BQE CORE vs. Striven Comparison


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About Effortlessly provide principals, project managers, and entire staff with the information they need. Monitor KPIs like project performance, time and expense, and profitability on BQE CORE's powerful dashboard. Watch real-time status of tasks by phase, track progress, and compare budgeted hours and costs vs. actual so nothing falls through the cracks. Efficiently allocate resources with interactive Gantt charts and accurately forecast every time. Manage your new sales opportunities, activities, and performance through Core CRM, specifically built to address the needs of professional services. Discover how BQE CORE helps you focus on the essential parts of your practice while effectively managing client projects. Book your own personalized demo today!		About Striven is the all-in-one business management software that lowers your costs, improves your operations, and makes work easier. Make your company’s data coherent, connected, and relevant. With over two decades of expertise in Software Services, we’ve collaborated to help over 8,600 organizations in dozens of industries make their operations more secure, efficient, and valuable to their customers. Helping people accomplish more has always been our mission. Now, it’s the heart of our software. We offer simple, straightforward pricing plans and an unbeatable guarantee. You can even get started right now at absolutely no cost. There’s no trial, expiration date, or contractual obligation on any of our plans.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook		Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Professional Services Firms including Architects, Engineers, Consultants, and more.		Audience SMEs and Enterprise level companies
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online		Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API		API Offers API
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial		Pricing $35/month per user Enterprise plans begin at $70/month per user, with various additional plans for support packages, portal access, and more. Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.8 / 5 ease 4.7 / 5 features 4.8 / 5 design 4.8 / 5 support 4.9 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Robust Software with lots of capabilities. One stop shop for billing payments and project management. We are a little over four months in Core and the ease of use of Core has helped us understand the software quickly. We are really benefitting from invoicing and CRM features in Core. The customer service team is great and has helped us get acquainted with the product tremendously. Integrated systems, CRM - Project Management - Billing to Financials. No need to transfer information from various systems to produce financial statements. Good, what I like is that the product continues to improve, especially on the accounting end. Adding the contract balance to time entry screen would be most beneficial to us. Importing data to CRM is another feature that would make things more efficient. We were among the first few BQ customers who upgraded to Core, and we like the flexibility of data entry from anywhere using the browser and mobile phone. With Core, we also started using the built-in accounting, and it has helped us tremendously see the connection between project management, billing, and accounts payable. In addition to resources available in the Core help center, we do take full advantage of a quick and always available support team. After upgrading from BillQuick to Core our billing department has been extremely happy with the move. We like the easy workflows in Core and this has helped us reduce the billing time greatly. Reporting in Core is easy too and with report scheduler we can now deliver reports through automation to our managers and clients. Cons Slow sluggish performance, downtime, slow support fixes, not user friendly, time consuming to use. It is too early to say as we are still trying to learn the software. It would be nice to see amount spent in time card to have a greater visibility in amount spent versus contract amount. After our switch to Core accounting, we had some issues with bank reconciliation, and as always, BQE's helpful support team listened and solved the problem. So far so good. Anything we experience that is not desirable is submitted to support staff. Monthly updates from Core have been very helpful.
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person		Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information BQE Software Founded: 1995 United States go.bqe.com/sourceforge-bqe-core/		Company Information Miles IT Founded: 1997 United States www.striven.com
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Categories Architecture Billing and Invoicing Job Costing Professional Services Automation Project Accounting Project Management Time and Expense		Categories Accounting Business Management CRM ERP Field Service Management Human Resources Medical Accounting Professional Services Automation Project Accounting Project Management
Professional Services Automation Features Billing & Invoicing Client Portal Collaboration Tools CRM Document Management Portfolio Management Project Management Proposal Generation Quote Management Resource Management Time & Expense Tracking Project Management Features Agile Methodologies Budget Management Client Portal Collaboration Tools Cost-to-Completion Tracking Customizable Templates Gantt Charts Idea Management Kanban Board Milestone Tracking Portfolio Management Resource Management Time & Expense Tracking Traditional Methodologies Show More Features Billing and Invoicing Features Billing Portal Contact Database Contingency Billing Customer Portal Customizable Invoices Dunning Management Hourly Billing Invoice History Mobile Payments Multi-Currency Online Invoicing Online Payments Payment Processing Project Billing Recurring/Subscription Billing Service Ticket Billing Tax Calculator Job Costing Features Bills of Material Budgeting & Forecasting Change Orders Cost-to-Completion Tracking Invoice Management Overrun Reporting Percent-Complete Tracking Production Cost Tracking Purchase Order Management Quotes / Estimates Time Tracking Work Order Management Time and Expense Features Activity Tracking Billable Hours Tracking Billing Rate Management Expense Tracking Invoice Processing Multiple Billing Rates Project Tracking Reimbursement Management Time Tracking by Client Time Tracking by Project		Professional Services Automation Features Billing & Invoicing Client Portal Collaboration Tools CRM Document Management Portfolio Management Project Management Proposal Generation Quote Management Resource Management Time & Expense Tracking Project Management Features Agile Methodologies Budget Management Client Portal Collaboration Tools Cost-to-Completion Tracking Customizable Templates Gantt Charts Idea Management Kanban Board Milestone Tracking Portfolio Management Resource Management Time & Expense Tracking Traditional Methodologies Show More Features Accounting Features Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Bank Reconciliation Billing & Invoicing Cash Management CPA Firms Cryptocurrency Support Expense Tracking Fixed Asset Management Fund Accounting General Ledger Government Multi-Currency Nonprofits Payroll Management Project Accounting Purchase Orders Tax Management Business Management Features Billing & Invoicing CRM Employee Management Financial Management Inventory Management Marketing Management Order Management Point of Sale (POS) Project Management Purchasing Scheduling Time & Expense Tracking Training Management Vendor Management CRM Features Calendar/Reminder System Call Logging Document Storage Email Marketing Internal Chat Integration Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Integration Mobile Access Quotes / Proposals Segmentation Social Media Integration Task Management Territory Management ERP Features Accounting Integration Accounting Management CRM Dashboard Distribution Management Enterprise Asset Management Financial Management HR Management Inventory Management Order Management Project Management Purchase Order Management Purchasing Reporting/Analytics Sales Management Supply Chain Management Warehouse Management Field Service Management Features Billing & Invoicing Contact Database Contract Management Customer Database Dispatch Management Electronic Signature Inventory Management Mobile Access Payment Collection in the Field Quotes / Estimates Routing Scheduling Service History Tracking Time Clock Work Order Management Human Resources Features 360 Degree Feedback Applicant Tracking Attendance Management Benefits Management Career Development Planning Compensation Management Compliance Management Employee Database Employee Lifecycle Management Onboarding Payroll Management Performance Management Recruiting Management Self Service Portal Succession Planning Time & Attendance Management Time Off Management Timesheets Training Management
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