# Page 18 | BQE CORE Suite Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 18 - Is BQE CORE Suite the right Trust Accounting solution for you? Explore 783 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/141096/BQE-Software/reviews --- BQE CORE Suite 4.5 (783) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/141096/BQE-Software/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 18 - Reviews of BQE CORE Suite ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 426-450 of 783 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use AS Abhijeet S. Associate Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "BQE Core review" December 3, 2021 5.0 Pros Time and expense submission for the month is easy and straight forward Cons Keeping track of submitted and unsubmitted entry is hard Review Source AC Adrian C. Architectural Designer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very useful" December 28, 2021 5.0 Pros Count the hours worked and be able to collect them. Cons It seems to me that it should be a little faster it is but sometimes not. Review Source AB Alex B. Intermediate Designer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great product" August 2, 2022 5.0 Overall it has been great to use. Pros Easy to use. Works well for architecture and interior projects. Cons Sometimes the time tracking function glitches. Review Source SM Stefan M. Reimbursement Analyst Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Review" June 7, 2023 5.0 Pros The general interface is intuitive to use. Cons Sometimes there is a lot of lag present. Review Source kH keith H. Senior Project Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Core Software is cumbersome and not user friendly" July 1, 2020 3.0 Support is not helpful; too many choices and options not necessary. Nothing carries over week to week when some of the same functions are needed. Pros Somewhat intuitive to user, but slow and cumbersome. Too much. Cons It appears simple on the demo, but input is timely and nothing carries over week to week. Too many choices for billing. Timely to input Reason for choosing BQE CORE Suite Seemed simpler on demo. Would not recommend Switched from [Spider Impact](https://www.capterra.com/p/113352/SpiderImpact/) Software went out of use. Review Source QC Qin C. Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineer Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very Good Time Tracking Software" July 27, 2022 5.0 Overall, I think it is good. Pros Easy to use, to track projects, and time and expense. Cons Sometime the browser cookie and history data may cause system not response Review Source ML Michele L. Billing Manager Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We love BQE!" February 14, 2017 5.0 We have been using BillQuick for 10 years now and I would definitely say it has made our life easy. It is very easy to use and handles our time and expense tracking on matters and different invoicing needs very well. Although, we consider ourselves experts in the software but whenever we need any help their customer service is outstanding. Review Source AM Ann M. Interior Designer & de facto Billing Specialist Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "This is only my 3rd month using the software" December 23, 2016 5.0 This is only my 3rd month using the software, so my review is limited by my brief experience. With that said, I have had some challenges, but mostly because there are SO MANY ways to get data from AO, that it's hard to set the right criteria. That's where support from customer service has been a recent lifesaver!!!! Support was GREAT in getting us up and running very quickly, and covering the basics so we had no downtime in our billing, but the representative has been the BEST at helping me get through the day-to-day "Why isn't this doing what I want it too?!!" challenges. She is always quick to respond, either by e-mail or by phone/remoting-in often both. As for the actual software, I'm overall, very impressed so far. There are a few things I think could be easier to navigate, a quick link added here or there, but I'm getting used to where to find things. Regarding features and functions, most of what I've asked to get, output-wise, has brought the response, "That would be a custom report set-up." That's getting a bit frustrating to hear, but I do think this system will be very helpful - once we get all of our data entered, and we get used to using the system. Review Source GK Grace K. Office Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "AO review" November 4, 2016 4.0 Overall, I am satisfied with AO. There are a couple of things that are a little cumbersome like the AO/QB syncing and customizing reports but overall, AO is easy to use and it gets the job done. Pros There are some people in your customer support that have been outstanding and very helpful such as Denise Karp and Michael Ybarra. They have been a delight to work with and is always helpful. However, there are others that has been a little hard to talk to and understand. Cons AO/QB syncing. It would be nice to make the syncing easier esp when an error is found. Correcting the errors could get confusing to fix w/o the help from your customer support. Another con is the capabilities to customize your reports. It would be nice if we as the customer can customize our own reports such as to give us all various options to customize on our own. Also, upgrading to the next version should be easier. There are so many steps to upgrading and a step can be missed. Review Source BK Barbara K. Billing Manager Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software with excellent technical support!" April 3, 2017 5.0 We have been using BillQuick for 5 years now. It definitely has made our time & expense tracking and billing easy. The fact that they have a feature rich LEDES export makes our electronic billing smooth. Technical support is very receptive and knowledgeable. Overall, we are extremely happy with billquick and highly recommend it. Review Source JG JASVIN G. student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "convenience to drive business " October 1, 2018 5.0 Bottomline is CORE makes it easier and effortless when it comes to manage project and keeping track of deliverable accounts, billable hours and expenses, viability of project and vision of it. Pros Compatible to all ios and android devices, which makes it convenient to operate, and monitor business effectively and efficiently from almost anywhere. Most enticing feature is the actionable insights for the business provides by CORE on your dashboard. Cons They have excellent products to offer to businesses and customer support services for the installation and errunds. They just need a market among competitors. Review Source JC Jennifer C. Chief Strategist Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "May or may not work for your company" December 5, 2022 3.0 Pros Quick snapshot of project time breakdown. Cons Adding notes to submitted time amounts is painfully slow. Review Source DC David C. President Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple, yet very powerful time billing and project management solution" August 5, 2016 5.0 Pros In 1999, when we bought BillQuick it was a small company but with a bunch of hardworking and dedicated people behind it. I had no doubt in my mind back then this company will have nothing but the success. 17 years today we are still using BillQuick and all these years BQE has worked on perfecting this software to give its users easy to use time and expense tracking and billing. Love their customer service team and I still remember some of the support engineers by name because they are still with the company. Cons My issue was with the licensing and recently they fixed that as well. Now you do not need to buy licenses in packs of 5. Review Source GS Geoff S. Media Designer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Our current time and project management software" September 28, 2019 5.0 Pros I can view and edit time entries on either a weekly or individual basis with the Time Card to Time Entry pages. Cons The search feature doesn't always return results when I'm searching for a project that I know exists. Review Source JH Joseph H. Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "BillQuick, an outstanding product for professional service firms!" August 2, 2016 5.0 We switched to Bill Quick at just the right time! It allowed us to respond to client demanded invoice templates and enabled us to continue to grow without adding additional back office support staff. The mobile app is also great for time and expense entry and so is web suite for all our remote offices and mobile staff. Billing can be accomplished quickly with this product! Cons We work on the east coast and from time to time we have needed morning support and had to wait until support staff arrived at BQE who works in the pacific time zone. Not a major issue by any means, but still resulted is some downtime that otherwise could have been eliminated. Review Source Response from BQE Software August 3, 2016 Joseph, we are glad that BillQuick has been working great for you. Thanks for the feedback. SE Stuart E. Mechanical Designer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Absolutely amazing!" October 4, 2018 5.0 Pros We switched to Core just over 6 months ago after struggling with a competing service for years. Core is very intuitive to use and easy to enter time and expenses for each internal and external project! Cons So far so good! My only critique is that I wish the dashboard had more customization available and that I could create specific widgets for various project metrics. Review Source AP Ashwinder P. QA Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very easy to use and reliable" January 31, 2023 5.0 Pros Very easy to use and reliable. convenient to track time and pull reports Cons Nothing as such, its a great product to use for time tracking Review Source LS LYNDA S. Executive Assistant Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Core is very user friendly" April 8, 2019 5.0 Pros Core is very user friendly. We used BillQuick for over two years then switched to Core. We find Core much easier to navigate. I only use Time and Billing and again, am very pleased with the program. I learn more about it every time I call Customer Support. Cons I think the difficulties I have are related to needing a better understanding of the program. I can’t say I have anything I like least about it except for the speed. I think the slowness is due to our Wi-Fi system. Review Source DS Debra S. Office Manager Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Absolutely fabulous for tracking time and doing invoices easily!!! " September 26, 2016 4.5 Pros The ability to track hours easily and to do invoices easily. The options for how to handle a project a great too - hourly and stipulated sum with budget %. CUSTOMER SUPPORT is absolutely FABULOUS. Have never worked with a software vendor that gives this level of customer support; I've always had every question answered and any problems fixed right away. And when you send an e-mail asking for help, it is followed up in a timely manner. Cons The time clock on the hours can't be adjusted to fit the situation. But, there are other free software programs that will track this and then the data can be dropped into ArchiOffice. Review Source LM Lisa M. Office Manager Management Consulting Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Missold Software!!!" October 24, 2017 3.0 We were missold this product advising us that it could do more than it can! They believe it can do all this stuff but constant bugs and errors make it impossible to use. Pros Lots of features for billing etc. Variety of reports Good time tracking Billable-nonbillable time trcking is great Cons Agent add on for automated reports etc is a terrible system and only works Intermittently Cannot customise enough of the system, Everything is an upsell, European support is awful! When speaking with US support they cannot understand most things you are saying and blame you for their systems errors!! Review Source SB Sam B. Finance Intern Accounting Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good Program" May 20, 2022 4.0 Pros Easy to use, clear and simple. I liked the time management software especially Cons The login process. I found it a bit difficult to report multiple expenses in a row Review Source MG Mike G. Training Manager Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Not what we were looking for." January 11, 2018 3.0 We were looking for something more in the lines of project management, but stumbled into Billquick. It's not what we were looking for, but their support and some creative thinking has made it work for now. As we expand, we'll need to change. Pros This program is great for bill keeping, simple employee time entry and organizing projects. Their support staff will assist you along the way and are genuinely caring and helpful to issues. Cons Billquick is not the best for organizing large projects. If you want to create chain-events with notifications you will be upsold on additional services. Creating and cloning a project can be a bit daunting. Review Source BA Brett A. Principal Engineer/Owner Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Engineer Office Review" February 6, 2017 4.0 We have been utilizing Engineer Office since 2011 for a Civil Engineering and Survey firm. We have been happy with the refinements that BQE has put into place throughout the years to make it functional. We utilize it mostly as a timekeeping and billing complement to Quickbooks. In the last few years, we have successfully cut our time for billing down by implementing best management practices on entering data. Billing used to take a week from the closing date and now it only takes a day or two at the most. Overall the project management when it comes to billing is what we need to operate our business efficiently. Pros The billing functions on this product are very efficient when setting up correctly. The ability to have multiple fixed fee and time and expense items on an invoice is very useful. Cons The connection to QuickBooks can be somewhat difficult and inconsistent at times. It is best when you start fresh and have someone that understands the system. Beginners can make a mess of things if they don't understand the system. Review Source CY Carol Y. Used the software for: ### "Happy BllQuick User!" August 7, 2014 5.0 Our business focus is financial consulting and accounting. BillQuick was recommended to us by another accounting firm as a solution to our time-keeping problem. Prior to our instituting BQE, getting our staff to report their time was like pulling teeth! Now. . , it's done, and on time! All of our staff appreciate that the program could be customized to meet their needs and that it is easy to use. They love it. . . and that's 90% of the battle! We do record our invoicing in BillQuick but find that, because of the way we bill, it can be a multi-step process that is laborious and time consuming. However, we do use it so that we can take advantage of the unlimited number of outstanding reports that the program offers. If needed, BillQuick staff will work with the customer to create a custom report that will fit any need. They are wonderful! BillQuick is a great program! It is dependable, visually appealing and user friendly because the BQE Team works with you from the beginning to customize the program to meet your needs. Any program is just a program without the team that supports its use. The BillQuick Team IS the program. In my opinion, they CAN'T BE MATCHED in customer service and support! Try the program, get the Platinum support package, and hope that you are assigned to Scott as your trainer. If that's the case. . . . you've hit the jackpot! Review Source CY Carol Y. Used the software for: ### "Happy BllQuick User!" August 7, 2014 5.0 Our business focus is financial consulting and accounting. BillQuick was recommended to us by another accounting firm as a solution to our time-keeping problem. Prior to our instituting BQE, getting our staff to report their time was like pulling teeth! Now. . , it's done, and on time! All of our staff appreciate that the program could be customized to meet their needs and that it is easy to use. They love it. . . and that's 90% of the battle! We do record our invoicing in BillQuick but find that, because of the way we bill, it can be a multi-step process that is laborious and time consuming. However, we do use it so that we can take advantage of the unlimited number of outstanding reports that the program offers. If needed, BillQuick staff will work with the customer to create a custom report that will fit any need. They are wonderful! BillQuick is a great program! It is dependable, visually appealing and user friendly because the BQE Team works with you from the beginning to customize the program to meet your needs. Any program is just a program without the team that supports its use. The BillQuick Team IS the program. In my opinion, they CAN'T BE MATCHED in customer service and support! Try the program, get the Platinum support package, and hope that you are assigned to Scott as your trainer. If that's the case. . . . you've hit the jackpot! Review Source Similar Products Featured