InFocus Review

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Clearview Software
2007
Bedford, VA

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Cloud, On-Premise
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InFocus At A Glance

Good: Built-in CRM functionality, available in both on-premise and cloud versions, interactive dashboard for measuring project metrics.

Bad: Very specialized software (targeted only to architecture and engineering firms).

Bottom Line: Enterprise resource-planning software designed to help architecture and engineering firms run their businesses.

Product Overview

InFocus is an enterprise resource-planning software that includes elements of project management, billing and accounting. It’s intended specifically for architecture and engineering (AE) firms.

InFocus is deployed in both cloud and on-premise versions. Companies can opt for one deployment and change it to the other later. Regardless of the version selected, clients will get the same features of InFocus.

In addition to deployment choice, InFocus offers other benefits, such as:

All components of project management, including billing, time tracking, accounting and customer relationship management (CRM), in one platform
No need to integrate with a financial software (Clearview converts data from existing systems)
Affordability for businesses of all sizes
In-house customer support

Features

InFocus includes billing, accounting, project management and time-tracking features in one platform. Some of those features include:

Project Central, which streamlines all aspects of a particular project in one location, including budget, hours worked, team assigned, contracts, and contact information on vendors and clients.
Ability to create and view charts and graphs of project metrics through Project Central.
An unlimited number of interactive dashboard layouts (Project metrics such as revenue, clients and time can be annotated by colored tiles that are either available out of the box or can be customized by users.)
Gridget, a new grid-like dashboard widget for drilling down into a project for more details
Full accounting features, such as entries made in real time or by batches, DCAA-compliant accounting, Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivables, and general ledger reporting and financial statements
Report Builder that allows users to customize reports in under five minutes
Billing features such as an invoice designer, invoice templates, a billing adjustment wizard and multiple projects on a single invoice
Built-in time sheets accessible from both desktop and mobile devices; administrators can designate a multi-level approval process
Project planning and management features, such as the ability to assign employees to specific projects, budgeting, the ability to track working plans, online billing reviews and an unlimited number of work breakdown levels
Work order feature that allows the manager to assign tasks to employees
An Outlook-style calendar to check workloads and project schedules
Ability to enter and show multiple currencies
Automated workflows for interacting with a third-party system or creating business rules
Ability for marketing and sales departments to track prospects and clients (addresses, schedules, etc.) without having to integrate with third-party CRM software

Target Market

InFocus is intended for architecture and engineering firms of all sizes.

We’ve listed 10 of its clients below:

Ashley McGraw Architects
Applegate Group Inc.
Building Technology Associates
Estudio Architecture
Graeber Simmons and Cowan Inc.

Resource Control Associates Inc.
Tenant Planning Services Inc.
United Engineering Inc.
Vision 3 Architects
Wetland Studies and Solutions Inc.

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Implementation/Integration

As mentioned above, clients have a choice of either on-premise or cloud deployment.

In addition to setup, Clearview offers data migration services and various types of training such as a video library, WebEx training or in-person training.

Customer Service & Support

Unlimited support (including product upgrades and fixes) is included in the price of the cloud version. For on-premise clients, the cost is 20% of the license fee, annually.

Users can contact Clearview’s in-house support team by phone or access its support portal.

Clearview also provides custom reporting and invoice design services.

Pricing

Pricing is no longer publicly available, so please contact the vendor directly for a quote.

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Shortcomings

InFocus is only targeted to the architecture and engineering industries. Companies in different industries seeking a project management solution should check out our other reviews.

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About

Clearview Software was started in 2007 by a group of architects and software developers in the architecture and engineering industries. Its goal was to focus solely on helping companies in those industries run their businesses.

To create a no-pressure environment for prospects, Clearview is one of the few vendors that doesn’t employ commission-based salespeople.

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