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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akaunting

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AAkaunting is an online accounting software that enables the user to track income and expenses, from the company of the same name in Istanbul. The company offers a free version of its product.

    $12

    per month

    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
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Editions & Modules
    Standard Cloud
    $12
    per month
    Premium Cloud
    $36
    per month
    Elite Cloud
    $84
    per month
    Ultimate Cloud
    $218
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Considered Both Products
    Akaunting
    No answer on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    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
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Akaunting and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Akaunting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Akaunting and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Akaunting
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Akaunting and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Akaunting
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Akaunting and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Akaunting
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Akaunting and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Akaunting
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Plug-ins10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AkauntingBQE CORE
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    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    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
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (117 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 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
    AkauntingBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akaunting
    If anyone is searching for cloud-based Accounting software and have never used any accounting software before, then Akaunting is perfect for them. They can easily use it which will help me a lot. It has a beautiful UI and a simple one which makes it easy to use for everyone. A small business and a starting business are a good fit for this software.
    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
    Akaunting
    • Easy to use.
    • Can be installed into own hosting.
    • Have lots of features.
    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
    Akaunting
    • They should make their add ons more cheaper.
    • And they should make few add ons free which are essential.
    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
    Akaunting
    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
    Akaunting
    Because I loved this software and I want others to know about it too, it will surely help many others who are searching for simple accounting software like I was searching some time ago.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Akaunting
    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
    Akaunting
    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
    Akaunting
    I have never tried to call their support, but checking their documentation and FAQs, etc helped me a lot so they deserved this rating...
    Incentivized
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    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
    Akaunting
    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
    Akaunting
    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
    Akaunting
    It is very easy to use and get started with. It can be installed into my own hosting easily and is open source too which means I can add more features myself if I know programming.
    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
    Akaunting
    No answers on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Akaunting
    • Akaunting has helped me a lot since I started using it.
    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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    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