Hubity vs BQE CORE
All-in-one A&E firm management with accounting and payroll, or a workspace that leans into pursuits, people, and firm knowledge.
Side by side
BQE CORE describes itself as “An easy-to-use, all-in-one architecture and engineering firm management software.” Here is what each offers, from its own published pages as of October 2026.
Which one fits
Both are good tools. The better one depends on how your business runs.
Choose BQE CORE if
- You want business and project accounting in the same product, with P&L, balance sheet, trial balance, and GL
- You want to run payroll and file payroll taxes without leaving your firm management system
- You want one product tailored to architecture and engineering, from CRM and proposals to billing
From: bqe.com/features/project-accounting, bqe.com/features/payroll, bqe.com
Choose Hubity if
- You keep accounting and payroll elsewhere and want a workspace for pipeline, proposals, projects, timesheets, and invoicing
- You want the org chart, time off, performance reviews, and goals built in
- You want a document library, handbook, and playbooks the assistant answers from, with the sources shown
Common questions
Asked by teams comparing Hubity and BQE CORE.
- Yes, for time and contract structure. Hubity's timesheet import reads a BQE Core time entry export and matches the hours to project tasks, and the contract schedule import reads a BQE Core project structure copy by its column headers. Both show what they read before anything is saved.
- No. Hubity has no general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, or chart of accounts. It covers invoicing and online payments, expenses, budgets, and profit and loss for the work itself. A firm that relies on CORE for its books and payroll should keep that in CORE.
- Pipeline and deals, proposals and RFP responses, quotes, and rate sheets, with an assistant that answers from your own past proposals and projects and shows the sources it read. A won deal flows into a project with the same client and team.
Try it on your own work
Starter is free for up to 3 people, with no card and no time limit. Team is $49 per seat per month, or $39 per seat per month billed annually. Business is $89 per seat per month, or $72 per seat per month billed annually. Paid plans start with a 14-day trial.