How is support different?

You get a dedicated team, not a ticket queue. The same engineers who set up your platform tune it after launch as your project types, staffing, and tools change.

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excede: A simpler BQE CORE alternative that's exclusive to AEC firms

Q: What do we see on each phase from day one?

Fee, hours logged, what's been invoiced, and the multiplier. A phase that's ahead of its fee shows up while it's still open.

excede is a BQE CORE alternative for architecture and engineering firms that want to keep QuickBooks and still see each phase clearly. Fee, hours, invoices, and the multiplier sit on one screen, and a dedicated team sets it up with you.

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Project

Harbor Street Mixed-Use

Multiplier

Schematic design
3.4x
100% fee used
Design development
2.9x
82% fee used
Construction documentsWatch
2.1x
64% fee used

Sample project. Illustrative numbers.

Who built it

Engineers on your team, not a help desk

Every firm gets a dedicated team that learns its workflows, its integrations, and how it assigns work. Engineers deploy on-site or embedded with your people, build and test each workflow before go-live, and stay after launch. excede was built by Jonathan Sharp, PE and Rafael Figueroa, PE, PMP for their own MEP firm, which still runs on it.

One platform, priced as one

There are no modules to add and no seats to count. We scope your firm and charge a single monthly fee sized to what you actually run.

Every phase on one screen

Each phase shows its fee, the hours logged against it, what's been invoiced, and the multiplier. A phase that's ahead of its fee shows up while it's still open.

Your books and timesheets stay

excede reads QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Clockify, Toggl Track, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, BambooHR, and ADP. Your books don't move.

Comparison

excede vs. BQE CORE

Both excede and BQE CORE are built for architecture and engineering firms. BQE CORE tries to be the whole back office. excede focuses on the project: what each phase is earning while it's still open, using the books and timesheets you already have.

What we've learned about BQE CORE

BQE CORE is a flexible, modular platform for architecture and engineering firms that can be used to track time, manage projects, and create invoices, with accounting, CRM, and HR sold as separate modules. It is built to cover a wide range of back-office work, and it delivers the most when a firm adopts the full suite.

Consequently, firms that use BQE CORE mention slow performance, a steep learning curve, and extra cost for custom reports and invoice templates. As a result, firms may pay for a full suite and still struggle to get a clear view of each project.

Why buy the whole suite just to see one phase clearly?

A clear view of a project shouldn't depend on licensing every module. excede shows fee, hours, invoices, and the multiplier on every phase from the first day, on top of the systems your firm already runs.

With excede, your firm can:

See every phase's multiplier without a custom report
Keep QuickBooks or Zoho Books as its books
Write off what won't be collected, and keep it visible
Work with a team that already knows its workflows

Questions

Frequently asked questions

See every phase clearly

We scope your firm on a discovery call, then our engineers build the platform around how you work.

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