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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AccountMate

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAccountMate offers accounting software for small, midsize, or growing businesses. AccountMate SQL Software is specifically for businesses with high transaction volumes and heavy user loads. It can accommodate hundreds of simultaneous users, providing businesses with a comprehensive, real-time business and financial management solution. AccountMate Express Software is designed for businesses with up to five concurrent users that desire the stability and speed of a SQL database…N/A

    BQE CORE

    Score8.8 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
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Considered Both Products
    AccountMate
    No answer on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    144 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    150 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    70 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    81 Answers
    Features
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Pay calculation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Dashboards6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Accounts payable8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Inventory tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Pricing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of AccountMate and BQE CORE
    Feature
    AccountMate
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
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    Plug-ins9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AccountMateBQE CORE
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    Score4.3 out of 10
    Autotask PSA
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.3 out of 10
    Planview AdaptiveWork
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    User Ratings
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (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
    AccountMateBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AccountMate
    AccountMate is a great product for wholesale and distributors. It manages the inventory cycles comprehensively, from purchasing to stocking, to sales and delivery. There are a great many tools available to manage inventory, properties, and financials. The availability to have third-party add-ons offers even greater opportunities to meet the needs of the end-user. The system is not really suited for certain types of service industries: legal, medical, and those businesses that invoice on time.
    Incentivized
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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
    AccountMate
    • Ease of use
    • Ability to easily adapt the solution to fit the needs of the end user
    • Integration of data across different platforms
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    AccountMate
    • Custom reports: The current system uses Crystal Reports, which is a bit cumbersome.
    • True cloud-based solution is missing
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AccountMate
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    AccountMate
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    AccountMate
    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
    AccountMate
    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
    AccountMate
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    AccountMate
    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
    AccountMate
    No answers on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    It does take some time to understand the options and to find the best invoice template.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    AccountMate
    We use AccountMate for a number of reasons, particularly its ease of use and the ability to customize any part of the system (with source code residing on the end-user system--a HUGE advantage).
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    AccountMate
    No answers on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Return on Investment
    AccountMate
    • Allows us to quickly gain insight into the current and past performance of the company
    Incentivized
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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

    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