FieldEdge Reviews

FieldEdge is a great tool!

Comments: We have decreased the time we are waiting to be paid and reduced our overall outstanding invoices. We have increased productivity, reduced costs, and are now tracking jobs.

Pros:

As a user who started at my company after FieldEdge was already in place, I can honestly say that FieldEdge was very easy to learn. It is user friendly and the basics can be picked up very quickly. For the more seasoned user, it has more intricate features & applications that you can utilize for your specific needs. Our technicians invoice & collect in the field and with the Quickbooks integration, it helps keep our outstanding invoices to a minimum. FieldEdge provides a live chat feature, which is a great tool. The Reps are very friendly and knowledgeable and super quick to respond! Each user can customize their settings to maximize the ease of use. For instance, I like to have my service tech dispatch board as my default since I am managing that board more closely than my estimator, apprentice or office boards. You can easily toggle between them but it is great to have just the ones I need on top. You can assign priority flags to calls to give quick at-a-glance visual markers. This is great when we have calls that can be interchanged between techs with the same skill sets, which can also be assigned in FieldEdge. The Do Not Service feature is another great tool that has allowed us to prevent accidental scheduling on accounts that we do not wish to service. All in all, it is a great tool that can be as simple or complex as you want it to be.

Cons:

We have had a few instances over the past year with the software being down, but frankly, at least 2 of those times it was a Microsoft issue, not specially FieldEdge. There are times that FieldEdge runs slowly, but for the most part, it is a stable platform. We have had a couple issues with licensing error messages when trying to add additional uses on our account, but they were quickly resolved and corrected with a call in to the team.

Great software for a smaller company & cost effective

Comments: Overall, it is a good system for the price. It gets the job done, syncs with quickbooks online, and is rather user friendly.

Pros:

I like the amount of options the overall program offers; such as tracking call sources, maintenance agreement tracking, installation/equipment tracking, general layout of the software itself.

Cons:

Some cons for me would be the lack of in depth or interactive reporting; I would like to see them roll out the option to pull custom report vs the built in ones. We have encountered multiple issues with "downtime" when the FieldEdge system gets interrupted & the office and technicians cannot login, this causes many issues and is very inconvenient. They do actively try to get it resolved, but when you're in our industry any downtime can cause major disruptions. I would like to see more options for the communication templates as well - such as being able to send appointment booking confirmation & reminders (as well as more interactive edits with the emails i.e. being able to decide when to send the appointment reminder rather than it just being a day before reminder.)

Great Staff and Growing Platform

Comments: Overall the team at Fieldedge is willing to work with you which is something you don't often find when working with a vendor. They are flexible, friendly and generally pleasant to work with, which helps make up for some of what the service may lack. There are plenty of options out there but if you're looking for a partner instead of a rigid behemoth, Fieldedge is a great choice.

Pros:

The system is relatively simple to use and the support staff is almost always fantastic to work with. Grace, my CSM is practically a member of our team and goes way above and beyond to help us with anything we need. She's a big part of the reason why we're still with this system.

Cons:

Reporting leaves a lot to be desired, and overall, the system needs polishing along with a heavier, more focused approach to developing from the end user's needs. I feel like they'd gain 10x the insight into how to measurably improve the product if they spent some time with a company who uses it regularly.

FieldEdge great for small to medium sized companies

Comments: Fieldedge helped streamline our company and operations substantially from our paper invoice and reporting previously. The basic functions were easy enough to train someone on in a day. Some of the more integral functions were a bit confusing and required technical help. The technical help for fieldedge is outstanding.

Pros:

Ease of learning curve on basic functions was very manageable scheduling is straightforward and can be accomplished with a few simple clicks researching a customers history is an integrated tool and very easy to navigate

Cons:

Overall the software seems a bit dated some features and functions many new estimating/scheduling software packages are implementing are not included such as text notifications for customers.

Wonderful Software!

Comments: We have become more more efficient using this software. The people at FieldEdge are incredible and very, very helpful.

Pros:

Ease of use, tracking ability, reporting, integration with Quickbooks

Cons:

Connector between FieldEdge and Quickbooks

FieldEdge is okay at a lot of things

Comments: A lot of our issues honestly probably came from the initial setup. Things weren't done properly then we could never seem to get it set up correctly afterward due to poor customer support. We left FieldEdge for ServiceTitan a few years later and never looked back.

Pros:

Ease of use for technicians in the field and office staff.

Cons:

Support. We got almost no support from field edge while using their software. We were often left to figure things out on our own.

Great HVAC Software

Comments: Billing time has been cut in half / Technicians paperwork has been cut by 80% no need to type a book out just to send an invoice / Being able to do a quote and then it turn into a job once accepted cuts out double work

Pros:

Mobile App we needed our guys out in the field to be able to access information on their phones

Cons:

Not being able to put pictures on the proposal when the demos show proposals with pictures

17 Happy Years of growth and prosperity with dESCO !!!

Comments: Our business has grown from 2 trucks to 10 since we first installed dESCO. We now have 10 times the business and the software has grown right along with us. It does so much more now than then and has continued to improve. With out it I could not manage my business. dESCO keeps track of jobs, quotes, invoicing even out inventory. If you are a small business running lean, making every minute count this is the software you need. I do not think I would be where I am today with out it. By nature I am unorganized, having everything in one place in one program is the way to go if that describes you. John

Pros:

The amount of information you have at your fingertips. Jobs, scheduling, quotes, orders, and Customer information. Customer information is key to service knowing what they have done in the past including payment history, and buying habits. Keeping records under the documents tab means not more filing cabinets. Sales reports and receivables reports makes keeping an eye on cash flow easy.

Cons:

There is a steep learning curve. Because it does so much there is a lot to learn. This is a big program, that covers a lot of areas.

Great platform for automating the administrative end and field tech end of a growing business.

Pros:

The program is very user friendly as is the onboarding process. Easy navigation within both the mobile version for our field technicians and also within the office user license on the admin side. Love the Help Center/chat now feature for immediate help when we draw a blank, need some feedback, or when we need to simplify the way we are completing certain tasks....there is usually always a better suggestion through the Help Center. Our [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] has been fantastic with his responses also. He has been very helpful assisting us with custom reports and always very quick to respond to any email I send. He's definitely an asset!

Cons:

I do feel that reporting could be a bit more interactive; I feel like there should be a way for each company to customize the data they need to see daily for reporting purposes, such as an all inclusive KPI section on the dashboard.

Field Edge Review

Comments: Overall Field Edge has worked great for us over the last 2 years. I've recommended it to several colleagues in the service business. While no software is a perfect fit for all companies, FE is always listening to the users and making improvements.

Pros:

FE was the easiest software implementation we've done in 35 years. (We were coming over from Wintac) Customer support is top notch and my reps are super responsive. Constant updates and improvements. There is an "idea board" where members can post features/tweaks they would like and all members can vote on the idea. Mobile app is intuitive and user friendly.

Cons:

Reporting is a weak area. Would also like to see some options to custom how the data, and how much data, is shown for customers and inventory.

DO NOT FALL FOR THE SALES PITCH!

Comments: Our experience with FieldEdge has been an absolute nightmare that still is not over. Potential clients should beware that the sales team will promise you that the program has every feature you should need. Our sales representative was [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] was very friendly and from what I believed thoroughly trained and competent on the software he was selling. We were looking for a mobile friendly dispatch program that also offered accounting. We are a small A/C and Heating business that understood FieldEdge was pricey and a risk for us but with everything we were told the system offered we thought it was the best choice. We paid $800 for the "implementation process" which was to take 5 weeks. In this time we would be given a trainer to walk us through how to use the system & a tech guy who was going to be taking the data from our old system and inputting it in the new software. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] was our trainer and from our first call with him we started experiencing problem after problem. Our tech guy was originally supposed to be [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] but then switched to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. I spoke with a female who was supposed to walk me through how to export the data from our old system and she was barely able to assist me through that. When I would ask a question she would reply that she wasn't sure. She was just reading off a paper... Our training consisted of watching video tutorials. I'm unable to comprehend why they gave us our own onboarding team when the only thing [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] did was just check to see if I

Pros:

I did not like anything about this software. We spent 4 weeks of the "implementation process" but never had any of our data submitted into the system. Only had access to a dummy account.

Cons:

Not mobile friendly for the office side, terrible tech support, unable to import data from Housecall Pro, price is higher than other systems and doesn't offer anything special

Not Impressed at All

Comments: Not impressed at all

Pros:

If you are week on computers and just need a super simplistic software to schedule a couple of guys then this software will probably be alright for you.

Cons:

The lay-out of this software in the desktop and mobile environment isn't that good. This software also wants a lead technician on every job. There fore if you schedule a helper and you accidentally close your work order before he does, it locks the helper out of the work order. Whomever built this software probably wasn't involved in the air conditioning trade or for that matter just running a service type of business. I'm not impressed at all.

Fieldedge is a bad bet

Comments: The tech they hire are nothing but phone answering receptionist. None of them are trained on the product. they don't even know where to direct you to installed their apps. they hire these kids out of school with no IT training and expect them to support their customers. I have a BS degree in IT and been in the field for 30 years. these kids has no knowledge in the IT world. the can BS the non IT people but when they hit someone knowledgeable in the field they state they have to have someone to call back. 3 to 5 business day later still no call. I have now been waiting for about 3 weeks to get me connector work with QB. that mean no billing info or Payroll info going to QB. I have my personally doing excel sheets for payroll. But they still expect to get their payment. I just received a call from [SENSITIVE CONTENT] that told me I need to be nicer to the tech that is wasting my time because he is lacking training on the product. I told him he needs to get better training because your customer are paying their personally to talk with him and spend dollars doing manual excel sheets for payroll

Pros:

not much. None of there modules live up to exceptions. falls short on all of the product.

Cons:

The software has a connector app that must be running on another box and it goes off line every time the software has an upgrade. then I have to spend the next two days trying to get the fieldedge tech on the phone. The product must be installed by the fieldedge tech because they must enter a code and password.

Disappointed

Comments: Very hard to deal with, they correct you on the phone, refer to the contract continually and the emails that I did not receive personally. Feeling bullied

Pros:

Nothing about this program now that I have been lied to and bullied

Cons:

They did not deliver what was sold as per the salesperson, now they raised their prices to more than double. I bought ESC before they had Feild edge, tried to get me to switch, I wouldn't switch since? I had just bought ESC. Now the prices I have been raised more than double. I bought the program so that I wouldn't have monthly payments like other programs and services. That was the selling point. But now my tech support prices have been increased and my per tablet prices from went 15 per tablet to over 45. ESC reached out but were complete jerks!! Basically, saying it was my, fault for trusting their salesperson. That I was informed of the price increase when they send the email to an old email address.

After 6 months with FieldEdge

Comments: The on boarding was not very good. Spent a lot of time with the help desk. It has gotten a lot better since the beginning.

Pros:

Helps bring your company into the digital age.

Cons:

Lack of reporting customization. Wish there was a way to back up to Google calendar in case of an outage.

Great concept when it works

Comments: So if you are still thinking to go with Field Edge, GOOD LUCK

Pros:

The App is easy to use to some level, For the technicians it is easy to find items and they can even see the picture of the items. Techs can add pictures from the field and attach it to the customers profile. Incoming calls, we can see the existing customer information before we answer the call.

Cons:

VERY SLOW, to maneuver from page to page takes time. we found ourselves putting customers on hold for a simple task. Software updates When Field Edge are trying to make some updates WHOLE software crash. so imagine for a second what would happen when your software is down: Good morning you start your day. * No incoming calls (your phone line are integrated with the software), no new customers * Your technicians are at the office (12 of them) and have no idea where do they need to go * Customers that are waiting for their tech to show are calling the office to check what happen, you guessed right - phones are down. * Now you are sitting around (18 people) and have no idea what to do

ESC by dEsco in my experience is the best all-in-one software for the Service Industry

Pros:

Excellent software that is constantly evolving and growing. Best tech support on the planet. Fastest turn around time when correcting bugs or issues. Well thought out and implemented.

Cons:

Some features that should be available are not. They are available in the newer software offered under the FieldEdge name. I think they should have been implemented in ESC before developing new software, or allow migration to the new software at no charge if you are a current annual member for support and mobile versions.

Top notch customer service behind a good product

Comments: Being in the service industry we understand the importance of customer service, these guys are second to none in this category and it's what really makes them shine.

Pros:

The ability to organized customer data in fine detail.

Cons:

Mobil side has a few bugs from time to time but never had an issue the FE staff wasn't willing to help with/resolve in a more than timely manor.

Business owner

Comments: Scheduling and Dispatching and Invoicing.

Pros:

Integrations were very simple. Helpful FieldEdge Tech Staff made this process easy.

Cons:

Customer Service when I have a question to get an answer to help me better use the software, I think the got to questions within customer service can be time consuming. If I do not communicate they way that the help area of the software layout is then I am looking too long for an answer.

Dispatching software that integrates many of our companies needs in one place

Pros:

This is a web based dispatch system that integrates into Quickbooks nicely. It has helped us to streamline our business and work much more efficiently. Love that the Techs can see customer history easily. Almost instant communication between Tech and dispatch. Has many great feature in the price book and dashboard. We can see almost instantly how profitable we are being.

Cons:

The largest con is that as a web based system, if they go down your company can come screeching to a halt. Because this has happened several times this year, we have had to put internal back up systems in place. We save a screen shot each evening of the next day just in case the system is down. There are several issues that I would like to see FieldEdge improve on. Their team does take suggestions though and has been making improvements to the software.

Adrian exceeded my expectations with his customer service and willingness to help me with my updates

Pros:

The customer service that ESC tech support showed me way exceeded my expectations. Adrian specifically, was such a great help. He came in after hours and even gave me his personal cell number in case I had questions while I updated each workstation individually. I am not a computer savvy person and he made it easy to understand and even fun while we were getting everything updated. I work for a heat and air company in Oklahoma and I would recommend Adrien or any of the staff at ESC to any company. Keep up the great work!!!!!!

Cons:

The only con to the program was in the old version that we had as far as running reports. This is why we did the updates.

TeamWork Works!

Comments: they are one of our most important partners in this business and we deeply appreciate their expertise.

Pros:

The LIVE Humans who are there to help when we don't understand someting.

Cons:

The training videos are outdated and often don't answer the question I'm asking. But, more important FieldEdge's partnership with Clearent causes us significant problems. Clearent is dishonest about who they are and in competent at what they do.

Not good if you rely on the Card Swipe feature

Comments: PLEASE get the card swipe working. why do I have to pay monthly fees to cayan if it doesn't work?

Pros:

Ease for technicians to use. easy to track customers. customer support folks are friendly and overall helpful.

Cons:

THE CARD SWIPE DOESN'T WORK AND HASN'T FOR MANY MANY MONTHS! All I get when i call for an update is "we're working on a solution"...

ESC Review

Comments: Our company used DESCO prior to the conversion to ESC. The conversion was quite a change for the people who were used to using the DOS version. We have been with DESCO since 1992. The folks in the IT Department at DESCO were key in seeing that the conversion went smoothly and our customer base, accounting and payroll were not affected by the upgrade. They walked us through each step and we have been using ESC with no difficulty since. I am constantly learning something new that this system will do.
The effortlessness in scheduling customers and assigning technicians to service calls is astounding. The Electronic Dispatch Board (EDB) makes seeing how your day is scheduled in advance, trouble-free almost with just a glance you can see what time slots are available for scheduling.
The accounting is straightforward. Keeping track of inventory costs on jobs is made much simpler. Having the ability to email customer invoices and statements is uncomplicated and saves a lot on postage. I like that ESC gave the individual company the ability to design their own invoices and make them more personal.
Payroll was a little work to set up and learn to use. However, once all the information was put into the system, producing payroll is simple, right down to keeping track of company payroll expenses and generating W2s. Our company just started doing Direct Deposit for our employees two weeks ago, given that ESC has a section in Payroll for Direct Deposit, the ease of making those deposits is made even greater.
I would highly recommend ESC. This software was written to accommodate everything you would need to support and run a service based industry. Also, the support offered by DESCO is amazing, they respond to your need for help in a timely manner, they are always professional and friendly, never make you feel dim and will stay with you until your problem is fixed. I am a fan!

Getting better, not the best yet.

Comments: They have a good thing going, but really need to work on service interruptions, along with better training of tech support.

Pros:

Nice set up, easy to use. Works with quickbooks.

Cons:

Still has too many service interruptions, tech support is lacking, very of their people know the system like a real user would. QuickBooks integrations wont allow for coding in FE to push into QB's.