BQE Software Inc. — BillQuick 2009

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From the October 2009 Review of Time & Billing Programs

BillQuick is a time and billing product designed for professional service firms, including accountants, engineers, lawyers and consultants. BillQuick has leveraged its knowledge and experience from other professional services industries to create a time and billing system that provides specific tools for the public accounting profession. The system is a QuickBooks certified add-on, but it can also be used with other accounting systems as mentioned below. Each year the company listens to their clients and makes improvements to the product. The latest 2009 version is a good example of the program’s continued evolution.

EASE OF USE -
BillQuick is a very easy to use program that allows users to enter their time directly in the system or use the stop watch timer. The stop watch timer allows the professional to track their time on the clock and then directly import that time into the time entry field. This is a very nice feature for users that work on many tasks throughout the day. You can easily capture your time in small increments that you otherwise would not be able to accurately capture. In addition to its easy-to-use and intuitive workflow, the product has the look and feel of Outlook. Within minutes of opening the program, users can easily determine how to navigate pretty efficiently through-out the product.

BillQuick is a client installed system, but also has a web-based option. This allows users outside the office to access the system and enter their time and expenses without waiting until they return.

MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & REPORTING -
Management will have no problem learning how to use this BillQuick. Most time and billing programs have great features, but they are “hidden” in the product. This is not the case with BillQuick. They have spent a large amount of time designing the intuitive user interface to allow management to access information they need to manage their business. Most of this information is accessed via the well-designed dashboard.

The layout of the dashboard is very pleasing to the eye with information presented in an uncluttered and easy to understand layout. Some of the standard dashboard settings are billable hours by month, top clients by billings, monthly billing by client & department, accounts receivable by client, etc. There are many other information groupings available in the system if you need it.