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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

    SeaTable

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWith SeaTable, teams can organize tasks, assets, projects and ideas. It looks like a spreadsheet but structures any type of information, in the cloud or on the user's own server. SeaTable is a web solution to design business processeses and workflows. SeaTable is designed to give teams the information that is currently needed. Individual views provide the freedom to organize work as it is needed. SeaTable can be linked with other business applications and…

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    Pricing
    BQE CORESeaTable
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free Version
    $0
    up to 3 users
    Free Version
    $0
    per user, per year
    Plus - monthly
    $11
    per user, per month
    Enterprise - monthly
    $22
    per user, per month
    General license
    $84
    per user, per year
    Plus - yearly
    $101
    per user, per year
    Enterprise - yearly
    $203
    per user, per year
    Small Business Package #1
    $483
    for 10 users. per year
    Small Business Package #2
    $1,811
    for 25 users, per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE CORESeaTable
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    BQE CORESeaTable
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    SeaTable
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    104 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BQE CORESeaTable
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and SeaTable
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SeaTable
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Task Management9.255 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Resource Management8.654 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.927 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Scheduling8.035 Ratings4.73 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.138 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Team Collaboration5.245 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.321 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology4.518 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Email integration6.433 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.945 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.673 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.131 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.857 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and SeaTable
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SeaTable
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Quotes/estimates6.228 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.453 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    BQE CORESeaTable
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BQE CORESeaTable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (165 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BQE CORESeaTable
    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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    SeaTable
    It does well as a CRM for a company to see all of their candidates or clients or whatever they are tracking. The sorting and grouping ability as well as the inclusion of many formula integrations is also helpful to organize content more meaningfully. If you don't have a lot of information that you need to track, this might have more than you require but it is still a great software to use.
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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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    SeaTable
    • Combination of spreadsheet and database
    • Feature rich but still easy to use
    • Uncomplicated installation and Maintenance
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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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    SeaTable
    • SeaTable is a young company, and I have nothing to criticise, for now. - No solution will fit all use cases, in any event. --- I have found this one to be the most adaptable and complex on the European market. Due to the data location, I am reassured on the subject of GDPR compliance.
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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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    SeaTable
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SeaTable
    It is easy to use even with keyboard only. It has a good documentation and a perfect support.
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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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    SeaTable
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SeaTable
    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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    SeaTable
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    BQE Software Inc.
    Make sure you have someone training you that fits your style of learning.
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    SeaTable
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SeaTable
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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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    SeaTable
    For the value, you get much more with SeaTable including the statistics and the number of records that can be utilized on the free version. I also thoroughly enjoy the ease of adding formulas and having the reference right inside of the platform to ensure the selection of the correct formula to meet your needs.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    SeaTable
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SeaTable
    • Positive: Savings in administrative staffing needs.
    • Positive: Customisation allows for real-life workflow management
    • Positive: Automation is a goal that SeaTable supports very well.
    • Negative: Not many people are familiar with solutions like SeaTable. They are used to working with inflexible (and often not-fit for purpose) administrative systems. They are adept at finding ways to circumvent the issues by using secondary tools, or they wait passively for web developers to deliver the functionality they need. - It is quite difficult to convey the opportunities that SeaTable offers to people who have not used it before. SeaTable cannot be blamed for this, but it creates work in needing to convey this to the organisation's stakeholders. --- I would recommend one person to be assigned the role of SeaTable specialist in an organisation, so that any issues can be quickly resolved.
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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

    SeaTable Screenshots

    Screenshot of This is your starting overview page with all your bases. We provide you with predefined templates to help you get started with SeaTable as easily as possible.Screenshot of Always keep track of all your ideas, tasks or projects. So that everyone in the team knows exactly what needs to be done.Screenshot of In just a few clicks, you can add your team members to SeaTable, assign tasks, mark individual team members, set permissions and comment on the various tasks. This way, everyone in the team always stays informed and knows what needs to be done.Screenshot of SeaTable can be extended with individual plug-ins. In addition to the gallery, calendar, map view and timeline plug-in, you also have the option of developing your own desired functions.Screenshot of Bring your data to life with SeaTable! In addition to pie charts, bar charts and line charts, SeaTable has a variety of other options for efficiently preparing your data.Screenshot of Do you have to regularly record data from your employees or business partners? With SeaTable you can create online forms in no time at all, which you can send to the respective recipients via a link. The entered data ends up directly in SeaTable.