Access (Conquest)
vs. Sterling
Estimate cost and carbon in one place. Sterling gives you audit-ready outputs, framework alignment, and a faster way to meet commercial and sustainability goals, without changing how your team works.
One platform. No silos.
Whether you're working towards PAS 2080, or aiming for cleaner audits, Sterling's outputs are aligned to modern frameworks and expectations.
Ready for compliance
Sterling brings cost and carbon into a single view, helping you align with frameworks, reduce risk, and win work with confidence.
Built for modern estimating
Built for what's next, unlike legacy tools which struggle to keep up as cost and carbon converge, and teams need greater control of their data.
Ready to see Sterling in action?
Experience the difference of true cost and carbon estimating in the cloud with no downloads, no pressure.
How Sterling Compares to
Access (Conquest)
See why construction teams are switching to an integrated platform for cost and carbon.
| Features | Access (Conquest) | Sterling |
|---|---|---|
| SaaS | ❌ | ✅ |
| Comprehensive ecosystem (integrated solutions) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Automatic updates | ❌ | ✅ |
| Multi-dimensional reporting | ❌ | ✅ |
| Ease of use for data importing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Project unlimited snapshots/version management | ❌ | ✅ |
| Undo (selective in sequence, unlike Excel) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cost & carbon estimating to PAS 2080 | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cost planning | ✅ | ✅ |
| Estimating, bill preparation, take-off, rapid pricing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-library structure mapping (ICMS, NRM1/2, SMM7, CESMM, HMM, RMM1/2, or custom) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Bid management (online enquiries, notes, etc.) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Planning integration (MS Project, Primavera, or built-in scheduling.) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Lifecycle cost and carbon | ❌ | ✅ |
Time to leave complex, disconnected tools behind?
Experience a faster, smarter way to estimate cost and carbon with Sterling. No duplication. No compromises, just future-proof estimating software that helps your team succeed.
