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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

    SAP Sales Cloud

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    144 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    120 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    150 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    70 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    81 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    99 Answers
    Features
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.5
    152 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.8146 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.1130 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.0142 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.3136 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.9133 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.0137 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.4131 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.9
    130 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings8.7125 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings9.1114 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.8115 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.0
    131 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.9112 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.3
    143 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.4135 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.4113 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.1131 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.3
    141 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.1131 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.9132 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.0136 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.2
    138 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.0138 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.9131 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.6114 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.3123 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    9.2
    141 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.3135 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.1135 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    9.0
    98 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.698 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings9.494 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.5
    117 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.3113 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.693 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of BQE CORE and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.1
    122 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.1122 Ratings
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    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
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    Autotask PSA
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (167 ratings)
    8.4
    (163 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (117 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    5.8
    (13 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (123 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
    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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    SAP
    SAP Sales Cloud is highly suited for manufacturing and distribution enterprises and especially for people and companies who are already into SAP architecture. It is also great for industries which are consumer-packaged goods oriented, and it is highly structured for B2B sales which has predictive pipelines. I would say it is less suited for hyper growth or newer startups, especially people who are not familiar with the SAP ERP. It is multi-dimensional and has complex matrix structures, so it is a bit difficult to learn, and it might be daunting for new people.
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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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    SAP
    • I love its ability to automate the entire sales process for us.
    • Another thing I love is how it combines data from different touchpoints to provide a 360-degree view of the customer.
    • What I like best about SAP Sales Cloud is the real-time analytics it provides for my organization.
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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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    SAP
    • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
    • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
    • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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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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    SAP
    SAP sales enables organizations to manage their sales activities, such as inquiries, quotations, orders, deliveries, billing, and payments. Also integrates with other SAP modules, such as finance, logistics, and marketing, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire sales cycle. thats makes SAP a good choice
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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.
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    SAP
    In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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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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    SAP
    Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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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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    SAP
    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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    SAP
    SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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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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    SAP
    Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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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.
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    SAP
    I would rate the implementation a 7. While the process overall was successful, there were challenges related to data migration, integration with other systems, and initial user adoption. However, the support from SAP during the implementation phase was helpful, and we were able to resolve the major issues as the process progressed.
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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.
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    SAP
    These other products are not fully focused on sales. Of course you can create a workflow for your employees but they have too much info that youll probably won't end Up using. Also their AI assistance is not that accurate when you need some advice or personalized Insights. That's why we swapped to another software that was focused on the sales funnel.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    SAP
    1. It much needed to the end-user like sales person and marketing team to read the real time analysis for better decision making and deal closing. 2. Cost calculation and tracking becomes easier on go. 3. HR department, sales and marketing teams are getting insights for further improvement of the process of sales and conversion rate. 4. Easier to know customer behavior and taste.
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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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    SAP
    • Integration with additional sales tools, such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, greatly improves the speed and efficiency of our entire process.
    • Standard templates facilitate easy and efficient lead interaction.
    • The time is reduced and representative job productivity increases when SAP Sales Cloud is used.
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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

    SAP Sales Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of the SAP Sales Cloud dashboard, where users can can automate critical selling processes and give sellers AI-based recommendations. The dashboard features:
Cloud deployment
A unified view of customers
An optimised mobile selling experience
AI-driven insights, recommendations, and analytics
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