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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

    Zenkit

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AZenkit is a collaborative SaaS platform for project management, database building and more. This solution enables users to follow their data through its entire lifecycle. Zenkit allows users to manage their data in any way they need to – build their own CRM, reporting system, or financial planner. Users can share their data and assign tasks to colleagues.

    $9

    per user

    Pricing
    BQE COREZenkit
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plus
    $9.00
    per user
    Business
    $29.00
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BQE COREZenkit
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$9 per user
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    Community Pulse
    BQE COREZenkit
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    104 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    BQE COREZenkit
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and Zenkit
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zenkit
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management9.255 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Resource Management8.654 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.035 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.138 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Team Collaboration5.245 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.321 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology4.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings6.26 Ratings
    Email integration6.533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.045 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.957 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of BQE CORE and Zenkit
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zenkit
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Quotes/estimates6.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.553 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BQE COREZenkit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (165 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 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 COREZenkit
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    Zenkit is a good tool to manage your own projects and sharing progress with colleagues. If you are looking for a tool to accomplish this use case, Zenkit would be my first recommendation.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • Multiple Views - Kanban.Cards, Lists, Tables & even Mindmaps
    • Addition of custom fields which included numbers
    • In table view this can be filtered & numbered fields can have totals at the top.
    • Zenkit has handy pre-buitl templates for different kinds of use such a CRM
    • Has the ability to change field content across cards via bulk action. Neat!
    • Can have formulas in Cutom fields
    • Calander syncs to Google calendar
    • Can bulk import Trello lists & cards easily
    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.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • There are some instances where the dashboard gets laggy and buggy. But goes back to normal in a few minutes
    • Integrations still not that advanced--but there's still room for improvement
    • Not recommended for teams with more than 6 people-- you will need to upgrade your account to Premium.
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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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    The support is always friendly and offers fast solutions if possible. Bugs were removed in the next hours after contacting the support. They have also a lot of tutorials and great documentation.
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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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    As described before, Zenkit adds a lot more flexibility to the things the other applications can do. But this also means that there is no predefined structure which might be helpful for some people. Zenkit is working on that and is releasing some apps building on the core, so that could improve over time.
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    Scalability
    BQE Software Inc.
    This software works on a small and large scale.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    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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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • For the price, it is definitely worth a punt.
    • Helped me manage tasks, processes and strategic goals thus saving time & being more efficient.
    • SImple to learn & plenty of tutorials so onboarding was straightforward.
    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

    Zenkit Screenshots

    Screenshot of Homepage viewScreenshot of Kanban- View