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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$20.00 1 user Per Month
BQE CORE
Star Rating
(447)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about BQE COREBigTime
Star Rating
(1,504)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 1 user Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that BigTime excels in "Quality of Support" with a score of 9.2, while BQE CORE follows closely with a score of 9.0. Reviewers mention that BigTime's support team is responsive and knowledgeable, making it easier to resolve issues quickly.
- Reviewers mention that BigTime offers superior "Ease of Setup" with a score of 8.2 compared to BQE CORE's 7.3. Users say that BigTime's onboarding process is straightforward, allowing new users to get started without extensive training.
- Users on G2 highlight BigTime's "Time Tracking" capabilities, scoring 9.3 for "Ease of Completing Timesheets," while BQE CORE scores 9.0. Reviewers say that BigTime's interface for time entry is intuitive, making it easier for employees to log hours accurately.
- G2 users report that BigTime shines in "Expense Reports" with an ease of creating reports scoring 8.7, compared to BQE CORE's 8.4. Users mention that BigTime's digital receipt management feature simplifies the expense reporting process significantly.
- Reviewers mention that BQE CORE has a slight edge in "Recurring Billing," scoring 8.3 against BigTime's 7.7. Users say that BQE CORE's billing automation features are robust, allowing for seamless management of recurring invoices.
- Users report that BigTime's "Project Management" features, particularly in "Task Prioritization," score 8.7, while BQE CORE scores 8.3. Reviewers mention that BigTime's task management tools help teams stay organized and focused on high-priority tasks.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BQE CORE
No pricing availableBigTime
Essentials
$20.00
1 user Per Month
Deliver great work and get paid faster.
- Time Tracking
- Expense Management
- Project Management
Free Trial
BQE CORE
Free Trial is available
BigTime
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
347
8.8
1,313
Ease of Use
8.5
350
8.7
1,319
Ease of Setup
7.3
137
8.2
919
Ease of Admin
7.8
117
8.7
918
Quality of Support
9.0
293
9.2
1,245
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
125
9.1
917
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
305
8.8
1,282
Features by Category
Expense Reports
8.4
121
|
Verified
8.6
515
8.1
72
|
Verified
7.8
234
8.5
78
|
Verified
8.1
279
8.5
89
|
Verified
8.5
350
8.7
104
|
Verified
8.6
380
7.5
48
|
Verified
7.4
131
8.1
62
|
Verified
7.8
208
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.0
58
|
Verified
7.9
198
Client Invoicing
8.5
179
|
Verified
8.4
697
8.3
121
|
Verified
7.7
353
8.4
160
|
Verified
8.3
531
Mobile
8.7
82
|
Verified
8.6
348
8.4
87
|
Verified
8.4
292
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Platform
7.0
54
|
Verified
6.9
136
8.0
70
|
Verified
8.1
279
Administration
8.1
43
|
Verified
7.3
116
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
8.4
690
8.6
175
|
Verified
8.4
689
8.1
146
|
Verified
8.1
543
8.0
116
|
Verified
8.0
414
8.5
184
|
Verified
8.7
782
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
8.4
813
7.7
111
|
Verified
8.1
515
7.6
99
|
Verified
7.6
339
8.2
192
|
Verified
8.8
782
8.3
137
|
Verified
8.2
572
Feature Not Available
7.8
358
General Ledger
8.2
53
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
7.7
42
Not enough data
Accounts Receivable
8.0
68
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
Accounts Payable
8.1
33
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
Other Functionality
6.7
32
Not enough data
6.6
31
Not enough data
6.4
30
Not enough data
6.4
33
Not enough data
7.2
32
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
7.8
40
Not enough data
9.2
76
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.5
55
Not enough data
7.9
60
Not enough data
7.9
54
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
Platform
7.8
59
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
Integration
7.7
40
Not enough data
7.4
33
Not enough data
7.1
28
Not enough data
Cash Flow
7.9
39
Not enough data
8.5
56
Not enough data
8.2
42
Not enough data
Budgeting & Forecasting
7.9
54
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
7.5
28
Not enough data
7.9
48
Not enough data
Revenue
8.2
35
Not enough data
8.3
35
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
Payroll
7.2
29
Not enough data
7.4
29
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile Applications - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
8.5
86
8.6
297
|
Verified
8.3
67
8.4
271
|
Verified
8.3
71
8.0
260
|
Verified
8.4
62
7.8
241
|
Verified
8.0
48
7.6
218
|
Verified
8.1
61
7.9
229
8.3
56
7.7
235
|
Verified
8.4
65
7.9
232
|
Verified
Projects
8.3
62
8.1
249
|
Verified
8.0
50
7.7
227
|
Verified
7.5
44
7.4
215
|
Verified
8.2
61
7.8
227
|
Verified
8.1
59
7.8
247
|
Verified
8.3
78
8.3
287
|
Verified
8.0
53
7.5
219
|
Verified
7.8
68
7.9
267
|
Verified
7.9
43
7.5
206
|
Verified
9.0
106
8.9
326
|
Verified
8.3
44
7.6
197
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.2
51
7.8
212
|
Verified
8.2
49
8.1
238
|
Verified
8.3
56
8.0
242
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.9
45
7.8
202
|
Verified
8.0
58
7.8
229
|
Verified
8.4
96
8.2
272
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.9
13
Feature Not Available
7.8
13
6.2
64
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
7.8
52
Not enough data
7.7
50
Optimization
Not enough data
7.9
55
Not enough data
7.6
51
Not enough data
7.3
49
Customer Management
7.8
19
8.5
121
|
Verified
8.1
12
8.0
82
|
Verified
6.4
13
7.5
71
|
Verified
6.9
13
7.9
84
|
Verified
Project Management
7.9
19
8.3
108
|
Verified
8.1
19
8.6
136
|
Verified
8.1
15
8.1
99
|
Verified
7.8
17
8.3
105
|
Verified
Accounting
8.4
19
8.2
101
8.6
20
8.5
117
|
Verified
8.2
17
8.0
98
8.3
19
8.4
118
|
Verified
8.3
18
8.6
122
|
Verified
Portfolio Management
7.4
15
8.0
82
7.6
14
8.2
81
7.0
11
7.7
75
6.8
11
8.1
74
Analytics
7.6
15
8.2
90
|
Verified
8.0
18
8.3
131
|
Verified
7.0
15
8.1
79
|
Verified
Administration
7.7
14
8.2
112
|
Verified
8.1
21
8.1
117
|
Verified
8.0
17
8.4
112
|
Verified
Platform
7.1
15
8.2
80
|
Verified
7.7
11
8.0
69
|
Verified
8.4
15
8.7
124
|
Verified
7.5
18
7.9
109
|
Verified
6.3
13
7.4
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.0
5
6.5
9
6.3
5
6.5
9
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
Administration
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
9.1
70
Not enough data
Project management
8.7
52
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.6
53
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.8
63
Not enough data
9.4
76
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
36
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill Generation
8.2
122
8.0
243
8.6
107
8.3
217
8.3
86
7.7
176
Bill Processing
8.5
84
7.7
188
8.9
115
8.0
202
8.6
119
8.2
235
Integration
8.4
108
8.2
241
8.5
121
7.8
202
7.6
61
7.1
153
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
6.9
6
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
9.0
223
9.3
893
9.1
219
9.1
858
8.9
208
9.0
800
Client Invoicing
8.5
179
|
Verified
8.4
697
8.3
121
|
Verified
7.7
353
8.4
160
|
Verified
8.3
531
Mobile Time Tracking
9.1
209
9.1
753
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
8.4
690
8.6
175
|
Verified
8.4
689
8.1
146
|
Verified
8.1
543
8.0
116
|
Verified
8.0
414
8.5
184
|
Verified
8.7
782
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
8.4
813
7.7
111
|
Verified
8.1
515
7.6
99
|
Verified
7.6
339
8.2
192
|
Verified
8.8
782
8.3
137
|
Verified
8.2
572
Feature Not Available
7.8
358
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
BQE CORE and BigTime are categorized as Time Tracking, Expense Management, Professional Services Automation, Billing, and Project Management
Unique Categories
BQE CORE is categorized as Work Management and Accounting
BigTime is categorized as Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BQE CORE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
BigTime
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Architecture & Planning
34.0%
Civil Engineering
19.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
6.0%
Accounting
6.0%
Design
3.9%
Other
30.6%
Accounting
14.1%
Architecture & Planning
10.5%
Civil Engineering
9.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Management Consulting
5.9%
Other
53.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
BQE CORE
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Brian V.
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
Core definitely streamlined our invoicing process. The overall invoicing time in Core went down from day or two in our old system to a handful of hours. Custom reporting tailored to our company's processes also allows us deeper insight to tracking time...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Andre B.
Verified User in Civil Engineering
The speed of the program, the lack of useful reports, the ZERO flow to logic in the layout and use of the platform, &repetitive steps for various parts. Poor support - nothing but workaround solutions for quick support that doesn't fix the issue at hand. ...
BigTime
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Management Consulting
ORIGINAL REVIEW: The time tracking, invoicing, and billing are seamless; the QuickBooks integration is ridiculously easy, and the onboarding and customer support (Thank you Montae H, Collin Tatone and Brian O'Donnell!) are superb. My clients love the...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Andrew C.
Verified User in Public Relations and Communications
Users are given dozens of options when producing a simple report, and the written explanations vary little, making it confusing as to what information will be pulled in a given report.
Brian V.
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
Core definitely streamlined our invoicing process. The overall invoicing time in Core went down from day or two in our old system to a handful of hours. Custom reporting tailored to our company's processes also allows us deeper insight to tracking time...
Verified User in Management Consulting
ORIGINAL REVIEW: The time tracking, invoicing, and billing are seamless; the QuickBooks integration is ridiculously easy, and the onboarding and customer support (Thank you Montae H, Collin Tatone and Brian O'Donnell!) are superb. My clients love the...
Andre B.
Verified User in Civil Engineering
The speed of the program, the lack of useful reports, the ZERO flow to logic in the layout and use of the platform, &repetitive steps for various parts. Poor support - nothing but workaround solutions for quick support that doesn't fix the issue at hand. ...
Andrew C.
Verified User in Public Relations and Communications
Users are given dozens of options when producing a simple report, and the written explanations vary little, making it confusing as to what information will be pulled in a given report.
Alternatives
Discussions
Is there a charge for data migration from another software?
2 Comments
OL
You may take advantage of the data migration service Data2CRM to transfer the information between over 120 CRM solutions or import it from files.
Automated...Read more
Can I evaluate Core on a trial basis?
1 Comment
Official Response from BQE CORE
Yes. You can sign up for Core on a 15-day trial period and explore all its features.
Anytime during your trial period, you can subscribe to the paid...Read more
How safe is my data in Core?
1 Comment
Official Response from BQE CORE
We take all precautions to keep your information safe and secure. Our state-of-the-art redundant server cluster is hosted and professionally managed by...Read more
we need an outside bookkeeping VA to do basic things we don't have time skill to do - any referals??
2 Comments
JS
I've been using the software since 2017. I also work virtually as a consultant in Finance. I'm happy to discuss my qualifications. Please let me know if...Read more
How do I show a credit for an invoice that was paid in a previous cycle?
1 Comment
TA
Hi, to the best of my knowledge, BigTime can't handle this kind of transaction.
Traditionally, this would be handled by the accounting package and issued...Read more
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