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1 - 5 of 710 Reviews
Cecilia
11 - 50 employees
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed June 2021
We like invoicing in Core
Andrew
Verified reviewer
Architecture & Planning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Yep, there is a feature for that!
Good. Invoicing and time entry in the program fit our needs. There are always more features that we discover when we need more from CORE.
PROSThe program is cloud based which keeps us current. Most of the time when I have specific report, feature, or activity that I want, I can find what I need quickly. As with many programs, CORE does more than my office utilizes it for. Invoicing and time entry are usually smooth processes.
CONSWe migrated from ArchiOffice and feel that the way contacts are managed in CORE is utterly useless. We've abandoned it in favor of a piecemeal assortment of Office 365 and Mac built-in programs.The structure of projects is also something that can be improved. When a project transforms from hourly to percentage or adds phases, CORE has some flexibility but there are troublesome aspect such as migrating time from a single phase project to ensure it can be captured in invoices.
Reason for choosing BQE CORE Suite
Easier to migrate our ArchiOffice data into CORE.
Reasons for switching to BQE CORE Suite
Saved money through the al a carte module cost structure compared to previous program.
Juan Pablo
Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2023
Best product out there, basically out of the box .... no implementation needed
Just great, it allows me to have a far quicker pulse of the business in financial terms and also marketing wise keeping track of proposals.
PROSIt is very well structured, in a logical manner and has put a lot of attention into details of how projects can be deployed in so administrative ways in the AE industry. It can keep a project very simple o very sophisticated in terms of phases, budgets, reporting, etc.
CONSMoving from Archioffice (the previous software from BQE) to CORE was not flawless at all. I would have liked more support from BQE and that they acknowledge it is not flawless or that things willl appear automatically.
Reason for choosing BQE CORE Suite
It was jumping to something more familiar, avoiding costs of people learning something new, avoiding migration costs, and CORE is overall the best bang for buck software out there for small and midsize companies.
Reasons for switching to BQE CORE Suite
Archioffice was too old, needed cloud based software.
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2023
Software has issues, but their customer support is pretty good
In theory, I like all of the features that core has to offer, however, when the features don't work the way they're supposed to it becomes a bit of a nightmare to use. It has a lot of bugs, crashes often and in general is just not very user friendly.
PROSI like the expense management feature for employee reimbursement and client billing purposes. I also liked the accounting feature that allows you to bill expenses straight from the Cloudfeeds. I also really liked their customer support. They have a solid team on standby for customer support. I would often get the same person when I called. They are super friendly and know how to navigate the software.
CONSIt's time consuming to use - it's so slow and there are a lot of features that bug out and simply don't work the way they're supposed to, so I spend a lot of time navigating all of that, which is a bummer.
Reason for choosing BQE CORE Suite
The owner of the firm worked with the BQE team when they first started building the software, he was informing them of features that would be useful for the architecture firm, so he set the company up with BQE to support their mission.
Reasons for switching to BQE CORE Suite
The owner of the firm worked with the BQE team when they first started building the software, he was informing them of features that would be useful for the architecture firm, so he set the company up with BQE to support their mission.
Miguel
Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Review from an intern at Top Site Civil Group
My experience has been well, except for what I shared in the cons.
PROSIt is easy to navigate through the program and look for help if needed.
CONSOne thing that has grabbed my attention is that you are not able to take off hours that you have put down. Instead it is forced to have a minimum of 1 hour. I know I should have not done this, but I logged in a couple of hours before hand and was not able to go into the office that day. So when I tried to take them off it would not work, I instead took off a couple of hours from the days I did work.