We use job nimbus as well. It's cheap and relatively similar set up for all the other roofers that I do claims for so I can find my way around their programs no matter what. They just did an update that I hate tho. I think everyone hates it actually.
I was using another one called job tread and it was cool, they were just developing the software at the time and accepting feed back which was pretty cool.
But it was too much to learn for my taste and I felt it was more suited for much larger companies, That did give them the idea of selling the software in packages tho which I did like. So you could choose the features you wanted and skip the ones you didn't.
With roofing, prices fluctuate quite a bit and the roofing supply may give you a good deal on fasteners but screw you on the membrane, and the other supply place vice versa. It's the give and take.
I would rather get all my supplies from one distributor and have them dropped in a shrink wrapped package at the same time than to call around and see who has the cheapest nails this week and have 4 distributors dropping mats at one job. That's too much of a hassle for me. Plus it doesn't outweigh the delivery fees. But that feature would be important to builders. It just doesn't make sense for a roofer. Not at the volume I do anyhow. So the whole price comparing feature was not important to me. Especially when you have to input all the prices yourself and they change at least monthly.
I hate computer work as it is, so the last thing I want to do is struggle with a software that I'm not used to or one that's too fancy. I also don't like to open 10 folders to get what I need.
with job nimbus, you click on the customers name and you get tabs for documents, photos, activity board and whatever.. it's all right there.
job tread I had to enter the same customer contact info in like 3 different spots but I think they fixed that, and there wasn't a way to have the same customer with 3 diff locations and that was a prob because I have investor customers that have multiple properties. I could put multiple jobs under each customer, but I don't want to pull up every job I've ever done for that customer when I need to add something to one job. I want bob job to have a folder for every job does that make sense? .
Most important features for me are being able to chat with anyone involved with the claim,(activity board) and the message be automatically sent to the person its intended for but also public so if the boss wants to look he can go into any claim and read the notes. And most most important is whether it integrates with Eagleview, QuickBooks, company cam and xactimate.
Andy check out company cam .. I love it. It's a great way to keep your job photos organized and you can share the entire project with whoever you need to just by sending them a link. It will put your photos in chronological order AND once you have taken a pic at a house and created the folder, from then on if you take other pics at that location it automatically uploads them to the correct file for you.
Remember how that adjuster acted when you sent him those photos? If you had cc you can just send them the link and they can look at whatever they need to look at without you having to waste your time sending them one by one.
It's super easy to use and super easy to find what you need. As opposed to looking thru the 8000+ photos on my phone looking for a pic of the drip edge on a roof I did 3000 photos ago.. and trying to remember who's decking is who's... I just open cc and bam, I go to the beginning of my photos before the tear off.
