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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
works FLAWLESSLY
Reviewed on 2016/10/01
I've been using "CLEAR ESTIMATES" for about 6 months. I put very little time into learning how to use this software, (I basically jumped right in) and the estimates get done flawlessly. If I have a question I go to the tutorial videos and they walk me right thru it, and if there's a question I can't find an answer to. (Hasn't happened yet) I can press the question mark at the bottom of the page and there's someone from "Clear Estimates" there to answer. They did quite a job building this software and putting all the videos and webinars together. I should also add, the videos and webinars are free. I started out using a different estimating software, from a well known company. It was a huge headache. There was zero support, No training videos, just a class that was available once every 6 months for $500. They can't hold a candle to "Clear Estimates" last estimating software you'll ever need.
Pros
Professional looking, easy to use. VERY EFFECTIVE
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Jon, thanks for the kind words! We are so glad to have had you on board for the last several months. Happy estimating! - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Overall a good product
Reviewed on 2016/07/20
We have been overall happy with the program. It is really hard to teach someone new how to use it though. We have a new employee and there have been several huge mistakes that have costs our company money in the long run due to over seeing some things.
Pros
Produces estimates fast, great to keep track of jobs, easy to change estimates for customers, cuts down on the time spent on the estimate
Cons
The search function is not great at all. It take a long time and rarely find what you need. The organization of parts seems to not be consistent. Sometimes the removal of things are within the right categories and sometimes they are in a general category. It is very time consuming to have to look in both categories. It does not integrate with quickbooks, which would make sending estimates a lot easier. Right now we have to save to word and then go to email and select the document to send to a customer, very time consuming.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Kim,
Thank you so much for taking the time for writing the review, we really appreciate it and glad you are generally happy with the product.
I'll get in touch with you to hear more about the error you were talking about with your new employee. We're always looking for ways to improve the software so hearing about a problem like that will help us avoid it in the future.
We also do integrate with Quickbooks, so I'll help you work through that.
Jack
Clear Estimates Support
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Wish I had more time to learn to use it to it's fullest potential.
Reviewed on 2020/09/21
Overall satisfied not to difficult just get up and running. Anyone with some knowledge of computers it would be a lot easier to use I'm nor computer friendly.
Pros
I like the updated price list and integration with quickbooks.
Cons
Difficult to locate items wish the template proposals stayed saved with each proposal.
Reasons for Switching to Clear Estimates
Product cost.- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Etimating Software
Reviewed on 2018/10/04
We have easily conquered the estimating cross training, easy access from any computer, built in adjustable pricing., as a result, of saving time estimating, we are seeing increased closing rates
Pros
I switched from Xactremodel about 6 months ago, and as a small growing business, I can much easier train Clear Estimate software to other coworkers, plus it is web based which makes it very convenient for any user to access from a web browser. I was a fairly smooth transition, As Clear Estimates is very easy to use.
In reference to how the estimating function works it is fantastic. I am able to set my labor rates and multiply by fractions of the hour-the ability to manipulate the clean template make its very easy for our customers to read and understand, as a result, I believe my closing rates have increased by roughy 10%.
Cons
I really can not think of anything I do not like. Sorry, but I love Clear Estimates
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Corey! It's great to hear Clear Estimates has become a useful tool for your remodeling company. It is stories like yours that keep us going. We strive to offer an easy to use, functional and valuable tool and are glad you have found it to be so. Keep up the good estimating and let us know if any questions come up! - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Clear Estimates Review
Reviewed on 2016/08/17
I am a long time user and have been using Clear Estimates since the first revision. I am very happy with the updates, modifications made over the years. Customer support is the best of any SW company I have ever done business with!
Pros
Ease of use, able to put estimate together in a modular form. Jack in customer support.
Cons
I would like to better control the boiler plate items.
Response from Clear Estimates
Howard, thank you so much for your support over the years. We're very happy to hear that CE is working well for you. Take care. - The Clear Estimates Team.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Co owner
Reviewed on 2021/01/24
I didnt care for it. It become to time consuming.
Pros
I thought it was easy to use. AAnyone with a pick up truck and a slap on magnet can use it.
Cons
Needs to have trade specific software and Brand pricing.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Overall good estimating software but lacks estimating for larger projects.
Reviewed on 2017/12/06
Pros
Easy to learn and use then customize the quotes.
Does feature pre-built estimate groups for certain projects.
Customer support is great, and after hours questions or concerns are addressed first thing next morning.
Cons
Spend a lot of time adding custom line items.
Prices for planning and permitting are grossly underestimated, planning is about half of what it should be and permitting is a third of what it should be.
Online based so it becomes slow at times when the servers have a lot of users on at the same time.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Time saver software
Reviewed on 2016/07/25
We went from producing our own excel sheets to the Clear Estimates program. What a difference that made in time savings to produce estimate, as well as producing a more accurate estimate.
Pros
There is a huge database of options with fairly accurate starting points for labor estimates. We are "Jacks of all Trades", so it's difficult to estimate labor without these guidelines.
Cons
I need to educate myself more on templates for time savings. I'm looking forward to watching the free Webinars to learn how to set these templates up.
Response from Clear Estimates
Dave, it seems that many of our clients have switched over from excel spreadsheets. We're glad you are finding our software much more helpful and easier to use. Take advantage of those templates! Thanks for your time with us. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Clear Estimates software review from Wes Ballinger.
Reviewed on 2016/07/21
The software works great. The templates are very good, but it is also very easy to customize. I am very happy to have the service.
Pros
The fact that you have gone online is great. Not needing to backup my database is wonderful.
Cons
I really don't have any complaints.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Wes,
Thank you for the review. We strive to provide you with a great estimating tool. When you have success, we do to!
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Professional estimating made easy.
Reviewed on 2017/02/10
Clear Estimates has helped my company write many estimates with ease. A simple drop down menu brings up categories and itemized lists of many things we never considered billing individually for. This has made our proposals look more professional, and has helped close a good amount of projects. I would highly recommend Clear Estimates to anyone looking for a simplified, more professional way to write proposals.
Pros
Easy to use drop down menus.
Itemized job descriptions.
Cons
Would love to see a better way to calculate payments, and send paid in full receipts to customers.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Patrick,
Our team is happy to hear you are writing estimates with ease. Also, thank you for those suggestions, we will take them into account!
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Reviewed on 2016/07/29
Response time to some questions is lengthy. Some functions don't work as easy as you would think. Accessing the drop down box on current customers I challenging, you hit the drop down arrow for the customer list and the list goes away. You have to continue to hit the drop down arrow.
Pros
Easy add change orders and change prices
Cons
Payment schedule sometimes doesn't stay changed when you go back and forth on different job project.
Response from Clear Estimates
Alan, thanks for taking the time to write us a review. Since we are now cloud based, our software is constantly being updated. Look out for a refined customer search feature soon. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Review of software
Reviewed on 2016/07/28
I have recommended you to Residential Services of Tulsa - not sure if they are using your software ****
Pros
Ease of use and easy to train - great access - very little trouble with the functionality - support is very good
Cons
Very little customization in the reports
Response from Clear Estimates
Glad to hear that you have found our simple and easy to use design of the software helpful, Michael. Also, thanks for the feedback in relation to the reports section, it is great to hear about our customer's specific needs. We will dive a bit deeper into this issue, be on the lookout for an email from us. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great software getting better everyday!!!
Reviewed on 2018/08/14
Pretty good for the most part.
Pros
This software is cloud based and pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it. The search engine within the data base is pretty good too. If you have a question you can chat with the folks that actually know what they are talking about. The best software I have used to date.
Cons
I would like to see the search engine get a little better. When searching it seems to give me too much information which is not much better than just searching each section.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Jerry! Thanks for taking the time to write this. We're glad to hear our support staff has been helpful in assisting with any questions or requests. We are actually in the middle of improving our search feature and plan to have something live soon. We think this will be a big help! Thanks again, Jerry. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Clear estimates software
Reviewed on 2017/04/16
I recommend this software to everyone who is any kind of business very easy to use does not need any training
Pros
I have to type anything I just select what I need and all price out labor and materials in the best software
Cons
I do my estimates in five minutes and I am very happy with it and the customer services is very high quality when I ask a question I get the answer right away.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Well put together estimating program.
Reviewed on 2019/08/26
I've been happy with it, the cost is a bit high for the amount of bids that I am currently doing, but I'm sure that will change over time.
Pros
Having not come to the business with an extensive construction background, this program has been very useful is establishing a benchmark for my work bids.
Cons
Learning the terminology...some is not intuitive.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Randy. Thanks for taking the time to write this. It's great to hear Clear Estimates has been helpful, even for someone with limited remodeling estimating experience. As far as terminology goes, please feel free to clarify anything with us. Just send over some terms you are not familiar with to [email protected] and we would be happy to assist. As far as pricing goes, we do offer year-long plans that provide a 20% discount. We also never restrict the number of estimates any of our customers can create, something very helpful for when estimate volume increases! Thanks again. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Nothing more nothing less
Reviewed on 2020/12/01
As we say in New Orleans “Easy Breezy”
Pros
It meets my need 100%. I can store customer info and pull up in field.
Cons
There’s nothing to dislike about it. I knew what I was looking for in an estimating software program and Clear Estimates was the perfect collaboration.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I was having trouble getting to my past files, customer service agent jumped in and responded...
Reviewed on 2017/08/23
One of the nice things is to be able to see materials and labor calculated at the same time and see the mark up as well. Normally you have to do these things separately. These figures are generally on the money. Some one has put a lot of work into this program.
Pros
It's very thorough and professional looking. I'm still learning to use the program. I'm not the most computer savvy. so far I have not lost money with the estimates I have done.
Cons
Sometimes I have trouble finding the topics I need, or have to sort through a lot to find the one I need. I time hope to be faster at that part.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Neal - Thanks for the kind words. We do our best to help our clients through the learning process. When searching for a part, I would recommend using the "search" feature, allowing you to type in key words that relate to a part. This might help save you some time. Material and labor calculation is one of our favorite parts of Clear Estimates. It allows you simply enter the amount of something you need, not worrying about calculations. Please do let us know if any other questions come up! - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Tusk Automation Inc.
Reviewed on 2016/07/23
We've built our own ever expanding library from scratch and its been a really good experience. We've experienced some glitches. We didnt assign code #'s to our custom parts library initially, every time we uploaded a revised .csv file, it duplicated any part that was already used in a project rather than overwriting it. We have since resolved this.
Pros
Web based, works from anywhere, and multiple users can quickly view the same project.
Cons
The need to constantly remember to click "save".
The need to manually look up the next part code # when creating parts manually . It would be great if this was automatic. in some way or if we could assign rules to how it created part code #s.
Response from Clear Estimates
James, thanks for taking the time for a review. I appreciate your feedback. I will take your advice to the drawing board and discuss with my team. - Alex & The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great program, very well supported with attentive customer service...
Reviewed on 2018/02/26
Knowledge and process of pricing in areas we don't work in enough.
Pros
The customer service with this software is awesome! There's a lot of feedback from a "Real" person.
Cons
Well, at the beginning, it needs just a little modification on pricing compared to my company's pricing, but overall I believe that tweaking will yield great benefits and quicker turn around time on estimates. We are keeping one of our accounts because we know it will bring about higher quality estimates and a better overall competitive edge in our industry.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Dane! Thanks for taking the time to write this. We're very pleased to hear our support team has been up to par. Pricing is one of the most important aspects of winning and staying profitable on bids. While we provide pricing, it is always possible to customize to fit the needs of your company. Glad to have you on board, Dane! Let us know if you have any questions. - The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
"Must have estimating software for your business."
Reviewed on 2017/03/02
I Love the products features and flexibility. I used to leave "money on the table". Now my bids are market accurate. My profitability has never been better. Hope to continue winning business with Clear Estimates.
Pros
Accurate market pricing of labor and materials on a regional and national basis.
Cons
Report layout customization could be a bit more flexible .
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Bob,
Thank you for the kind words. We're happy to hear our pricing is accurate for your area and that you're finding our tool flexible and useful. Happy estimating!
- The Clear Estimates Team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Clear estimates review
Reviewed on 2021/03/13
Pros
This program makes estimating jobs much much easier and saves a bunch of time.
Cons
Some of the pricing is inaccurate or not updated to current market pricing.
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Have used for about a year
Reviewed on 2017/02/27
This software is the best I've found for my home remodeling business. The price is fair for what it does. I don't use the pre-populated labor prices. I think every business applies a price they think is right. There are some things you don't have the ability to edit however. For example, the font of text isn't adjustable. Also, the title of the proposal isn't adjustable. I'm sticking with this program because it is the best I have found and hope they improve it in the future.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Joel,
Thank you for the review. We are always trying to better our tool with client feedback, and very much appreciate yours. As far as the font goes, you can edit that by heading up to "Options" > "Report Settings" > "General".
To update the report title, head up to "Options" > "Report Settings" > Choose the report in question > At the bottom you will see "Report Title".
If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]
Hope this helps!
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Good mid level estimator platform
Reviewed on 2020/05/08
Ability to write more accurate estimates instead of "guessing" and ballparking. Estimates look professional instead of the two to three line estimates many contractors provide. Ability to write contracts and get signatures
Pros
Good price point, updates to pricing list based on area you're working, template usage
Cons
No internal calculations to figure out square figure of walls and flooring based on user inputting room dimensions. No ability to attach photos or sketches. Electronic signature ability would be helpful.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Clear Estimates Game Changer
Reviewed on 2017/03/12
I run a small construction company with the estimating program it makes my business look very professional. The proposal print out at the end of the bidding process is very detailed oriented which the customers love. I like everything about it. Quick, easy to work with and very professional.
Pros
It's easy to use.
Cons
Have to add parts on my own for certain jobs this program does not incorporate
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the review. We're happy our proposals increase your professional appearance. Our goal is to help you win bids, when you're doing so, we are happy!
Thanks again,
The Clear Estimates Team
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Home Remodel & Repair Estimating
Reviewed on 2017/02/09
My company is an estimating service whose clients are contractors, home inspectors and homeowners. We do home remodeling and repair estimates that they use to price and figure out costs on their projects. Clear Estimates covers a vast majority of the home remodeling estimating industry with acurate and reliable published costs. The software also makes it easy for you to add your own figures in any format or in any catagory.
One of my favorite components of Clear Estimates which is crucial for my business is that you can adjust your material and labor costs to any part of the country quickly and easily. I would highly recommend Clear Estimates for anyone in the home remodeling industry.
Response from Clear Estimates
Hi Stephen,
We are very happy to hear you have found our pricing to be accurate and reliable. Thanks for the feedback!