Monograph Reviews & Product Details

The overall interface is very easy to navigate. Our office has opted to use the Grow subscription, which has a large number of features that we are actually using. There doesn't look to be extra "bells and whistles" just to present as additional features, they are actually applicable to our firm's everyday operations. Our firm has transitioned from a previous ERP software that was very cumbersome to operate, and in the 3 months that we have been utilizing the software, it has outperformed the previous software we had for 2 years. Our office can quickly assign, view, and review all aspects of our workload, which has been a crucial aspect to allow us to take on more work and keep it organized. The integrations with QuickBooks Online has allowed our principals to get a comprehensive visual picture of the firm's financial performance without the need to switch between programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While navigations is fairly intuitive, there are portions that can become slightly off-putting. For example, the need to go back and forth between different tabs can occur from time to time when scheduling new projects. There tends to be some slight difficulty in returning to the exact view previously shown if filters were set. Additionally, our office has a preference to review tangible prints and paper for certain things. As monograph is predominantly a digital tool, our scheduling meetings, and any impromptu project detail meetings now requires us to incorporate the use of the program on a shared screen, or in a conference room, rather than quickly at a desk. The ability to export some of the information would be helpful in these situtations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What is most helpful in Monograph is the ease in which you can set up a project. Their customer support is good as they always have tried to remedy any issues in a timely manner. Their product is adjustable in terms of how it looks more than other products of the same type. Transferring our data from the previous system to this one was pretty straight forward and was explained well. Help was always a call or an online chat away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the invoice customizing could be a little better but is still better than it's competitors. Right now there is no way to change the employee billing rates on a specific project if your project spans enough time where they would have changed. (multi year project). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can make a decision about micro bits of information related to future phases. Monograph integrates really well with QuickBooks online, which we work completely, exhaustively with. It gives me real-time evidence of how labor relates to contracts and fees and billing, allowing me to plan better for future projects and determine gaps in financial planning, team performance, and dynamics. The onboarding support from Malik has been wonderful and really, really helpful, tirelessly helping us onboard and answering complex questions both on a strategic macro scale and data entry micro scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that you can't turn the colors off; maybe I should just pick one and make all the projects the same color. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its pretty user friendly - its easy to create new projects, manage invoices/billing, assign employees to tasks/projects. It's really great at tracking both past and future hours. The staffing feature showing how busy everyone will be for the next weeks/months is really helpful for assigning future work. When we switched timekeeping software it was pretty smooth, our employees didn't have difficulty adjusting to the new software. Tracking expenses is really easy too. There is lots to love about Monograph. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's limited in some features. It doesn't allow you to export any of the data as PDF unless its an invoice. We had to get a custom payroll report to track our billable vs overhead hours (which was great they were able to do that for us) but again limited feature usage. A big annoyance is Monograph doesn't let you back date rate change. Often billable rates are scheduled to change on a specific day but they are negotiated after that day has passed. Monograph doesn't have a feature to let you go and back date all those hours to the new rate, you have to do it manually and it's soooo frustrating. It makes invoicing such a pain. We've also been with them for less than a year and they already added a new feature with a paywall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the simplicity of the user interface of Monograph. The all-inclusive features really help us run a good portion of our business without having to subscribe to several different pieces of software and figuring out how to integrate them. Monograph pulls all the data into one place at a reasonable price, which is quite beneficial for our business operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think some of the reporting needs to be refined a little bit for accounting and operations purposes. Some of the way the phases work and services in our company don't have a way to clearly define services as part of phases. We have to create our phases and rename them as services, which is probably our biggest hang-up. This is so it can flow through into invoicing. Also, Monograph doesn't link out to too much else outside of it yet, except for QuickBooks. Tasking can be improved and decoupled from milestones/deliverables. This includes where the tasks can be created from in the software and how we monitor the status of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful thing for our architecture business is that all of the costs and revenue are in one place. It makes our business more transparent to everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For me, as the accountant, I have trouble getting some things into quickbooks online. Sometimes I can't figure out why easily and don't feel that i have anyone that I pick up the phone and call.

Implementation was also a struggle. We probably went a little slower than most and Monographs timeline is their timeline and it didn't feel like there was any wiggle room. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Monograph provides a solid picture of team staffing, showing who is available and who is overstaffed. It gives clarity on how many hours are being spent on a project, helping us recognize where we need to charge more or be more efficient. I also appreciate the invoicing and financial forecasting features, which give us clarity on when to bill and what to bill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't feel Monograph is a good tool for viewing work that needs to be done. There's no option for charts that my boss can write notes on, and there's a need for printouts to be incorporated for older generations. For invoicing, there should be a full project overview page that can be exported to Excel showing the status of all projects. I sometimes wish there were separate tabs for active projects and proposed projects. Tracking outsourced work lacks too - we're paying for an additional Monograph account, and people have to log in to track that time, which is not ideal. I find it much easier to visualize things using Microsoft Tasks than in Monograph. It took a long time to get the hang of Monograph, and we're still modifying things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Monograph integrates time tracking, billing, and project planning into one platform. I also like that it has a visual display of information to help understand projects at a glance. I like that Monograph is a single platform that I, as a leader, can work with, my team can work with, and that clients can view. It makes it a one-stop shop for projects from start to finish, from planning to billing, and to look at for historical data in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monograph is designed for very traditional architectural processes, and it doesn't always work quite as well for one-off instances like when we're doing interior design invoices for the cost of goods sold. It took some time to initially set up, as we needed to wait about a year for projects to be fully absorbed into Monograph. We started with many projects that were in the middle, and switching over was a little tricky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how Monograph makes it easy to pull all costs together to produce an invoice for our clients on a monthly basis. The invoicing system is great because it allows one place per project to review all the costs in an easy-to-review format, which helps me create a clear and concise invoice. Additionally, once you have an understanding of how you want your time and costs tracked, the initial setup is a breeze. I also enjoy the fluidity of Monograph and the ability to review and adjust or move costs around to ensure cleaner invoicing for the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like it if some of the reporting aspects could be improved. There is a lot of data in the system and there should be a way to extract that information in a customizable format. Custom report creation would be awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoy the accessibility to multiple projects in one space and the simplicity of expenses for reimbursements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I work in the AR/AP department. I utilize invoicing a great deal. One of the issues I am having comes from attaching expenses to a phase. In our proposals we have separate expense line items per specialty to ensure we stay in budget for each of them. I can create expense phases for our subs but when our firm enters expenses it gets lumped together in a total amount. It would be really helpful if the expenses could be attached to their own phase per specialty Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.