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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Clear C2 C2CRM

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Clear C2 is a 20yr CRM software development company based in Dallas, TX. They describe their CRM solution C2CRM as robust yet easy to use. It is built for companies of all industries and sizes (10 user minimum), and presented as a customizable CRM designed to drive sales, mange customer relationships and automate internal processes.

    $37

    per month per user

    monday.com

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.

    $36

    per month (3 seats)

    Pricing
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $12
    per month per user
    Standard
    $14
    per month per user
    Pro
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsCore package starts at $37 per user/per month. Includes all features to track and manage customer and prospects (email integration, unlimited workflows, unlimited data, custom dashboards and report and much more). Additional modules of Sales, Marketing and Customer Support are $15 add-ons (per user, per month)An 18% discount is available for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Considered Multiple Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    Chose BQE CORE
    The previous version was pretty similar
    Incentivized
    Chose BQE CORE
    BQE CORE combined numerous products for us. It allows everything to be in one place which cuts down on the back and forth, as well as user error.
    Incentivized
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answer on this topic
    monday.com
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com is so much easier to use & project-tracking is not only easy to do, but the visuals are far from complicated & make it that much easier to keep track of everything.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1899 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    2243 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    1572 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    1745 Answers
    Features
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Case management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    monday.com
    -
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    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Social data00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    monday.com
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    -
    Ratings
    monday.com
    7.6
    2321 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.92314 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.71984 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings00 Ratings7.91370 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings7.71931 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.82014 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.62269 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings00 Ratings7.21218 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.91877 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.21667 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings00 Ratings7.01848 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.61091 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.91210 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.21086 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and Clear C2 C2CRM and monday.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Clear C2 C2CRM
    -
    Ratings
    monday.com
    6.9
    1058 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings00 Ratings6.5713 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5943 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings00 Ratings6.7534 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (2335 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
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    9.1
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (117 ratings)
    9.0
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    8.1
    (2263 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
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    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
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    7.3
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    Implementation Rating
    2.3
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    7.9
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    Configurability
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    7.6
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    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
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    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
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    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    7.9
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    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    BQE COREClear C2 C2CRMmonday.com
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    It
    allows the best sales with our customers. It is the best CRM software in the
    market. If customers need help then it allows their users to contact them
    directly and they give good feedback in a short time.
    Read full review
    monday.com
    Another feature I love in the free plan is the “Sort” feature, which enables me to sort all my clients by name alphabetically. Or sort by date,
    status, progress notes, etc. I make extensive use of the text column, where I can keep ongoing, detailed notes on the progress of a particular client's work and the information I am still waiting on. I have it open automatically every day, and my tasks are listed there for me to follow through on.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    • An incredible application in making sales and marketing in a single go.
    • Good to comprehend business opportunities and to protect the product’s promotion in the market.
    • It's a very simple and easy application. Once installed [it] can give the maximum benefits. Nothing can stop this tool from making wise decisions and providing ways to implement and observe the process further.
    • Its mobile version helps us to watch the business detail for 24-hours and is a good way to communicate with clients on demand.
    • Its managing abilities are not underestimated because of its to-the-point business overview.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    • Intuitive board functionality with a variety of column types and customizations to address different use-cases, such as templates for user lifecycle management, checklists for onboarding.
    • Extensive automation capabilities to reduce tedium in more complex boards, such as our company's computer asset inventory board, to ensure devices are kept organized within the board for quicker reference.
    • The ability to connect boards and mirror info across them allowed us to build out a cross-functional, quasi-ticketing system enabling more efficient processing of requests that involved action items from different departments and/or teams.
    • We could use both the many board functions in tandem with the WorkForm feature to create an IT ticketing system that could be replicated and tailored for other teams needs.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    • Unsure, as I have not seen issues that weren't resolved quickly and professionally.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    • The management of holdable items, continuously drops in incorrect places or doesn't show the 'correct way' to handle in the wished place, it happens with the dragable items on dashboards
    • The 'favorites' menu on desktop is now with 'Use my IA feature' everywhere and has removed the Fav section of for the boards in the sidebar. It was so useful when there were hundreds of Tables and only work on or update 3 - 4 of them (it is still visible on the mobile version, by the way)
    • The errors after using for a while, like 90 minutes, I am writing something and unexpectedly the app says something is wrong and I need to reload the page, and the thing I was doing doesn't still local storage as in other use cases
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    I like most and the features help me to manage customer details and their orders. It is very easy, I [have been] using this application for a long time and its integration with other applications is perfect for [a] fast workflow.
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    monday.com
    monday.com was pretty easy to use from the get-go. Their automation templates are really easy to get things set up. A few of my monday.com boards are essentially upgraded spreadsheets that are much easier to digest and automatically send out reminder email to myself and my team.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    BQE Software Inc.
    I can only remember a couple of times in 4 years that Core has been unavailable.
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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    There have only been 2 instances in the past year where monday.com was down.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    C2CRM delivers us the best features for improving business tasks and it is very handy for launching new products in front of others. I can easily gather all the detail of customers in one place and we can discuss and increase product marketing. Its social media integration is great to advertise product features, so that's why I really like it.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    I personally haven't found their customer success managers to be proactive or useful as the primary user of our monday.com account. This is different from a few years ago, when I had a contact that I reached out to as-needed (we are an enterprise account). I don't get a lot of touchpoints with anyone from monday.com and rarely submit tickets.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    BQE Software Inc.
    Make sure you have someone training you that fits your style of learning.
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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    BQE Software Inc.
    It does take some time to understand the options and to find the best invoice template.
    Incentivized
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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    We signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    I HIGHLY recommend Clear C2 C2CRM above any other platform.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    monday.com gives us the most flexibility when it comes to its features -- to create templates and quickly modify or customize. While limited in its overall functionality, it is secure and does what it is supposed to do well. An ability to interpret documents given to it -- not just its own assets -- would take monday.com to the next level.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Clear C2 C2CRM
    • It has been [designed] for sales reps. They can focus on sales and building relationships with clients. It is best for businesses from all sectors who want good results. They give training online and through webinars.
    • Its features are very advanced and good. It gives users lots of documentation storage, assists achieve, retail machine integration, [and] task management.
    • The next step is to win customers from other tools over profitable sales. And then retaining these customers with their services and support. The new interface has [been] launched for a better understanding of users as it increases day-to-day productivity due to lesser complexity.
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    monday.com
    • The platform has saved us time by allowing us to have all of our program information in one place.
    • The fact that it is easy to set up has saved us countless hours of trying to learn the platform.
    • The platform has helped us greatly with collaboration with our program partners who need to use our data.
    Incentivized
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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

    monday.com Screenshots

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