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Star Rating
(448)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
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(1,506)4.8 out of 5
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AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Brex excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to BQE CORE. Users appreciate Brex's intuitive interface and seamless banking experience, making it a preferred choice for small and medium-sized businesses.
- Users say that BQE CORE offers a comprehensive solution for project management, time tracking, and billing, which is particularly beneficial for small firms. Reviewers highlight the ability to select specific modules tailored to their needs, making it a versatile option despite its lower satisfaction ratings.
- According to verified reviews, Brex stands out for its ease of use, especially when it comes to managing expenses on the go. Users love the convenience of uploading receipts via mobile and the straightforward setup process, which requires minimal effort to get started.
- Reviewers mention that while BQE CORE provides robust features for project accounting and reporting, some users find it challenging to navigate and configure to their specific workflows. This can lead to a steeper learning curve compared to Brex's more user-friendly approach.
- G2 reviewers highlight Brex's superior support quality, with many users praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the customer service team. In contrast, while BQE CORE does offer support and training, some users feel it could be more accessible and comprehensive.
- Users report that BQE CORE's all-in-one platform is a game-changer for managing multiple business functions, but it may not be as agile as Brex when it comes to expense tracking and real-time financial management, which is crucial for businesses on the move.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BQE CORE
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For mid-sized companies looking to scale. Everything included in Essentials plus:
- Custom expense policies and approvals
- In-app travel booking and management
- Live Budgets with real-time tracking
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Brex
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
347
9.5
1,129
Ease of Use
8.5
350
9.6
1,153
Ease of Setup
7.3
137
9.4
540
Ease of Admin
7.8
117
9.4
367
Quality of Support
9.0
293
9.4
931
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
125
9.5
361
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
306
9.0
1,054
Features by Category
Expense Reports
8.4
121
|
Verified
9.2
617
8.0
72
|
Verified
9.3
687
|
Verified
8.5
78
|
Verified
9.0
645
|
Verified
8.5
89
|
Verified
9.4
729
|
Verified
8.7
104
|
Verified
9.2
515
7.5
48
|
Verified
8.8
329
8.1
62
|
Verified
9.3
607
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
9.1
24
Travel Management
Feature Not Available
9.0
365
Feature Not Available
8.6
333
Feature Not Available
8.5
323
8.0
58
|
Verified
8.8
430
|
Verified
Client Invoicing
8.5
179
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
121
|
Verified
9.3
537
8.4
160
|
Verified
8.9
387
Mobile
8.7
82
|
Verified
9.4
683
|
Verified
8.4
87
|
Verified
8.7
362
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.6
295
Platform
7.0
54
|
Verified
8.7
380
|
Verified
8.0
70
|
Verified
8.7
357
Administration
8.1
43
|
Verified
9.1
374
|
Verified
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
9.0
475
8.6
175
|
Verified
9.2
491
8.1
146
|
Verified
9.1
563
|
Verified
8.0
116
|
Verified
9.1
449
8.5
184
|
Verified
9.3
577
|
Verified
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
9.2
534
|
Verified
7.7
111
|
Verified
8.9
417
|
Verified
7.6
99
|
Verified
9.1
382
8.2
192
|
Verified
9.5
644
|
Verified
8.3
137
|
Verified
9.4
586
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
General Ledger
8.2
53
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
7.7
42
Not enough data
Accounts Receivable
8.0
68
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
Accounts Payable
8.1
33
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
Other Functionality
6.7
32
Not enough data
6.6
31
Not enough data
6.4
30
Not enough data
6.4
33
Not enough data
7.2
32
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
7.8
40
Not enough data
9.2
76
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.5
55
Not enough data
7.9
60
Not enough data
7.9
54
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
Platform
7.8
59
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
Integration
7.7
40
Not enough data
7.4
33
Not enough data
7.1
28
Not enough data
Cash Flow
7.9
39
Not enough data
8.5
56
Not enough data
8.2
42
Not enough data
Budgeting & Forecasting
7.9
54
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
7.5
28
Not enough data
7.9
48
Not enough data
Revenue
8.2
35
Not enough data
8.3
35
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
Payroll
7.2
29
Not enough data
7.4
29
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile Applications - Accounting
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
Agentic AI - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
8.5
86
Not enough data
8.3
67
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
8.0
48
Not enough data
8.1
61
Not enough data
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.4
65
Not enough data
Projects
8.3
62
Not enough data
8.0
50
Not enough data
7.5
44
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
8.3
78
Not enough data
8.0
53
Not enough data
7.8
68
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
9.0
106
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.2
51
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.3
56
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
7.9
45
Not enough data
8.0
58
Not enough data
8.4
96
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
9.0
262
Not enough data
9.2
300
Not enough data
9.0
245
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
210
Not enough data
8.5
206
Not enough data
8.3
211
Not enough data
8.7
220
Payment Cards
Not enough data
9.2
255
Not enough data
9.1
264
Not enough data
9.3
294
Reporting
Not enough data
9.2
278
Not enough data
9.1
241
Not enough data
9.2
241
Not enough data
9.0
240
Payments
Not enough data
9.1
258
Not enough data
9.0
247
Not enough data
9.1
262
Not enough data
9.1
249
Fraud & Risk Management
Not enough data
9.3
302
Not enough data
9.2
282
Not enough data
9.2
273
Agentic AI - Spend Management
Not enough data
9.4
15
Invoice Management
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Analytics
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Integration
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Risk
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Recovery
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Audit
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Fraud
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Agentic AI - AP Automation
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Customer Management
7.8
19
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
6.4
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
Project Management
7.9
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.8
17
Not enough data
Accounting
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
7.4
15
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
7.0
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
Analytics
7.6
15
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
7.0
15
Not enough data
Administration
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
Platform
7.1
15
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
7.5
18
Not enough data
6.3
13
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.0
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Expense Reporting
Not enough data
9.7
28
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
9.3
26
Not enough data
9.6
26
Travel Management
Feature Not Available
9.0
365
Feature Not Available
8.6
333
Feature Not Available
8.5
323
8.0
58
|
Verified
8.8
430
|
Verified
Approval
Not enough data
9.5
27
Not enough data
9.5
26
Not enough data
9.5
27
AI - Travel Management
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
9.0
22
Not enough data
9.2
22
Agentic AI - Travel Management
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Automation
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
Administration
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
9.1
70
Not enough data
Project management
8.7
52
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.6
53
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.8
63
Not enough data
9.4
76
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
36
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
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
Bill Generation
8.2
122
Not enough data
8.6
107
Not enough data
8.3
86
Not enough data
Bill Processing
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.9
115
Not enough data
8.6
119
Not enough data
Integration
8.4
108
Not enough data
8.5
121
Not enough data
7.6
61
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Dashboard
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
42
Not enough data
9.3
44
Not enough data
9.3
43
Integrations
Not enough data
9.3
42
Not enough data
9.4
46
Not enough data
9.5
42
Analytics/Reporting
Not enough data
9.5
45
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.7
43
Agentic AI - Recurring Revenue Finance
Not enough data
9.0
7
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
9.0
223
Not enough data
9.1
219
Not enough data
8.9
208
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
8.5
179
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
121
|
Verified
9.3
537
8.4
160
|
Verified
8.9
387
Mobile Time Tracking
9.1
209
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
9.0
475
8.6
175
|
Verified
9.2
491
8.1
146
|
Verified
9.1
563
|
Verified
8.0
116
|
Verified
9.1
449
8.5
184
|
Verified
9.3
577
|
Verified
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
9.2
534
|
Verified
7.7
111
|
Verified
8.9
417
|
Verified
7.6
99
|
Verified
9.1
382
8.2
192
|
Verified
9.5
644
|
Verified
8.3
137
|
Verified
9.4
586
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
BQE CORE and Brex are categorized as Expense Management
Unique Categories
BQE CORE is categorized as Work Management, Time Tracking, Professional Services Automation, Billing, Accounting, and Project Management
Brex is categorized as Spend Management, Recurring Revenue Finance, Travel Management, and AP Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BQE CORE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Brex
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
Architecture & Planning
34.0%
Civil Engineering
19.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
6.0%
Accounting
6.0%
Design
3.9%
Other
30.6%
Computer Software
20.5%
Information Technology and Services
11.7%
Financial Services
5.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.5%
Marketing and Advertising
2.9%
Other
55.8%
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Discussions
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Can I evaluate Core on a trial basis?
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Yes. You can sign up for Core on a 15-day trial period and explore all its features.
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How safe is my data in Core?
1 Comment
Official Response from BQE CORE
We take all precautions to keep your information safe and secure. Our state-of-the-art redundant server cluster is hosted and professionally managed by...Read more
How has Brex been for you as a small business long term?
2 Comments
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