It can be confusing to some extent - one of our contractors, in this instance, had 2 profiles and was entering hours and expenses under the company name first instead of under his name.

The system is easy to configure, easy to use and the support has been amazing. We're very happy with the system.

This is a great mobile timesheet app. It tracks every hour spent on a project and helps to track everything that each person is doing.

Overall the experience with BigTime has been great. It will help us better manage our business.

The fact that the staff genuinely cares and believes in the product is what I like best.

I like the ease of use the most as well as the availability of the support team.

In our month of using BigTime, our experience has been wonderful. Our Customer Success Manager is AMAZING.

Great customer service and support. Very easy to implement and roll out.

Overall I have had a pretty positive experience with Bigtime and am optimistic that it will work out great for our company.

So far so good, we are already seeing an improvement in budget tracking.

We just started using the software and are impressed with the support staff at Big Time. They are helping us to set up the program and customize it for our needs.

Also, we have been very impressed with the speed of the system and the design of the user interface.

This makes it difficult to integrate BT invoicing directly into QB data. A problem made even more difficult given that all of our projects to date have been invoiced from QB.

Big huge thank you to the support staff for helping me yesterday with my sync agent for QuickBooks. He was very professional and patient.

Great features that meet our companies needs. Integration with Quickbooks works perfectly.

The service has been great. So far we're very pleased with the process.

I enjoy the ease of the software and the accessibility for our employees.

I love the ease at which you can make adjustments to submitted timesheets or expense reports. The software is very intuitive.

But Sylvia, who guided us through the Onboarding process, was able to successfully show us all the capabilities that BigTime has to offer so far.

It is good to see that bigtime integrates so directly with the quickbooks platform, since this way it works better with invoices and workflow management tools.

Ability to easily add staff, create projects and budgets. Report generation and ability to export reports to excel for pivot table analysis.

I like how clean it is - our bugdets and hours are all tracked neatly now. Before it was all done manually, with the help of a spreadsheet.

I have tried many solutions in the past and I found BT was the best fit for our organization.

Overall the fact that everything's integrated into one platform makes Bigtime a great timesaver for any organization.

We are in the process of implementing the software, but the training and support we have had so far has been fantastic. The software seems to be intuitive and is very user-friendly.

I like the ease of the integration between BigTime and Quickbooks.

Its inability to perform some task that I am used to which is to be expected in a switch form one system to the next.

My overall experience with BigTime has been great, the software is easy to use and navigate, and the customer support has been fast and helpful in answering any questions I have had.

There are a couple of features that are missing pertaining specifically to my company.

Its a software that is easy to navigate and the cost sweeps me off my feet.I recommend it for anyone.

We did it backwards which cost us about three weeks of loss time.

It’s confusing to use and also runs quite slowly.

Not so many companies will go the extra mile to save one from themselves especially after having failed to heed their explicit warnings.

HoudiniESQ cares about their customers and product and it shows. They have a great software program because they listen to their customers needs and respond to them.

Love the product, ease of use, ability to connect worldwide. Five stars but for customer service.

It was easy to learn and navigate the system, I especially like the multiple workspace and window features so I can perform multiple tasks at the same time. Integration with office is very good.

There are occasional problems with the way it integrates with Outlook and Quickbooks.

Overall it is a good product that has the capacity to overtake the market if it can stay affordable, increase security, and improve the ease of transitioning.

I trust that these issues can be fixed in future updates. But, all-in-all, I am very happy with this program and I think that it shows great promise.

It is also multi-faceted that you can do other things with it aside from billing. The fact you can not only track revenue but also store documents is great.

Overall it's a functional product and I love that it's free for solos. It could be more intuitive, my experiences with RocketMatter and Clio have been much better than Houdini in this regard.

Somewhat user friendly, but can be customized with help from support. Has potential to be great.

User interface and experience lacking - nuts and bolts are there.

The customer service is excellent and it is obvious that all employees and member care deeply about their service and product.

To me, five stars means it is perfect, and it will not be perfect until Frank tweaks a few more things pursuant to my suggestions.

Customer service is awesome, they are extremely patient and are usually quite knowledgeable about the in and outs of the software.

I especially like the work automation function, the ability to integrate other software like Quickbooks.

I have been using HoudiniESQ for several months now and I LOVE it. I opened my own firm quickly and needed case management software that had a fast setup and was user friendly.

It never worked properly, so we after investing time and resources, we had to abandon it. It didn't sync properly with GSuite and Quickbooks.

Price; customer support; fairly easy to add new matters and add time to events. I like that is is fairly compatible with Quickbooks.

The extraordinary thing about this program is that it is comprehensive and user friendly, so much so that even baby boomers can figure it out without having to call a help desk in India.

The price is on the lower end, although better companies are now competitive price-wise.

It has all of TimeMatters features and a whole lot more. And the best thing of all, it is FREE for solos like myself.

HoudiniEsq has the best and most responsive technical support I have ever encountered with any program or platform.

I couldn't figure anything out. It was all very unfamiliar - the layout, workflow, and terminology all felt cumbersome and confusing.

We tried to use this but were constantly on phone with tech support. When we pointed out deficiencies it was met with a angry responses.

The billing functions are outstanding and offer all the functionality and customization one could hope for.

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BigTime is an online time and billing solution designed to serve professional service firms like accounting, engineering, government contracting, legal and IT services. The integrated solution offers features like time and expense tracking, WIP management, task & workflow management, invoicing, billing and more.


BigTime time tracking captures all time spent on projects or out of office activities through a mobile timesheet app. Employees can submit expenses through the online portal or directly from their mobile devices and attach scanned receipts. Once finalized, the solution automatically generates a digital expense report and submits it to the system for approval.


BigTime also offers comprehensive project management features that help managers monitor project status, define tasks and activities, assign tasks and more. The built-in billing & invoicing tool helps businesses manage their accounting operations with automated expense calculations, multiple billing rates and receipt management features. Businesses can leverage pre-built reporting templates or create new templates to address their compliance and audit reporting requirements.


Users can access the solution on their Android and iOS devices using the BigTime mobile apps. The solution can integrate with various accounting and ticketing solutions including QuickBooks, Slack, Zapier and more.



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Real-Time Analytics

Deadline Management

Milestone Tracking

Document Templates

Bar Chart

Project Workflow

Employee Management

Automatic Time Capture

Production Cost Tracking

Forecasting

IT Cost Management

Tax Management

Purchase Order Management

Electronic Payments

Invoice History

Status Tracking

Billable & Non-Billable Hours

Billable Items Tracking

Payment Processing

Recurring/Subscription Billing

Application Management

Cost Management

Due Date Tracking

Time Tracking

Project Templates

Customizable Reports

Proposal Generation

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Tracking

Vacation/Leave Tracking

Timer

Online Time Tracking

Templates

Progress Tracking

Job Costing

Mobile Payments

Workflow Configuration

Contract/License Management

Task Scheduling

SSL Security

Single Sign On

Project Billing

Credit Card Processing

Invoice Management

Portfolio Management

Project Planning/Scheduling

CPA Firms

Attendance Tracking

Timesheet Management

Project Management

Task Planning

Approval Process Control

Customizable Invoices

Gantt/Timeline View

Rules-Based Workflow

Projections

Time Tracking by Client

For Accountants

Resource Management

Sick Leave Tracking

Integrations Management

Customizable Fields

Collaboration Tools

Assignment Management

Project Scheduling

Template Management

Data Import/Export

Dependency Tracking

Automatic Billing

Accounting

Multiple Projects

Resource Allocation & Planning

Multi-Location

QuickBooks Integration

Contact Management

Audit Trail

For Government

Employee Time Tracking

Configurable Workflow

Overrun Reporting

Bills of Material

For CPA Firms

Project Time Tracking

Hourly Billing

Time Off Requests

Cost-to-Completion Tracking

Mobile Access

Online Payments

Online Invoicing

Requirements Management

Skills Tracking

Capacity Management

Time Tracking by Project

Real Time Data

Performance Metrics

Billing Portal

Multi-Department/Project

Overtime Calculation

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 8

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

Chat

2-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

BigTime

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

HoudiniEsq is a hybrid law practice management solution that caters to law practices of all sizes and provides them the functionalities to manage various business routines which include cases, billing, invoicing and several other workflows. The solution can either be deployed on-premise or hosted in the cloud.


HoudiniEsq features case budgets, time tracking, case and matter management, text indexed document management and email management. It also offers client and staff management, workflow automation, calendaring and alerts. The solution is customizable and helps users to classify legal specialties such as bankruptcy, corporate, criminal, estate planning, government, litigation and personal injury.


Additionally, HoudiniEsq supports integration with various third-party applications such as Word, Outlook, Excel, WordPerfect, Acrobat, QuickBooks, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, SoftFile, CalendarRules, Google and more.


Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis. Perpetual license for a one-time fee is also available to the users. Support is offered via phone, email and an online knowledge base.



Document Storage

Docket Management

Calendar Management

File Recovery

Full Text Search

Offline Access

File Conversion

Document Classification

Version Control

Completion Tracking

Client Portal

Workflow Management

File Sharing

Time & Expense Tracking

Billing & Invoicing

Expense Tracking

Case Notes

Archiving & Retention

Task Management

Document Management

Document Generation

Windows 7

Windows Vista

100% turnkey and FREE for Solo practitioners

SaaS just $64 a month (your data resides in our data center)

On-Premise $240 a year (your data resides within your firm's walls)

Free support and all upgrades included.

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