings. overall it was very useful for the project.

Pros: very user friendly and available across all devices

Cons: sometimes it can be slow to load

Joel C.
Site Superintendent
Construction, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 27, 2023

"Very useful product"

Pros: The ease of comparing drawings, accessing revisions and switching between layout to details

Cons: The only concern I have sometimes is the load time is a bit long sometimes

olivier R.
Project manager
Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 7, 2023

"Your product is awesome"

Pros: I love your software. Everything about it is great.

Cons: I don't see any flaws. It's better than Procore, Autodesk, Construct Buy.

miteshkumar S.
Quality coordinator
Civil Engineering, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 1, 2023

"Easy to use but slow in Process"

Overall: Good

Pros: Easy to use & Mobile Friendly too...Very use full.

Cons: Sometime it is take Long processing time, Not so Fast.

Marc Andre B.
Project Manager
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 7, 2023

"SmartUse"

Overall: Im happy with the product.

Pros: Mobile acess. Fluidity and accessibility.

Cons: Hard to import plan, not easy to understand.

Alternatives Considered: Procore and ON!Track
Sonia H.
Architect
Architecture & Planning, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 28, 2023

"Smart use for Construction"

Overall: I use it almost daily and appreciate it a lot

Pros: This application regroups all the up to date construction documents

Cons: The fact thet we have to wait a dowlnload link to get the documents

Francis R.
technical director
Construction, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 7, 2021

"Smartuse utilisation"

Overall: Very good product ... all the construction worker of our compagny like it a lot

Pros: - easy to work with - easy to communicate with the team in Montreal - can work offline

Cons: none, we are very satisfied of the Smartuse application, we use it in every project we have and even share it with sucontractor

Kevin S.
Estimator
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"SmartUse for estimating"

Pros: it's very easy to view all the document available for each project

Cons: When you got a lot of annotation, mesure, and line on a plan, the application become very slow

Luciano S.
VP
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 12, 2021

"SmartUse for subcontractor"

Overall: For us it is a temporary solution that help us to give digital access to some information on the field

Pros: Easy to use for field employees. Easy to add documents

Cons: It is limited. We need a "ONE" platform does all solution that communicates between subcontractors and GC and avoids to enter information twice

Reasons for Choosing STACK Build & Operate: The price and that the other solution is not complete either. I wouldn't mind investing in Procore if the solution was complete.
Eric V.
Architectural Coordinator
Architecture & Planning, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 31, 2023

"Smartuse critical in day to day coordination"

Pros: Provides all parties access to relevant documents.

Cons: Documents are not always up to date. Assuming the documents on Smartuse are the most current could leads to mistakes.

Mark M.
E5 electrician
Construction, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 6, 2021

"My thoughts "

Overall: Looking at prints for construction.

Pros: Being able to download software.we work in a lot of dead zones so it helps a lot.

Cons: Kicks me out a lot.kind of makes it a hassle.

Kaseem A.
Project Coordinator
Civil Engineering, 501-1,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 8, 2023

"SmartUse Review"

Overall: I understand the use of smart use with the excel features representation

Pros: it is more easy and understand to use, flexibility to integrate with other features

Cons: Flexible integration with the business process

Nicole S.
Project Manager
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 3, 2021

"Positive"

Pros: easy to use, user friendly, easy to navigate

Cons: sometimes it doesn't work. I have three projects on it and one does not work

Vendor Response

By Stack Construction Technologies on June 4, 2021
Thank you for your review! If you are experiencing any issue, you can always contact our support team. We can gladly help
Jatin B.
Communication system tester
Construction, 501-1,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 8, 2023

"Best Smartuse"

Pros: Really easy to operate.i can also use it on mobile phone

Cons: I am not able to download drawing on my phone.

Charles A.
Project director
Construction, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 25, 2023

"Great tool for small and large businesses"

Overall: Great tool, easy to learn and intuitive. Our younger employees enjoy it very much and it doesn't require a long time to be comfortable with it.

Pros: It is a great tool for creating a ''one-stop-shop'' for construction plans, to which all the critital employees have access for a project in real time. It is also really useful for quantity takeoffs and validation.

Cons: Having to upload each document individually can be a bit counter-productive.

Martine L.
Project Manager
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
2.0
Features
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
6/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 2, 2023

"Alright"

Pros: I like that everything is in one place. The ease of use hinges on someone paying attention to the project and updating it in a timely manner.

Cons: Too many clics required to download items.

Christophe V.
Project Manager
Civil Engineering, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 25, 2023

"Smart use 2023 review sintra"

Overall: very prealing very good product

Pros: Mobility =, the easy accès, the reel time uptdate

Cons: restriction in term of acces to the pepeole not adminstrator

Erica C.
Interior Designer
Architecture & Planning, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
1.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
1.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"Game Changer"

Overall: Great overall experience

Pros: This software makes it very easy to review our construction documents offline while walking around job sites. Its a game changer compared to reviewing the large scale printed set.

Cons: Sometimes the documents dont load properly if the file size is really large

Adam C.
Construction Manager
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
6/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 3, 2023

"Easy to use as a outside user."

Overall: Construction site documentation was made simple

Pros: Access to documents created by others was simple.

Cons: Had a French/English language issue, but that was only in initial set up.

Krishna G.
Project Engineer
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"Good product"

Pros: Easy to use and documents can be easily searched using keywords.

Cons: Nothing really, it works good for me and I am able to find information easily on SmartUse

B.M H.
Electrical Engineer
Industrial Automation, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 28, 2021

"SmartUse for Field Engineer & Desk Jockey"

Overall: it's definitely better than paper copies.

Pros: doc management, keeping revisions, red lines, photos capability, saving mark ups to PDF including photos

Cons: syncing files is more often tedious and finicky.