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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BQE CORE

    Score9.4 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

    Paycom

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/APaycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A
    Pricing
    BQE COREPaycom
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE COREPaycom
    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 COREPaycom
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    Chose BQE CORE
    I'm indifferent towards it. Paycom is what I started with and was used to initially. Over time it has become easier to use BQE Core and I do like it more now.
    Incentivized
    Paycom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    317 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    104 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    290 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    321 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    228 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    220 Answers
    Features
    BQE COREPaycom
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Paycom
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management9.255 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.654 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration5.245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology4.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration6.533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Paycom
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.553 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.8
    390 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.0354 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.6340 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.2341 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.1341 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.3261 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings7.5298 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3283 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.0
    402 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.1390 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.0338 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.8389 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.1323 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.2219 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.7
    354 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings7.8337 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.5338 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8282 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    8.9
    402 Ratings
    10% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.8395 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.6398 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.6354 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.3192 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.9316 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings4.926 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    6.7
    346 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.2340 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.2337 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings5.855 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.8
    342 Ratings
    1% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.0339 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6293 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    5.5
    199 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings4.236 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings6.9186 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings4.835 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings6.2195 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    7.0
    247 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.4228 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.0216 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.5222 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings7.1228 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings6.0204 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings6.830 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings5.833 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings5.429 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BQE CORE and Paycom
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Paycom
    5.7
    239 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings5.8214 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings5.2211 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings4.8169 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings5.3196 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings6.3185 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings5.4219 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.1225 Ratings
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    BQE COREPaycom
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BQE COREPaycom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (165 ratings)
    7.9
    (425 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    9.1
    (24 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)
    9.1
    (52 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BQE COREPaycom
    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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    Paycom
    It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
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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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    Paycom
    • I would say the communication post-implementation is amazing. Allie is our representative. She's amazing. Caitlin is amazing. I just met Travis last week at the office. Amazing. The communication is great and helpful, so if one of the team members don't have the answer, they can just jump in. For instance, I was on a call with Caitlin yesterday and she was like, "I'm not really sure about this answer. Let me see if I can go run it byTravis." I know he's on another call and instead of him saying blah, blah, he came over and looked at the screen and was like, do this, do this. It's a little different. So I would say the customer service is the best.
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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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    Paycom
    • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
    • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
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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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    Paycom
    Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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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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    Paycom
    The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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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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    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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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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    Paycom
    Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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    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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    Paycom
    Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
    way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
    reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
    Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
    our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
    bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
    get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
    easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
    have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
    been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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    In-Person Training
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Paycom
    They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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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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    Paycom
    All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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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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    Paycom
    Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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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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    Paycom
    We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
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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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    Paycom
    • I think our fiscal team who handles the ROI would say that it has had a negative impact just because a lot of stuff is a la carte and we weren't aware of that before we went into a business relationship with Paycom. So I think it's had a negative impact.
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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

    Paycom Screenshots

    Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.