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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Benchmark Estimating Software ## What is Benchmark Estimating Software? Your complete front-end business solution including estimating, quoting, marketing, progress claims (valuations), variations, project reporting and job costing. Designed to suit varying requirements, specifications and operating environments across a wide spectrum of industries in both the public and private sectors. Delivering for Asphalt, Civil Contractors, Landscaping, Local Government, Rail, Road Authorities, Telecommunications and many more clients across the globe. ## What is Benchmark Estimating Software used for? [Construction Estimating](https://www.capterra.com/construction-estimating-software/)[Subcontractor](https://www.capterra.com/subcontractor-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 16 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price A$1000 One Time Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Benchmark Estimating Software?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.benchmarkestimating.com&name=Benchmark Estimating Software) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Benchmark Estimating Software 4.3 (16) VS. [4.5 (821)](https://www.capterra.com/p/166113/Contractor-Foreman/reviews/) Starting Price A$1000 One Time Starting Price $49 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.9 (16) Ease Of Use 4.3 (821) Value For Money 4.2 (14) Value For Money 4.6 (761) Customer Service 4.3 (16) Customer Service 4.5 (779) ## Benchmark Estimating Software alternatives [4.5 (1,373)](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/reviews/) Starting price $2599.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.6 (1,456)](https://www.capterra.com/p/127994/Jobber/reviews/) Starting price $39.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.2 (304)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151681/RSMeans/reviews/) Starting price $2268.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 85% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.6 (183)](https://www.capterra.com/p/173135/buildXACT/reviews/) Starting price $199.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/72688/Benchmark-Estimating-Software/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Cost Database 4.8 (4) 75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Collection of data related to the costs associated with various items, products, services, or activities Historical Database 4.0 (4) 75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Archive of job costs for similar projects Proposal Generation 3.3 (4) 50.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create proposals based on costs of labor and materials Reporting/Analytics 4.5 (4) 100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Audit Trail 4.0 (3) 66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Subcontractor Management 4.3 (3) 66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track information, qualifications, and contact details of subcontractors Benchmark Estimating Software 13 features Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Collection of data related to the costs associated with various items, products, services, or activities Forecast the cost and resources required to complete a project Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals Archive of job costs for similar projects Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments Create proposals based on costs of labor and materials View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Track information, qualifications, and contact details of subcontractors Measure digital plans to calculate labor and materials needed Provides varying estimates based on different scenarios Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.4 (14) 4.4 Based on 14 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.2 (14) Free Trial Basic A$1,000 One Time Value for money 4.2 (14) 4.2 Based on 14 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.3 (16) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.3 (16) 4.3 Based on 16 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.3 Based on 16 reviews Filter by rating 5(9) 4(4) 3(1) 2(2) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent JK Joel K. Estimating System Lead Utilities ### "BES review" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 October 17, 2024 Pros Software is easy to use and having the ability to build templates & reports allows to efficiencies Cons You are unable to lock certain items from being edited & also unable to mass update any changes to custom fields Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor October 24, 2024 Hi Joel, Thanks for your feedback! We're glad you find the software easy to use and effective for building templates and reports. We appreciate your suggestions on locking terms and mass updates, and we'll share them with our team. Kind regards, Amelia Digital Marketing Manager, Benchmark Estimating JB Jeffrey B. Senior Manager Estimating Insights Government Administration ### "Estimating Insights" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 September 18, 2024 Pretty good, changes to personnel had it challenges. Pros Suitability to cater for different quantities and different regions Cons Login can be problematic sometimes with no reason. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Needed more accurate Benchmarking and analytics Alternatives considered [RIB CostX](https://www.capterra.com/p/75416/CostX/) Reasons for choosing Benchmark Estimating Software Benchmark is set up for TfNSW Estimating systems Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 19, 2024 Hi Jeffrey, Thank you for your feedback and for choosing Benchmark Estimating Software! We're glad to hear our product is helping you with TfNSW Estimating systems and providing more accurate benchmarking and analytics. We appreciate you flagging the occasional login issue and will look into it. If you experience any further problems, our support team is always here to help! Amelia SM Sandeep M. Sr. Estimator Civil Engineering ### "Reliable cost estimating solution with Carbon calculation" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 12, 2024 It is very user friendly. If you have any query, support staff is very knowledgeable to solve your issue immediately. Pros You can compare quotes and estimate from different suppliers from different region easily. Cons We can't paste the calculations for the similar variable for different items in calculation box at the same time Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. NB Nick B. Senior Estimator Civil Engineering ### "Benchmark sets the benchmark in Estimating Software" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 26, 2022 With Benchmark we are able to produce estimates from sectors we previously were not able to, meaning we can scale our business because of the flexibility with benchmark. Pros Integrating into our business was a given as we needed a robust system. The feature like variable and production rates are great. The libraries are easy to manage and build upon. Routines are a fantastic tool for any business. The latest calculator is very powerful. The project Comparator is a great innovation to be able to compare estimates from one design phase to the next, or to be able to compare a quote/tender from the market against your estimate. Cons There were some features early on when we started with Benchmark, but true to their word the development team have been able to expand upon. Integration into our accounting package would be a benefit, but not essential. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HR Haseeb R. Estimator Construction ### "Average product with the worst customer support of any product or service on the planet" 2.0 Overall Rating 2.0 2.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 October 17, 2021 Wish we picked another software. Pros Auto allocate, library, shortcuts, cloud access is convenient. Cons Customer support is the worst, even when there are bugs with their own software. Some of the processes are more complicated than needed. Being hosted on the cloud means you can't access your filesystem easily. The whole software is a blackbox where you don't know how/why it does certain things, and some features will be locked for no reason. Eg there is a Custom Reports feature but its severely dumbed down where you can't export every field that you need. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JAZE P. System Administrator Architecture & Planning ### "Benchmark Estimating Software (My Point Of View)" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 14, 2021 It's a great quotation generator, it comes with a "progress claims" feature which I have come to love and it is a flexible software that allows me to import some of my most important spreadsheet templates with ease. Pros Out of the 3 versions that were available, (Lite/Professional/Corporate) the Pro series was significant for my needs. It caters for a multitude of businesses that I run so that was a huge bonus for me. I have to say that the support I got from the Benchmark team was beneficial to such an extent, that I became way more confident with my ability to use the software in a short span of time. Kudos to them for that. Cons It is a bit of an uphill battle to get acquainted with the user interface if you've never dealt with software like this before, and that was were I was coming from. Reasons for choosing Benchmark Estimating Software I had never heard of this software before until one of my work colleagues from a company I used to work for suggested it to me. I gave it a shot and haven't looked back ever since. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. CV Chris v. Project Manager / Estimator Civil Engineering ### "Benchmark Estimating in Use" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 17, 2018 Very pleased with what we achieve, using the program. Make submissions so much easier. Pros All tenders/quote and progress claim in one. Track costs of every project. With good data base, it just get easier. Cons Not interfacing with other take-off programs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Zachary O. Project Manager Construction ### "Tons of Features" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 October 16, 2018 Pros Features. Benchmark has tons of features. It can be overwhelming, but an investment well worth the time. Cons Complicated. It can be a bite complicated. It does take time to set up. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. CV Chris v. Project Manager/ Estimator Construction ### "Benchmark Estimating" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 11, 2017 I have used a few estimating programs. Benchmark is definitely the best to use. Easy setup and change as you want to change things along the way. Would like to work and see how to utilise the program in full, with a entity that really uses the program to it's full potential. Pros User friendly. Easy to setup and build as you progress. Cons The excel reports is sometimes not very "edit" friendly Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EP Enrique P. ### "Great to ensure consistency across multiple users" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 8, 2017 I find this software great for multi-user operating in an enterprise environment. The resources library makes updating prices easy and ensures consistency of pricing across the organization. The items library stores all our standard jobs in a clean and tidy place and it's fantastic for recurrent estimates. Pros The libraries structure. Easy to use Good customer support Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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