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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

    UKG Pro

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AUKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
    Pricing
    BQE COREUKG Pro
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE COREUKG Pro
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    BQE COREUKG Pro
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Pro
    -
    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 Methodology4.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration6.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.453 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.2
    820 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5746 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.5777 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.3748 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.9735 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.4658 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.4670 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.3530 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.8
    761 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.4723 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.0347 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.9245 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.6656 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.4715 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.6585 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.2
    577 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings7.5517 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.1540 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.0443 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    9.0
    813 Ratings
    11% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.0784 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.0790 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.0576 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings9.1296 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.8774 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.1
    196 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.1196 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.7
    751 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.9730 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.7741 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.5509 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.7
    571 Ratings
    10% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.4568 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.0454 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.4
    387 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.8300 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.7368 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.8259 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.4342 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    8.0
    476 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.5424 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.4334 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.1445 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings6.0408 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.0343 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    9.2
    193 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.3159 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.3169 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.3157 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BQE CORE and UKG Pro
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    470 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.6446 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.3434 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.1344 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.2402 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings6.4334 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.4433 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.2401 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BQE COREUKG Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (165 ratings)
    7.6
    (947 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (196 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    8.5
    (189 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (75 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (332 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    5.7
    (495 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (87 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (204 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    9.5
    (86 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (76 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (66 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (94 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (56 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (49 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BQE COREUKG Pro
    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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    UKG
    I would say, well, I don't want to focus on less appropriate. I want to be well suited. I really feel like if the transparency with our count rep and then just diving in onto how to problem solve and how to troubleshoot, I think that's most important with that.
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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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    UKG
    • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
    • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
    • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
    • It is easy to use and navigate
    • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
    • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
    • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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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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    UKG
    • Onboarding and recruiting need an environment that is more stable and dependable.
    • Core Benefits could be enhanced to allow OE and LE events via the mobile app.
    • Service and support need to be increased; days and weeks now, when we first went live, it was minutes and hours.
    • Adapting all version of time management into one or two versions, at no cost to the customer would allow the resources from UTA, UTM and WFM Classic to be directed to future enhancements and would allow support services to be increased for the 2 remaining platforms.
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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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    UKG
    We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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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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    UKG
    It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
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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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    UKG
    For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by 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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    UKG
    Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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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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    UKG
    The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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    In-Person Training
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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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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    UKG
    Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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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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    UKG
    Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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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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    UKG
    We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    UKG
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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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    UKG
    • Personally as a veteran user of UKG Pro, in past employers I have seen many amazing increases in employee engagement and ROI.
    • With QuVa, we are still very new to the UKG Pro platform and are just now beginning to get out of the implementation phase where we can start measuring the change. I will be looking for changes in Overtime spending to reduce as a result of more informative and actionable dashboards for managers to monitor overtime and timeclock abuses in real time. I am also expecting employees to engage more with new features being pushed out to the mobile app.
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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

    UKG Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of included workforce analytics.Screenshot of the payroll gateway.