Who Uses BQE Core?
Professional Services firms including Architects & Engineers, Accountants, CPAs, Business & IT Consultants, Government Contractors, Legal Professionals, & more.
What Is BQE Core?
BQE Core centralizes professional services firms' project and financial data on one beautiful cloud platform. By combining project management, time and expense tracking, billing, reporting, and financial management tools, Core makes it easier to run your firm more profitably. It organizes information, automates repetitive tasks, and allows you to spend more time providing services to your clients instead of managing internal processes. Sign up for a free 15-day trial.
BQE Core Details
BQE Software
http://www.bqe.com
Founded 1995
BQE Core pricing overview
See pricing plansBQE Core does not have a free version but does offer a free trial.
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
BQE Core deployment and support
Support
- 24/7 (Live Rep)
- Business Hours
- Online
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web
- Mobile - iOS Native
- Mobile - Android Native
Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
BQE Core Features
Accounting Practice Management Software
- Approval Workflow
- Billing & Invoicing
- Client Management
- Client Portal
- Document Management
- Due Date Tracking
- For CPA Firms
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Time Tracking
Accounting Software
- Accounts Receivable
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- CPA Firms
- Expense Tracking
- Fixed Asset Management
- Fund Accounting
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Purchase Orders
- Tax Management
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software
- Chatbot
- For Healthcare
- For Sales
- For eCommerce
- Multi-Language
- Predictive Analytics
- Process/Workflow Automation
- Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA)
Billing and Invoicing Software
- Billing Portal
- Contact Database
- Contingency Billing
- Customisable Invoices
- Dunning Management
- Hourly Billing
- Mobile Payments
- Multi-Currency
- Online Invoicing
- Online Payments
- Payment Processing
- Project Billing
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Tax Calculator
HR Software
- 360 Degree Feedback
- Applicant Tracking
- Benefits Management
- Compensation Management
- Employee Database
- Employee Profiles
- Onboarding
- Payroll Management
- Performance Management
- Recruitment Management
- Self Service Portal
- Time & Attendance Management
- Time Off Management
Job Costing Software
- Bills of Material
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Change Orders
- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Overrun Reporting
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Production Cost Tracking
- Purchase Order Management
- Quotes / Estimates
- Time Tracking
- Work Order Management
Law Practice Management Software
- Billing & Invoicing
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Client Portal
- Conflict Management
- Contract Management
- Document Management
- Email Management
- Legal Case Management
- Task Management
- Time Tracking
- Trust Accounting
Legal Billing Software
- Accounting Management
- Automatic Billing
- Calendar Management
- Case Management
- Client portal
- Document Management
- Expense Tracking
- Time Tracking
Legal Case Management Software
- Billing & Invoicing
- Calendar Management
- Case Notes
- Client Management
- Conflict Management
- Contract Management
- Docket Management
- Document Management
- Email management
- Expense Tracking
- Task Management
- Time Tracking
- Trust Accounting
Professional Services Automation Software
- Billing & Invoicing
- CRM
- Client Portal
- Collaboration Tools
- Document Management
- Portfolio Management
- Project Management
- Proposal Generation
- Quote Management
- Resource Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
Project Management Software
- Agile Methodologies
- Budget Management
- Client Portal
- Collaboration Tools
- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
- Customisable Templates
- Gantt Charts
- Idea Management
- Kanban Board
- Milestone Tracking
- Portfolio Management
- Resource Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Traditional Methodologies
Time Tracking Software
- Automatic Time Capture
- Billable & Non-Billable Hours
- Billing & Invoicing
- Employee Database
- Mobile Time Tracking
- Multiple Billing Rates
- Offline Time Tracking
- Overtime Calculation
- Timesheet Management
- Vacation/Leave Tracking
Time and Expense Software
- Activity Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Expense Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Reimbursement Management
- Time Tracking
- Time Tracking by Client
- Time Tracking by Project
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BQE Core Reviews
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Average score
Robert c. M.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 5/04/2019
"Valuable software for billing at a law firm"
Comments: Bill quick is a perfect solution to create invoices and be able to bill many different attorneys on different projects.
Pros:
The ability to customize many of its features is great. You can setup and keep track of time associated
with various cases, clients, projects. There are so many reports that you can run to keep track of your spending. Able to export invoices to LEDES format. Able to import time from excel spreadsheet.
Cons: It takes some time to learn the software, the tech support team was great in getting me up and running. If you want additional reports they have a custom report group but their cost is a bit high to modify reports. It looks a bit complicated but actually it is easy to use.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 5/04/2019
Laura S.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 11/05/2020
"Core has been an integral in helping us to understand and grow our business"
Comments: Overall experience has been great as we use Core for our integrated accounting, time/expenses, and invoices, and it has been integral in helping us to understand and grow our business in the first year.
Pros: A little over one year back as we started up our new business I was researching for the best accounting, time and expense tracking and billing software. I selected BQE Core because it had an intuitive interface, easy reporting and it was on cloud. For any startup business the cost is always a big factor, the fact that BQE Core was a fraction of other similar software packages was an added bonus! We use BQE for our integrated accounting, time/expenses, and invoices, and it has been integral in helping us to understand and grow our business in the first year. At every moment, I have the info available to understand my cash flow, liabilities and A/R all in one interface, which never would have been possible if I used other accounting software.
Cons: In a separate excel doc I track our projected income and expenses for each two-week period so I can plan cash expenditure. If BQE had a feature to track overhead and projections in relation to billable work, that would really integrate all functionality in one software. Other than that, I don't have any suggestions for improvement.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 11/05/2020
Barbara V.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 13/01/2021
"Excellent experience"
Comments: Definitely an excellent experience
Pros: We like that Core is loud based. Even before pandemic we were transitioning into more employees working remotely. Tracking time, monitoring budgets and processing invoices is streamlined in Core. I particularly like the very customizable dashboard. The widget I use the most is right at the top.
Cons: Sometimes I feel slow autofill, not sure if it is because of the slow internet.
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- Reviewed on 13/01/2021
Stacy M.
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Overall Rating3.5 /5
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Ease of Use2 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support4 /5
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Value for MoneyUnrated
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 30/06/2015
"BillQuick - A look at one year post conversion"
Pros:
BillQuick is a powerful tool in tracking project time and expenses for professional services. We converted from 7 years of Quick Books data. Although the conversion and integration was not a seemless process, and the learning curve was much longer than originally anticipated, we are now tracking project profitability at a much higher level than we ever have before.
BillQuick Tech Support is fantastic. They are patient and knowledgeable, and we have received a lot of added value by having the Gold Care Tech Support package added onto our services. Additionally, we have invested quite a bit of extra money on having Bill Quick Customization Department write customized reports. Although the standard reports section is extensive, we were unable to find reports that gave us exactly the data we wanted to see. It's nice that this additional service is offered, but it would be nice for them to give us a handful of customized reports as part of the conversion process and then charge extra from there on out.
Cons: The software is not as user-friendly as it could be. Some things are overly complicated and require detailed use before you understand the functionality of the software. It could not be more different that QuickBooks, and the transition for us was difficult. Personally, I highly underestimated the learning curve. In the beginning, we were only using BQ for time and expense logging and we maintained our Quick Books file for all other general accounting, which I would strongly discourage. Although the SYNC feature does work to sync data between programs, it is not a clean sync and much of it needed cleanup on either side of the sync. This was very frustrating. We just recently converted all of our general accounting in QB over to the Accounting portal in BillQuick. This has helped to have all of our financial records in one software system and our data is much more consistent. However, the "Accounting" portal is not perfect and there are a number of features that are lacking where QB has it all dialed in. Examples: 1) in looking at a vendor bill, there is no indication or PAID FLAT to see it has been PAID or not. To see if it is paid, I have to look at the previous checks. 2) In a report that lists all AP checks written for a particular time frame, there is no TOTAL at the end of the report. 3) BQ allows duplicate check numbers. (This is not a complete list, but the top 3 things that drive me insane.) These seem like basic accounting features and for them to not be included in an accounting software is frustrating. DISCLAIMER: we have not yet upgraded to BQ2015 and remain on BQ2014 for a while longer. My understanding is that BQ2015 has updated a number of accounting features, so I look forward to seeing if any of those issues are remedied.
- Reviewer Source
- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 30/06/2015
Amy G.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 14/10/2020
"BQE provides strong support for customizations"
Comments: Overall experience has been nothing short of great. The strong support BQE offers for customization has resulted in effective time billing management but also leaves us with satisfied clients seeing their contracts clearly on a custom invoice based on their requirements.
Pros: Our company transitioned many years ago to BQE from a different software which was not as detail oriented as we needed for project budgets as well as client satisfaction on invoicing. Offering services to many different types of agencies - from federal to local government agencies to the private sector, each client requires a different level of detail on invoicing. In the past, we have found it very difficult to track time and transition those hours into a contract based invoice.
Cons: Would like to see more streamlined and simplified process of client credits. Right now the only way is to have it has a retainer.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 14/10/2020
