BQE CORE vs. Keka HR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BQE CORE
Score 8.4 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
Keka HR
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Keka HR is an HR & Payroll Management System. The vendor states that Keka's architecture has reshaped employee experience and adaptability in India, and further state that with all HR functionality under 1 umbrella, Keka has made a huge dent in the HRMS ecosystem. Key Features: Payroll management system Attendance & Leave management Applicant Tracking System Performance Management System Timesheet Travel & Expense…N/A
Pricing
BQE COREKeka HR
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BQE COREKeka HR
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
BQE COREKeka HR
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
6.9
39 Ratings
9% below category average
Keka HR
-
Ratings
Task Management8.625 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management8.627 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling6.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation6.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management4.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration5.518 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.421 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
8.0
27 Ratings
7% above category average
Keka HR
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software6.915 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
Keka HR
9.5
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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BQE COREKeka HR
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User Ratings
BQE COREKeka HR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(128 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(100 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(89 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
3.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BQE COREKeka HR
Likelihood to Recommend
BQE Software Inc.
BQE CORE is well suited for a firm trying to get a better understanding of their project performance as a whole as well as better manage time and project resources. It is not the greatest for client management through a project or through invoicing, but it is do-able within the system.
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Keka HR
Keka HR is a great platform to manage investment declarations. The tax computation is accurate and always visible to users. The pay slips are always present there which makes it very easy to access all your salary information. Maybe the UI can be enhanced to have a master dashboard for all major metrics so the user does not have to drill down to look into individual items.
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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.
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Keka HR
  • Attendance according to schedule
  • Define objective for employees
  • Manage whole tenure performance for any individual
  • Employees can check their finances on it
  • It's easy to use for anyone
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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.
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Keka HR
  • Keka HR can add more features for employees, like alerts
  • Keka HR can improve tracking dashboard by adding charts
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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.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
Online Training
BQE Software Inc.
Make sure you have someone training you that fits your style of learning.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
BQE Software Inc.
It does take some time to understand the options and to find the best invoice template.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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.
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Keka HR
This service is very optimistic and creates a reliable and smooth environment within organizations. Organizations can easily figure out the performance of every individual. It became easy to send financial reports for every employee through Keka HR, and it has a robust payroll system which is very helpful for the HR and account department.
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Scalability
BQE Software Inc.
This software works on a small and large scale.
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Keka HR
No answers on this topic
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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Keka HR
  • Yes, it makes good returns on investment
  • Max of objectives are fullfilled with this
  • It improves organization's performance
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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

Keka HR Screenshots

Screenshot of Leave DashboardScreenshot of Attendance & Time tracking dashboardScreenshot of Keka Dashboard