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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atera

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAtera is presented as an Agentic AI platform for IT management, that offers a digital workforce of AI agents that proactively and autonomously support entire IT operations. Atera’s all-in-one IT management platform consolidates RMM, helpdesk, ticketing, and automation, so IT teams and MSPs can manage and protect infrastructure, automate tasks, and boost service quality by reducing downtime and improving SLAs. Atera has shifted focus from automation to AI-powered autonomy in IT. With…

    $139

    per month per user

    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
    AteraBQE CORE
    Editions & Modules
    MSP - Pro
    $129
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Professional
    $149
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Growth
    $179
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Expert
    $189
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Power
    $209
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Master
    $219
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AteraBQE CORE
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUnlimited devices.—
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    Features
    AteraBQE CORE
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Atera and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Atera
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    30% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Atera and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Atera
    8.9
    126 Ratings
    24% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring8.6125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring7.7111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Atera and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Atera
    8.8
    125 Ratings
    28% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Patch Management7.7124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation7.6110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Atera and BQE CORE
    Feature
    Atera
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Attended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unattended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile device access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple-display support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.4 out of 10
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AteraBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (128 ratings)
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (75 ratings)
    9.7
    (117 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (1 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
    AteraBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atera
    Actually, it depends on the size of the organization. Atera is not well suited for large organizations in my point of view, and also it is not well suited where policies are very strict. But I would recommend it because of the lower cost and the rich features it has. The biggest benefit of Atera is it is cloud hosted and the cost does not depend on the number of devices you register with Atera. The cost depends on the number of licenses you have purchased.
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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
    Atera
    • Atera is doing good in the monitoring part as it is monitoring our complete infrastructure from the network to servers and also the end user devices.
    • Atera is good in the patching part as it is patching our Windows and Linux servers, end-user Windows systems, and third-party applications.
    • Atera is good in the automation process, and we can plan the execution of any task and schedule it. We have a lot of options here from CMD to PowerShell.
    • The Inventory part is also good, as we can see and download the Software and Hardware inventory from Atera. It will provide the details of all hardware and software, from OS details to applications.
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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
    Atera
    • Atera is well-designed but still has some issues. In the patching part, the devices having low disk space in the C drive, will not download and install the patches. It should give room to clean the space and then patch the system.
    • It has a limited number of third-party applications that can be installed through it.
    • In some cases, Atera failed to update or remove those applications that were not installed through Atera itself. Only 10% we can say.
    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
    Atera
    As of right now, we have found nothing that can offer as many features as Atera does along with the affordability. They are doing monthly releases each month and not just making small changes (shared scripting library, chocolatey support, Install packages, Splashtop SOS support, Scheduled tickets to name a few). The uptimes are great and accessibility to the dashboard has yet to be limited. We are a happy customer and bordering on fanboy status now
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Atera
    Atera's remote monitoring feature is one of it's best features. The laptops and servers we used it on responded quickly to our administrative task requests and made our work light. We were able to increase the resources, manage patches, windows updates and quite a few other tasks remotely and that too 24×7.
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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
    Atera
    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
    Atera
    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
    Atera
    Atera support provides answers to my questions lightning fast. They have never left me feeling like I'm out there on my own. I can ask questions by email, or by chat, or by opening a ticket with them and they are always on it quickly. They also have a forum where other Atera users can help you if you need it, and you can also add feature requests via the forum.
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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
    Atera
    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
    Atera
    The implementation was performed by the system administrator so I don't have much insight into this
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    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
    Atera
    Because Atera is a much more effective and efficient solution to manage all our IT operations, it automates each of our business processes. It offers us the best support to respond to any problem that may arise. I think Atera is much more cost-effective and reliable; its value is justified with each function and satisfies all our business needs and requirements.
    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
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Atera
    • The intuitive user interface has enabled both users and support technicians to familiarize themselves quickly with the functionality, and the learning curve is less.
    • Some features need to be accessed through documentation; they're not available directly on the dashboard.
    • Sometimes, internet access plays a significant role, whereas low connectivity is a hindrance.
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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

    Atera Screenshots

    Screenshot of Atera’s AI-powered solution.Screenshot of Atera's process automation.Screenshot of Atera's real-time monitoring, which gives visibility and control of the IT environment.Screenshot of Atera's ticketing, where users can deliver end-user support and issue resolution at scale.

    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