If you're shopping for construction management software, you've likely come across Jonas.
The Canadian company has a variety of hospitality and industrial software options, and they offer a couple popular solutions for construction managers: Jonas Enterprise, geared toward contractors, and Jonas Premier, which caters more toward design builders, home builders, and land developers.
Both software options are highly regarded in user reviews in Capterra's software directory, with Enterprise earning four of five stars from 79 reviews, and Premier rated even higher at 4.5 stars from 59 reviews. Reviewers praise its great support, and its ease of use and comprehensiveness.
But while it works for the majority of our reviewers, that doesn't mean it's necessarily right for your business. Perhaps you have needs it can't address, or maybe you've tried it and it's just not your cup of tea.
Fear not, there are plenty of other options out there. Jonas Enterprise and Premier are geared toward small businesses with a need for job costing and project management services—such as contractors or home builders—so we looked for other software options in our job costing software directory that a) have a large number of reviews and b) appear to serve the same purpose.
They are listed below in alphabetical order.
1. BigTime
BigTime's billing and invoicing dashboard
BigTime Software is a time-tracking, billing, and project management software solution that is used by professional firms from a wide range of industries. They have a solution for architecture and engineering that allows firms to track time, expenses, project budgets, project phases, and billing and invoicing.
What reviewers love about this software:
The software is very customizable, allowing customers to mold it to their purposes
Chat support is helpful
You can create custom templates for invoices, as well as detailed reports that can be sorted and filtered
The company offers training and webinars to help you take advantage of all the software's features
What they would like to see improved:
Some users find it difficult to troubleshoot problems that can crop up
The software is not as intuitive as other programs, making the training a necessity
Have you used BigTime? Leave a review!
2. Contractor's Office by PrioSoft
Contractor's Office's cost estimating dashboard
PrioSoft built Contractor's Office with small contractor businesses in mind. A key problem the team attempted to solve is handling repetitive projects without starting over each time. With Contractor's Office, you can create templates that can be used over and over again.
What reviewers love about this software:
The software allows businesses to quickly and accurately create quotes, which is often a time-consuming process
Many users find the software easy to use with a short learning curve
The company has great customer service that responds quickly and works hard to solve issues
Yearly updates are affordable
The company offers training videos that help you use the software more efficiently
What they would like to see improved:
Some users think the software could be more intuitive or user-friendly
Users report crashes and errors, and some complain that while support is good, you need a lot of hand-holding to use the software
Have you used Contractor's Office? Leave a review!
3. Core
Core's accounting dashboard
Like BigTime, Core was created for architects and engineers who want to better manage their projects and improve their billing, time tracking, and accounting processes. Core also allows you to create a wide variety of customizable reports that break down data on your employees and projects.
What reviewers love about this software:
It has an intuitive and well-designed user interface with personalized dashboards
Flexibility allows for a variety of project types
Good analytics
Knowledgable customer support engineers
What they would like to see improved:
Multiple users report that the software is buggy
Too much upselling
Have you used Core? Leave a review!
4. Unanet
A project cost summary created through Unanet
Unanet is aimed at organizations that want to better plan, track, and manage their people and projects. The software's features include expense reports, time sheets, and project management. Unanet claims the software will reduce complexity in internal systems and enable knowledge sharing within and across teams.
What reviewers love about this software:
The software is simple to use, making it easy to keep track of time and resources
It produces simple, visual reports on just about any data you want that can be made in real time
Good customer support and training
Lots of features and functionality
What they would like to see improved:
The software is somewhat confusing to set up and use for some reviewers, who add that the website doesn't offer enough troubleshooting information
It is difficult to customize the reports
Have you used Unanet? Leave a review!
Check out our directory to compare software solutions
There are many other options for you to choose from in our construction management software directory. Currently, we list a total of 375 solutions, and you can filter them all based on what features they offer, how many people would need to use the software, and other criteria to help you make the best choice for your company.
If there's an option you think deserves mentioning on this list, please let us know in the comments below.