Compare BQE CORE and Smartsheet 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$9.00 1 user Per Month
BQE CORE
Star Rating
(449)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 CORESmartsheet
Star Rating
(21,447)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Smartsheet excels in user experience, particularly with its real-time collaboration features. Users appreciate the ability to drag and drop rows for easy reordering, making project management feel more intuitive and organized.
- Users say that BQE CORE provides excellent support, with staff available around the clock. This has made tasks like time entry much simpler for employees, allowing them to track their time against various project phases seamlessly.
- Reviewers mention that Smartsheet's dashboards and reporting capabilities are particularly helpful for project tracking. Users find it easier to align their teams and share progress with senior management, enhancing overall project visibility.
- According to verified reviews, BQE CORE shines in its billing and invoicing features, with users highlighting its accurate time and expense tracking. This functionality is crucial for small firms looking to manage their finances effectively.
- G2 reviewers report that while Smartsheet has a more complex setup process, it ultimately offers greater flexibility for building detailed workflows. Users enjoy its structured approach to task management, which can adapt to various project needs.
- Users say that BQE CORE is easy to set up and offers extensive support and training, making it a solid choice for small businesses. However, some users feel limited by the available features compared to larger platforms like Smartsheet.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BQE CORE
No pricing availableSmartsheet
Pro
$9.00
1 user Per Month
For people and teams that want to track, share, and manage projects.
Includes:
- Up to 10 editors (paid license required to edit)
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited sheets, reports, and forms
Free Trial
BQE CORE
Free Trial is available
Smartsheet
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
348
8.5
18,142
Ease of Use
8.5
351
8.4
18,385
Ease of Setup
7.3
138
8.3
10,176
Ease of Admin
7.8
118
8.5
7,622
Quality of Support
9.0
294
8.3
14,047
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
126
8.6
7,071
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
307
8.6
17,635
Features by Category
Expense Reports
8.4
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
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
8.7
10067
|
Verified
8.3
67
8.8
10070
|
Verified
8.3
71
8.5
9791
|
Verified
8.4
62
8.4
9471
|
Verified
8.0
48
8.1
9275
|
Verified
8.1
61
Feature Not Available
8.3
56
8.1
9342
|
Verified
8.4
65
8.0
8802
|
Verified
Projects
8.3
62
8.6
9291
|
Verified
8.0
50
8.3
8632
|
Verified
7.5
44
8.2
8748
|
Verified
8.2
61
8.0
8665
|
Verified
8.1
59
8.2
8838
|
Verified
8.3
78
7.6
7602
|
Verified
8.0
53
8.0
8305
|
Verified
7.8
68
8.1
8866
|
Verified
7.9
43
7.8
7844
|
Verified
9.0
106
7.6
7447
|
Verified
8.3
44
7.6
7266
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.2
51
7.6
7742
|
Verified
8.2
49
7.6
7810
|
Verified
8.3
56
8.1
8443
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.9
45
7.8
7454
|
Verified
8.0
58
7.7
7563
|
Verified
8.4
96
8.2
8617
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.9
13
6.0
3063
7.8
13
6.1
3047
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
5.6
925
Not enough data
5.9
924
Not enough data
5.7
919
Not enough data
5.7
916
Not enough data
5.7
915
Not enough data
5.6
912
Not enough data
5.8
915
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.9
4814
Not enough data
8.5
5519
Not enough data
8.0
5000
Not enough data
7.7
4604
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
5421
Not enough data
8.3
5497
Not enough data
7.7
4624
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.8
4755
Not enough data
7.8
4824
Not enough data
7.9
4774
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
4985
Not enough data
8.0
5163
Not enough data
8.1
5077
Not enough data
7.5
4447
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
6.7
2051
Not enough data
7.6
2082
Not enough data
7.9
2060
Not enough data
7.6
2058
Not enough data
7.8
2052
Not enough data
7.6
2052
Not enough data
7.2
2033
Not enough data
7.6
2047
Not enough data
7.5
2035
Not enough data
7.8
2040
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
5156
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
5020
Not enough data
8.5
5392
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
4651
Not enough data
7.5
4366
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
1817
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
5.9
406
Not enough data
5.9
408
Not enough data
5.9
403
Not enough data
5.9
399
Not enough data
5.9
398
Not enough data
5.9
400
Not enough data
6.1
401
Functionality
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
Feature Not Available
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
1037
Not enough data
8.7
1226
Not enough data
8.5
1167
Not enough data
8.0
1005
Not enough data
8.6
1166
Not enough data
8.7
1192
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1185
Not enough data
8.9
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1117
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.0
882
Not enough data
8.4
1033
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
5.1
43
Not enough data
5.2
45
Not enough data
5.1
45
Not enough data
5.0
45
Other Features
Not enough data
7.9
987
Not enough data
8.3
1015
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.7
7311
Not enough data
8.8
7393
Not enough data
8.3
6926
Not enough data
7.8
6116
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
7069
Not enough data
8.5
6979
Not enough data
8.1
6638
Not enough data
8.2
6464
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
2414
Not enough data
6.2
2416
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
8.5
4248
8.5
69
8.3
4202
8.9
64
8.1
3937
Administration
9.0
68
8.2
4102
8.8
54
8.1
3883
9.1
70
8.8
4100
Project management
8.7
52
8.7
4166
8.4
42
8.2
3894
8.8
55
8.6
4176
8.5
47
8.3
4027
8.6
53
8.4
3945
8.2
37
8.0
3622
8.9
77
8.3
4065
Workload
8.4
53
8.0
3694
8.5
44
8.3
3936
8.4
47
8.0
3738
8.7
51
7.9
3552
Communication & Collaboration
8.2
38
8.1
3722
8.8
52
8.3
3917
8.4
44
8.8
4115
Cost Management
8.8
63
7.7
3427
9.4
77
7.8
3421
9.1
65
7.5
3232
Integration
8.3
36
7.4
3274
8.3
47
7.4
3324
8.1
34
7.4
3355
Generative AI
8.3
11
6.5
1653
8.6
11
6.5
1659
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.8
363
Not enough data
6.0
361
Not enough data
5.8
361
Not enough data
5.8
359
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
5663
Not enough data
7.6
6045
Not enough data
7.5
5801
Not enough data
7.7
5827
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.4
7183
Not enough data
8.4
7124
Not enough data
8.0
6870
Not enough data
7.8
6095
Controls
Not enough data
8.0
6467
Not enough data
7.6
5486
Not enough data
8.2
6800
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
6083
Project Management
Not enough data
8.8
7423
Not enough data
8.7
7296
Not enough data
8.6
7161
Not enough data
7.9
6147
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
6557
Not enough data
8.5
6737
Not enough data
8.4
6629
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
2273
Not enough data
6.3
2277
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.7
427
Not enough data
5.6
428
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
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 Smartsheet 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
Smartsheet is categorized as Project Collaboration, Marketing Calendar, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, and Task Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BQE CORE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Smartsheet
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
34.2%
Civil Engineering
19.5%
Accounting
6.0%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
6.0%
Design
3.9%
Other
30.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Construction
7.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Computer Software
4.6%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Other
70.7%
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Discussions
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OL
You may take advantage of the data migration service Data2CRM to transfer the information between over 120 CRM solutions or import it from files.
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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
What can smartsheet be used for?
57 Comments
WA
It has a wide range of functionalities for project management or even asset management. Read more
Why is smartsheet bad?
34 Comments
NK
Complexity: Smartsheet has a fairly steep learning curve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy or unfamiliar with project management tools.
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