BigTime Software vs Emburse Abacus

Likelihood to Recommend

The best use that we could give to this consulting tool would be the intention of streamlining and maximizing the workflow; [BigTime Software] allowing us to perform tasks simultaneously [and increases] the profitability of the service.

I can't imagine a scenario where someone could misuse this tool.

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Tommy Parker

Management Consultant

Westinghouse Electric CompanyOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Emburse Abacus is well suited for mid-market organizations that are open to - or embrace - the concept of real-time processing of expense transactions. Emburse Abacus takes a radically different approach from other platforms that rely on modeling paper-based monthly (or periodic) expense reports containing multiple expenses submitted simultaneously. Emburse Abacus allows each transaction to be very rapidly processed individually so that approving managers and accounting professionals are able to perform review tasks and identify potential problems throughout the entire month, relieving the massive monthly influx of large numbers of expense reports simultaneously.

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Jason Guinn

Chief Financial Officer

Clinical Management Concepts, Inc.Pharmaceuticals, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Invoice Style and detail..Bigtime allows the user the ability to choose more of what you need to appear on your invoice with its window options.
Phase/Percentage Billing; ease of adding additional phases to a project mid-project; clearly identifying Retainers
Support Team- In particular Melissa D and Lina Z...Par Excellent on the Teams
WHIP/Reports/Review of Invoices just make the entire billing process a BREEZE has cut my time frame in half, a Incredible help in this Season of Remote Work Environment that we are adapting to.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Design Company, 11-50 employees

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User-Friendly Interface: Reviews from our employees (ages ranging from 20s-70s) are all positive in regards to the ease of submitting an expense and getting reimbursement on Abacus
Timely Reimbursement: After final approval, money hits user accounts within 2 days
Approval routing: ability to set up multi-tier complex approval routes
Syncs with Sage Intacct: pushes entries on a day to day basis in to Intacct and it hits our GL accordingly
Abacus is competitively priced compared to the competition
Abacus utilizes "by expense" management. Getting rid of expense reports and batch reports (they do have an option where you can batch if need be)

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Medical Devices Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

I would like the platform to save information in its database of the clients with whom we perform any type of professional service.
I would also like to see the bank reconciliation option implemented.
Among the aspects that I do not like about this tool, [is] that its user interface is not so intuitive, which means that we have to open several tabs to find the information we are looking for.

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Tommy Parker

Management Consultant

Westinghouse Electric CompanyOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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When you upload a receipt to abacus it would be great to port in the information from the receipt to the text fields.
It would be good to have a more automated way for Abacus to integrate in with other payroll systems.
It would be nice to have more levels of permissions, e.g. manager level, administer level and employee level.

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Jennifer Paxton

Talent Manager

TrueMotionComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Usability

BigTime Software 7.3

Based on 1 answer

Staff adapted to the new timesheets immediately. The invoice platform is nice and tracking WIP is great!

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Verified User

Account Manager in Other

Civil Engineering Company, 1-10 employees

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No answers yet

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Support Rating

BigTime Software 8.2

Based on 5 answers

The support is amazing! They are always available through the chat interface in the program. Each support person has fully answered my questions the first time. I have had a positive experience with each inquiry. It is very important to me that I am able to get instant access to help so that I can make the most of the software and all of its capabilities.

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Heather Brumbaugh

Assistant Director

California Learning Center, SacramentoPrimary/Secondary Education, 1-10 employees

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Emburse Abacus 9.1

Based on 18 answers

I have never had to contact Abacus support and have not heard stories from any of my colleagues having to do so either. Our accounting department stresses the ease of Abacus and has not voiced any concerns with the software or the product support team or the product support process.

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Verified User

Strategist in Other

Public Relations & Communications Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

While they have similar capabilities, our main reason for switching to BigTime Software was that Harvest could not reconcile expenses and labor hours into one budget line item, which threw off entire project budgets. In this regard, BigTime Software is more accurate and a much more powerful tool. While it's not as intuitive or aesthetically appealing, BigTime Software is a much better fit for our business.

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Verified User

Employee in Engineering

Civil Engineering Company, 1-10 employees

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I have never used anything like Abacus but I can't imagine a product that offers more value than this does. It allows you to categorize the expense, which will show where we are spending the most money as a company. It keeps a great record of past expenses and the status (if one was not approved, you will see where it says "denied", by whom, and there will usually be a reason provided so that you know how to correct it).

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Verified User

Employee in Customer Service

Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Before BigTime, we were using Excel to track everything, creating invoices, and run reports. Getting on BigTime has saved us tons of time and effort which equates to dollars saved on labor.
From a legal standpoint, BigTime has allowed us to be organized and prepared in the event we would need to present financial details to anyone.

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Bobak Tehrany, P.E., PTOE

President

BOE Consulting Services, LLCCivil Engineering, 1-10 employees

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It is giving reliable services.
I am happy with its user-friendly services. Since I have issued the virtual and physical cards, I am getting real-time, and end-to-end control over my employee expenses. They can now easily go to visits and this has built their trust too. Further through receipts and expense details, I can easily control the pre-set budgets and easily configure rules to control spending.
I will also like to praise their customer care team they are very helpful and always ready to assist.

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Jason Chandler

Key Account Manager

vente-privee devient VeepeeInternet, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

BigTime Software Editions & Modules

Edition

Express	$10¹
Pro	$40¹
Premier	$30¹

User per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Emburse Abacus Editions & Modules

Edition

Starter	$9¹
Professional	Custom Pricing
Enterprise	Custom Pricing

per active user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

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BigTime Software vs Emburse Abacus