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Market Segments
Small-Business (74.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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$20.00 1 user Per Month
Accelo
Star Rating
(555)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(1,664)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 1 user Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that BigTime excels in user experience, particularly with its timesheet functionality. Users appreciate the ability to view all entries for the week in one place, making it quick and easy to track time across different projects.
- Users say that Accelo offers a smooth implementation process, with many highlighting its ease of use and integration capabilities, especially with accounting software like Xero. This makes it a favorable choice for teams looking to streamline their workflows.
- Reviewers mention that BigTime's customer support is highly rated, with users noting the availability of helpful resources such as webinars and a knowledge base. This support contributes to a more user-friendly experience, especially for those new to the software.
- According to verified reviews, while Accelo is praised for its organizational features, some users feel it lacks the depth of functionality found in BigTime, particularly in areas like project tracking and time management, which are crucial for daily operations.
- G2 reviewers highlight that BigTime's overall satisfaction scores are significantly higher, reflecting a more robust performance in project management and billing. Users appreciate the customization options and the intuitive design that simplifies data entry.
- Users report that while Accelo has strong features for managing client information and invoicing, it may not meet the needs of all users when it comes to advanced project management tools, which BigTime provides more effectively.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Accelo
Professional
Contact Us
Quote-to-cash for profitable
professional service firms.
- Client Project Management
- Client Sales Management
- Client Quote Management
BigTime
Essentials
$20.00
1 user Per Month
Deliver great work and get paid faster.
- Time Tracking
- Expense Management
- Project Management
Free Trial
Accelo
No trial information availableBigTime
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
430
8.8
1,390
Ease of Use
8.1
435
8.7
1,440
Ease of Setup
7.1
199
8.2
973
Ease of Admin
7.7
189
8.7
939
Quality of Support
8.7
411
9.2
1,292
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
187
9.1
937
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
416
8.7
1,359
Features by Category
Sales Force Automation
8.7
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
113
Not enough data
8.5
145
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
71
Not enough data
8.6
95
Not enough data
8.0
78
Not enough data
8.0
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
132
|
Verified
Not enough data
Marketing Automation
7.3
102
Not enough data
7.5
112
Not enough data
8.1
134
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
100
Not enough data
Customer Support
8.5
139
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
129
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
65
Not enough data
8.2
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.0
160
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
Mobile & Social
7.6
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
7.6
120
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
7.9
97
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
97
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
102
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
78
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
78
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.4
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - CRM
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration - cpq
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Pricing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Quoting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin
9.2
8
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
Channels
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
7.3
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI - cpq
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Expense Reports
Not enough data
8.7
521
Not enough data
7.8
234
Not enough data
8.0
279
Not enough data
8.5
351
Not enough data
8.6
381
Not enough data
7.4
132
Not enough data
7.8
210
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
199
Client Invoicing
8.1
98
8.4
702
8.0
75
7.7
357
8.2
91
8.3
534
Generative AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile
Not enough data
8.6
350
Not enough data
8.4
293
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
6.9
137
Not enough data
8.0
280
Administration
Not enough data
7.3
117
Administration
7.9
86
8.4
692
8.3
91
8.4
693
7.8
89
8.1
548
Feature Not Available
8.0
416
8.5
90
8.7
784
Platform
7.9
88
8.4
826
7.6
81
8.1
518
7.9
69
7.6
341
8.6
90
8.8
796
7.4
78
8.2
577
Feature Not Available
7.7
361
Tasks
8.8
206
|
Verified
8.6
297
|
Verified
8.6
205
|
Verified
8.4
271
|
Verified
8.4
174
8.0
260
|
Verified
8.3
186
|
Verified
7.8
241
|
Verified
8.3
149
7.6
218
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
229
7.9
175
|
Verified
7.7
235
|
Verified
7.8
189
|
Verified
7.9
232
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
187
|
Verified
8.1
249
|
Verified
8.5
184
|
Verified
7.7
228
|
Verified
8.3
157
|
Verified
7.4
215
|
Verified
8.5
183
|
Verified
7.8
228
|
Verified
8.2
172
|
Verified
7.8
247
|
Verified
8.4
173
|
Verified
8.3
292
|
Verified
8.3
135
7.5
219
|
Verified
8.4
175
|
Verified
7.9
267
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.5
205
|
Verified
8.7
193
|
Verified
8.9
333
|
Verified
8.0
142
|
Verified
7.6
197
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.3
143
|
Verified
7.8
212
|
Verified
8.4
157
|
Verified
8.1
238
|
Verified
8.3
174
|
Verified
8.0
243
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
144
|
Verified
7.8
201
|
Verified
8.2
161
|
Verified
7.8
229
|
Verified
8.3
179
|
Verified
8.2
273
|
Verified
Generative AI
4.5
25
Feature Not Available
4.4
24
6.2
64
Agentic AI - Project Management
3.0
5
Not enough data
2.7
5
Not enough data
3.3
6
6.0
5
3.1
6
Not enough data
3.3
6
Not enough data
3.3
6
Not enough data
3.6
6
6.3
5
Contract Management Platform Features
8.6
134
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
129
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
4.5
10
Not enough data
4.0
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Contract Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
6.1
17
Not enough data
6.8
16
Not enough data
6.9
14
Not enough data
6.8
14
Not enough data
Project Management
6.5
16
Not enough data
6.5
16
Not enough data
5.9
15
Not enough data
Resource Management
6.7
17
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
6.6
17
Not enough data
Data & Analytics
7.1
16
Not enough data
6.5
16
Not enough data
7.0
16
Not enough data
5.1
16
Not enough data
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
3.8
12
Not enough data
5.2
11
Not enough data
5.3
11
Not enough data
5.5
11
Not enough data
5.9
11
Not enough data
5.0
11
Not enough data
4.7
11
Not enough data
5.3
11
Not enough data
5.6
11
Not enough data
5.0
11
Not enough data
Customer Requirements
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Contracts
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Revenue
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
6.9
9
7.5
46
7.1
11
7.8
53
6.2
10
7.8
51
Optimization
6.5
11
7.9
55
5.7
10
7.6
51
6.5
9
7.3
49
Content
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
93
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
95
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.7
109
Not enough data
7.5
88
Not enough data
9.0
130
Not enough data
8.5
117
Not enough data
9.1
131
Not enough data
8.1
105
Not enough data
Task Creation
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Task Management
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.3
26
Not enough data
7.1
24
Not enough data
6.6
24
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.3
18
Not enough data
5.1
18
Not enough data
Customer Management
8.8
103
|
Verified
8.5
121
|
Verified
8.6
90
|
Verified
8.0
83
|
Verified
7.6
73
7.5
71
|
Verified
8.2
91
|
Verified
7.9
84
|
Verified
Project Management
8.8
105
|
Verified
8.2
109
|
Verified
8.9
108
|
Verified
8.6
156
|
Verified
8.3
92
|
Verified
8.1
99
|
Verified
8.5
93
|
Verified
8.3
108
|
Verified
Accounting
8.4
87
8.2
102
8.4
98
|
Verified
8.6
120
|
Verified
8.3
79
|
Verified
8.0
98
8.5
86
|
Verified
8.4
123
|
Verified
8.7
91
|
Verified
8.6
129
|
Verified
Portfolio Management
8.1
72
8.0
82
8.2
73
8.2
81
7.7
71
7.7
75
7.9
71
8.1
74
Analytics
8.0
81
|
Verified
8.2
92
|
Verified
8.4
92
|
Verified
8.4
152
|
Verified
8.1
78
|
Verified
8.1
81
|
Verified
Administration
8.5
92
|
Verified
8.2
114
|
Verified
8.7
99
|
Verified
8.1
131
|
Verified
8.8
92
|
Verified
8.3
114
|
Verified
Platform
8.3
82
|
Verified
8.2
81
|
Verified
8.2
65
|
Verified
8.0
69
|
Verified
9.0
98
|
Verified
8.6
150
|
Verified
7.8
87
|
Verified
7.8
116
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.4
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
5.8
12
6.5
9
6.0
12
6.5
9
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
6.4
6
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
6.9
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
Automation
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.2
27
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
27
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
Project management
7.9
27
Not enough data
7.5
26
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
7.8
25
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
Workload
7.3
28
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
7.1
24
Not enough data
7.2
25
Not enough data
7.2
26
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.1
24
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
Integration
7.3
23
Not enough data
7.3
26
Not enough data
7.5
24
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.3
18
Not enough data
5.0
18
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
15
Not enough data
6.9
14
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Content & Documents
6.5
13
Not enough data
7.1
14
Not enough data
7.6
15
Not enough data
6.1
14
Not enough data
Controls
6.9
14
Not enough data
6.4
13
Not enough data
7.4
14
Not enough data
6.9
14
Not enough data
6.4
14
Not enough data
Project Management
8.3
14
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
7.5
14
Not enough data
7.6
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
4.3
10
Not enough data
4.4
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill Generation
7.6
24
8.0
243
8.3
22
8.4
217
6.9
22
7.7
176
Bill Processing
6.1
22
7.7
189
6.7
23
8.0
203
6.7
23
8.3
236
Integration
6.9
25
8.2
242
6.3
24
7.8
202
5.2
22
7.1
153
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
6.9
6
Agentic AI - Sales Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
7.0
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
6.2
10
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
Sales Management
7.7
13
Not enough data
5.7
10
Not enough data
6.8
13
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
7.9
43
9.3
930
8.1
44
9.1
894
8.0
43
9.0
808
Client Invoicing
8.1
98
8.4
702
8.0
75
7.7
357
8.2
91
8.3
534
Mobile Time Tracking
7.3
37
9.1
774
Administration
7.9
86
8.4
692
8.3
91
8.4
693
7.8
89
8.1
548
Feature Not Available
8.0
416
8.5
90
8.7
784
Platform
7.9
88
8.4
826
7.6
81
8.1
518
7.9
69
7.6
341
8.6
90
8.8
796
7.4
78
8.2
577
Feature Not Available
7.7
361
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Accelo and BigTime are categorized as Resource Management, Professional Services Automation, Billing, Project Management, and Time Tracking
Unique Categories
Accelo is categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Client Portal, Project and Portfolio Management, Task Management, Sales Analytics, CRM, CPQ, Contract Management, and Quote-to-Cash
BigTime is categorized as Expense Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Accelo
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
BigTime
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
32.9%
Information Technology and Services
17.3%
Computer Software
6.5%
Management Consulting
5.4%
Accounting
3.5%
Other
34.4%
Accounting
13.6%
Architecture & Planning
10.4%
Civil Engineering
9.6%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Consulting
5.7%
Other
54.2%
Discussions
When are you coming up with more new exciting features
2 Comments
MG
Best way to find out about upcoming features is to check out the Accelo Blog page. https://www.accelo.com/resources/blog/Read more
New features ahead?
2 Comments
MG
Check out the Accleo Blog page - https://www.accelo.com/resources/blog/Read more
Does Accelo offer Customer Support?
2 Comments
VB
Their customer support is pretty awesome. Being in Australia, I was worried about time differences with responses, but the whole team responds within 12...Read more
we need an outside bookkeeping VA to do basic things we don't have time skill to do - any referals??
2 Comments
JS
I've been using the software since 2017. I also work virtually as a consultant in Finance. I'm happy to discuss my qualifications. Please let me know if...Read more
What is BigTime used for?
1 Comment
JF
As an architectural business, we use Big Time to log our time, usually in 15 minute intervals, showing how much time was spend on each task, for each phase,...Read more
Does anyone have tips for how they use task tracking in BigTime?
1 Comment
TR
I utilize the workflow alot of task tracking. This feature helps manage task, see where they are in their life cycle and even drill down to the employee. ...Read more
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