Archdesk

Avantages

We looked at so many products that would fit our business and kept hitting dead ends. Then we found Archdesk and one of the key things for me was it's easy to use interface. I had confidence straight away in training current and future staff to use it with it's current and 'app' like approach. It's fully customisable and the support staff are very quick to respond to our queries. This is essential for a young business like ours that needs help putting systems in place to help us go to the next level. Every body within the company uses it now and the processes make it so easy for everyone to see what the next step is for each project. From enquiry to estimating and all the way through to project cost analysis.

Inconvénients

It's hard to say anything negative really. Occasionally there is a minor glitch in the system presumably because they are making constant improvements. These are always dealt with quickly.

Avantages

Easy to configure changes and get the system up and running.
System looks good and is easy to use.

Inconvénients

The layout on some of the screens cannot be amended/shrunk, which means you cannot fully customise your view to how you want it.

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Avantages

I like that is it fairly user friendly, and that it hold the data for projects in one place and allows everyone to update.

Inconvénients

I feel like it falls flat on a lot of features, we were promised integration with Sage when sold this software, but this never fully happened. It can be a bit long winded to update, and it creates a lot of double entry for us. I feel like it was sold as a great solution however it feels quite mediocre.

Avantages

Scheduling and budgeting is a huge part of what we like about the software.

Inconvénients

The link up with Sage is the weak point of the software, it has improved but could still do with more work. Would be good if we could make are invoices abit more bespoke as well.

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Avantages

I like that everything for each project is in one place. All members are able to view all of the critical information for their role, we dont have to do any double entry or input into multiple CRM systems / folders.

Inconvénients

There isnt much to say here the only thing I can think of is that you can only put one overall price in for a job and in construction, there can be many possibilities for costs, so to be able to put a few lines under contract price would be great.

Avantages

Archdesk has become a reliable system of communication and project information storage on projects when you have teams across multiple sites.

Inconvénients

Archdesk is not always intuitive and is not easy to roll out to wide teams initially. Training documentation can be off putting.

Avantages

Task management and workflow management, it easy to know what everybody in the team is working on

Inconvénients

No function for estimating, for this to be a truly integrated system for us we would need a bolt-on estimating module similar to what Esti-mate, conquest, causeways and Evaluate offer. Without this Archdesk are only offering a partial solution to cost management

Avantages

Possibility to customize workflows and create your own solutions for many different processes.Customizable templates

Inconvénients

As heavy solution it may cause someTrouble for users to used to it. It requires more trainings and overall feedback from our users is that it is hard to work with it when it is not on daily basis.

Avantages

I feel once everyone is familiar with the software it will be a real positive for the company

Inconvénients

Very close implementation stage, however I feel we probably had more of a set up in place than most and have requested a lot from arch desk, they have always tried to deliver and cater for our needs

Avantages

It has great potential to be an excellent tool

Inconvénients

It's very clunky to use - difficult to onboard to the company

Avantages

Create projects.Manage projectInvoicingEstimating

Inconvénients

It take too long to save a process sometimes.

Avantages

it is easy to see how much has been invoiced and cost in each of the projects. A basic level of knowledge is required, but this is overcome in a short time.

Inconvénients

It takes too long to load pages, and it glitches when requesting to download POs.

Avantages

We like how easy it is to use and tracks all of our projects in one place. It is a brilliant software to visually see where you are on every job in a snapshot.

Inconvénients

The document managment can be improved as it is not very user friendly. Also how you switch back between pages is quite hard to do.

Avantages

The financial dashboards give a good clear insight into how the spending on a project is going and in doing so helps to manage budgets and maximise profit

Inconvénients

some features are generic for all companies and have made some processes less straight forward than we had previously used

Avantages

The team who have educated and build it around the businesses needs have been brilliant to date

Inconvénients

id like greater function with editing the plan on the app, however, that isn't my main function for it.

Avantages

The interface and simplicity of the system is concise and it allows all users to quickly pick up how the system works with minimum effort. The dashboard layout is fantastic as you can customise what information you want to see in real time without having to wait an age with older systems to download into a spreadsheet.

Inconvénients

Generally everything that the system offers is great. As the software develops there is always ongoing improvements which is going to be beneficial including general tweaking with existing items.

Avantages

All our contract information can be kept in one place, and is easily accessed from site by Managers. Also quick and easy for sharing files with clients and sending our Purchase Orders to Suppliers

Inconvénients

Can't flick easily between say quotes and files, you need to finish and save the quote before leaving it and being able to open other items.

Avantages

There is a couple of things that are really good on this software one being the live projects map so you can see where all your current jobs are located. Also, the process page is brilliant to see where the job is at whenever needed!

Inconvénients

My least favorite thing is how difficult it is to edit the stock list, once it is uploaded once it is very difficult to change especially when you have many items on your stock list where many things change on it monthly!

Avantages

I am struggling to write anything positive about the system and can only say that the people are polite.

Inconvénients

Archdesk is incredibly clunky, and inaccurate. It increases the duplication of administrative processes and worryingly it requires users to maintain documents outside the program, such as spreadsheets, to keep track of work. Of more concern is that the system fails in basic auditing and compliance. Staff were able to delete documents and evidence from the system without the Compliance Director being informed. With Grenfell being at the forefront of the digital revolution within the Construction Industry the accurate recording of works and data is absolutely vital.
Our Finance department loathes the system due the incredibly poor integration with Xero and inaccuracies the system causes.

Avantages

The estimating and invoice process work seamlessly. There is also a great program and scheduling section that again works nicely with the whole system.Relatively simple to use and the support system is great.

Inconvénients

The system could benefit from proof of document and invoices sent to clients plus automatic client reminders.

Avantages

Preventive maintenace dashboardsDaily equipment status Costing

Inconvénients

Some of the content editing( not all are editable )

Avantages

Archdesk is helping our team to plan efficiently and execute projects that deliver results on time. It's easy to use and flexible. This system is developing and adjusting to meet our expectations. Powerful productivity features, customizable workflows, personalized​ dashboards and what is most important for me transparent quotations for our Clients and cost tracking on the projects!

At this stage, I'm not able to imagine how the company will work without having this ERP system in place.

Inconvénients

It is really hard to say, hence the Team is constantly improving and delivering new system functions. Support Team is very efficient and I'm confident that will provide a ​solution to any query Client may have at the earliest convenience​.

Avantages

I'm filling I have full time assistant. I can dedicate task to others. I have history of our projects. I have financial assistant. My clients very happy to see progress and know what is happened in they homes.

Inconvénients

In my opinion mobile side of the program needs improvement. I would like also have ability to print program of the works in easier way.

Avantages

Customized screens are very effective. I easily created all my screens very easily. And also other team members joined and used this software very easily.

Inconvénients

UX needs to be more friendly, however not such a big deal !

Avantages

Obviously, it's impossible to find a software to meets ALL your organization needs, but what makes Archdesk great is that it's extremely customizable, and there's so many people using it, that it's always evolving and growing. It's not stagnant in any way so that even if something isn't currently offered, there's a high chance for a solution in the near future . My favorite feature is for sure the dashboards available. Great help in our company!!!