BQE CORE
7.3#2 in engineering accountingAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Projectworks
7.9#1 in professional services accounting softwareFrom $17 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | BQE CORE | Projectworks |
|---|---|---|
| API | BQE says its public APIs can be used to create custom integrations. | Projectworks provides a REST API with Swagger documentation and API accounts using consumer keys and secrets. |
| Billing | Billing features include manual and batch invoicing, recurring invoicing, flexible billing schedules, and online payment processing. | Invoicing supports time and expenses, fixed price, retainer, and lump sum billing models. |
| Founded | 1995 | 2016 |
| Integrations | Supported integrations listed by BQE include QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, MYOB AccountRight, DocuSign, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Google and Zapier. | Listed connections include Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB, Sage Intacct, HubSpot, Salesforce, Jira, Azure DevOps, calendars, Teams, BambooHR, Employment Hero, Monday.com, Autohive and Zapier. |
| Licence | The SaaS agreement grants a non-exclusive, non-perpetual, non-transferable licence for internal use; the service is proprietary rather than open source. | Projectworks is delivered as proprietary commercial software; its Jira companion is marked Commercial, no charge. |
| Limit: learning curve | Reviewers report that the breadth of features creates a significant onboarding and training learning curve. | Reviewers report that the interface and advanced reporting require time to learn and can feel clunky. |
| Praise: support | Reviewers commonly describe customer support as responsive, helpful and available around the clock. | Reviewers frequently describe the support and customer-success teams as responsive and helpful. |
| Purpose | BQE CORE combines project management, time and expense tracking, billing, accounting, HR, and business intelligence in a cloud-based platform for professional services firms. | Projectworks combines deals, proposals, time tracking, resourcing, invoicing, and forecasting in an AI-powered platform for consulting firms. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.5 out of 5 from 796 reviews | Rating on Capterra: 4.7 out of 5 from 162 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 453 reviews | Rating on G2: 4.4 out of 5 from 252 reviews |
| Rating on Software Advice | 4.5 out of 5 from 793 reviews | Rating on Software Advice: 4.7 out of 5 from 162 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8.8 out of 10 from 195 reviews | Rating on TrustRadius: 9.7 out of 10 from 5 reviews |
BQE CORE plans
- AccountingPriced on request
- CRMPriced on request
- FoundationsPriced on request
- HRPriced on request
Projectworks plans
- Build$17 a month
- Scale$24 a month
- Unleash$41 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick BQE CORE if…
CORE suits architecture and engineering firms and other professional services businesses seeking project, financial, and staff workflows in one platform. It may also suit teams that need mobile access, integrations, or custom API connections.
Pick Projectworks if…
Projectworks suits professional services teams that need to coordinate project work with staffing, billing, and financial reporting. The company particularly identifies engineering, architecture, management consulting, and software services firms with 10 to 500 employees.