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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    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

    Paycor

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APaycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.N/A
    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraBQE COREPaycor
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraBQE COREPaycor
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.—Paycor's pricing for small, mid, and enterprise companies varies based on product bundle and company size. Because Paycor HR software is built to help businesses scale and grow, plans are based on the mix of HR products needed, and company size. Payroll is at the core of Paycor's offering, and their products are sold as a part of their payroll and HR platform.
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    Features
    Atlassian JiraBQE COREPaycor
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and BQE CORE and Paycor
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.8
    66 Ratings
    2% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycor
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.765 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.963 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.149 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.858 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.861 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.564 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.765 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.950 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.954 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.855 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.044 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.744 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.149 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.136 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and BQE CORE and Paycor
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.7
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycor
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates7.732 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.125 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.436 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.427 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Atlassian Jira and BQE CORE and Paycor
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    -
    Ratings
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycor
    8.0
    419 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3406 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9197 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9290 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8399 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8330 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3114 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraBQE COREPaycor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (254 ratings)
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    7.3
    (445 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    6.2
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    9.6
    (117 ratings)
    7.8
    (414 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    5.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    3.5
    (60 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    4.7
    (21 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    3.7
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    3.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraBQE COREPaycor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    Paycor is well suited for an organization with a strong implementation team or who has the budget to hire a consultant to implement Paycor. Once the system is implemented, Paycor is great. If you are a smaller organization, we suggest starting with just 1-2 modules and working your way up from there as setting up everything takes time and resources
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Integration of tools like Bitbucket, Github, etc., has made it easier to track the code changes, pull requests, and branches linked to the respective ticket.
    • The detailed tracking system in JIRA has helped the teams prioritize and understand the project tasks and issues.
    • JIRA's project tracking board helps you keep track of the project, its flow, and expectations in a structured format.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    • Open enrollment-their software is user friendly and has good features for end users and administrators
    • Onboarding-entering new hires is easy
    • Mass Template Upload-you can easily upload mass changes, the system is easy to use.
    • Reporting-their reporting tool is improving and AI is incorporated into it.
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
    • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
    • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
    • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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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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    Paycor Inc
    • The reporting capabilities of Paycor Recruiting are lacking. While there are some great features I would like to see more options for customization. The options to build my own report from SCRATCH with whatever fields I want/need would be a huge improvement. At this time, I have to finagle the reports to try and get what I need and often times I have to pull multiple reports and then do extra work outside of the system to end up with metrics close to what I’m looking for in the data.
    • The candidates search feature could use some improvement. In theory, the tagging system is a great idea but it leaves room for inconsistency and trying to search for a previous candidate who interviewed well isn’t always easy. This makes it harder to re-engage with people who could be a strong match for a new job opening.
    • Although the platform is very user friendly as far as ease of use and intuitiveness it can be VERY slow at times. There are days where the system moves at a snails pace and when there are multiple clicks to have to get to a specific spot in the system this can be very frustrating. This is especially try for navigating through job postings and candidate details.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atlassian
    This is because Jira Software generates a huge profit for an affordable price. Having a tool that makes team management transparent and effective is very valuable.
    In addition, the renewal of Jira Software and all Atlassian tools is predictable and clear, as the prices are published on the Atlassian website and there is no pyramid of intermediaries.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    Price point is the biggest driving factor. Paycor has made some strides in the customer service area and we've seen enough improvements that renewing our contract has become more a reality than a pipe dream. The system functions well and our employees are familiar with how it works, so to make a change would be a huge lift for our team
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    Usability
    Atlassian
    The interface is simple and easy to use if you have some experience with it. Configuration is also logical most of the time. However, less experienced users tend to find themselves lost in some tasks - usually complex project configuration- but sometimes simple things, such as seeing why a user can't move issues in a workflow. Jira configuration requires a good amount of experience - and even experienced users often resort to documentation. It's a tool that's easy to use if you know what you're doing and where to find the proper documentation, but novice users tend to find it challenging.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    Glitches. So many glitches. The customer service number provides basic troubleshooting, which doesn’t help; some issues take weeks to resolve, with no apparent reason why they occur. The system does not work on Safari. We have dealt with Payroll not working, which has caused a manual payroll to be run. Paycor representatives do not provide any assistance.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    I feel like Paycor is always up and running! If they are planning downtime, they communicate it clearly. Every once in a while, I get something that says the system isn't working but it is usually back up within the hour. I typically find by the time that the employees complain about it, that it is resolved within the system.
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    Performance
    Atlassian
    Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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    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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    Paycor Inc
    For the most part, everything moves super fast. There are a few sections (Expense Management) that sometimes take a bit to load correctly. Or if they are interesting, it takes a minute to talk to each other! But reports are quickly downloaded and available! Even data heavy reports run fairly fast!
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    I feel like support will transfer you back and forth between departments and put you on hold forever. I believe it is very difficult to see the status of an open ticket. During my experience, it feels like the client has to push all communication and request updates from support regularly.
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    In-Person Training
    Atlassian
    Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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    BQE Software Inc.
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    Paycor Inc
    The training was helpful and covered the basic functionality of the system, but it did not stand out as exceptional. The presenter was knowledgeable and answered questions appropriately, but much of the content felt focused on standard product features rather than our specific business processes and use cases. I would have liked to see more hands-on exercises, deeper workflow examples, and practical demonstrations tied to real-world scenarios. Overall, the training was good and provided value, but there is opportunity to make it more engaging, more customized to our organization, and more impactful for long-term user adoption.
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    Online Training
    Atlassian
    One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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    BQE Software Inc.
    Make sure you have someone training you that fits your style of learning.
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    Paycor Inc
    The online training was adequate and covered the core functionality of the platform, but it felt similar to many standard software training libraries available today. The content was easy to access and generally well organized, but it lacked the depth, interactivity, and real-world application needed to make it particularly memorable or impactful. I would have liked to see more role-based learning paths, practical business scenarios, hands-on exercises, and guidance tailored to different user groups. Overall, the training met basic expectations and provided useful information, but it did not differentiate itself from typical web-based training programs offered by most HCM providers.
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    Implementation Rating
    Atlassian
    Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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    BQE Software Inc.
    It does take some time to understand the options and to find the best invoice template.
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    Paycor Inc
    Implementation of any new software is going to be challenging, especially if you are maintaining an existing program concurrently. When it is time for dual-processing (both old and new software) prior to going live, be prepared to be stressed. But trust the process and it will be over soon.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and monday.com has an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface. Overall, Atlassian Jira provides features like Agile project management, DevOps integration, and customizable workflows.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    They seemed similar but Paycor was cheaper at the time. However, Paycor has so many fees they tack onto every invoice that may not be the case anymore. The support services supposedly were better at ADP but that was an unknown
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atlassian
    Product is rellay good but pricing part I am not aware
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    BQE Software Inc.
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    Scalability
    Atlassian
    Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Paycor Inc
    I gave it a 10 because we only use it across one organization. However, it has allowed us to break it into multiple departments and layers of management. It is also easy for us to utilize across different locations but still under one master company. They have always provided us support when we decide to change something on an organizational level
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    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • For our marketing team, Jira Work Management caused us to lose valuable work time due to manual updates that could have been automated.
    • Due to lack of creative review tools within Jira Work Management, our team had to pursue other tools that do not integrate with Jira Work Management, thus creating additional OpEx.
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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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    Paycor Inc
    • We can process Payroll in a 25% of the time that we previously could.
    • Scheduling takes 2 or 3 times as much effort as it did before.
    • Onboarding allows employees to do self-service but comes with a lot of questions from team members so it is net the same amount of time at the end of the day.
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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

    Paycor Screenshots

    Screenshot of the real-time data insights that support critical business decisions.Screenshot of Paycor's expense reportingScreenshot of the recruiting processes streamlined in PaycorScreenshot of workforce scheduling in PaycorScreenshot of Paycor's mobile app, that allows employees to punch in and out from their phonesScreenshot of the Paycor Home Screen