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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (46.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$10.00
BQE CORE
Star Rating
(447)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about BQE COREMicrosoft Project & Portfolio Management
Star Rating
(1,624)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$10.00
Browse all 6 pricing plansBQE CORE vs Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found BQE CORE easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management, along with administration.
- Reviewers felt that BQE CORE meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that BQE CORE is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of BQE CORE over Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BQE CORE
No pricing availableMicrosoft Project & Portfolio Management
Planner Plan 1
$10.00
Formerly Project Plan 1
- Includes everything in Planner in Microsoft 365, plus:
- Backlogs and sprints
- Premium plan templates
Free Trial
BQE CORE
Free Trial is available
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
347
8.3
1,447
Ease of Use
8.5
350
7.3
1,453
Ease of Setup
7.3
137
7.5
489
Ease of Admin
7.8
117
7.6
454
Quality of Support
9.0
293
7.6
1,143
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
125
7.9
423
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
305
6.6
1,428
Features by Category
Expense Reports
8.4
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
78
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
89
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
8.5
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
160
|
Verified
Not enough data
Mobile
8.7
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
7.0
54
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
184
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
111
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
8.6
81
|
Verified
8.3
67
8.7
85
|
Verified
8.3
71
8.6
83
|
Verified
8.4
62
8.4
81
|
Verified
8.0
48
Feature Not Available
8.1
61
8.0
45
8.3
56
8.0
78
|
Verified
8.4
65
Feature Not Available
Projects
8.3
62
8.8
84
|
Verified
8.0
50
8.7
82
|
Verified
7.5
44
8.7
84
|
Verified
8.2
61
8.6
82
|
Verified
8.1
59
8.4
79
|
Verified
8.3
78
8.4
75
|
Verified
8.0
53
8.0
72
|
Verified
7.8
68
7.9
78
|
Verified
7.9
43
Feature Not Available
9.0
106
8.1
77
|
Verified
8.3
44
8.2
75
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.2
51
8.4
78
|
Verified
8.2
49
8.3
75
|
Verified
8.3
56
8.8
81
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.9
45
8.6
72
|
Verified
8.0
58
8.4
78
|
Verified
8.4
96
8.3
76
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.9
13
6.9
6
7.8
13
6.4
6
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
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
8.7
76
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
81
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
73
|
Verified
Project Management
Not enough data
9.1
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
81
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
75
|
Verified
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.7
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
85
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
83
|
Verified
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
80
|
Verified
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Task Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task 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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Earned Value
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
7.9
12
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.8
13
Integration
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.0
11
Communication
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
Content & Documents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Controls
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
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
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
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
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
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
Workflow 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
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
Not enough data
8.3
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
160
|
Verified
Not enough data
Mobile Time Tracking
9.1
209
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
184
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.4
190
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
111
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
BQE CORE and Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management are categorized as Work Management and Project Management
Unique Categories
BQE CORE is categorized as Time Tracking, Expense Management, Professional Services Automation, Billing, and Accounting
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management is categorized as Earned Value Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Product Management, Project Collaboration, and Task Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BQE CORE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
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%
Information Technology and Services
14.4%
Computer Software
4.9%
Construction
4.8%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Higher Education
4.5%
Other
66.6%
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2 Comments
OL
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Can I evaluate Core on a trial basis?
1 Comment
Official Response from BQE CORE
Yes. You can sign up for Core on a 15-day trial period and explore all its features.
Anytime during your trial period, you can subscribe to the paid...Read more
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
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4 Comments
DD
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How do I best plan my resources with MS Project?
3 Comments
DD
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Can I brand the design to look like my company?
2 Comments
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Yes, it has good and extensive branding optionsRead more
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