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Groups, being able to change specs of wire for instance, also add things in the estimating part of the software.

none. they keep making upgrades. Keep it coming.

The take-off process (auto-count) and time saving are definitely the best features of the product but there are several others that make the product worthwhile.
1. Covering additional expenditures like overhead and waste is wonderful.
2. Ability to apply difficulty levels is nice.
3. Ability to export BOM saves time.

Here are few items that take away from the software but the techies at Esticom are very responsive so perhaps some of these can be improved on future updates.
1. Within the take-off process, it would be terrific if I could copy and paste take-off items and paste them to other groups. It's nice to be able to duplicate the take-off within the group but sometimes you just need specific items within other and not the whole group duplicated.
2. Not a big deal but it would be good if any quantities applied to take-offs within the 'estimating' phase could show up on the take-off phase to avoid confusion.
3. This has been mentioned by others but, it would be great to be able to customize the export bid PDF. Simple customizations to font and letterhead would be useful.
4. It would be nice to be able to copy the selected area of a legend or symbols and copy them other drawings. I see that there is a legend feature on the right side of the options on the take-off page but it doesn't seem to do anything but show a 'legend' word.
5. It would be great to be able to create a new 'group' within the take-off page without going to the estimating page. I know you can duplicate a take-off group but again, sometimes you don't want all the same items from other take-off items.
6. It would be nice to have the ability to multi-select items that you want to delete or copy.

The ease of learning it and using the system

Material needs to entered and labeled better

The software is easy to use. As features are added, it becomes more and more useful. The fact that your customer and existing catalog data base can be uploaded to give it a tremendous value.

There are still some issues with the way it rounds and displays some of the cost information, but customer support has been working with me on that.

Esticom is very user friendly and easy to use.

There are not many icons for the fire protection industry I work in. This makes it difficult when creating mocked up drawings for the customer.

Ease of use-the software is very user friendly

I would like to be able to add shipping as extra at the bottom similar to sales tax-we order a lot of fixtures that require shipping and customer likes t see it broken out

I like the customer service based on the times i had called.

Not many features compared to other estimating software.

This software is easy to use. We have the ability to add items and organize them. We are able to integrate the information entered into this software into our project management software which reduces the need for time consuming processes of moving information between softwares.

We would like this software to include the ability to show reports of the information from proposals entered based on date entered etc... We would like to be able to delete default items from the software for trades not related to ours. We are otherwise totally satisfied with this software.

Its super simple and makes life a whole lot easier to bid these big jobs!

I couldn't really find much that's to horrible about the product... Had many products already and some stuff just needed to be added which was super simple!

Auto Search is amazing. You can select exactly what to search for and it actually works. You can turn off and on your takeoffs. After marking up your blueprints you can save the takeoff and print it for use in the field without having to hunt for everything all over again.

Can't merge pages of a floor yet to see the big picture.
They don't have a takeoff template or a way of reusing what you have created already for new projects.

This software is great for weekly use for when I need to do quality takeoff

sometimes when using this software to do bid management it can be confusing

Ease of use. Feature friendly. Estimating tool is great.

Wish there were more options in takeoffs to add numbers for drops.

What I liked the most about Esticom is how easy it is to measure blueprints and download them with legends. It works very well with the mouse, and it is web based so I could access it anywhere.

What I liked the least about Esticom is that it is missing important features and they are charging way too much for the platform. Please add templates, stages and Excel options!

I like most about the software, that i was catered to my specialties which is fire alarm and security. In addition to making edits on the drawings and downloading a PDF document with the changes.

The least favorable thing i feel on the software is not being able to delete all drawings at one time instead of one at a time.

The software is very easy to use and accessible anywhere with internet.

Electrical components prices are off making it difficult to in smaller projects.

I honestly like everything about the software, especially the customer support I received from rep. It is a power program that makes estimating very easy, which gives me spare time to find new projects and study new technologies!

The only thing I do not like is when changes are made to the software and its a bit of a surprise. I would like an email in advance explaining the changes. It would also be nice to be able to export the quotes in various formats.

The ease of the calculating the quantities for materials and labor.

Input of all our materials and adding each designated labor amount. Getting used to the format of Additional Notes section - with copying and paste from other quotes.

I really like the ease of importing plans, the scaling feature, and layers. The job proposal feature is also very useful.

The catalog of fire alarm devices and components leaves a little to be desired for my purposes, but there are ways around this. Also, when I signed up for the software, one marketing point was that the catalog of devices had pricing. I found out after signing up that this feature had been removed due to the range of prices varying too much regionally.