Budgeting and quoting doesn’t have to be a guessing game. With Total Synergy, you can easily account for staff costs, consultants, contractors, and project expenses in one place, so the number you quote reflects what delivery actually costs.
Project Templates
Use best-practice project templates to streamline budget creation and eliminate repetitive admin work. Total Synergy helps you focus less on spreadsheets and more on project success.
Integrated Proposal Documents
Generate professional, client-ready proposal documents directly from your budget and quote data. It’s fast, consistent, and ensures your proposals stand out.
Work Breakdown Clarity
Intuitive budgeting screens and a structured work breakdown let you track every project phase, cost category and revenue stream, so resource management decisions are made against real figures.
Budgeting Made Simple
Budget confidently with tools designed to account for staff costs, consultant fees, contractor payments, and project expenses. Total Synergy ensures every dollar is accounted for, keeping projects on the clearest path to profitability.
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“In hindsight, I should have just started with Total Synergy on day one. I would definitely recommend it. If you’re taking your business seriously, and you want to make sure your projects are performing, then it’s a no brainer.”
TIM HANSEN
Director
“I would definitely recommend Total Synergy. The development that’s going into it is incredibly good. The user interface is so great. I can find everything I need in a couple of clicks.”
STEPHANIE MOORE
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“There’s big opportunity for us to be more profitable, and Total Synergy is part of how we get there.”
MATTHEW KING
Managing Director
Account for staff, consultants, contractors, and project expenses all in one place. Total Synergy’s budgeting tools ensure no project costs gets overlooked, keeping your projects on track from day one.
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Insights
Advanced dashboards and reports, helping you make data-driven decisions.
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Premium API
Seamless integrations with your existing tools using a powerful API.
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Synergy PIM
Centralised management for all your project documents and emails.
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Synergy HR
Simplified staff management for availability, skills, and leave tracking.
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Synergy CRM
Organised tracking for client interactions, leads, and opportunities.
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Budgeting and quoting software helps A&E firms cost a project accurately before work begins, accounting for staff time, consultants, contractors and project expenses in one place. Total Synergy replaces spreadsheet guesswork with a structured work breakdown, so every fee proposal reflects the real cost of delivery. That means fewer underquoted projects and a clearer path to project profitability from day one.
Total Synergy uses a work breakdown structure that separates every project into phases, cost categories and revenue streams, so nothing gets missed. You can build a budget from a best-practice template rather than starting cost estimation from scratch each time. Staff costs, consultant fees, contractor payments and project expenses are pulled into one view, giving you a realistic picture of what a project will cost to deliver. With Total Synergy, you can also turn your budget data straight into a client-ready proposal, no re-keying required.
A realistic quote covers staff time by role and rate, consultant and contractor fees, disbursements, and project expenses like printing, travel or software fees. Firms that quote on labour alone tend to see margins erode as a project progresses. Total Synergy’s budgeting tools prompt you to account for each of these categories before a quote goes out the door.
Generic project management software isn’t built around fee stages, disciplines or the way architecture and engineering practices actually bill work, so firms end up bolting on spreadsheets to fill the gaps. Tools like monday.com manage tasks well but carry no concept of a fee stage or a consultant cost. Total Synergy is purpose-built for A&E, with budgeting screens and templates that reflect real project structures like schematic design, documentation and construction administration.
No, and it isn’t meant to. Total Synergy handles project accounting and project financials, then syncs to Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Sage or Wiise. Your accounting software tracks the business, Total Synergy tracks the job, and the two stay reconciled without double entry.
Your team can track time against the same phases you budgeted, so committed versus actual is visible without a reconciliation step. Those figures flow into invoices, WIP tracking and profitability reporting, meaning you spot a project drifting while there’s still room to act. It also steadies cash flow, because billing runs off live project data rather than a month-end reconstruction.
Deltek Vantagepoint and Deltek Ajera offer deep project accounting, typically with the implementation effort a larger firm can absorb. BQE Core serves a broad professional services market including A&E. Total Synergy is built specifically for A&E practices of 10+ staff who want full project financials without ERP-scale setup, and we’ve written detailed comparisons for each.
No. Construction software is built for contractors managing site delivery, materials and progress claims. Total Synergy is for the design side of the built environment, covering how architecture and engineering firms manage projects, budget fees, allocate resources and get paid. Document management, resource allocation and financial reporting are all built around consultancy work rather than site work.
Simplify Product Delivery
Reduce Project Risk
Win the Right Projects
Receive 24/7 Support
Produce Budgets & Quotes
Make budgeting and quoting easier, more accurate, and less stressful.
Manage Projects
Track Time
Track time effortlessly, stay on budget, and improve billing accuracy at every project phase.
Allocate Resources
Easily see who’s working on what, their availability, and how to best balance workloads.
Process Invoices
Get invoices out faster, reduce delays, and keep cash flowing with clear project finances.
Track Finances
Make budgeting and quoting easier, more accurate, and less stressful.
Decide with Data
Make smarter decisions with real-time dashboards and reports.
Forecast Revenue
Gain crystal-clear visibility into your future revenue, project profitability, and resource needs.
Apply Document Control
Centralize your project information for seamless collaboration, better control, and fewer headaches.
