Buildr Reviews & Product Details

I like Buildr's clean, usable interface. I appreciate that it tracks my project budgets throughout a design life-cycle and makes it easy to draw upon those past and current budgets. The initial setup of an account and getting started as a new user is very easy and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few small improvements that could be made to the estimating tool that would make a big impact on its usability and efficiencies. Some things that could help a lot include: some export or reporting feature of all VE/Change items within an estimate, ability to add a line item number or something similar to control the order in which line items appear within a single cost code, ability to show the sum of each CSI division or cost code as a $/SF against the overall building GSF, and ability to customize the Milestone Reports before creating the report. Customizing things such as titles, adding cost/SF or other metrics to the report would be beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The pros for me are that it is easy to setup and use, collaborative, leads vs projects (opportunities), workforce planner, unlimited views with useful filters, custom fields, and the integration with Procore. We haven't had a chance to use the forecast, budget, and cost modeling feature due to a limitation on our end, but once we adopt the new accounting software and update our CSI Master cost code list. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest drawback for me is that there isn’t a good way to track re-bids or projects that are bid more than once. We do a lot of preliminary pricing, and it typically involves more than one round of pricing, so it’s hard to keep everything organized and easy to follow. The reporting feature could also use some much-needed improvement, especially to give us more control over formatting and to make dashboard creation more flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The BUILDR customer support team is great. We use BUILDR daily to manage LEADS, Workforce, and Projects all of these functions helped to streamline our processes. The implementation and integration were an easy roll out through the company. The interface is easy to use. It's hard to put all of the benefits into 40 words or less. I typically have BUILDR constantly up in my browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some o analytics are difficult to keep accurate. Extrapolating cost models or budget comparisons from the system in a client viewable form would be a great feature. Filtering to create specific reports, views, functions can be a bit cumbersome and difficult to figure out. It's hard to tell where BUILDR is connecting the dots for certain relationships between functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Buildr has one of the easiest user interfaces of CRM's I have ever used. I have helped implement 4 CRM's in my time, and this also had the quickest setup time. I love that every piece of data can be edited and that there is a change history, so you know when and what was changed and who changed it. The Buildr team is also great at listening to what we need and pushing it into development if it makes sense overall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few quirks, for example when you are scrolling through a calendar it jumps up and down which makes it a little difficult to quickly go through months. Not having availability of filters on every view, for example, on the utilization page it would be ideal to be able to hide any projects not currently active without having to delete the workforce role, because it would be great to have those dates to look at in the future when we refer back to the project. I know there is a way to do this in a different view, but for our workflow, we want to see utilization categorized by person so we can see what all they have going on as opposed to seeing it by project which doesn't give us the full story of how the person is utilized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Buildr has been a valuable tool for our team and has helped streamline project organization and internal communication. The platform provides clear visibility into project information, documents, and workflows, which makes coordination between departments much more efficient. As a general contractor, having centralized access to up-to-date project data has improved accountability and reduced delays caused by miscommunication. Overall, Buildr has supported smoother project execution and has become a reliable part of our daily operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area for improvement is that some features are not always immediately intuitive for new users and may require additional training or onboarding time to fully utilize the platform’s capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We’ve had a great experience using BUILDR on our projects. The contacts feature makes it easy to keep our subcontractors, vendors, and team organized in one place, and the commitments tool has been especially helpful for tracking scopes and staying on top of who is responsible for what. It’s a straightforward platform that keeps our jobs organized and our team aligned from start to finish. Overall, BUILDR has been a solid tool for managing our projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While BUILDR has been helpful overall, there are a few areas that could improve. Some workflows take a few extra clicks compared to other platforms, and certain fields aren’t as customizable as we’d like for unique project setups. The mobile experience can feel limited when trying to review or update detailed information in the field. We’ve also noticed that reporting and exports sometimes require manual adjustments after pulling data. Integrations with other software could be more robust to reduce double entry. None of these are deal breakers, but refining usability, customization, and reporting would make the platform even more efficient for day-to-day project management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really enjoy having all the contacts in one place and the ability to sort them between architects, engineers, and developers. I also appreciate being able to create a list of tasks to follow up with clients. Buildr helps by giving us reminders for tasks that are coming up due and helps us keep track of our bids, including our win and loss ratio. The setup was quite easy; all we had to do was log on and go through the tutorial, which made it very easy to start using. Builder just seemed better to put it all together in one place compared to tracking clients in an Excel format and using Teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not have any dislikes at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Buildr is pretty customizable, allowing us to add custom fields. I also appreciate that the product team and support team have taken our use cases and suggestions and actually implemented them, which was a huge help. Additionally, the initial setup was pretty easy and straightforward—the import tool works great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think there are some limited capabilities with the API and we have found that we've had to request for certain things, not every column or data point is retrievable. The reporting capabilities could also be improved - allowing us to make our dashboard customizable or even having charts and graphs. The forecasting tool could also be improved - having to close the prior period isn't necessarily how every GC operates so it is a little difficult when maintaining the forecast and the prime contracts as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to use. Most of the processes within Buildr make sense from a general contractor perspective. They've done the work to understand how general contractors see things and process information, and have streamlined the workflows so it feels very familiar to me. The customer service team was very helpful and got information uploaded very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes software or items might be released a little bit too early. While they continue to improve and eventually become amazing and really useful, maybe withholding the release of software until it's fully integrated and the best version it could be would be helpful. Having a testing pool of general contractors that gives feedback before things are released to everybody else would help a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Buildr for its convenience. It's just nice to have all the information in one place. I don't have to go bouncing around, referencing spreadsheets, or contact lists on separate platforms. It's all right there. Ready to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find it difficult to differentiate between what is considered a task and what is a lead in Buildr. It's a bit of a gray area, especially when it comes to setting up meetings to discuss with potential clients or just maintaining contact. It would be helpful to have a more defined distinction or a completely separate option for just keeping in touch with contacts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.