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BQE CORE

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What is BQE CORE?

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…

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What is BQE CORE?

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…

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Product Demos

BQE CORE: Shaping the Future of Business

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BQE CORE - Interactive Demo

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

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Professional Services Automation

Features that support professional services organizations

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Product Details

What is BQE CORE?

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.

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

BQE CORE Videos

Customer Testimonial: iT Architecture
BQE Core for Architects

BQE CORE Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States, Australia and EU
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

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Reviewers rate Timesheet Tracking highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of BQE CORE are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

BQE CORE Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)60%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)20%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)20%
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Great Analytics for Business and Project Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 03, 2022
KF
Vetted Review
Verified User
BQE CORE
2 years of experience
Dashboards are an amazing quick view of an overall snapshot of what is going on. I love the ability to customize and set up multiple dashboards for Accounting, HR, Project Management, etc. The ability to fine-tune a time period is one of the best features. Time Sheets are easy to use for staff with minimal training.
  • 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.
Cons
  • It would be great to click on a dashboard area and drill down into an actual report.
  • I'd like to be able to customize what reports I see within Time Card > More > View Reports, set up a memorized report, and then access it from there while also being able to reset date parameters.
  • I'd like the ability to further customize payroll settings. Under Global Settings > MASTER INFORMATION > Employee information > TIME OFF > I like that I can re-name 4 fields of the Activity Items, but I need more and my name does not transfer to some of the reports I use.
  • When emailing invoices, I would like the choice to send from more than one email address. For example, my Project Coordinator creates and sends out invoices to clients so her email signature is used. I, send out reminders under the Collections area but I need to replace her signature with mine every time. It would be nice to be able to choose more than one "signature" to send from.
  • It would be great if you could have a "most used" section for reports. Needing to sift through 200 reports and read/decipher all the descriptions it a giant time sucker.
There are too many reports to choose from and no previews to see what you will get. I inevitably end up with an 84-page tome. The filters need to be revamped to help drill down.

BQE Core for Engineering Firms--RECOMMEND!

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 03, 2025
LT
Vetted Review
Verified User
BQE CORE
3 years of experience
We use BQE Core for Project Management, Time & Expense tracking, Accounting and Billing, Human Resources and as a CRM Platform. Being able to input information into one platform for use across many different modules saves time and energy on our administrative staff. All of the data is tracked and displayed in efficient widgets and customizable dashboards. The customized reports are very helpful as well. You can drill down all or only what you want to see. Customer service is responsive and able to sort out issues quickly.
Update 1/3/2025: CORE has put in some great work this last year, with special attention to efficiency and user experience. The follow up on support requests continues to be top notch, a rep will respond to you within a few hours, and they still offer around the clock service by telephone. Very excited for roll out of new modules, including Insights Board and Payroll!
  • Ease of Use: the layout of each page makes sense and flow is easy to follow
  • Update: CORE has recently rolled out more column and filter options, making it even easier to manipulate your data to display what you're really looking for.
  • online: It's great that it can be accessed from any browser, and does not require a software download. Even with this accessibility it remains secure.
  • Education: the webinars, videos and community posts are very helpful when onboarding or troubleshooting.
Cons
  • cost: having to pay for each module for each user is expensive. Would be easier to have different license tiers that group modules.
  • development can be slow: fix releases are not as often, feature requests are the only way current users can influence what goes into the new builds.
  • UPDATE: Service has improved. CORE has dedicated the last year to improving user experience. As a part of the client advisory board, it's great to have an opportunity to speak with the development team directly about functions and special requests.
  • additional filters: would be great to have more filters to drill down reports.
  • UPDATE: CORE delivered!
BQE Core is very easy to use in time tracking and expense tracking for employees. Manager can run reports to verify time for payroll, easily approve or send back to employee for updates. Billing/Invoicing is very easy as long as your Project Managers remain on top of approving the staff time entries. Billing can be automated and go out monthly with very little oversight.
UPDATED score to account for the improvements made this last year!

Great time tracking software for project-based work!

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 16, 2024
JS
Vetted Review
Verified User
BQE CORE
1 year of experience
In my role, I mainly use BQE CORE to track my work hours, broken down into various projects and project phases. This program addresses how our company can track each person's time and bill / invoice the client(s) accurately according the amount of work performed. It also allows for full transparency between us and our leadership team about how much time a task takes, which is helpful to foster a supportive work environment.
  • Project hours tracking
  • Collecting and organizing tracked hours by project and phase
  • Displays to employees their time use each week, from billable hours to non-billable and PTO
Cons
  • It was not overly user friendly at the beginning. I had issues initially locating where to go to log my hours and remembering how to get there for the next few times I logged in.
  • I wish it allowed me to contact my management team directly through the program, so I can seamlessly notify them when a new project needs to be added and items such as that.
  • Sometimes the hour-logging interfaced can feel cluttered, but it does not hinder me from logging my time.
Within the field of architecture (or any project-based profession), I feel that BQE CORE is wildly helpful when it comes to logging tracking hours for projects. It allows the hours to be broken down by client, project, and even project phase. It helps us also continue to learn how much time tasks require for us, so that we can accurately write that in to future time estimates in contracts.

10/10 would use again!

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 13, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
BQE CORE
2 years of experience
I use BQE Core to log time which we bill to clients, and log expenses, get vacation approved, log sick time. Arcchitecture is all about billing to clients, so I like how easy it is to choose from the dropdown menus who to bill, and what category to file it under.
  • Intuitive, easy, simple graphics not too overwhelming.
  • I love that it saves right after you type something in.
  • Offers lots of different features that are easy to use.
Cons
  • I don't like how every time you refresh something, that line jumps to a different place on the screen.
  • Not that much too improve, I'm pretty happy.
It is well suited for billing hours to particular clients. I like that you can bill down to the 0.25 of an hour, you can be precise which is really helpful when breaking down hours spent on a project. Might not be as necessary if you are not working on so many different projects.

BQE Review from Engineer

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 09, 2024
JR
Vetted Review
Verified User
BQE CORE
2 years of experience
This product has allowed me as an employee to be able to enter my time from anywhere. This gives me the freedom to work from home, or in the field when needed. I can simply log on to another pc or an app on my phone to be able to quickly enter my time for the week. I am not tied down to my pc at the office being the only device I can enter my time.
  • accessibility
  • uniformity
  • reliability
Cons
  • speed
  • internet connectivity
  • refreshability
BQE is well suited for time entry. All jobs can be easily located based on our company's file structure system. This helps us keep uniformity across our jobs. BQE is also well suited for expense entry. It allows me to easily record mileage, prints, review fees, etc for each individual project.
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