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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BerniePortal

    Score3.8 out of 10
    N/ABerniePortal is an online HR platform that helps small and medium-sized employers solve the transactional challenges of HR with software and the strategic challenges of healthcare with a trusted advisor. BerniePortal handles applicant tracking, onboarding, PTO tracking, time and attendance, compliance, benefits administration, 1095-C reporting, Payroll and COBRA administration. BerniePortal also offers a variety of payroll and carrier integration options. BerniePortal is supported by a…

    $21

    per month per employee

    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
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month per employee
    Standard
    $11
    per month per employee
    Plus
    $16
    per month per employee
    Enterprise
    $21
    per month per employee
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdditional implementation fee based on scope
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    Community Pulse
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Considered Both Products
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Job profiles and administration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BerniePortal and BQE CORE
    Feature
    BerniePortal
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
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    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Autotask PSA
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (2 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
    BerniePortalBQE CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BerniePortal
    It’s way easier than other HR tools. It’s perfect for middle size company [with] 100-500 employees. It requires very [little] effort to perform all tasks. For salary calculation, it sometimes got stuck in the monthly calculation. Other than that it’s all perfect. It decreases a lot of time and allows us to manage other operations. So I would always recommend it over any other 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
    BerniePortal
    • Easy to compare current and past elections
    • Centralizes all the documents relevant to benefit plans
    • Site layout is minimal and easy to navigate
    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
    BerniePortal
    • It needs little improvement in the leave management system. Employees need to add manually in order to request a leave.
    • It’s interface is bit tricky.
    • Attendance system is perfect but need some changes in its interface.
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    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
    BerniePortal
    My organization uses ADP Workforce and Javelo in addition to BerniePortal for other aspects of resource management such as payroll, performance reviews, etc. BerniePortal stood out as our choice of platform for benefits enrollment due to its ease of use and ability to compare plans during the election process.
    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
    BerniePortal
    No answers on this topic
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Return on Investment
    BerniePortal
    • It increases team efficiency.
    • It’s one of the best tool and it’s really cheap.
    • It best for a company size 100-500 employees.
    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