BQ 2009 - Time and Billing

The Time Tracking, Project Management and Service Billing solution that QuickBooks users have been looking for. Easy to use and flexible - the perfect solution for all service industry professionals.

Price: $495.00
 

Developer: BQE Software, Inc.

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9.09     Overall Score
9     Ease of Use and Reliability
9.21     Technical Support and overall quality
9.08     Customer Willingness to Recommend
 
Customer review based on 13 surveyed on 09/19/2008

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BillQuick is a time saver
lavengc@yahoo.com 
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[09/02/2008]  The built in timer is the best thing and really helps me track my time ACCURATELY. I am able to begin work after setting it and I can adjust immediately when the phone rings or switching gears between different projects. The program is simple and easy and I didn't have to spend much time trying to learn it.
 
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BQE not so great
martha 
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[08/14/2008]  I purchased BQ for a small engineering firm of 15 people. We purchased BQ to integrate with QuickBooks and provide a web based solution for entering time and expense. After 1 year of use, the time portion works great, but the expense portion is cumbersome, and labor intensive for downloading into QuickBooks. Expense sheets aren't saved when the employee enters the information. The web based software is testy and gives errors if you spend too long on one expense entry. We've had to go back to using spreadsheets and downloading the spreadsheets into QuickBooks. Also, the two programs were supposed to be able to sync whenever a change was made in one of the programs but this caused so many errors, we had to turn this feature off. I don't recommend this program to be used with QuickBooks.
 
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Affordable & Easy to Use
Harold & Associates 
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[08/01/2008]  I must say my team and I are big fans of BQ. Its easy to learn & use; easy access to functions; great reporting flexibility; able to customize my invoices. I evaluated about 6 other apps before finding this one. I don't normally leave reviews but if this saves others the time I wasted looking at a lot of alternatives I’ll be happy.
 
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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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Customer Comments More Than Two Years Old


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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Excellent Information
Jill 
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[07/20/2006]  Our instruction time with Shafat on July 19, 2006 was extremely informative and had excellent results for our company use of BQ. After his excellent and well prepared instruction, he took the time to reply to our specific questions. The training was very beneficial to us. Our invoicing and project control will be much more efficient with this software.
 
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BQ with QuickBooks... VERY GOOD
ESP 
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[07/20/2006]  Our company has used BQ with QuickBooks for over a year. The staff loves the data entry and the flexibility and we have had a great experience on improving the efficiency of our time entry, time tracking and time billing process. When we have had issues or problems, we have been very pleased with BQ support. The releases and versions have all fixed issues and added more function. All and all, we are very pleased to have made this choice.
 
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Time & Billing simplified
S. Cortez 
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[05/01/2006]  I would like to say how please our company is with BQ and its capabilities of synchronization with QuickBooks. This program has made our billing simply. The set up was easy to follow and the tech support was wonderful to have. Since I am not a program specialist the tech support was a great blessing. My company has been happy with this program and we recommend it to any one who needs a dependable time billing program. Give BQ a try!
 
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Easy to use
Architect (not accountant) 
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[01/03/2006]  As an Architect, I want to spend time designing and not accounting. I have just upgraded from BQ 2004 to 2005 and have found the 2005 version to be even easier to use than 2004. Be sure to run a good backup before you upgrade, there have been a few glitches with information moving from the 2004 to the 2005. Customer support has been very good at fixing the problems. They are always very patient and friendly when you call for assistance. I recommend buying the additional customer support package, because you will need assistance for a period longer that the 30 day trial period. The program does so many things that it takes a little longer than 30 days to be fluent with it. The integration with QuickBooks is fantastic.
 
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Solo Practitioner benefits from BQ
Small-Town Lawyer 
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[12/01/2005]  To Whom It May Concern: I am a solo-practice lawyer in a small town in Colorado. After working for some very large firms I decided to strike out on my own. One of the systems I had to have in place from the very beginning of my practice was a billing program. I reviewed a number of billing programs before settling on BQ. I even used a different program for a while before switching to BQ (complete disaster!).

What I like about BQ is that it gives me a great deal of control over the options that are important to me without the necessity of having a degree in computer software engineering. I also like the customer service that I received from BQ. On one occasion I suggested an enhancement to the program and BQ actually implemented the change in less than a few weeks after I first called them. If you call BQ customer service you might speak with Irfan (very good at explaining things in a way that a lawyer might actually understand) or Will Breiholz (the head of BQ). There are others on the BQ customer service team but those are the names I remember.

I also like how BQ integrates with QuickBooks. As a former bean counter it is important to me that the integration occur exactly the way that I want it to. No problem with BQ.

I wish you well and hope that your experience with BQ has been as rewarding as mine.

Best Regards,
A small-town lawyer in Breckenridge, Colorado.
 
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Good Choice!
St. Louis Engineering Firm 
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[11/04/2005]  My engineering company decided to purchase BQ to allow greater flexibility in invoice format and to better track time spent on our engineering projects. The software has proven to meet our needs very well. Our invoicing process is now completed more effectively and with greater precision. We are well satisfied with the BQ product.
 
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Bill Quick Solution
Jeff 
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[08/03/2005]  We are an engineering firm that has used QuickBooks for years. The conversion to BQ has allowed us to continue using are data in QuickBooks and improved are time entry and invoicing process. The key to a successful BQ implementation is in the set-up. The BQ support team was helpful and responsive during the set-up process.
 
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Good to Very Good...but not Great
Engineering Consultant BQE User 
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[07/27/2005]  We have been installing BQ 2005 over the last 2 months for a 10-person consulting firm. BQ has many excellent features that make it perfect for us. We already use QuickBooks and the integration is essential. However, be prepared for a lot of work. So far, I have put in 40+ hours and our accounting manager has spent over 150 hours...and we're still not fully transitioned.

Also, don't count on BQE to create customized invoice templates. They are really reluctant to do this and it takes many weeks, which has further delayed the transition. Actually, QuickBooks is more flexible with invoice templates - but we can't successfully send the information back to QuickBooks to use our old invoice format.

Overall I would give this software a B-. I think it has a lot of potential, but doesn't fully live up to the promises made on the web site and by the sales people. You definitely need to use the 30-day trial period to completely evaluate its applicability to your own organization. On the plus side, you can call them as much as you want (and we did) during the 30-day trial.
 
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Great Customer Support
marissa@puenteinternational.com 
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[07/12/2005]  Although the learning curve is a little difficult, the customer service that I received from BQE was fantastic. No matter what time of day I called, with whatever problem I had they were always there to help. We use this program for two separate companies: a law firm and a consulting firm and it has really helped us get our billing in order. Additionally, since we are small firms, their customer service has helped us tremendously. Especially when trying to get those last minute bills out.
 
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A simpler solution to avoid big accounting programs
jconway@conwayeng.com 
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[06/30/2005]  When we started our business, over 15 years ago, we started using QuickBooks. Over a period of time we grew very quickly and had a need for a more fully featured accounting program. We tried other programs. They had the features that we needed but they were very complex and required a lot of setup and training time and expense.

This year we were delighted to find that we could purchase both QuickBooks and BQ for less that the annual renewal on the other program. This combination of software provides the features that we need, had almost no learning curve and is easy to use.

My employees were very impressed with the time keeping aspect of BQ and I am in love with the ease of getting bills out using BQ.
 
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Makes QuickBooks useful for those with varied invoicings
President and CTO 
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[02/10/2005]  We perform professional services and make prototypes for the medical device industry and we need our invoices to be both professional and correct. We tried another accounting system for almost 2 years, but had problems finding people who could help us with the program and our accountancy was not familiar with it either.

So, after much soul-searching and detailed reviewing of competing products, we decided to return to QuickBooks, but only if we had another program take care of our billing and invoicing. We narrowed our choices down to a couple and after talking with all of them decided to try our luck with BQ.

The initial setup was a bit rocky, it took several calls to BQ and some detailed assistance from the computer person on our accountants staff (I should mention that everyone here pretty much has engineering backgrounds -- accounting is a foreign language). We discovered that, while it is not the easiest process, there are several work-arounds because of the way QuickBooks operates and BQ's phone help was quite helpful.

BQ is able to track everything, provide the proper markups for different categories, and provide us with an extra measure of cost control that we did not consider when we purchased the program. In addition we've discussed with them several ideas where we think the program could be improved and BQ responded quickly with improvements in the next update.

In summary, this is a very powerful and flexible addition to QuickBooks -- it makes QuickBooks work for us. BQ is also helping us track our costs more easily and quickly. We have multiple people entering time data and it is much easier to do and to manage. The drawbacks are probably that more examples could be included in the manuals, more flexibility in the invoice formats would be nice (it can be done, but it requires paying BQ or purchasing and learning Crystal Reports), and it lacks a tutorial that would show the basic operation. However these are all relatively minor as what it does it does very well. Finally one more drawback is not BQ's fault, but that QuickBooks does not allow sharing of some data and this makes it necessary for a kludgy workaround every now and then. We're hoping that the new release of QuickBooks improves that so BQ can do its job even better.

Overall we're quite pleased with what we got -- we'd recommend it to anyone whose company has contract that range from fixed, to retainer, and then to time and materials.
 
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Great Product for Architectural Firms!
Birdie 
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[01/20/2005]  We are a 17 person architectural firm and found we needed more flexibility in our billing system than QuickBooks could offer. BQ 2004 Time and Billing is a wonderful solution for firms needing a multiple of billing options (hourly, progress based fees, hourly with caps, etc.) as well as offering flexible billing rates. BQ 2004 Time and Billing allows us to track our fee projects to determine profitability on a phase by phase basis. This program provides much more in-depth analysis for tracking multiple projects and can provide a good overall picture of financial health. This program is a wonderful tool to broaden services available on QuickBooks so that we don't have to change to a much more expensive and not as efficient accounting programs as our firm grows. Great product and service! Highly recommended!
 
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BQ 2004? An excellent program!
Gardner & Associates - Columbus, Georgia 
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[01/14/2005]  As construction consultants needing a wide range of billing capabilities, we outgrew our customized DOS in-house billing program. Thus, we began the search for a billing program, which permits customization to suit the specifics of our business. BQ 2004 has met our needs, from its customizable features to its excellent technical support. Although there is a three-hour time lapse between BQE's time zone and ours, the support team at BQE Software has been very responsive during our short learning period using BQ 2004. BQs new on-line "Walk Through" is very beneficial and informative. I highly recommend BQk 2004 to all firms needing customizable capabilities in its billing efforts.
 
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Truely Helpful
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[09/29/2004]  We are a land surveying company in Washington State with 25 employees. We have used QuickBooks for the last 5 years and are happy with the program except in the areas of billing reports and time card generation. BQ has been very helpful with these tasks. It is flexible in the billing, being able to accept several billing rates for a single person or crew. Setup may take a little time to assure that all of the rates and combinations are taken in account. But, once it is running the interchange between BQ and QuickBooks is almost seamless.
 
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Very flexible time and billing software
alan@foxandfiorino.com 
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[09/03/2004]  We converted the capture of our time and billing to "BQ" last February. We have found the "BQ" to be a very flexible time and billing software program and has been a perfect solution for our firm. We are networked and able to capture time and billing costs, efficiently, timely and accurately. As CPA's, we are able to analyze both engagements and staff in "real time", and find that we are benefiting both in terms of efficiency and the ability to bill more often rather than once a month. The process of billing is less of a chore and there is definitely more thought and analysis since "BQ" does the "crunching" for us. With the integration with QuickBooks, we feel that make "BQ" is a useful, worthwhile and efficient way to capture data related to billings, collections, etc. We are only constrained by the time requirements of servicing our clients that prevents us from using all of the features and "BQ", but, we're working towards using all of the solutions that "BQ" can provide. We are a very satisfied user of "BQ" and gladly would recommend it to other users.
 
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Great for Engineering Firms
asummers@sis-tech.com 
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[08/08/2004]  I have used QuickBooks for business accounting for five years and I used it for project accounting for the first four years. However, I found it difficult to manage projects with varied terms (fixed price, hourly, and hourly not to exceed) and different rate sheets. I also wanted a workspace that could be completely open to my personnel for time and expense entry, project management, reporting work-in-progress and assessing account status. Accurately tracking and controlling time against project budgets is key to any successful engineering business. BQ 2004 provided just what we needed.
 
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Best in its class!!
Sandra T. 
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[05/04/2004]  BQ hits the nail on the head! With dynamic flexibility to structure multiple billing rates, it met our needs for all time and expense tracking for a broad array of client billing protocols. Additionally, BQE offers several add-on modules that reduce cycle time by automating timesheet reminders and report generation, as well as providing resource schedule management tools. It is also highly affordable and scalable from the single-practitioner company to a full enterprise installation. I would HIGHLY recommend this product to any professional services organization looking for a tool to cover all the bases of project financial management.
 
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Happy Customer
oscar@designservicesnw.com 
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[03/17/2004]  We are a small two person residential design firm. We have been using BQ for 2 two years now. Although I wasn't completely satisfied with BQ 2000, I recently upgraded to BQ 2003 and the upgrades are fabulous. The tech support has been very helpful in troubleshooting problems. Most have been because of my lack of full understanding of the software. I would recommend BQ software. Just know that it will involve some time getting used it, but it's worth the effort.
 
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BQ is a great value and easy to use!
San Diego business owner 
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[03/09/2004]  We were using MAS 90 and it's add ons for our accounting and for 2003 decided to experiment with off-the-shelf products: QuickBooks Pro and BQ. The cost for these products and the annual upgrades represented a substantial savings for our firm. Another side benefit is the ease of use was such that our front office assistant was able to do billing; requiring less time and expense from our accountanting staff. We kept MAS 90 on the shelf again for 2004 and will soon upgrade to the latest versions of BQ.
 
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Must Have
R. Clayton 
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[10/14/2003]  As an outside billing software consultant, I have reviewed various time and expense applications. In my judgment, BQ is one of the best products on the market. It has tremendous capabilities in terms of customization. It is easy to use and provides all of the reporting and invoicing options one could possibly want. A great package on its own, now that it integrates easily with QuickBooks it is a must have for all QuickBooks users. The time savings and convenience factors make it an even greater bargain.
 
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Great Time Tracking, Invoicing and Project Management Program
felecia@alfermanngray.com 
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[10/10/2003]  We have looked at many billing products that integrated with QuickBooks as well as Stand alone. Our firm found BQ to be a great choose. Install and setup did not take a technical computer person. We have 11 staff members and we were install and up and running in one day. The Employee, Client and Project screens all have the same format as well as the time; expense screens are also similar to each other so the learning curve is very minimal. There are an endless number of reports that you can choose from as well as invoice and statement templates. You are not limited to the defaults and all are customizable. I would highly recommend BQ to anyone who makes there money selling their time.
 
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Must Have
R. Clayton 
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[05/12/2003]  As an outside billing software consultant, I have reviewed various time and expense applications. In my judgment, BQ is the one of the best products on the market. It has tremendous capabilities in terms of customization. It is easy to use and provides all of the reporting and invoicing options one could possibly want. A great package on its own, now that it integrates easily with QuickBooks it is a must have for all QuickBooks users. The time savings and convenience factors make it an even greater bargain.
 
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Great program!
tony@ashai.com 
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[03/24/2003]  We are an Architectural and Construction Management firm with 45 employees. We have been using BQ and QuickBooks for 6 years now. BQ is flexible Time and Billing software, so flexible that it fits our business perfectly. We keep very detailed time cards and bill based on fixed fee, percent complete, hourly and recurring with cap. Our bill rates change with the nature of the job and BQ allows us to assign multiple rates to one or many employees based on the activities performed. Very critical features like these are missing in QuickBooks and that is why our firm has been using BQ for time cards, project management and invoicing and QuickBooks as our GL. Thanks to BQ-QuickBooks integration, many hours are saved every week, since we used to waste so much time with double entry.
 
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Accomplish Task
accounting@pistorinoalam.com 
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[02/12/2003]  In our company we need to bill our time with different rates, and BQ does that very good. We cut the mistakes in our billing rates by 100%. Thanks to BQ we resolved the problems in our company in reference to the multiple customer contract rates. Now we are using QuickBooks and BQ completed integrated.
 
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Satisfied customer
Gene 
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[01/22/2003]  I'm an Accountant that's run a small business on QuickBooks for almost 5 years now. Integration with BQ is probably the best thing that's happened to QuickBooks. It allows us to track time for the services that we offer our clients: Tax Prep, Bookkeeping and Audits. I can invoice each engagement in a variety of ways - T&M, Retainer, Flat Fee, etc. BQ reports have helped me keep on top of things. I've scheduled the WIP, Aging, Cash Receipts, Write UP/Down and Staff Performance reports to run automatically so that they appear in my email Inbox automatically every Monday morning. I highly recommend BQ.
 
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Time tracking and invoicing made easy
C. Milar 
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[12/21/2002]  After diligent research into all time tracking products that integrate with QuickBooks, we found BQ to be the clear choice. It is easy to install and set up - we were up and running in a week. Time and expense recording is very straightforward, employees were able complete time cards and expense logs without training. Invoicing is fast and easy while still providing a lot of flexibility in billing methods and invoice formats. Some helpful bells and whistles like automatic detection of incomplete time sheets cuts down our overhead. The integration with QuickBooks is very thorough and automated. We are very impressed and highly recommend this product.
 
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Great Product / Extremely Satisfied
charles 
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[12/19/2002]  Easy to install and use. We use BQ to manage a 100+ software development company for both time and materials billing and project time tracking. Multiple report formats for post-project analysis, web enabled tracking and auto-reminders are features that we have liked in particular. Highly recommend BQ.
 
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Easy to use, Flexible Time Billing Software
Edward 
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[12/11/2002]  We are an Architectural and Engineering firm of 30 employees. We've used QuickBooks Pro for several years now and have been satisfied with neither the time keeping nor the invoicing functionality provided. Since we didn't want to export data back and forth between a time billing software and QuickBooks, we were stuck recording Excel time sheets are typing up invoices in Word. We had looked at BQ a few years ago, and liked it, but without the QuickBooks integration we passed. We have been up and running in BQ for just over a month now and its already paid for itself. No more time slips through the cracks, invoices get out on time and the project management reports are great. So far so good, I recommend it to everyone that tracks time.
 
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Time Billing Made Easy
BSC 
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[12/11/2002]  Our business is consulting and so time billing is our lifeblood. We started using BQ two years ago and we've seen the accuracy and efficiency of our billing increase substantially. I believe BQ sells for $400-$500 per user and that is the best bargain we've ever found in our office operations. BQ is making us money because we are able to track our time more accurately and present better reports to our clients, which gets us paid. I would HIGHLY recommend BQ to anyone who makes their money by billing for their time.
 
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Fantastic program!
jmoore 
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[11/26/2002]  We've used BQ now for a year. We are a consulting firm with 35 employees. This program has saved us countless hours and has increased the recovery of our lost billable hours. BQ 3.2 now integrates with QuickBooks which makes our lives even easier. Highly recommend this product.
 
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Truly Remarkable!
Steve M 
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[11/19/2002]  I have used BQ for over 2 years. I am also a QuickBooks user for 5 years. The integration between the two products is excellent and something that I have been waiting for years. For those of you who have not used BQ, it is a class A software with a lot of intelligence.
 
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