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BQE CORE Suite vs BigTime Comparison (2026)

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BigTime

Overview

BQE CORE is a cloud-based software designed specifically for architecture and engineering firms. The platform integrates accounting, invoicing, project management, and resource planning features that streamline operations across entire organizations. BQE CORE enables firms to track time and expenses, manage projects profitably, and access real-time financial data through a centralized system that eliminates the need for multiple software solutions.

BigTime helps reduce operational costs, align talent to projects, accelerate payments, and enable decision-making. With 20+ years of experience, BigTime can get you up and running quickly, operate with flexibility and agility, and enable you to solve today’s challenges and scale with you tomorrow.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

20

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

796

5

4

3

2

1

555

166

39

13

23

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
85%
would recommend this app

4.6

683

5

4

3

2

1

449

196

25

6

7

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The system provides useful tools for improving productivity and maintaining better visibility into business activities.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Janapher S.

Operations Specialist

“The simplicity of logging hours, sorting the task, and being able to add notes for accurate billing and invoicing.”
CF

Colby F.

Architectural Technologist

“The reporting and visibility into project performance are also valuable for making better business decisions.”
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Janapher S.

Operations Specialist

Pros

“Has made workflow much more organized; I always know which hours go to which project and I can quickly check my past entries without searching manually.”
JH

Jennifer H.

Realtor Associate

“I particularly appreciate the tool's ease and speed of use for projects, as well as its versatile review options, which allow for direct and targeted responses.”
TE

Timothy E.

Client Advisor

“Overall, BigTime is a reliable and useful platform that helps organize projects, track time, and improve daily workflow.”
OH

Oscar H.

Office Manager

Cons

“As an example, when we are now trying to decide which project and phase we want to select, we are faced with a list that compresses information like client, project manager, etc, which is not relevant to our selection. Because of space constrains, we no longer can see the full text of the projects and phases, which makes it very difficult to figure out which phase we want to select. ”
CC

Carmela C.

Accountant-administrator

“It is particularly bad on Monday mornings when the employees are trying to complete their timecards from the week before.”
CC

Carmela C.

Accountant-administrator

“Needs to improve features like adding email to each project; being able to make notes only visible to us on an invoice; seeing payment dates while looking at invoice (this takes several steps by going to the project tab); CORE can be slow and I find I have to enter 2-3 times before it will respond (Server issue?); Being able to create our own "template" for what assignments need to be used when creating a project and there's more not specified here.”
MH

Melidee H.

Accounting Manager

Cons

“We occasionally run into minor bugs and issues during invoicing updates or complex data syncing. While the security features are reliable, the interface can take a little bit of time to get fully configured.”
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Pradip K.

Senior Developer

“What I like least is that some parts of the interface feel a bit outdated and not fully optimized for quick navigation.”
JH

Jennifer H.

Realtor Associate

“mobile access,interface is outdated,steep learning curves,limited invoice templates”
SK

SAnthosh K.

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  • Last review13 days ago

Key features

  • Total features167
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automatic Billing
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Bar Chart
  • Batch Processing
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Bills of Material
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Business Process Automation
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Case Management
  • Case Notes
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Charting
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Management
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Credit Card Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drafting
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Encryption
  • Estimating
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Accountants
  • For CPA Firms
  • For IT Project Management
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Fund Accounting
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Hourly Billing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Issue Tracking
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Leave Tracking
  • Legal Case Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Offline Time Tracking
  • Onboarding
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prioritization
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Proposal Generation
  • Purchase Order Management
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Resource Allocation & Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Tracking
  • Speech Recognition
  • Staff Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Tagging
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Transaction Management
  • Trust Accounting
  • Utilization Reporting
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features180
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automatic Billing
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Bar Chart
  • Batch Processing
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Bills of Material
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Business Process Automation
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Case Management
  • Case Notes
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Charting
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Management
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Credit Card Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drafting
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Encryption
  • Estimating
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Accountants
  • For CPA Firms
  • For IT Project Management
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Fund Accounting
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Hourly Billing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Issue Tracking
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Leave Tracking
  • Legal Case Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Offline Time Tracking
  • Onboarding
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prioritization
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Proposal Generation
  • Purchase Order Management
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Resource Allocation & Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Tracking
  • Speech Recognition
  • Staff Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Tagging
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Transaction Management
  • Trust Accounting
  • Utilization Reporting
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations12
  • 8am AffiniPay
  • 8am LawPay
  • Box
  • Deltek ArchiSnapper
  • Dropbox
  • Google Calendar
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Intuit Data Protect
  • Jira
  • MYOB
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Sage Accounting
  • Sage Intacct
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stax
  • Stripe Payments
  • Tax1099.com
  • Versori
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations14
  • 8am AffiniPay
  • 8am LawPay
  • Box
  • Deltek ArchiSnapper
  • Dropbox
  • Google Calendar
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Intuit Data Protect
  • Jira
  • MYOB
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Sage Accounting
  • Sage Intacct
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stax
  • Stripe Payments
  • Tax1099.com
  • Versori
  • Xero
  • Zapier

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