Bolste vs. BQE CORE

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bolste
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Bolste™ is a complete business operating system, designed to simplify work-life and help businesses grow by streamlining communication and collaboration. The system brings together separate applications – email, chat, tasks, file-sharing, calendars, and more – into a single, simple platform. Available on the web and via iOS and Android apps, Bolste enables remote users to stay connected and productive from anywhere. The admin console shows employee activity, making it easy to…
$0
per user
BQE CORE
Score 8.5 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
BolsteBQE CORE
Editions & Modules
Basic
$0
per user
Pro
$9.99
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BolsteBQE CORE
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBolste offers three (3) packages that meet the exact needs of any user. BASIC is a free version perfect for an army of one or for small group to try out the solution. PRO is a more robust version perfect for larger teams and SMB organizations. CORPORATE is a full-scale version perfect for enterprise solutions.
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Community Pulse
BolsteBQE CORE
Top Pros
Top Cons

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Features
BolsteBQE CORE
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bolste
8.8
1 Ratings
12% above category average
BQE CORE
8.1
49 Ratings
7% above category average
Task Management9.11 Ratings8.831 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.21 Ratings6.613 Ratings
Scheduling8.21 Ratings8.321 Ratings
Workflow Automation9.11 Ratings7.722 Ratings
Mobile Access9.11 Ratings9.027 Ratings
Search9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.232 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings6.610 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings6.824 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.449 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Bolste
8.7
1 Ratings
8% above category average
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
Chat9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Bolste
8.9
1 Ratings
9% above category average
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
Versioning8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bolste
-
Ratings
BQE CORE
8.4
34 Ratings
12% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.817 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings8.829 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
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User Ratings
BolsteBQE CORE
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.7
(142 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(8 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(100 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(89 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(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
BolsteBQE CORE
Likelihood to Recommend
Bolste
Bolste is best suited for companies that rely on team work and e-mail communication within/between departments
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BQE Software Inc.
BQE CORE is well suited for a firm trying to get a better understanding of their project performance as a whole as well as better manage time and project resources. It is not the greatest for client management through a project or through invoicing, but it is do-able within the system.
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Pros
Bolste
  • Keeps everybody on the same page.
  • Easy to access/use.
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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
Bolste
  • There is only 7GB of storage in the Plus Pack.
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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
Bolste
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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
Bolste
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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
Bolste
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BQE Software Inc.
I can only remember a couple of times in 4 years that Core has been unavailable.
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Performance
Bolste
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
Bolste
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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.
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Online Training
Bolste
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
Bolste
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
Bolste
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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
Bolste
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BQE Software Inc.
This software works on a small and large scale.
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Return on Investment
Bolste
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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

Bolste Screenshots

Screenshot of Activity Feed – displaying all activity across a your account, making it easy to see the latestScreenshot of Calendar – for scheduling meetings / events and tracking task due datesScreenshot of Tasks – for creating, assigning and managing tasks or "to-dos"Screenshot of Contacts – enabling you to easily connect with contacts from inside and out of your organizationScreenshot of Shared Files – allowing you to easily share and find filesScreenshot of Bolster Navigation – where you find your personal tools and files (under My Bolster), as well as your shared Bolsters for collaboration

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