# Page 25 | BQE CORE Suite Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 25 - 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 25 - Reviews of BQE CORE Suite ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 601-625 of 783 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MB Marjorie B. Office Manager Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use, fair price, customer service is very responsive. " September 8, 2016 4.0 Pros The program training is quick and explained quite well. It integrates with Quick Books. Cons The selection of templates is overkill. This area need to be reviewed and compressed into smaller categories. Review Source LA Lynn A. CPA Used the software for: ### "Great Time-Saver!" January 25, 2013 5.0 I highly recommend. I thought a product with all the features Billquick comes with would cost a Lot more, so I'm very pleased. It paid for itself in time saved in a couple months. Will buy the 2013 version when it comes out. Pros Billquick lets me program the things I do the most (send bills, receipts, run reports). It's nice to know they're always done right and on time. Also, I put the reports I look at most often on a dashboard, and now I just glance at them whenever and I feel like I have a good idea of how our company is doing in just a minute or two, without having to generate the reports fresh each time. Cons I'm not crazy about the appearance of some screens, but the ones I use most often are pretty simple. Review Source MP Mark P. CEO Accounting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Been on Core about 2 months" September 12, 2018 4.0 Don't use their accounting module, just use their practice management Pros Saas based, logical navigation, good user interface, many reports Cons Billing is somewhat cumbersome for accounting practices with clients that are both fixed fee and hourly; workflows were not designed with accountants in mind Review Source TM Toby M. Principal/Owner Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ArchiOffice Customer Service" October 12, 2016 5.0 We have been using ArchiOffice for about a decade. The software is quite robust and has a lot of features. We use it primarily to track our time, project profitability, do billing. Technical Service is excellent at ArchiOffice. Denise Karp (with whom I have worked many, many years) and Alan Schlieper are readily available, thorough and patient with our needs. They take the time to show us how to better get the information we want out of the program and trouble shoot things when they go awry. This is essential, because while ArchiOffice is robust, it is also complicated. Pros time tracking, billing. Review Source RC Roger C. Owner Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My experience with this product has been excellent from the beginning." August 2, 2016 5.0 Pros This product is project based which is great for the A/E industry. BQE provides great support and is always available when we call for support. Cons There are no negatives to report about this product. Review Source VG Victoria G. Office Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Use BQ for capturing hours and doing billing at an engineering firm." September 28, 2016 4.5 Pros Always helpful with any problems encountered. Can log in to help fix any issues that may arise. Cons That they are in CA and I have to wait to contact them. The online help is not always helpful. Review Source HF Hedwig F. Business Manager Accounting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "User friendly program with helpful technical support staff" November 1, 2016 5.0 Our firm started using BillQuick for our client billing in 2008. It has been a very user friendly program with very little maintenance. Being able to edit fields in the billing review has been invaluable to me due to a varying sales tax in our city limits. The gold care support is tremendous. Technical support staff is always very helpful and efficient. The report customization proved to be a very positive experience too. Pros User friendliness, flexibility in getting invoices and reports customized and excellent technical support. Cons cannot think of anything Review Source JC James C. Owner Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Billquick a great product for a small engineering firm." August 8, 2016 5.0 Pros Affordability and support. Integrates well with QuickBooks. Lots of formatted reports. Always making great enhancement to their product. Cons I really haven't had any issues with their product. Review Source VR Vicki R. Bookkeeper/Admin Assist Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "BillQuick Review" July 15, 2016 4.5 Pros Customer service has been wonderful with any questions I have come up against. Cons As a small company, there is probably a lot on the software that we do not use due to our business Review Source JK Joseph K. President Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Worst Experience Ever! - Save your money" August 9, 2017 1.0 In general, I invested a lot into this program, training, and Administration (not including my own time). I got to a point where we wiped the slate clean so we could start over as we were told many of our issues were operator error. I got on the phone with support and informed them of a single contract/project I wanted to enter. After I explained the contract I was again told the program cannot do that. There is a "work around" or it can be sent to the Tech Dept for an additional fee. SAVE YOURSELF THE WASTED MONEY AND TIME!!!! Go with Praesto AE instead. Cons The Program is clunky and counter-intuitive for me. I could not get it to function as I needed it to. This program may work for a firm that only has a single phase of a project, but, dealing in multiple phases seemed beyond the program. That is unless you wanted to use a "work around" or pay additional fee. Bank Transactions cannot be downloaded, so they must be manually entered. Not cool! Review Source BP Barbara P. Used the software for: ### "" July 22, 2013 4.5 Our firm purchased ArchiOffice in 2004. The transition at that time was very easy. As ArchiOffice has developed new features, we have had great success utilizing them. Our main goal in the purchase was time slips, expense slips, invoicing, and creating a data base for historic data. The contacts, documents, and calendar was a bonus. We currently use ArchiOffice 2013. There has been a bit of trouble shooting concerning the document integration however, we are working with AO staff to get a fix. All together our firm has been able to track time and expense on each project seamlessly. We know which employee is making us money and which we need to push for more production. I like AO and I enjoy working with their support staff. I just hope in the near future I won't have to talk to them as much. Review Source SC Sandra C. Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Experience with BillQuick and BQE" July 13, 2016 5.0 User friendly and accomplishes exactly what we need for our professional services company. Vendor is terrific. Pros Technical support is exceptional. Cons Difficult to answer - would like an undo feature. Review Source SA Stephanie A. Associate Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review " March 2, 2022 5.0 Overall good experience. Pros I like that I can manage all projects in one place. Cons I don’t like having to search for each project by number, it would be easier to search by name. Review Source CS Carol S. Office Manager Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DeMarco & Nesi" August 30, 2016 4.5 Pros it is user friendly. I taught myself how to use the program. BQE has good customer technical support Cons Sometimes it seems slow when moving from one screen to another Review Source KM Karen M. Associate Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "So far this is the best time and project management software we've encountered!" September 30, 2018 5.0 Pros We migrated to Core after using several other project and time management services over the past few years. Core is easy to navigate and train our staff how to accurately enter and track time for each project, expense tracking, resource allocation and overall integration with our Quickbooks software. Cons Core is one of the more expensive project and time management services we've used. But the lower priced competitors left us wanting. Review Source MH Maria H. Accountant Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great experience and great people!" July 19, 2016 5.0 Pros User friendly and support staff is great if you get stuck. Cons I don't have anything to report. For our size, this product met our needs and we are very pleased. Review Source KP Kellie P. Office & Accounts Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ArchiOffice Review" December 20, 2016 5.0 This product has overall been sensational. It has improved the efficiency of our office tremendously. The trainers have been patient and very helpful. I did find that the training period was not long enough for me to understand all facets of the program, thus getting the full benefit from using it. There are still aspects of the program that I do not know how to fully utilize. Pros Functionality Cons The inability to create more custom reports not already installed in the system without incurring additional costs. Review Source NH Nicola H. Director of Service Delivery Management Consulting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Setup up is tedious, software lacking key features and buggy" January 18, 2018 3.0 Pros The user interface is intuitive and well designed. Personalized dashboards are great. Flexibility of project setup allows for a variety of project types. Good analytics. Cons No API, doesn't link to payroll software, is buggy, transition from an existing accounting system is painful. Setup requires the client formatting dozens of excel templates. Be prepared to spends 200+ hours if transitioning from an existing system. Review Source BW Bridget W. Office Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Billing Contact Report" August 30, 2016 4.0 Pros Multiple reports. Project Set up. Project Tracking. Cons Not easy to use. It is difficult to figure the depths of this program. You cannot alter reports. Review Source CC ChiaWei C. Architectural Designer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to use " February 12, 2022 3.0 Pros I like the interface design and the navigation of software. Cons Sometimes it lags and the confusion of term. Review Source DH Duncan H. Legal Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "We wish we had switched to BillQuick sooner!" June 16, 2016 5.0 Even though we are a very small law firm (two attorneys), transitioning to BillQuick nevertheless saves us several hours weekly. Our time/expense tracking and billing is now streamlined and seamless. BillQuick allows us to reduce our administrative costs by significant gains in efficiency and (just as important) has vastly reduced the amount of manual date entry, making for much happier, more productive administrative staff. Technical support during our set up was excellent, and very prompt. Being such a small firm, we certainly don't have in house IT support. When I needed help making the BillQuick database accessible over our three networked computers, tech support steered me to exactly the solution I needed, and provided clear, step by step instructions that guided me through the process to successful installation. Cons I truly do not have anything negative to say about my experience with the software or with the company. Review Source Response from BQE Software June 20, 2016 Awesome! Thank you for taking the time out to give us your feedback. BB Brandi B. Administrative Assistant Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Quick and Easy" January 5, 2017 1.0 BillQuick was new to me when I started with the company and there wasn't time to train me on the software. Within an hour of jumping in and working with the software, I had the basic idea of where everything was and how to do what I needed to accomplish. Much of my work is done with BillQuick but it is so easy and efficient it gives me time to do the tasks I put on the back burner for downtime. The few times I have needed to call in for support, the agents are always friendly and helpful, they know what they are talking about. Review Source SV Steve V. Architecture & Planning Used the software for: ### "ArchiOffice: truly created with architects in mind." January 16, 2015 4.0 Pros ArchiOffice was created by architects, for architects. They understand how we manage projects, budget time, and invoice. Their pricing structure is also very affordable now, reflecting the struggles many architectural firms have experienced since the 2008 downturn. Lastly, I love that it interfaces with Quickbooks. Cons Past versions of ArchiOffice were prone to fairly regular hiccups that required tech support. The newest version appears much more stable and user-friendly. Some of the user interfaces (where you find buttons, and how certain tasks are performed) are not the most intuitive. Review Source PH Patricia H. Office Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Billquick" October 26, 2016 5.0 I have used this software for many years (twenty) and have been very satisfied with it. It is easy for me to use and I have been able to adjust to the downsizing of our company which we have encountered over the years, Billquick is still the program I use to do all the invoicing and record keeping for all projects. While I am definitely sure I do not avail myself of all the bells and whistles that Billquick offers I feel that that is what good software should do - be able to accommodate needs of all size users. Review Source JA Javier A. ARCHITECT Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very difficult software and the client service is pretty bad" May 9, 2018 1.0 Pros Good service before the purchase, after they want to make a dollar for every single question. Cons Very difficult to implement without paying the training. It is not intuitive. The client support is very poor. Review Source Similar Products Featured