BQE CORE vs Oracle Primavera Cloud

BQE CORE is a cloud-based platform for managing projects, time and expenses, billing, accounting, HR, and business intelligence at professional services firms. It is designed for architecture and engineering businesses and also serves other professional services firms. Project tools show progress and budgets, support task allocation and forecasting, and include interactive Gantt charts. Time and expense features include pre-populated timesheets, receipt capture, and overtime calculation. Billing supports manual, batch, and recurring invoices, flexible schedules, and online payments. Reporting includes real-time KPIs, customizable dashboards, and scheduled reports. Integrations include QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, MYOB AccountRight, DocuSign, Microsoft Office 365, Power BI, Google, and Zapier; public APIs can be used to build custom integrations. iOS and Android apps are available. The Android app supports project and expense work, invoicing, and reports, but adding, editing, or deleting records requires an internet connection. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, but a free trial is offered.

Oracle Primavera Cloud connects project owners and delivery teams for shared planning, scheduling, resource management, and risk management on engineering and construction work. It links contract schedules with field schedules, while field planning supports short-interval plans, task cards, progress updates, dashboards, and reports. Resource tools draw on a centralized pool of labor, equipment, and materials to plan capacity and demand across projects. Risk management includes a register, qualitative scoring, schedule and cost analysis, response plans, monitoring, and reporting. Portfolio and capital planning help owners evaluate and prioritize projects against organizational goals. The service can exchange XER files with Primavera P6 and documents imports from P6 XML or XER, Microsoft Project MSP XML, and Excel XLSX. Integrations include P6, Microsoft Project, Primavera Gateway, Oracle Integration adapters, and a REST API; some integrations can take up to 14 days to set up. It runs on Android, iOS, web, and API. Mobile apps require iOS 18 or higher or Android 14 or higher. Monthly service prices range from $12 a month for Progress to $220 a month for Portfolio and Capital Planning, each billed per Hosted Named User. Access to functionality depends on license and security privileges.