Awesome Tool for Engineering Company
January 23, 2025

Awesome Tool for Engineering Company

Kree Champion | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

BQE Core

Overall Satisfaction with BQE CORE

We use BQE CORE for practically all administrative and bookkeeping tasks in our engineer firm. Over the past few years the capabilities have expanded greatly. We have junior level drafter and subcontractors log time on specific projects. We invoice and collect payments. We are also able to to create vendor bills and purchase orders which is very useful in keeping up with outstanding items. It also features comprehensive reports that analyze profit etc.

Pros

  • Invoicing
  • On demand live customer support
  • Bookkeeping
  • Time entry

Cons

  • When time is received on a purchase order, you are unable to simply delete the the vendor bill and the time received. A new purchase order must be created
  • Receiving or logging time directly on invoicing screen
  • Customizable invoicing templates - have to have customer service create.
  • It is quite expensive but we have been able to keep booking in house which saves about $5000 per year.
There are some things that come up and tickets are submitted but never addressed. However, there are a lot of awesome feature rollouts and the interface is contact being upgraded which is nice.
  • QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
The previous version was pretty similar

Do you think BQE CORE delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BQE CORE's feature set?

Yes

Did BQE CORE live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of BQE CORE go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy BQE CORE again?

Yes

While the bookkkeping is an awesome feature, it is not intuitive and requires some training. I would recommend firms hire a bookkeeper familiar with quickbooks.

BQE CORE Feature Ratings

Project Management
7.8
Task Management
9
Resource Management
7
Gantt Charts
5
Scheduling
5
Workflow Automation
9
Team Collaboration
10
Support for Agile Methodology
6
Support for Waterfall Methodology
5
Document Management
9
Email integration
9
Mobile Access
10
Timesheet Tracking
10
Budget and Expense Management
8
Professional Services Automation
9.3
Quotes/estimates
9
Invoicing
10
Project & financial reporting
9
Integration with accounting software
9

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