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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

    FreshBooks

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    FreshBooks is an accounting service for small businesses. The solution enables users to send and manage invoices, track billable time and collect online payments. The vendor’s value proposition this that their solution provides a straightforward service that simplifies the billing process.

    $21

    per month

    Pricing
    BQE COREFreshBooks
    Editions & Modules
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    Lite
    $21
    per month
    Plus
    $38
    per month
    Premium
    $65
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    BQE COREFreshBooks
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—10% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    BQE COREFreshBooks
    Considered Both Products
    BQE Software Inc.
    Chose BQE CORE
    BQE CORE combined numerous products for us. It allows everything to be in one place which cuts down on the back and forth, as well as user error.
    Incentivized
    Chose BQE CORE
    They aren't used for the same thing so not able to compare.
    Incentivized
    FreshBooks
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    BQE COREFreshBooks
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.6
    73 Ratings
    FreshBooks
    -
    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 Methodology4.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration6.533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.045 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 FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    FreshBooks
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.453 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    FreshBooks
    9.1
    35 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.330 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    FreshBooks
    10.0
    41 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.041 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    FreshBooks
    7.5
    57 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.057 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.855 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings4.82 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    FreshBooks
    7.5
    56 Ratings
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.041 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.455 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings6.651 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings7.642 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of BQE CORE and FreshBooks
    Feature
    BQE CORE
    -
    Ratings
    FreshBooks
    9.5
    49 Ratings
    Pricing00 Ratings8.839 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings9.741 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BQE COREFreshBooks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (165 ratings)
    9.4
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.6
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (115 ratings)
    9.6
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (90 ratings)
    6.0
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 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)