Newforma Reviews & Product Details

What I like best about Newforma Project Center is how it centralizes project information and communication in one place. The ability to connect emails, files, and project records creates a single source of truth, which is critical in a fast-paced, multi-discipline environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the biggest frustrations is that the system can feel clunky and not very intuitive, especially for new users. It requires a fair amount of training to understand how everything connects, and even then, some workflows are not as streamlined as they could be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Newforma Project Center for managing RFIs, Submittals, and overall project management. It’s a huge time saver, especially for compiling information requests in IT. I like how the RFI and Submittals management feature works well between AEC companies, and the 365 connector is a standout aspect. It makes processes smooth for our CA department and helps us manage our file system, which is important for us. I think what they do, they do the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reporting and notifications could be matured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love using Newforma Project Center for its search feature, which makes it easier to find emails and project files quickly. It's really helpful for filing emails, handling submittals, and searching through information. I love the product overall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Outlook add-in constantly gets disabled, leading to auto sync issues, which makes me redo the user's profile. Also, the HTML5 add-in has login and error issues, requiring server reboots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability it has to do as much as you allow it to do Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is clunky to new users. The usage is all up to the user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, easy to train others, easy to fix mistakes above all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can be slow or clunky at times, but not always Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Newforma Project Center puts all the information at my fingertips and allows me to see item history universally across project teams. This feature helps me because I don’t have to rely on one person's mailbox, and I always have the appropriate versions of documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Server speed is an issue. It's slow with the number of projects we have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Newforma Konekt's strong search capability and its ability to associate project-related emails. The CA tools for RFIs and Submittals are the most commonly used items, and their ability to be shared with external team members who do not have a Newforma license is really beneficial. The search everything tool allows looking for digital project-related items through one platform, including email, documents of all sorts like PDFs, Word, Excel files, AutoCAD files, and more, with a viewer for almost all document types. It also facilitates organized tracking of RFIs and submittals from original submission to closeout. Switching from Newforma Project Center to Konekt when we went entirely to cloud-based data storage was a smooth process. Konekt was remarkably easy to set up and get started; migrating 1000+ projects from NPC to Konekt had very few hiccups, and it is simpler to manage than NPC. I also find the improved processes, like filing project-related email, to be really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Newforma Konekt is constantly being improved and new features are released, but not all of the features from Newforma Project Center are available yet. I would like to see the addition of the teams and meetings feature similar to Newforma Project Center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Intuitive user interface. My company rolled this software out to us about a year ago and I have been the one responsible for implementation and training within my department which means I use it nearly every day for one reason or another. Like all new software, there is a bit of a learning curve, but for the most part basic navigation in the Project Center and the Outlook Add-In are very simple and easy to use. Though this is an incentivized review, that has in no way affected the content. I am a huge fan of Newforma and already do recommend it to those I know. Lori and the support team have always been incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, and quick to respond. On top of that, there is a very extensive library of guides and how-tos that often answer my questions before needing to contact support. There are many features I haven't gotten to use much yet, but the Action Items, Meeting Minutes, and InfoExchange have been a huge time-saver for our group. There seem to be multiple ways to do almost everything in the Project Center which is really useful to get all users on board with whichever way is easier for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a general user, my team's biggest struggle has I think come from the implementation with our system. I'm told this isn't a problem with 64-bit, but my outlook 32-bit has caused NPC to crash a number of times. It's been really frustrating that the HTML5 add-in has had such limited functionality compared to the old COM add-in though thankfully some of this functionality was restored with the latest version release. I also really dislike the way email filing is processed. Not sure if this is for us specifically or just how Newforma does things, but it files for one user at a time ordered alphabetically. The problem comes when one user has an error (in my case is typically due to project number or linked folder changes) that causes the the file processing to crash, it will restart back at the top of the list then crash again when it hits the same user if the error hasn't been resolved. This has lead to many instances of employee emails not getting filed for days until someone notices and corrects the problem. I really wish there were a way for the auto-file to skip the individual user who is causing the crash so the remaining users don't see a delay in processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Newforma Project Center has everything all in one place and is easy to use, which means I don't need to manually save or go to different locations. I also appreciate the email filing feature, which is very helpful. The initial setup was very easy as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I encounter error codes and download issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use for RFIs and Submittals review Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes hard to read timeline of users comments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.