BQE CORE Suite

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Professional Services Automation Software for Professional Service Firms

About BQE CORE Suite

People and projects are the core of your professional service firm. That’s why BQE Software created BQE CORE, an intuitive professional services automation solution that gives you complete visibility and control over projects, financials, clients, performance, and staff utilisation.

BQE CORE centralises and streamlines how teams enter and use accounting, time & expense tracking, billing, reporting, and project management details. This allows you to accurately stay within scope and budget, plan, and make quick and informed decisions.

Run Your Business from a Single Platform
● Use smart, customisable dashboards with actionable intelligence
● Monitor projects and have tighter control over budgets and profitability
● Automate the entire billing process to improve cash flow
● Easily capture every hour for projects, overhead and time off with pre-filled timesheets and in-built timers
● Quickly take action with clear, easy-to-understand, schedulable reports
● Manage your business no matter where you are with native iOS and Android apps
● Win more clients with CORE CRM
● Focus on the “Human” and develop talent with BQE CORE HR

BQE CORE offers integration with various third-party accounting software and certified partnerships with popular software such as QuickBooks Online, MYOB AccountRight Live, Dropbox, Google Drive, Stripe, Office 365, Power BI, and more!

With more than 400,000 users worldwide, BQE CORE is trusted by leading architects, engineers, accountants, lawyers, IT specialists, and business consultants. The scalable system is suited for small to large-sized professional services firms looking for a solution with a wide range of features and integrations at a modest price.

BQE CORE pricing is built in a modular fashion and lets you buy only the modules you need.


Key benefits of BQE CORE Suite

Run Your Business In One Place
With a wide range of features and integrations, BQE CORE centralises and streamlines how teams enter and use information, all in one place.

Make Informed Decisions
Stay within scope and budget, plan ahead and monitor project performance with accessible, accurate and customisable data presented on visual and intuitive dashboards in real-time.

Improve Efficiency
Automate repetitive, and administrative tasks with scheduling features, pre-populated fields and customisable templates.

Speed Up Cash Flow
With accurately tracked hours, and flexible billing options, ensure no billable hours sip through the cracks.


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Value for Money
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Features
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Ease of Use
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Andrew
Andrew
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Yep, there is a feature for that!

Reviewed on 20/06/2023

Good. Invoicing and time entry in the program fit our needs. There are always more features that...

Good. Invoicing and time entry in the program fit our needs. There are always more features that we discover when we need more from CORE.

Pros

The program is cloud based which keeps us current. Most of the time when I have specific report, feature, or activity that I want, I can find what I need quickly. As with many programs, CORE does more than my office utilizes it for. Invoicing and time entry are usually smooth processes.

Cons

We migrated from ArchiOffice and feel that the way contacts are managed in CORE is utterly useless. We've abandoned it in favor of a piecemeal assortment of Office 365 and Mac built-in programs.The structure of projects is also something that can be improved. When a project transforms from hourly to percentage or adds phases, CORE has some flexibility but there are troublesome aspect such as migrating time from a single phase project to ensure it can be captured in invoices.

Alternatives Considered

Deltek Vision

Reasons for Choosing BQE CORE Suite

Saved money through the al a carte module cost structure compared to previous program.

Switched From

ArchiOffice

Reasons for Switching to BQE CORE Suite

Easier to migrate our ArchiOffice data into CORE.
Deborah
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  • Industry: Maritime
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

This product delivers...if you want it, it can be done.

Reviewed on 12/06/2023

the exec. appreciates the overall business analysis that can be obtained, time keeping is given...

the exec. appreciates the overall business analysis that can be obtained, time keeping is given back to the body of the staff and not the admin. staff, and can be seen and impacted live. project management is a complete task, not just partial tasks here and some in another area. Generally positive...difficult at first because change is hard, but once the benefits are realized, embraced ultimately.

Pros

once full integration is close, one can really see how the product can fully encompass all aspects. full analysis can be achieved if all data is inputted, but only then. if pieces are missing, so is the entire impact. time keeping can be accurate for all the employees...same story, expenses can be fully analyzed, project costing can be fully analyzed...but one must enter all of the data. it replaces most existing processes so it's difficult for some to "move on" so as not to duplicate. there are some glitches, but there usually is.

Cons

there might be too many features...not all businesses have them and while some recognize it, some will try to fill in all the blanks and this can be time wasteful. while there is a lot of "help", "dumbing it down" is never a bad thing. why not make it easy to understand? not everyone is an engineer...admins use it as well so keep it easy to understand for all. this gets more important the bigger the company gets...will support more administrative positions, so use the "kiss" principle-keep it simple st***d. admins will get these tasks delegated to them ultimately so make it easier to understand no matter the degree/education

Trish
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Core 1

Reviewed on 05/05/2023

Pros

Having project, time management, & billing in one domain is efficient. Generally tech support is excellent!

Cons

Inconsistent reportingInconsistent project identifiers Inconsistent transaction trackingWay more complicated than it needs to be--project set up, tracking, fee scheduling, etc.

Harshad
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simple, easy and quick

Reviewed on 15/10/2024

Pros

All Entries are easy to maintain and quick.

Cons

It is very easy to categorised all the expenses

Mirna
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

New product for us - Really like it so far

Reviewed on 06/11/2023

I would definitely recommend Core to others. You have to learn the product first but once you do,...

I would definitely recommend Core to others. You have to learn the product first but once you do, it's very helpful.

Pros

The reports we are able to run are extremely useful to us. You can see how each project is doing super easily.

Cons

At first it was a little hard to use but only because we were used to another program. Now that we use it every day, it's become very helpful.

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BQE CORE Suite FAQs

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BQE CORE Suite offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Our pricing structure is simple, flexible and designed to fit your needs – you only pay for the features that you and your staff actually use. Annual and multi-year commitment options are available to support the unique needs of your firm. Start a FREE trial today to learn how CORE can maximise productivity and unlock your firm's true profitability potential.

BQE CORE Suite has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

BQE CORE Suite supports the following languages:

English

BQE CORE Suite supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

BQE CORE Suite integrates with the following applications:

AffiniPay, ArchiSnapper, Box, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, LawPay, MYOB Business, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power BI, Office 365 Document Management, OneDrive, QuickBooks Online, Stripe, Tax1099.com, Xero

BQE CORE Suite offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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