TaskMongoose vs. BQE CORE

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
TaskMongoose
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
TaskMongoose is an agile task management tool for companies of all sizes, from enterprises to entrepreneurs, to organize projects and manage workflows.
$24
per month per seat
BQE CORE
Score 8.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
BQE CORE is a business management solution built specifically for professional service firms. BQE CORE is a combination of a billing assistant, project management, and accounting solution. CORE is designed to do the hard work of delivering actionable insights directly to the user's dashboards or inbox. BQE CORE replaces the products Engineeroffice, Archioffice, and BillQuick; the functionality of these applications is now found in BQE CORE.N/A
Pricing
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Features
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
TaskMongoose
7.3
4 Ratings
6% below category average
BQE CORE
7.9
74 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management7.34 Ratings8.956 Ratings
Resource Management7.04 Ratings8.855 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.84 Ratings8.828 Ratings
Scheduling7.54 Ratings8.736 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.84 Ratings7.639 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.84 Ratings6.446 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology7.54 Ratings7.721 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology5.84 Ratings5.418 Ratings
Document Management7.84 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Email integration7.34 Ratings6.133 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.84 Ratings9.474 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.03 Ratings8.032 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings7.445 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.358 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
TaskMongoose
8.0
2 Ratings
4% above category average
BQE CORE
8.4
56 Ratings
9% above category average
Project & financial reporting8.02 Ratings8.554 Ratings
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
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User Ratings
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(4 ratings)
9.0
(167 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(4 ratings)
9.0
(117 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(90 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.3
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
TaskMongooseBQE CORE
Likelihood to Recommend
Pigeon Messengr
I recommend TaskMongoose constantly to my teammates - it's become our go-to for client projects. The time tracking and clean interface fixed problems we didn't even know we had. While it's not perfect for every department, I've personally convinced three other teams to adopt it after seeing how seamlessly it handles our workflow. For service-based teams like ours, it's been a game-changer.
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BQE Software Inc.
I would recommend this for our industry: architecture, engineering, or construction. I would recommend this for any larger firm with many employees or high number of projects. I would particularly recommend this for a company with projects that have budget constraints and where time tracking and expense tracking is very important. I would not recommend this complicated software for a small firm with a small amount of income or number of projects.
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Pros
Pigeon Messengr
  • great for task management, team collab, and workfllow automation
  • it seems to be good for all business types and sizes
  • Super fast and impressive streamlined workflows are created and completed when using taskmongoose.
  • reasonable cost
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BQE Software Inc.
  • Invoice Collections within Billing is a great tool because of the ability to take notes and track contact.
  • Invoices are professional looking and easy for our clients to understand the overall progress within each phase of their project.
  • Dashboards are the best tool EVER!
  • The Contact List feature within Clients setup is the perfect way to track multiple project managers within a large company that also has multiple contracts with us.
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Cons
Pigeon Messengr
  • More granular permission controls for client-facing project views
  • Enhanced reporting filters for analyzing productivity trends
  • iOS widget for quick task capture
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BQE Software Inc.
  • Customizable Reporting
  • Linking Project to Payment all together
  • Assigning contacts to particular roles - such as Invoicing, Contracts, etc.
  • Accounting Functionality - they are basically a project management accounting software, so in my opinion, they could learn some things from other accounting software such as QuickBooks etc.
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Likelihood to Renew
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
We have been using Core for a few years now, and honestly started to look at other software systems to see what was out there. What we chose was a nightmare for migration so we never left Core. Now we have added invoicing and payments from Core instead of double entry with QBO. Still only a few cycles in but looks like it will be up to speed soon and working smoothly.
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Usability
Pigeon Messengr
While the UI is strong, the functionality falls short, potentially due to missing features, lack of flexibility, or limitations in automation, integrations, or task management capabilities.
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BQE Software Inc.
The foundation is awesome, like I have said before, however the house being built on it, the educational resources being provided to us (more of sales pitches that don't work), and flexible workflow opportunities, is making us look elsewhere for how much we will be spending on per user. It's crazy to think how flexible they are not when it comes to user settings. Lack of integration with other sources is awful.
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Reliability and Availability
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
I can only remember a couple of times in 4 years that Core has been unavailable.
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Performance
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
This is one area that does need some improvement. It can be slow at time, so we had our IT look at it from our side and we had no issues, so it has to be some slowness on their side.
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Support Rating
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
As a new employee and CORE user, I talk to support on a weekly basis. I have never had to wait for more than 3 min to get connect with a support rep, and all my questions have been answered. The support representatives are polite and eager to help no matter how simple your question is.
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Online Training
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
Make sure you have someone training you that fits your style of learning.
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Implementation Rating
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
It does take some time to understand the options and to find the best invoice template.
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Alternatives Considered
Pigeon Messengr
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BQE Software Inc.
Deltek Vision is far more advanced, more encompassing and offers more flexibility with what you want to do. However, it's also quite difficult to use, whereas BQE CORE is intuitive and user friendly. The trade off is worth it in some arenas but overall it's not suited for a larger fast paced company. Great for smaller companies.
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Scalability
Pigeon Messengr
No answers on this topic
BQE Software Inc.
This software works on a small and large scale.
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Return on Investment
Pigeon Messengr
  • Reduced status meeting time by 40% thanks to real-time progress visibility
  • Improved on-time delivery from 78% to 93% across Q2 campaigns
  • Eliminated 3 redundant tracking spreadsheets from our operations
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BQE Software Inc.
  • Quick setup of new tasks under a parent project, with immediate hourly billing to it.
  • Monitoring of details of non-chargeable efforts in appropriate detail
  • Validation of hourly cost, billing cost, benefit cost, profitability by person and role
  • Company tracking of write-off's included in corporate and project reporting, no data is "lost"
  • Can track excessive work time as +PTO in lieu of pay for use as future vacation
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ScreenShots

TaskMongoose Screenshots

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BQE CORE Screenshots

Screenshot of Core powered by BQE SoftwareScreenshot of BQE CORE Project Dashboard ViewScreenshot of BQE CORE 360* Firm Performance ViewScreenshot of BQE CORE Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of BQE CORE Project Time EntryScreenshot of BQE CORE Project Expense Tracking