Price changes on parts are not reflected in current jobs unless you manually go in and change it. You have to use a $200 plugin that basically adds a search and replace function. For instance, by default, if I update a price in the parts list it doesn't reflect that price update in any instance of the part used on an assembly. There is no automatic association between a part in a parts list and the same part in an assembly. We just can't be in the same job at the same time or it might get errors. Again, we set up a cloud system using Google Drive local sync and it works well.
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We ended up figuring out how to utilize a cloud platform to sync up all changes to our parts and assemblies across computers and it now works now. for a while we had to manually do this in each computer. If there is a change in pricing, adding parts, building assemblies, etc. No built-in cloud syncing between computers.
Way outdated: No 4K monitor support, very old looking interface, only available for Windows. They don't seem to know their software well either as we were able to figure out things that they said wasn't possible. Terrible customer service! I usually call and have to leave a message and someone might get back to me in 24-48 hours. Every single nut, bolt, box of screws, rebar, rolls of house wrap, etc. Other than a handful of bids that we send out for, we estimate the entire home for each client. The tools to build parts and assemblies are extremely extensive and haven't found anything we can't do. It's extremely in-depth and you can do almost anything you can imagine.
Lots of really powerful features, but it's really outdated and lacking some modern cloud syncing features and others talked about in the Cons list. Like the title says, it's a love/hate relationship.