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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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$20.00 1 user Per Month
Accelo
Star Rating
(551)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(1,517)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 1 user Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that BigTime excels in ease of use with a score of 8.7, while Accelo trails behind at 8.1. Reviewers mention that BigTime's intuitive interface and streamlined navigation make it easier for teams to adopt and utilize the software effectively.
- Reviewers mention that BigTime's quality of support is outstanding, scoring 9.2 compared to Accelo's 8.7. Users on G2 highlight the responsiveness and helpfulness of BigTime's support team, which significantly enhances the user experience.
- Users say that BigTime shines in time tracking capabilities, scoring 9.1, while Accelo falls short at 7.3. Reviewers appreciate BigTime's robust features for tracking billable hours and managing time entries, which are crucial for project-based businesses.
- G2 users report that BigTime offers superior project planning tools, scoring 8.3 compared to Accelo's 8.9. Reviewers mention that BigTime's project budgeting and resource allocation features are particularly effective for managing complex projects.
- Users report that BigTime's ease of setup is rated at 8.2, while Accelo's score of 7.1 indicates a more challenging onboarding process. Reviewers mention that BigTime's straightforward setup process allows teams to get started quickly without extensive training.
- Reviewers mention that BigTime's performance and reliability score of 8.7 is higher than Accelo's 9.0, indicating that users find BigTime to be more dependable in handling their project management needs without frequent issues.
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
1,317
Ease of Use
8.1
434
8.7
1,330
Ease of Setup
7.2
199
8.2
922
Ease of Admin
7.7
187
8.7
919
Quality of Support
8.8
411
9.2
1,249
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
185
9.1
918
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
417
8.8
1,286
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
8.6
517
Not enough data
7.9
236
Not enough data
8.1
281
Not enough data
8.5
352
Not enough data
8.6
382
Not enough data
7.4
133
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
200
Client Invoicing
8.1
98
8.4
701
8.0
75
7.7
357
8.2
91
8.3
534
Mobile
Not enough data
8.6
349
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
85
8.4
693
8.3
91
8.4
692
7.8
89
8.1
546
Feature Not Available
8.0
417
8.5
90
8.7
785
Platform
7.9
88
8.4
816
7.6
81
8.1
518
7.9
69
7.6
342
8.6
90
8.8
785
7.4
78
8.2
575
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
227
|
Verified
8.3
157
|
Verified
7.4
215
|
Verified
8.5
183
|
Verified
7.8
227
|
Verified
8.2
172
|
Verified
7.8
247
|
Verified
8.4
173
|
Verified
8.3
287
|
Verified
8.3
135
7.5
219
|
Verified
8.4
175
|
Verified
7.9
267
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.5
206
|
Verified
8.7
193
|
Verified
8.9
326
|
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
242
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
144
|
Verified
7.8
202
|
Verified
8.2
161
|
Verified
7.8
229
|
Verified
8.3
179
|
Verified
8.2
272
|
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
Not enough data
3.1
6
Not enough data
3.3
6
Not enough data
3.3
6
Not enough data
3.6
6
Not enough data
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
18
Not enough data
7.0
17
Not enough data
7.0
15
Not enough data
6.9
15
Not enough data
Project Management
6.7
17
Not enough data
6.7
17
Not enough data
6.0
16
Not enough data
Resource Management
6.9
18
Not enough data
7.8
17
Not enough data
6.6
17
Not enough data
Data & Analytics
7.2
17
Not enough data
6.7
17
Not enough data
7.2
17
Not enough data
5.4
17
Not enough data
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
4.1
13
Not enough data
5.6
12
Not enough data
5.6
12
Not enough data
5.8
12
Not enough data
6.1
12
Not enough data
5.3
12
Not enough data
5.1
12
Not enough data
5.6
12
Not enough data
6.0
12
Not enough data
5.4
12
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
52
6.2
10
7.7
50
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
129
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
8.7
91
|
Verified
8.0
82
|
Verified
7.7
74
7.5
71
|
Verified
8.2
91
|
Verified
7.9
84
|
Verified
Project Management
8.9
105
|
Verified
8.3
108
|
Verified
8.9
107
|
Verified
8.6
136
|
Verified
8.3
93
|
Verified
8.1
99
|
Verified
8.5
94
|
Verified
8.3
105
|
Verified
Accounting
8.4
88
8.2
101
8.4
98
|
Verified
8.5
117
|
Verified
8.3
80
|
Verified
8.0
98
8.5
87
|
Verified
8.4
118
|
Verified
8.7
92
|
Verified
8.6
122
|
Verified
Portfolio Management
8.1
73
8.0
82
8.2
74
8.2
81
7.8
72
7.7
75
7.9
72
8.1
74
Analytics
8.0
82
|
Verified
8.2
90
|
Verified
8.4
92
|
Verified
8.3
131
|
Verified
8.1
79
|
Verified
8.1
79
|
Verified
Administration
8.5
91
|
Verified
8.2
112
|
Verified
8.7
99
|
Verified
8.1
117
|
Verified
8.7
93
|
Verified
8.4
112
|
Verified
Platform
8.3
83
|
Verified
8.2
80
|
Verified
8.2
66
|
Verified
8.0
69
|
Verified
9.0
99
|
Verified
8.7
124
|
Verified
7.8
88
|
Verified
7.9
109
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.4
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.2
13
6.5
9
6.3
13
6.5
9
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
6.9
7
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
7.1
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
Automation
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.3
26
Not enough data
7.9
25
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
7.2
25
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
8.3
217
6.9
22
7.7
176
Bill Processing
6.1
22
7.7
188
6.7
23
8.0
202
6.7
23
8.2
235
Integration
6.7
24
8.2
241
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
897
8.1
44
9.1
862
8.0
43
9.0
804
Client Invoicing
8.1
98
8.4
701
8.0
75
7.7
357
8.2
91
8.3
534
Mobile Time Tracking
7.3
37
9.1
756
Administration
7.9
85
8.4
693
8.3
91
8.4
692
7.8
89
8.1
546
Feature Not Available
8.0
417
8.5
90
8.7
785
Platform
7.9
88
8.4
816
7.6
81
8.1
518
7.9
69
7.6
342
8.6
90
8.8
785
7.4
78
8.2
575
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
32.8%
Information Technology and Services
17.3%
Computer Software
6.3%
Management Consulting
5.2%
Accounting
3.5%
Other
34.8%
Accounting
14.2%
Architecture & Planning
10.4%
Civil Engineering
9.6%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Management Consulting
5.8%
Other
53.4%
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Discussions
What does Accelo integrate with?
2 Comments
Official Response from Accelo
Hi there, Valentina is absolutely right! Accelo provides a long list of seamless integrations, including very powerful email, accounting and marketing...Read more
Does Accelo offer Customer Support?
2 Comments
Official Response from Accelo
Hi there, Accelo provides free Customer Support to all Accelo users which includes basic 24/6 email responses. Premium Support is available to customers...Read more
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
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
How do I show a credit for an invoice that was paid in a previous cycle?
1 Comment
TA
Hi, to the best of my knowledge, BigTime can't handle this kind of transaction.
Traditionally, this would be handled by the accounting package and issued...Read more
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