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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

    Teamwork.com

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ATeamwork.com is a project management platform built specifically for client work. The platform helps users deliver work on time and on budget, eliminate client chaos, and understand profitability. Teamwork.com’s customers track and manage their projects with a suite of integrated solutions such as helpdesk, collaboration, knowledge sharing and customer relationship management add-ons, enabling Teamwork.com to be the ‘one-stop shop’ solution for business owners. Headquartered in Cork,…

    $13.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Deliver
    $13.99
    per month per user
    Grow
    $25.99
    per month per user
    Free Forever
    Free
    Up to 5 users
    Scale
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    Chose BQE CORE
    I have not used other systems.
    Incentivized
    Teamwork
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    104 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and Teamwork.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Teamwork.com
    9.3
    79 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Task Management9.255 Ratings10.079 Ratings
    Resource Management8.654 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.927 Ratings9.070 Ratings
    Scheduling8.035 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.138 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Team Collaboration5.245 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.321 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology4.418 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings9.070 Ratings
    Email integration6.533 Ratings9.062 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.045 Ratings9.061 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.673 Ratings9.022 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.131 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.857 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and Teamwork.com
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Teamwork.com
    3.8
    32 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Quotes/estimates6.228 Ratings1.211 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings1.211 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.553 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings5.027 Ratings
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    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    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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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BQE CORETeamwork.com
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (165 ratings)
    10.0
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    9.1
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    8.8
    (27 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 CORETeamwork.com
    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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    Teamwork
    Teamwork is awesome for teams who need a flexible tool that supports all types of projects. Since it supports kanban it makes visualizing the work to be done and the work in progress very easy. The Gantt chart support is decent and helps to understand how a team is doing when it comes to getting work done in a given time frame. Teamwork isn't a great option for companies that have a bunch of projects going simultaneously due to the way Teamwork structures their billing based on a number of active projects.
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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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    Teamwork
    • I am a believer that simple and easy should be the key to create great opportunities.
    • Teamwork has helped me to turn simple task management into the execution of large, massive projects.
    • It has certainly worked great in helping to maintain workflow in my department.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Teamwork
    • Visualization needs to be improved, charts graphs are limited
    • Value stream mapping should be available to determine and prioritize the work.
    • Documentation should be available stepwise with export and printable facility.
    • It should be configurable like ERP with cross functionalities of different users, where users login, assign and approve the work, job or project details, where it should be collectively effected on a project.
    • Add many examples, little more AI, Machine learning required for suggestion and recommendation. It would be a plus point
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Teamwork
    We are already at an annual contract, and have been for the past 5 years; so far the system has delivered, and our personal is already trained in it. A major overhaul of our entire infrastructure (as in moving everything to a single, unified platform) might change the current continuity of Teamwork Projects on our organization, but that's not feasible in the near future.
    Incentivized
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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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    Teamwork
    I give it a 9 out of 10, because there is a bit of a learning curve when you first start using Teamwork Projects because there is a lot to learn & recognize where to find it. They do offer a good range of tools that can be applied to every project - So say you're working on an internal project and don't need Milestones or Billing, you can shut those modules off. This can help simplify the interface for beginners. Once you've had a few days in Teamwork Projects, I think it's a 10/10 usability. It's very easy to accomplish your tasks and keep track of what you're managing.
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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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    Teamwork
    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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    Teamwork
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Teamwork
    We've been able to meet with the customer success team on multiple occasions to discuss the roadmap and learn about the company culture. Being based in Ireland, we occasionally have to wait until they wake up to get support requests handled in the states and larger conversations about big enhancement requests were politely collected but not followed up on
    Incentivized
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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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    Teamwork
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Teamwork
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Teamwork
    I spoke about this quite a bit before, but as far as usability goes, Microsoft Projects is totally useless for me, so I avoid it at all costs. Basecamp was just a task management app and had very small feature set beyond that. We had to rig it to do other things for us, but it failed at that. Asana was a very nice app to trial, but it lacked many of the features that we were looking for.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Teamwork
    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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    Teamwork
    • Teamwork was a great starter into project management software. We were WAY more organized and efficient than we ever were with Trello boards and the PM software included with our accounting system.
    • Clients were mostly pleased with interacting with Teamwork, and appreciated the ability to track their comments and requests in one place.
    • Ultimately, we stopped using Teamwork after about 6 months because we need something more focused on web development projects specifically
    Incentivized
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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

    Teamwork.com Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project's viewScreenshot of Task viewScreenshot of Board viewScreenshot of Project's tabScreenshot of Calendar view