BQ 2008 - Time and Billing by BQE Software, Inc.

Great Software… Easy Integration with QuickBooks
Irvin 
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[07/23/2008]  BQ performs similar billing functions of software costing 3 to 5 times as much more. Also, when I had any problems, the customer support was very responsive. Does what it describes... tracks and invoices detailed work and expenses. The QuickBooks integration wizard really helped me to get up and running in no time.
 
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General Ease of Use
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[04/04/2008]  Thought this was a very poorly designed product, poorly thought out and difficult to use. Conversion from QuickBooks truncated most labor categories, making them difficult to read. Where a list of values should have been implemented, BQ tried to implement some sort of Ajax control which worked poorly. After 1 week of use, we returned back to our old system. We're considering just building our own. BQ would not refund the purchase price.
 
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Good... Except for lots of small things...
Not Quite Bill-Quickly enought for us... 
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[12/26/2007]  I liked BillQuick, and wanted to keep liking them, but we are having to move off after a year of working through issues. We have a complex setup in one state - some items and services are taxable, others are not. Luckily, there was not much business in that state at the start, but the issues never got better and we are to the point we spend as much time billing two customers as we spend on another twenty. In addition, BillQuick was not really designed for QuickBooks - it does not pass sales tax into QuickBooks in the 'sales tax' slot or 'tag' line items as taxable or not -- instead, it puts a Line Item of 'Service Tax' or 'Expense Tax' in, and marks everything "NonTaxable". This will not work with the Sales Tax reporting in QuickBooks. BillQuick never had a method to indicate a particular line item was taxable or not - their logic was pretty much 'whole project is/is not' and that won't work for us. And they don't really have a way to fix this issue quickly, so if you have complex sales tax, this product will likely give you heartache as well for at least another year, if they ever choose to fix it. We also had some issues with the interface, although minor, that caused rates to zero out if more than one timer was open. Also, if we typed too quickly, the the 'predictor' would choose the wrong item. And the navigation within a text field that was within a grid is next to impossible, as you cannot use the arrow keys to navigate within the text (it moves you to the next cell!) - you have to be a VERY accurate clicker to get to JUST the right place to do your edits! A number of small issues added to the major sales tax problem leads us to leave BillQuick. If you have a fairly simple client base and don't have a mish-mash of sales tax rules, the product is VERY nice - I found it accurately moved data to and from QuickBooks (except for sales tax!) and was quite nice to use - a beautiful, modern-looking interface. But all the issues piled up become not-sosmall issues if they double the time you spend doing the back-end work!
 
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BillQuick cut my billing time in half
Eleanor_West@launchview.com 
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[07/12/2007]  We were able to cut out about 2 out of 4 steps in our billing process. BQ enabled us to save about 10 hours a week, roughly around $162, which ends up being over $8,000 per year in savings. Also, our previous solution lacked sophistication causing us to do a lot of duplicate data entry each month to prepare client invoices the way we wanted them. BQ has enabled us to be more efficient and to get our billing done in half the time. BQ’s flexibility also enables us to use several different contract types for the same project, which meets our client’s demands. For anyone considering BQ, just take one of their 30 minute online demos and you will see for yourself! http://www.bqe.com/walkthru/default.aspx
 
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BQ
Luke 
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[07/08/2007]  BQ does not live up to its claims. BQ accesses date very slowly, when we complained to BQ, they said it was our network and we would have to upgrade. We did upgrade but no improvement. They also claim you can group projects but you can't do anything with the groups. After many long hours of trying to get this program to do what they claimed, it comes down to this. BQ designed this program for one company (my opinion) and then decided to sell to everyone else. The hundreds of reports only work if you set up your company like the original company. I like the idea of BQ but their performance is nonexistent.
 
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BQE Integration
t.deetz@deetzcpa.com 
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[11/16/2006]  I have a small accounting practice that relies on time tracking for billing clients. We have tried several time-keeping software products, but have always run into the problem of duplicating entries to keep our GL and time-keeping software balanced. This issue has been eliminated due to our purchase of BQ 2006. After setting up the software, we are now able to create invoices and enter in payment information in BQ and then send them over to QuickBooks seamlessly! What a treat. BQ software has made our office more efficient which translates into more dollars falling to the bottom line.
 
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BQ 2006
jasons@inveng.com 
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[08/29/2006]  We bought BQ this spring. I was formerly a partner at an engineering firm that used Wind2. When I left to start my own company, I bought QuickBooks. QuickBooks is great, and straightforward, for standard accounting. Plus, accountants are familiar with it and can work directly with our files. But it doesn't do much in the way of project management functions. We looked at Deltek, Wind2, etc., and ultimately decided to go with a project management companion to QuickBooks. We settled on BQ. BQ is nearly fully operational for us, and appears that it will be a good and useful tool. Our goal was to find something that would get us the information we need quickly so we can concentrate on being engineers. There is some set up and refining time to get things the way you want, but then it appears to be pretty straightforward. Support is excellent with BQ. The best I've seen. That's probably the biggest comment I can make. Any program this technical in nature will take some time to get set up the way you want it. Their support is fast and effective, and they solve your problem on the first try almost every time.
 
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Great Time Tracking - Project Management & Billing
Engineering Firm 
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[08/26/2006]  Easy to use time sheets through the web and on the local network. BQ also provides numerous job costing and pre billing reports. Billing is very flexible for T&M, Fixed and % complete. Also fast, it used to take 2 or 3 full days to get bills out - now just a couple of hours. The integration with QuickBooks is very thorough and automatic. Set up wasn't too bad - they provide free training and good instruction documents.
 
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BQ makes generating invoices simple
Hirsch/Green Transportation Consulting, Inc. 
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[08/07/2006]  I am the co-owner of a small business and have taken on the responsibilities of generating invoices and tracking payments. Since my expertise is in the engineering field and not accounting, I searched for a program that would make these tasks as simple as possible and have found that BQ has done just that. It also helps that the information in BQ is easily transferred into QuickBooks with the click of a button. The technical support has been fantastic also, in the cases that I needed a little handholding.
 
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