BQE CORE vs. SAP Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BQE CORE
Score 8.5 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
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP 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
Additional Details
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Features
BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
8.1
55 Ratings
8% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Task Management8.537 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management9.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.226 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.627 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management7.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration7.225 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.532 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking9.355 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.521 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.343 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
8.4
38 Ratings
13% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates7.820 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.737 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
101 Ratings
3% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.299 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.287 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.192 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.394 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.991 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.294 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings6.792 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.3
85 Ratings
3% below category average
Case management00 Ratings6.382 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.777 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.978 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.5
89 Ratings
1% below category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.388 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.878 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.3
95 Ratings
4% below category average
Task management00 Ratings7.791 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings6.978 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.386 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
95 Ratings
3% below category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.488 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings6.989 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.092 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.6
92 Ratings
0% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.992 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.489 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.980 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.6
96 Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.092 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
67 Ratings
2% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.067 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings6.965 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
82 Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.078 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.366 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
BQE CORE
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.2
82 Ratings
9% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
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BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Creatio
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(148 ratings)
8.5
(112 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(8 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(100 ratings)
6.8
(7 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(90 ratings)
8.8
(10 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.9
(6 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.3
(72 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BQE CORESAP Sales Cloud
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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SAP
SAP Sales CLoud is not useful in cases where it needs zero downtime upgrades or new monthly releases or micro frontends.Although it is great for any cloud deployments, provides a unified view for the customers. Helps in AI insights recommendations and analytics. It is also optimised for mobile . It is robust and a highly scalable cloud plaform
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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
  • Help sales teams decide based on relevant data
  • Provide a framework to guide sales teams on activities such as status updates, customer success, sales qualification, etc
  • Reduce manual work by predictive analysis, that is, by understanding when a template can be helpful, updating a manager on a finished task, etc
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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
The API documentation is good. Development team was able to implement in under two weeks, and normally we were told it was a 12-14 week process.
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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
We went with SAP Sales Cloud over Oracle Sales Cloud because it just clicks better with our way of doing things. SAP is like the superhero of sales software – it plays super well with all our other systems, grows with us as we get bigger, and gives us really smart insights into our sales. Plus, it's easy for our team to use, and we can tweak it to fit exactly how we work. While Oracle is good, SAP is like the perfect fit for our sales superhero team.
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Scalability
BQE Software Inc.
This software works on a small and large scale.
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SAP
As a cloud-based solution, SAP Sales Cloud provides the flexibility to scale resources based on demand. Organizations can easily adjust their usage and storage requirements without the need for significant infrastructure changes. SAP Sales Cloud is designed to integrate seamlessly with other SAP solutions, such as ERP systems and marketing automation tools. This integration ensures a cohesive ecosystem across various business functions, contributing to overall scalability.
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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
  • Positive Impact: SAP Sales Cloud can lead to increased sales efficiency by automating manual tasks, streamlining workflows, and providing real-time access to customer data. This can result in sales teams spending more time on revenue-generating activities.
  • Negative Impact: The initial costs associated with implementing SAP Sales Cloud, including licensing, customization, and training, can be significant. If not managed properly, this may impact the short-term financials and the expected payback period.
  • Negative Impact: The comprehensive features of SAP Sales Cloud might result in a steeper learning curve for users. If not addressed through adequate training and change management, this complexity can temporarily impact productivity.
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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