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BQE CORE Suite
What Is BQE CORE Suite?
People and projects are the core of your business. That’s why BQE Software created BQE CORE, an intuitive and flexible professional services automation solution that helps you manage projects and tasks in all stages of the life cycle. BQE CORE centralises the way your firm enters and uses information, giving you a holistic view of client, project and financial details. This gives you the speed and insight necessary to rapidly make informed decisions and increase productivity and profits.
Who Uses BQE CORE Suite?
With more than 400,000 users worldwide, BQE CORE is trusted by Architects, Engineers, Construction Designers, Consultants, Interior Designers, Accountants, Legal Professionals, Contractors, and more.
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Reviews of BQE CORE Suite
Great Product Overall
Comments: It is a great product overall and very satisfying
Pros:
It is a great product that meets my needs perfectly. It is very intuitive and easy to use. Also the seminar staff was very friendly.
Cons:
Searching engine seems a bit laggy and slow.
This product delivers...if you want it, it can be done.
Comments: the exec. appreciates the overall business analysis that can be obtained, time keeping is given back to the body of the staff and not the admin. staff, and can be seen and impacted live. project management is a complete task, not just partial tasks here and some in another area. Generally positive...difficult at first because change is hard, but once the benefits are realized, embraced ultimately.
Pros:
once full integration is close, one can really see how the product can fully encompass all aspects. full analysis can be achieved if all data is inputted, but only then. if pieces are missing, so is the entire impact. time keeping can be accurate for all the employees...same story, expenses can be fully analyzed, project costing can be fully analyzed...but one must enter all of the data. it replaces most existing processes so it's difficult for some to "move on" so as not to duplicate. there are some glitches, but there usually is.
Cons:
there might be too many features...not all businesses have them and while some recognize it, some will try to fill in all the blanks and this can be time wasteful. while there is a lot of "help", "dumbing it down" is never a bad thing. why not make it easy to understand? not everyone is an engineer...admins use it as well so keep it easy to understand for all. this gets more important the bigger the company gets...will support more administrative positions, so use the "kiss" principle-keep it simple st***d. admins will get these tasks delegated to them ultimately so make it easier to understand no matter the degree/education
New product for us - Really like it so far
Comments: I would definitely recommend Core to others. You have to learn the product first but once you do, it's very helpful.
Pros:
The reports we are able to run are extremely useful to us. You can see how each project is doing super easily.
Cons:
At first it was a little hard to use but only because we were used to another program. Now that we use it every day, it's become very helpful.
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Software has issues, but their customer support is pretty good
Comments: In theory, I like all of the features that core has to offer, however, when the features don't work the way they're supposed to it becomes a bit of a nightmare to use. It has a lot of bugs, crashes often and in general is just not very user friendly.
Pros:
I like the expense management feature for employee reimbursement and client billing purposes. I also liked the accounting feature that allows you to bill expenses straight from the Cloudfeeds. I also really liked their customer support. They have a solid team on standby for customer support. I would often get the same person when I called. They are super friendly and know how to navigate the software.
Cons:
It's time consuming to use - it's so slow and there are a lot of features that bug out and simply don't work the way they're supposed to, so I spend a lot of time navigating all of that, which is a bummer.
Review from an intern at Top Site Civil Group
Comments: My experience has been well, except for what I shared in the cons.
Pros:
It is easy to navigate through the program and look for help if needed.
Cons:
One thing that has grabbed my attention is that you are not able to take off hours that you have put down. Instead it is forced to have a minimum of 1 hour. I know I should have not done this, but I logged in a couple of hours before hand and was not able to go into the office that day. So when I tried to take them off it would not work, I instead took off a couple of hours from the days I did work.
