Premier

Prime Construction Software

Comments: On the whole, you can do interesting things with premier

Pros:

For construction projects, Premier is what you need, with features like accounting management, custom report editing

Cons:

Adaptation can be challenging if you are not familliar.

Alternatives Considered: Ayoa

Switched From: Ayoa

Great Software

Comments: The experience so far has been great, it took a little longer to implement and train employees on the program than anticipated but now that we are up and running we are starting to see the power of the software to impact and guide project management.

Pros:

The best part about Jonas Premier is that it is a project management software that is fully integrated with the accounting software because it is the same software. Many other PM software systems say they integrate with accounting but the reconciliations are painful and time consuming making executives question the accuracy of data being produced.This is a great software that does the critical things related to project management and accounting better than most.

Cons:

Payroll processing, banking integrations, KPI reporting, foreign currency translations are clunky, credit card module missing, drawings management, and personnel expense submissions.

Alternatives Considered: Procore, Corecon, AutoCAD and Buildertrend

Reasons for Choosing Premier: Project Management software was required with multicurrency translations. We have both USD and CAD contracts with expenses in both currencies so translation between currencies on a daily basis was crucial.

Switched From: QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Corecon

Reasons for Switching to Premier: PM and accounting functions in one software. Also, paying for a product based on revenue billed is a model of business that is very hard to stomach.

Customer Service

Comments: I do not like the program as it takes to many steps to create invoices and find it to be a waste of time during billing. there is not a way to customize our invoices per the clients needs.

Pros:

Although I do not like the program I have been impressed with the support I receive when needed. Tharani has been an amazing help to me.

Cons:

The amount of steps to create anything!

Review by land developer

Pros:

Integration between project management and accounting. Also, the interface is very intuitive and appealing.

Cons:

We had a very bumpy launch which continues to have repercussions over a year later.

Alternatives Considered: Sage Intacct

Reasons for Choosing Premier: No project management capabilities and limited job costing

Switched From: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Premier: Price, mainly

Great Software with Excellent Customer Support

Pros:

This a robust software that includes both financial management and project management functions. Having both functions under one platform is fantastic for our operations team. The full suite of project management functions means that we do not need additional software to fill gaps in functionality. The best feature is the customer support! The team at Premier actively seeks our feedback, always makes themselves available when we have major issues or simple questions, and the actually use the feedback to develop new features that make the software easier to use. The fact that we can make a suggestion and have it implemented in a relatively short time frame is extremely valuable to us.

Cons:

At the start there is a bit of a learning curve, but the software is very intuitive so people learn quickly. There were some modules that were slightly cumbersome but Premier has been pushing significant updates that have solved those issues and expanded functionality significantly.

Alternatives Considered: Procore

Reasons for Switching to Premier: Ease of use, better pricing model for our business, customer support was significantly better