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Bianca Rooney

Accountant, Tidewater Marine Services

United StatesHealthcare1 to 10 employees

4.0

Oct 29, 2024

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

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

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

CanadaLegal11 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 StatesProfessional services1 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 StatesNonprofit1 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

CanadaRetail11 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 StatesAccounting11 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 StatesManufacturing1 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 StatesNonprofit201 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

OtherNonprofit11 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 StatesHealthcare11 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

CanadaProfessional services1 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 StatesHospitality1 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

CanadaEcommerce11 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

CanadaFinancial services1 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

OtherAccounting1 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 StatesHealthcare11 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

CanadaProfessional services11 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

CanadaReal estate51 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

CanadaSoftware51 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

CanadaEducation1 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.

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