We run over four hundred concurrent jobs and the job cost reporting holds up. Most systems we evaluated started groaning at fifty.
Pros
Job cost across hundreds of concurrent jobs
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
9 found this helpful
Portia Novak
Practice Manager, Falcon Ridge Landscaping
Canada·Legal·11 to 50 employees
3.0
Jun 22, 2026
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
The roadmap question is real
New staff need weeks. Not days, weeks. That is a real cost when your accounting team turns over, and it is the strongest argument for eventually moving.
Pros
Subcontract compliance holds that block payment
Cons
Weeks of training for every new hire
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
Response from the vendorJul 4, 2026
Thank you for the detailed review. Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate remains a supported and actively maintained product, and we understand roadmap clarity matters when you are planning years ahead. Your account team can discuss this with you directly.
8 found this helpful
Leonard Eriksson
Managing Partner, Sandbar Hospitality
United States·Professional services·1 to 10 employees
1.0
Oct 13, 2025
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
We are stuck and we know it
A year from signature to go live with a specialist partner and a number I will not put in writing. It works now. Getting here consumed our controller for twelve months and she is honest that she nearly quit.
Pros
Construction and property management in one system
Cons
Roadmap unclear next to Intacct Construction
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Ines Gallagher
Studio Director, Aurora Print House
United States·Nonprofit·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Aug 5, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
Construction and property in one system
Everyone calls it Timberline and everyone complains about it and nobody leaves, because it does the genuinely hard things correctly. Certified payroll, union fringes, subcontract control. That is not a coincidence.
Pros
Enormous install base, so skills are findable
Cons
Roadmap unclear next to Intacct Construction
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Farida Boucher
Studio Director, Fairview Veterinary
Canada·Retail·11 to 50 employees
4.0
Feb 13, 2025
Used 1 to 2 years
Public work is possible because of this
Federally funded work with certified payroll and multiple unions is simply not possible for a firm our size without something like this. It is the price of entry to that market.
Pros
Job cost across hundreds of concurrent jobs
Cons
Switching cost is high enough to feel like lock in
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Halima Marchetti
Sales Director, Beacon Legal Partners
United States·Accounting·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jan 25, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Timberline still does the hard things right
Federally funded work with certified payroll and multiple unions is simply not possible for a firm our size without something like this. It is the price of entry to that market.
Pros
Construction and property management in one system
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Nathaniel Kessler
Bookkeeper, Tidewater Marine Services
United States·Manufacturing·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Nov 14, 2024
LinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
Public work is possible because of this
Federally funded work with certified payroll and multiple unions is simply not possible for a firm our size without something like this. It is the price of entry to that market.
Pros
Construction and property management in one system
Cons
Interface is genuinely from another era
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Cody Nguyen
General Manager, Prairie Rose Bakery
United States·Nonprofit·201 to 500 employees
3.0
Oct 9, 2024
Used 1 to 2 years
The roadmap question is real
The reassurance is that everybody runs it. People who know Timberline are findable, which after twenty years is not nothing. Try hiring a controller who knows a niche cloud product.
Pros
Certified payroll for federally funded work
Cons
Switching cost is high enough to feel like lock in
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
8 found this helpful
Olivia Tremblay
Managing Partner, Harborline Supply
Other·Nonprofit·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jun 17, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
It will not pay a sub with expired insurance
Three unions, different fringe calculations, different reporting, weekly. It has never been wrong. I have watched two general payroll systems fail at this and cost firms real money in back pay and penalties.
Pros
Union payroll with fringe calculations that hold up
Cons
Interface is genuinely from another era
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Jonathan Forsythe
Director of Finance, Falcon Ridge Landscaping
United States·Healthcare·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Used less than 6 months
Timberline still does the hard things right
Subcontract compliance will not release a payment while an insurance certificate is expired. That control has saved us from real exposure twice. It is the kind of feature you do not appreciate until the day it stops you.
Pros
Subcontract compliance holds that block payment
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Yosef Delgado
Accountant, Vertex Machine Works
Canada·Professional services·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Apr 28, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
Construction and property in one system
We run over four hundred concurrent jobs and the job cost reporting holds up. Most systems we evaluated started groaning at fifty.
Pros
Union payroll with fringe calculations that hold up
Cons
Weeks of training for every new hire
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Valerie Pritchard
Head of Operations, Sandbar Hospitality
United States·Hospitality·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Feb 25, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
The roadmap question is real
The reassurance is that everybody runs it. People who know Timberline are findable, which after twenty years is not nothing. Try hiring a controller who knows a niche cloud product.
Pros
Subcontract compliance holds that block payment
Cons
Interface is genuinely from another era
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Ximena Larkin
General Manager, Foundry Road Studios
Canada·Ecommerce·11 to 50 employees
1.0
Jan 18, 2026
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
Reporting means Crystal and a consultant
Twenty years of data and every process built around it. Moving would be a two year project we cannot afford, so we stay and we complain. Sage knows that, and the renewal increases reflect it.
Pros
Subcontract compliance holds that block payment
Cons
Weeks of training for every new hire
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Ulises Kearney
Accountant, Granite Peak Roofing
Canada·Financial services·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Jan 12, 2026
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
Four hundred jobs and it does not blink
We run over four hundred concurrent jobs and the job cost reporting holds up. Most systems we evaluated started groaning at fifty.
Pros
Enormous install base, so skills are findable
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Christopher Forsythe
Project Manager, Granite Peak Roofing
Other·Accounting·1 to 10 employees
2.0
Dec 30, 2025
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
Implementation was a year and a large number
Anything beyond the standard reports is Crystal Reports and a consultant. We have a standing arrangement with someone just for reporting, which is a permanent line in the budget nobody mentioned at the start.
Pros
Enormous install base, so skills are findable
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Terrence Nasser
Managing Partner, Tidewater Marine Services
United States·Healthcare·11 to 50 employees
3.0
Oct 12, 2025
Used 6 to 12 months
The roadmap question is real
New staff need weeks. Not days, weeks. That is a real cost when your accounting team turns over, and it is the strongest argument for eventually moving.
Pros
Union payroll with fringe calculations that hold up
Cons
Implementation is a year long project
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Hugo Doyle
Director of Finance, Kestrel Analytics
Canada·Professional services·11 to 50 employees
3.0
May 17, 2025
Verified userUsed less than 6 months
The roadmap question is real
Sage is investing in Intacct Construction and everyone knows it. I asked directly and got a reassuring but non specific answer. I would push harder than I did before signing another term.
Pros
Union payroll with fringe calculations that hold up
Cons
Interface is genuinely from another era
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Ezra Bhatt
Sales Director, Sandbar Hospitality
Canada·Real estate·51 to 200 employees
5.0
May 10, 2025
Verified userUsed less than 6 months
Construction and property in one system
Three unions, different fringe calculations, different reporting, weekly. It has never been wrong. I have watched two general payroll systems fail at this and cost firms real money in back pay and penalties.
Pros
Union payroll with fringe calculations that hold up
Cons
Interface is genuinely from another era
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Portia Sharma
Accountant, Falcon Ridge Landscaping
Canada·Software·51 to 200 employees
4.0
Apr 20, 2025
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
Public work is possible because of this
Three unions, different fringe calculations, different reporting, weekly. It has never been wrong. I have watched two general payroll systems fail at this and cost firms real money in back pay and penalties.
Pros
Enormous install base, so skills are findable
Cons
Weeks of training for every new hire
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful
Bruno Wesley
Head of Operations, Beacon Legal Partners
Canada·Education·1 to 10 employees
1.0
Feb 10, 2025
Used 6 to 12 months
Reporting means Crystal and a consultant
Twenty years of data and every process built around it. Moving would be a two year project we cannot afford, so we stay and we complain. Sage knows that, and the renewal increases reflect it.