BQE Core - Time, Billing, Project Management, and Accounting Software

Nick from Zon Engineering Inc.
Specialty: Engineering
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
August 2018
6 months in and it blows us away!
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The time and expense features are the key reasons we started using Core over 6 months ago. It has simplified our accounting process by billing directly to projects and saved time on generating invoices.
Cons
It took a while to configure when you have a large running list of projects. We ultimately had to get support from BQE to setup our database initially, and it took several weeks to get through that process.
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Matt from Vobr Niemeyer, LLC
Specialty: Engineering
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
July 2018
Excellent project management software for a small surveying business
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Ease of use for a land surveyor that had little project management experience at the start.
Cons
Can't think of anything
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Ryan from Zon Engineering Inc.
Specialty: Engineering
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
July 2018
Good time and project management/account solution for businesses
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This is one of the top business management software solutions that we've encountered.
Pros
We switched over to Core after using several other project/time management and accounting programs over the past several years. Since the switch to Core, we've been very happy with the results and the ability to automatically indicate to employees when they are overbudget on projects/tasks.
Cons
There is a bit of learning required on the user's parts before they know where to input time, expenses, and deliverables.
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Abraham from Rishavena Home Health Care
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 51-200 employees
July 2018
Billquick Solution
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Billquick is a reasonably user-friendly solution to time clocking on big projects. The software enabled us to be able to accurately bill for all of our hours worked with printable reports to support the data.
Cons
Customer service leave a lot to be desired. We weren't able to get anyone on the phone that could help us for over an hour and eventually solved the problem ourselves by rebooting the interface. The mobile app is not even worth downloading.
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Kent from IPS
July 2018
Awesome and easy to use
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BQE is awesome it makes things so easy when entering time and billing clients. Before we got BQE we would do everything by hand, when switching over it made thing go 10 times faster. Its a great software.
Cons
little glitches here and there but the customer support is so fast and responsive and the are willing to fix the software glitches.
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Matt from EE International
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
July 2018
Hands down the best value for your money to any billing software
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I enjoyed the easy to use guide and help functions throughout the entire software when any issue came up.
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Not really too much to complain about. Other than the cost is a little higher than other comparable products .
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Verified Reviewer
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
July 2018
It works
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It does the job. It can be a bit wonky and sometime you aren't sure if it's saving or freezing. Doesn't really have helpful features - like auto populating commonly used activity ID's. Very basic features.
Cons
Mobile app isn't great but allows you to update time when offline - which is helpful when you're updating on the subway. Customer service is not great but their account managers are on top of billing issues.
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Qiang from AEchem Scientific Cooperation
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
July 2018
Good product for project management
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Pros
It has a full range of functions including time & expense tracking, project management and billing etc. The customer support is helpful if you have questions during set-up or operation.
Cons
The product is a little pricey compared to the similar products, especially for a small company. And if you have a large scale, complex project to manage, there are better project management software out there.
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Tammy from Joseph D. Carney & Associates
Specialty: Legal
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
June 2018
Cloud based and Multiple Features
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This software covers many areas needed in our law firm. It has project management as well as billing, data analysis, and time tracking. You have the ability to get the info you need at your fingertips and also can give you a detailed report!
Cons
Price is a little higher than comparable software but all in all it is a great tool! If you are not paying attention you can really mess things up.
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Jill from ColeBreit Engineering
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
June 2018
Hard to implement at first. I'd recommend their training before you begin to implement yourself.
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1 stop shop. And, it integrates with QuickBooks online.
Pros
It's great at tracking projects, invoicing and payments. The system is only as efficient as the data going into it though. The tech support is outstanding.
Cons
Understand the process flow between modules before creating your first set of invoices, especially if you have sub-consultants/expenses.
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kiran from Kalmane Trading Pvt LTd
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 51-200 employees
June 2018
Great accounting software with excellent features.
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Bill-quick is a very good cloud based business management suite. It Project management, billing, data analysis and time tracking features. Quick preview or detailed history on customer details, vendor details and all their payments.Easy customization of billing template with company logo and other details. There are some other great features like budget management, employee salary with complete payroll features, auto billing, purchase order and much much more. Also has a android version app which make work happen on the go also.
Cons
Since its cloud based app one must be online all the time to use the app. But its not much of a con but there are many accounting apps which work offline also. Subscription is little high compared to other apps.
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Majidi from Onward Engineering
Specialty: Engineering
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
May 2018
I am extremely happy with the switch from BQE legacy to Core
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The process of switching from BQE to Core was very much automated, and BQE staff were very helpful along the way.
Now that we are using Core, and staff is inputting their time cards daily, it’s so much easier monitoring time spent on projects in real time, and our invoices are going out at least a week earlier than before. I highly recommend Core whether you are currently using BQE legacy or any other project management program.
Cons
The roles and permissions in the modules for Administrator, Project Manager, Billing were not quiet aligned with our workflow, but it was easy for us to adjust.
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Timothy from TA Dumbleton Architect PC
Specialty: Architectural
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
May 2018
We use this software to manage our architecture firm. I have 25 years in practice and I have used 4 similar programs - this is the best by far.
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The BQE company has been very responsive to suggestions and is making steady improvements. It is nice to use software that gets better over time.
Pros
The product is very powerful and provides quick information about how our projects are progressing - it allows us to know precisely how we are doing financially on each project. I like how flexible it is - much more flexible than other similar software I have used over the years. I like the interface and the customer service has been really excellent - they have been very responsive when we get stuck, and there has rarely not been a solution to our problems.
Cons
Sometimes the flexibility of the software makes it a little unwieldy. This software requires you to pay attention to what you are doing - because you can mess things up pretty quickly. There are times when I wish it had the ability to turn off some options - I would give up some power and flexibility to make it easier to work with. Invoice formatting needs some work.
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Javier from FLEXIBUILDIT
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
May 2018
Very difficult software and the client service is pretty bad
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Good service before the purchase, after they want to make a dollar for every single question.
Cons
Very difficult to implement without paying the training. It is not intuitive. The client support is very poor.
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Berkeley from Emerson Home Services
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
April 2018
Super easy with lots of options!
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Billquick is super easy to use, and there are so many report options there. It was a relatively seamless transition for our team to do time keeping and it gives us a great overview!
Cons
Can sometimes be a challenge to change projects IDs, if something has been entered in incorrectly. But overall satisfied.
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Michael from Municipal & Financial Services Group
Specialty: Management Consulting
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
April 2018
BillQuick is a robust timekeeping and invoicing tool
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BillQuick is a powerful timekeeping and invoicing program. We chose it as our preferred invoicing software as it provides the ability to customize client and project details.
Cons
The amount of options and customizations possible can also make the program difficult to navigate and master. I recommend utilizing customer support when needed.
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Dorian from Ricondo
Specialty: Other Services
Number of employees: 51-200 employees
April 2018
Excellent Product
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Everything. This is an amazing product. It is very user friendly. The interface is extremely easy.
Cons
I have no negative comments about this product and I have been using it for about three months.
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Huzefa from Kannoun Architects
Specialty: Architectural
Number of employees: 2-10 employees
April 2018
Project Activity in CORE
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Core allows you to enter any number of activity that you can think of, there is no restriction as to Number of activities that can be created in CORE
Cons
When doing time assignment only 50 Activity are displayed.
Sorting of Activity is done Alphabetically based on the Codes, there is no other option to Sort the activities based on Sub Codes or Description or Bill Rate
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Verified Reviewer
Number of employees: 1,001-5,000 employees
April 2018
A powerful and intuitive software solutions that's driven our efficiency to new heights
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The accounting features are easy to access & use. It's lead to a much greater sense of control of our business and best yet, we can access it even from our mobile phones.
Cons
Signing in multiple users can sometimes take some time to set up, but once that process is complete everything goes extremely smoothly.
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Bob from Bridge Gap Engineering
Specialty: Engineering
Number of employees: 11-50 employees
April 2018
9 months into our migration to this new software and still not willing to cut the cord from our current accounting software
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If you are a single division company the migration to this process may be an easier process. But for our seven division business, making the move to BQE has been nothing less than a nightmare. Way more time spent than I expected (which is compounded by the fact that it is time I don't have). The fact that BQE is California based, effects their customer support efforts to those on the east coast ...at least in my experience it has. Be sure to spend a lot of time testing the software before you buy...I made the mistake of buying it based on their sales communications (which you be offered a lot of deals and promotions of the bells and whistles the software has)..I find that it is not easy to use and have found that my clerical support flat out hate using versus our current, more intuitive accounting software.
Pros
It's easy to get sold on it's capabilities and functionality. Real time dashboards and remote access to timesheets via any electronic device are very nice touches.
Cons
Despite being told it would be an easy transition, it has not been the case. Software is not nearly as intuitive as current software (QB), for my needs had to buy a report writing software (SAP) which also requires training. First time through with data conversion on four of our company files, two came back incomplete and wrong, one came back with our project structure flipped upside down, and we never got back the fourth file which may be because it was for a Canadian entity and despite being told they know how to handle the tax issues faced in Canada, we did not have that confidence in them, and we have yet to see the first run through of the data conversion three months after uploading the file. Customer support is also not as responsive as I'd like and I would say working with them is just another negative issue
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Excellent project management software for a small surveying business

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Good time and project management/account solution for businesses

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Billquick Solution

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Awesome and easy to use

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Hands down the best value for your money to any billing software

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It works

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Good product for project management

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Hard to implement at first. I'd recommend their training before you begin to implement yourself.

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