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What Is CostOS?

CostOS is a modern, innovative cost estimating solution that can be used to estimate the cost of a project at various stages (from Concept to the Tender Phase). It can be used by Contractors, Subcontractors, Consultants, Project Owners, or Investors and Designers. CostOS is easy to learn, can do 2D (PDF, CAD) , BIM and GIS takeoffs and can be applied on a wide range of projects from small contracts to megaprojects, in various sectors such as Construction, Oil and Gas, EPC, Mining, etc

Who Uses CostOS?

It can be used by Contractors, Subcontractors, Consultants, Project Owners, or Investors and Designers. Applicable to small companies up to very large organizations.

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Reviews of CostOS

Average score

Overall
4.9
Ease of Use
4.7
Customer Service
4.8
Features
5.0
Value for Money
4.8

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
86%
4
14%
Andreas
Andreas
Manager Cost Discipline / Engineer Product Management CFB in Germany
Verified LinkedIn User
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Unbeatable bridge to Excel

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: CostOS helps carving the estimating processes in a company. Since these are 100% internal information that circulates between users/departments, those processes are naturally characterised by Excel/email/handwritten information.
Through it's Excel interface capabilities, you are not left with a black or white decision, but you can add existing logics to the workflow, which may now be governed through CostOS. However, adding new Excel sheets or assemblies is feasable at any given time...

Pros:

As the header indicates, the fact that the software reaches out to anybody feeling good with Excel is an absolute selling argument. Everybody uses Excel and there are thousands of more or less helpful Excel files out there: this software doesn't tell you to reprogram everything, but offers the ability to just link any cell you like from your Excell sheet to any position in the commercial software. Since we have used this functionality heavily, the question was not how to reprogram the 5000manhour Excelfile, but how to most efficiently give it a nice interview form so that it interacts with the onboard excelfile most conviniently. Also, the software has a number of interfaces at any level of detail: (interview) assembly level Excel interface BoQ Database Reports 9 different group codes implementable, extensive layout (GUI) customisations, functions implementable at different locations

Cons:

Reports generator: a third party software with functionality and limitations bound to the provider This will apply only to users making use of the Excel exchange functionality massively: extremely high number of queries will result in a long processing time before delivering the results to the BoQ table. The extensive programming possibilities do require a very good feeling for programming: Java, SQL: information exchange between GUI, Database, internal applications like the Excel interface and/or the assemblies

Seren
IT Services Associate in US
Insurance, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

CostOS Review

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: CostOS brings classy and rational solutions for businesses

Pros:

CostOS has an interesting performance guide for all of us

Cons:

CostOS has no functionality challenges at all

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Nice software

4.0 7 years ago

Comments: Estimation process becoms easy and with minimum effort one can estimate a project.

Pros:

Boq Import, RFQ, Quote Comaprison one can create project with in a short time After importing BOQ, you can float inquiries for quotation after receiving of proposal you can comapre and select the best bidder.

Cons:

Asemblies are difficult to built inside Cost OS, Quantitytake-off needs innovation for calculation from drawings in PODF format and no format change of work executed in drawings to identify,

Alessandro
Systems Developer in US
Architecture & Planning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Remarkable Solution for Cost Management

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

CostOS has an accurate estimating plan, that gives almost the exact expenses for conducting a given project.

Cons:

CostOS has proper strategies that makes the process of estimation reliable.

Isam
CFO in Jordan
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great costing and estimating software for construction

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

CostOS is one of the best costing and estimating software in the construction field and it offers many of useful and helpful features that helps users to calculate the cost of any BOQ to the smallest details. I like the use interface of CostOS it is beautiful and easy to find any option. Also, I like the way it deals with tables and data to make a data universe for your projects and estimates.

Cons:

CostOS has a very large number of functions and details so it is not easy to learn and does not have learning material on the internet. CostOS is not a cloud based software so you need to buy a server to host the software and this will make a large increase in the cost of the software.