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Deltek ComputerEase

Deltek ComputerEase at a glance
VendorDeltek (ComputerEase product line)
HeadquartersHerndon, Virginia, USA (product origin: Cincinnati, Ohio)
OwnershipDeltek is a subsidiary of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) since 2016; ComputerEase acquired by Deltek in 2019
DeploymentCloud hosting (primary) or on-premises editions
Target marketSmall to midsize US contractors in residential, commercial and specialty trades
IndustriesConstruction: specialty trades, commercial, residential, heavy civil
PricingNot published; monthly subscription, quote-based
Websitedeltek.com/en/construction/computerease

What Deltek ComputerEase is

Job costing and construction accounting for small and midsize American contractors, with payroll, project management, and field data capture attached. The typical buyer is a residential builder, commercial general contractor, or specialty trade that has hit the ceiling of a generic small-business accounting package: no retainage, no certified payroll, no real job costing. ComputerEase has been working on exactly that problem in the US construction market for more than four decades.

Company and product background

The product started in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early 1980s and spent most of its life as an independent construction software vendor. In 2019 Deltek, the Herndon, Virginia provider of software for project-based businesses, acquired it, and it has traded as Deltek ComputerEase since. Deltek itself has belonged to the industrial technology group Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) since 2016. Inside that portfolio the contractor line stays distinct from Deltek's professional services and government contracting ERPs. Vendor figures put the installed base at more than 4,000 US contractors.

Functional scope

Real-time job costing wired into construction accounting forms the core: general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, committed cost tracking, work-in-progress reporting, retainage management, AIA progress billing, and time-and-material billing. Construction payroll with compliance reporting runs in-house or as a payroll service.

Purchase order and subcontract management, equipment tracking and inventory, service management, CRM, and payments processing round out the suite. Field apps capture time and receipts from the job site, AI-based receipt recognition included, and a Procore integration connects field project management to the financials.

Typical customers

Specialty trades lead the base: electrical, mechanical, plumbing. Commercial and residential builders and heavy civil firms follow. Small contractors and mid-market firms each account for roughly half of the users. This is US software for the US market; international requirements sit outside its scope.

How it is sold

Deltek markets cloud hosting with monthly billing first, though on-premises editions for smaller and client/server installations remain available. No prices are published. Month-to-month terms sound flexible in the sales meeting, but a subscription and an on-premises purchase distribute cost very differently across years, so put both through the ERP TCO calculator and compare on a multi-year horizon.

Bottom line for buyers

ComputerEase earns its shortlist place through depth in two areas, job costing and compliant construction payroll, at a price point aimed at firms that would be an afterthought to enterprise construction suites. Deltek's US sales and support organization behind it is a real plus when a payroll run breaks on a Friday afternoon.

The label matters, though. This is a construction accounting system with project and field extensions, not a full ERP: manufacturing, distribution, and estimating depth on par with dedicated tools are absent, and a glance at what a complete ERP system covers shows the gap. Since 2019 the roadmap has been set inside a large corporate portfolio, so ask Deltek what is planned for the contractor line specifically, with dates attached.

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Frequently asked questions

Which contractors is Deltek ComputerEase aimed at?

Electrical, mechanical, and plumbing trades form the largest group, followed by commercial and residential builders and heavy civil firms. Deltek cites more than 4,000 US contractors on the product, split about evenly between small companies and mid-market operations. For a buyer, the practical takeaway is that the product assumes US rules and US workflows; contractors with international requirements will need a different system.

Is ComputerEase a full ERP system?

No, and buyers do better treating it as construction accounting with project and field extensions. In practice that means job costing, retainage, WIP reporting, AIA billing, and certified payroll are covered in depth, while manufacturing, distribution, and serious estimating are not. A contractor who needs one of those three should plan on a second system or a different software category entirely.

How is Deltek ComputerEase deployed and priced?

Cloud hosting with monthly billing is the lead offer; on-premises editions still exist for smaller and client/server installations. Deltek publishes no prices and quotes each deal individually. Because the two models spread cost differently across the years, run a multi-year comparison in the ERP TCO calculator rather than judging on the first quote.

What integrations and field tools come with it?

The field apps are the notable extras: crews log time and photograph receipts on site, AI-based recognition reads the receipts, and everything posts back into the same database the office uses. Beyond that sit purchase orders, subcontracts, equipment tracking, inventory, service management, CRM, and payments. The one third-party link worth planning around is Procore, a frequent pairing in which Procore handles field project management and ComputerEase keeps the books.

What has Deltek ownership meant for the product?

Continuity, mostly. The 2019 acquisition placed a four-decade-old Cincinnati product inside Deltek, itself part of Roper Technologies since 2016, and brought a much larger US support organization with it. The open question for buyers is investment priority, since the contractor line competes with bigger Deltek products for development budget. A useful test in the sales process: have the vendor name planned releases for the ComputerEase line itself rather than pointing to Deltek's overall construction portfolio.