Competitive Comparison

EADOC has put together a high level over view comparing several providers of construction project management software to EADOC's web based construction management application. This comparison gives construction managers a quick comparison of features and costs for several construction management software applications.

Product EADOC Constructware ** Project Talk Expedition Sharepoint
Company EADOC LLC Autodesk Trimble Navigation Primavera Microsoft
Hosted (ASP) Yes Yes Yes No No
Pricing per project or program per user per user per user per user + per server license
Web Browser Support IE, Firefox, Safari IE (Windows Only) IE IE (Windows Only) IE partial Firefox support
Active-X Plugin No Yes Yes Optional Yes
Workflow Automatically generated Manually configured Manually configured Manually configured Manually configured
Standard Training Time Per User 1-4 hrs 5-10 days 1-5 days 5+ days Depending on what you build
Distributed Administration Yes No No No No
Document Logging Yes Yes Option Yes Yes
Used by sub contractors Yes Separate application Yes Separate application If you build in the functionality
Built as a web application Yes Yes No No No
Customizable Yes, during setup For an additional fee For an additional fee No Yes
Website demo Yes No No No Yes
Risk / PCO Tracking Yes No No No Build it yourself
Reporting Tool Built into application Built into application Crystal Reports Sybase InfoMaker Build it yourself
Document Linking Yes No No No No

* Sharepoint is only a platform for you to build your own project management application on top of.
The costs listed are only for the platform, they do not include the costs to actually develop the application.

** Product is being discontinued see Article http://www.specialtypub.com/emailblasts/CT_09_NEWSFLASH_05_Autodesk.htm

The sample scenarios below are based on customers current usage of the EADOC application. These scenarios are only intended to give the customer a general idea of cost comparison and are not to be used for quoting purposes. These are only example projects, each clients usage requirements will be unique.

1 year, $5 Million pump station project will require approximately 20 users and require 5 GB of disk space
  Total Subscription Setup/Training Disk Space Cost Total
EADOC $5,500 $4,400 $0 $9,900
Constructware $18,000 $10,000 $0 $28,000
Project Talk $12,480 $750(setup only) $4,800 $18,030
Primavera Contract Manager $7,500 $50,000 Not included $57,500
2 year, $20 Million Office Building will require approximately 40 users and require 20GB of disk space
  Total Subscription Setup/Training Disk Space Cost Total
EADOC $22,000 $4,400 $0 $26,400
Constructware $72,000 $10,000 $0 $82,000
Project Talk $48,000 $750(setup only) $9,600 $58,350
Primavera Contract Manager $30,000 $80,000 Not included $110,000
3 year, $90 Million Water Reclamation Facility will require approximately 100 users and require 100GB of disk space
  Total Subscription Setup/Training Disk Space Cost Total
EADOC $90,000 $4,400 $0 $94,400
Constructware $270,000 $10,000 $0 $280,000
Project Talk $177,408 $750(setup only) $9,600 $187,758
Primavera Contract Manager $112,500 $170,000 Not included $282,500

The samples scenarios above were developed using the following publicly available information. The information was accurate at the time of publication. You should request a quote from each vendor to ensure you have their most current pricing information.

Autodesk Constructware: $75/user/mo

Meridian Project Talk: $1536/user/yr PM membership, $576/user/yr collaboration membership

Oracle Primavera: Contract Manager-Named users $1500/user+25%annual maintenance used for subscription. You also have to buy your own servers and have your own staff maintain them. Setup cost based on one time $1.5k/user+$20k for training