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ArcSite pricing
ArcSite does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. ArcSite paid version starts at US$15.00/month.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Very useful for site survey information, I use almost every day!
Accuracy of information going to design engineer has doubled... it's been very helpful to help customers visualize the end product as well.
Pros
It is very simple, and easy to use. Custom objects is immensly helpful. I love the ability to import a photo, calibrate, and then measure distances from there-- I can now grab a quick snap of a building fire-plan or paper construction plans, etc. and do most measurements on the spot without having to individually measure off things. And if I've forgotten to measure something, I can still get that number after I get back to the office. It's also useful on the sales end to help give customer a quick layout of what they are getting or work to be done.
Cons
Mult it out over several people, and it's pricey for each subscription. The ability to do ellipsoids and not just circles would make perspective a little simpler to do. Right now, you have to do a bunch of arcs which is very cumbersome.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the review. Glad you are getting value out of the tool.
Thanks for the con list too, we always want to know how to do better.
Regards,
Patrick
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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General Manager of Little Rock
I have been using ArcSite for over 5 years now and have grown to appreciate all that the program has to offer. A small learning curve, as with any product, but once you use it enough, it becomes second nature and makes you look very good to the homeowner.
Pros
Ease of use and the support ArcSite provides once you run into any issues. They are extremely supportive and willing to accommodate your specific needs.
Cons
Requires connectivity to the internet to produce the proposal, but there is no way around that issue. Just some places tend to be harder to connect and upload than it should be.
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Still a good value, but unresolved bugs have us checking alternatives again
I have previously reviewed Arcsite on Capterra, but am removing stars based on our recent experience. At this overall performance level and price point, the app is a good, but no longer compelling value.
Pros
This is an excellent app designed primarily for field diagramming. With it, we are able to create building diagrams quickly for our building inspection reports. In-app draining controls are well thought out to quickly layout and then fine tune as needed, with advanced controls. It exports to pdf, dwg, png and other formats and offers cloud backups too. A perfect marriage between this app and an iPad/pencil. We have used it create hundreds of building diagrams over the last two years. The main app engineer is rolling out new features consistently.
Cons
We use iPad pros Wifi+ cellular on AT&T for diagramming and bugs that have continued unresolved for months have caused us to start re-considering alternatives. For example, swiping between apps causes the drawing to window to zoom out to the point where the diagram is only a pixel on the screen. Sometimes the entire app goes to a blank white screen, then reverts to the projects list, forcing us to re-open the active drawing. Snapping to grid is a basic function, but when reviewing drawings closely, lines that were supposed to have snapped to the grid are actually only next to the grid lines and not accurately placed. We have to zoom in quite far to correct. With more complex drawings, containing over 70 elements or so, the app bogs down significantly and crashes, even though we think it should be able to easily handle more complex drawings than we use it for.
The monthly fees are significant at the small business level. As of today, $360/year and $720/year for cross-device sync capability. AutoCAD LT, which is close in capability, costs $390/year and includes both desktop and mobile apps for iOS. Although support was responsive before, our support requests have not been answered the last two times we've asked for help. The answer has been that they are unable to duplicate the issue we see. However, on our end, the bugs persist through iOS updates, app updates, and on multiple devices.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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ArcSite Utilization
Very good. I pick up something new weekly.
Pros
Quick to learn. Love the duplicate project and layers.
Cons
Calibration tool should only recalibrate the current project.
Would like more tutorials on controlling the size of fonts and fillable spaces.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Always improving
It’s been great and love that the program keeps getting better
Pros
How easy it is to navigate and use it for what we need done
Cons
There is no way to do retail sales through the app.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Very Well worth the investment
Works well for on the job usage, and great with customers
Pros
Very intuitive, works great with iPad and pencil.
Cons
No real pain points, just learning all the feature
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Archsite is the best
Good. The use is almost unlimited if you know all of the functionality
Pros
It’s precision and abilities for in home discussions.
Cons
We need more video tutorials specifically for the use in Foundation repair services.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Love ArcSite - demo video
Overall experience had been great. I use it for almost ever project I work on. I also have a demonstration video of ArcSite on my YouTube channel Dullen Woodworking
Pros
Everything about the app makes sense. At first it can be a little confusing but if you start playing around it’s super easy to get the hang of.
Cons
Once in awhile there’s some weird things like sometimes locking 2 walls together in a corner they won’t flawlessly bond even tho they’re the same thickness and on the same layer.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Design specialist review
It’s made my job very easy and again makes me look super professional for customer
Pros
This is my first time using this type of software. I’m a design specialist and my job entails me drawing full footprint for homes and concrete in order to bid jobs and the software has made it very simple and easy to complete my job while looking very professional for customers.
Cons
My only con would be that there is a lot to learn and know, but that’s gonna be the same with any type of software.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Floor Plan Diagrams detailed mark ups.
My over all experience is great! I like the ArcSite Link...!
Pros
It's easy to use. especially when I have to attach my Floor Plans.
Cons
Adding some of the hardware devices at times.
- Industry: Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Highly recommend great product.
Great experience with ArcSite. I have never had any issues
Pros
Easy to use, perfect for what i need it for.
Cons
I have no complaints. it has been great for what I use it for.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Ease of Use
Pros
The functionality with our customer interaction software.
Cons
Changes made without advance notice, would be helpful to have previous communication.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Easy to use
I use ArcSite all of the time to draw plans for building decks to additions and it’s really easy to use
Pros
I love the ease of drawing plans for jobs
Cons
It would be nice if there were more details that were included
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Part time user but I love the results
Really enjoy it and recommend to anyone that needs to draw buildings or spaces as part of their job.
Pros
Makes drawing buildings/room spaces quick and easy once you learn how to use it.
Some great tools that are readily available
Pre-created assets ready to just drop in on plans and make the space come to life
Cons
Having never used such software before it took my while to get used to it. As with most things if you then do not use it for some time you can forget aspects of how it works again.
- Industry: Mining & Metals
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Intuitive drawing software
Extremely satisfied customer. Accurate and timely drawings to clients allow me to do more with my time. Platform makes it easy to create and deliver quality, professional drawings to clients and share with co-workers.
Pros
Intuitive drawing software. Arcsite allows me to create custom drawings to scale for our clients. The drawings help customers gain comfort in how the product will look and perform. I can easily make adjustments/ updates to the drawings. I was able to upload our proposal forms to Arcsite and add the drawings to forms. It gets easier over time to use. I am able to create and store shapes that can be used again and again on different drawings. I can copy similar drawings and make quick adjustments. Being able to store drawings over time and reference them as needed is a huge feature for me. Also, sharing drawings could not be easier -- you can export in different formats with one click. We share drawings internally, clear detail has helped with company communication. Support was very timely, particularly in the beginning to ensure I got off to a good start. The rep got back to me quickly with answers to questions and also provided suggestions to improve efficiency on Arcsite. Updates are made that improve my ability to deliver professional and accurate drawings to the client. Extremely satisfied customer, I use Arcsite everyday.
Cons
Perhaps in the beginning I might have had something to note here -- but I honestly don't have any cons. Patience and spending time on Arcsite makes the next visit a little easier.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the nice review. We have some great new stuff coming. I will reach out.
Patrick
- Industry: Security & Investigations
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Leagues ahead of anything else I used
Going into customer meetings for new fire and security systems with no drawings has always been a challenge. Using pen and paper was our only option. Trying other "drawing apps", I found them to be very limited in what they offered.
However, with Arcsite, this blew the competition out of the water in terms of shear versatility and functionality. I was able to create drawings either from importing PDFs, taking a photo, or even drawing them myself. The integration and support offered by Arcsite really enabled us to integrate our own fire and security device symbols into the app to allow me to effectively mark up drawings with devices whilst walking site, thus saving lots of time.
The addition of allowing embedded photos into the drawings is a massive help, as it really allows for additional information to be captured which often is too difficult to just put into words.
Pros
I love how versatile the software is on my ipad in that i can import drawings, take a photo to use as a drawing, or even draw out a building layout from scratch.
It really has I believe set us apart from competition and has wowed customers
Cons
How when file sizes get larger than around 500kb, the app beings to struggle and becomes sluggish
Response from Arctuition
Hi John,
Thanks for the review. I will reach out to you to make sure you are aware of a few things to make the tool more performant.
Thanks,
Patrick
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Professional Custom Bids!
ArcSite has given us the ability to create beautiful, quality, custom bids for the work we do on our customers home that is unparalleled. The amount of professionalism detail in our bids has increased our closing rate. We love arcsite!
Pros
ArcSite is very easy to use. We had our inspectors trained on how to use it within one day. The different features and the ease of creating custom, quality, and highly detailed graphs to match our customers home have been amazing.
Cons
All in all we have no real complaints. ArcSite gives us the ability to do just about everything we need to. The only improvement that we would love is to have each project automatically upload to the cloud vs having to send it there yourself, but that is being nitpicky.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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ArcSite is one of the best iPad drafting packages available
ArcSite has been a wonderful tool for me while performing site visits dealing with renovations and in doing structural evaluations that require a lot of photo documentation. It has become one of my primary note taking tools while in the field and with a few improvements, it has the potential to become the only note taking tool I would need.
Pros
The ability to take a picture, comment on the picture, place it on the drawing at the location, and then generate an indexed photo contact sheet linked to the floor plan drawing sold me on the utility of this for doing structural evaluation reports. This has saved me a lot of time back in the office when compiling reports. The drawing functions are also some of the best implemented of any iPad app I've used and has allowed to actually prepare a usable CAD file in the field.
Cons
The drawing of items itself can be a little finicky, especially when you are just starting out. Sometimes when you adjust a dimension of a wall, it does not behave as expected. You have to pay attention to the dimensions around the wall in question to make sure they don't change in an unexpected way. Also, placing predefined blocks in the drawing can be challenging if you need them to snap to a specific point. It's also a little pricey (equal to an AutoCAD LT subscription), but if you do a lot of field work, it does pay for itself.
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Really like the app, works great for me.
I use it daily in my work.
Pros
Not as tedious as other drawing apps. Drawing scale is unlimited. Prints to png,pdf and love it. Love entering distances and angles. Love being able to use it without an internet connection because I am regularly off the grid.
Cons
Needs alignment tool and auto shape (star, triangle, circle and square/rectangle). Would really be nice if I could re-arrange order of layers. Can't create gradient colors, would be nice.
- Industry: Building Materials
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great product with ease of use
ArcSite has been my main app for staircase take off and will remain so. Customer service is more than helpful and provides great support.
Pros
Export to CAD files and PDF, ease of calibration on plans, excellent customer support and regular updates with new features
Cons
The fact that I have 3 tools using this software by me, logs me out since I only have 1 licence. Depending on need, I may use one of my 2 iPads or my iPhone. It would be great if we could stay logged in all tools.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Jon,
Thanks for the review and the feedback. Sorry for the frustration. I will share this with the team.
Patrick
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A Great Product
We have solved a disconnect between Estimating and Production. Production no longer has to rely on hand-drawn diagrams and now know exactly where to put repairs.
Pros
The best feature of this app is the ease of use. It takes only minutes to make a drawing or diagram on the job site. Being able to share the projects between my team is a huge advantage also.
Cons
There isn't much I don't like, but if I had to pick one it is the way the Shapes Menu stays on the screen after you select a shape to use.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the nice review and the improvement suggestion.
Regards,
Patrick
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great app that keeps improving
Some issues have happened with the Software but customer service is easy to reach and they get on the issues right away.
Pros
I use it for my staircase measurements and with the ability to use layers, I can literally have all of the information required with ease. Once my stairwell has been taken, I have everything i need.
Cons
Some of the lines get linked and if you modify a measurement, sometimes it changes the ratio and other measures without noticing.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Jon,
Great to hear from you. Thanks for writing in here with your thoughts.
Good news is that we added a way to not have the Con you have listed. I will also reach out directly via email, but the short answer here is to go to Settings and toggle off Smart Dimensioning.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Confidence through accuracy!
Pros
What I like most about this software is how easy and user friendly it is. ArcSite has greatly helped my confidence learning more structural work. I am so accurate with all my drawings and measurements that our engineers in our office can look at everything and help answer any questions I ever have if needed. It's awesome how this software's accuracy allows them to help me without even being there on the job site. It's incredible! This software has tremendously helped my career.
Cons
A few things could be added to make it more efficient but overall its amazing.
Response from Arctuition
Hi Collin,
Thanks for the nice review.
Patrick
- Industry: Security & Investigations
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Arcsite review
Being able to assist in the offshoring of the jobs no longer have to type the jobs or remark the drawings so all completed on site apart from the upload
Pros
Compatibility and flexibility
Utilizing the iPad on site
Cons
Unknown yet to develop a longstanding concern all concerns are dealt with promptly by support
Size of files can be large
Response from Arctuition
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the review.
Patrick
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy to use
Arcsite allows management to review drawings and proposals real time prior to presenting to clients
Pros
The best thing about this program is the ease of use and when there is any issue figuring something out we get a video showing how to do something
Cons
Challenges if cell signal is not strong and not having the ability to modify previous versions