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Effortless Time Tracking & Billing
4.5
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BigTime Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated

BigTime Overview
What is BigTime?

BigTime is a cloud-based time tracking and project management software for professional service firms. The platform offers reliable time tracking, invoicing, project management, and reporting. With BigTime, you can easily track billable hours, manage projects and tasks, create professional invoices, and get real-time visibility into project progress and team performance, making it easier to make informed business decisions. Whether you're a consultant, an engineer, or a designer, BigTime is an essential tool that helps you stay organized and productive.

Company BigTime Software, Inc.
Year founded 2002
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Chicago, IL, USA
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Languages English
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1,332 BigTime Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 14, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
ES
Eric S.
Founder
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"Knowledgeable Chat Support"
What do you like best about BigTime?

The staff at BigTime is comprised of professionals, specifically about online chat support. Leah, in particular, has helped tremendously in created customized reports that allow for evaluation of billable vs. non-billable employee efforts.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

I can think of no dissatisfaction with the people at BigTime

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time tracking, billing, project management are all considerably more observable by using the tools within BigTime.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 13, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
DR
Diane R.
Founder
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"Needed to add Phases to time sheets"
What do you like best about BigTime?

You can make almost unlimited reports on a project. See the hours used and where.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Sometimes I would like to talk to a person instead of sending the question through an email.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having the time and billing all in one place

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 12, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"AR Aging Report Issue"
What do you like best about BigTime?

User-friendly, easy to create custom reports, sync ability with accounting software.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Nothing, it works as intended. Customer service is always super helpful. ZERO COMPLAINTS

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Trackability and a place to invoice out of.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 06, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SL
Shannon L.
Founder
Share
"Help from Tyler G"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I really appreciate the customer service. The software is great and we utilize it every day. With any issues that come up, I am able to quickly live chat and every person is great at solving my issues/questions.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Sometimes there are features that arent built out in BigTime yet so I am directed to submit a feature request. However, I am grateful that this is even an option.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is solving having one central location for our staff to enter work allocations, time entry/timesheets, and invoicing our clients. It tracks all our data in a simple and straight forward manner.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Excellent"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Able to keep track of time better and help chat is easy to use

What do you dislike about BigTime?

The app could use a bit easier to work with.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Billing and time tracking

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 31, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great help"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Organization is very helpful for a big organization

What do you dislike about BigTime?

kind of confusing at times and sometimes cant save things

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Payroll and Timekeeping go hand and hand so makes sense for it to be helpful in monitoring and changing things if need be for a company like ours that has many contracts.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 31, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JM
Jamilah M.
Founder
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"Bigtime Expense reimbursement feature"
What do you like best about BigTime?

It is very user friendly and support is there (Nate H.) to help and give direct and easy-to-follow instructions if I have questions.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

None! Can't think of negative reviews so far.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to track hours.. it makes it easy to organize and track my hours on a day-to-day basis.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 30, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
CM
Cassidy M.
Founder
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"Thorough and Quick!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Staff is Great! Leah J, Top, Deontae have all been amazing.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

The updates could be rolled out at better times,

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping track of billing and phases in our projects. without it, I don't know how accurate we would be.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 30, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SH
Summer H.
Founder
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"BigTime and its Live Chat Staff are Excellent!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

My favorite thing about Big Time is their ability to work through any situation or problem you might be having with your integrated systems. They are absolutely top-notch! Top Y. helped me today and was extremely helpful! 10 out of 10!

What do you dislike about BigTime?

There isn't anything I don't like about Big Time. It has been the best time tracking tool I've ever worked with!

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

We rarely have any problems. If there are issues, the support staff are always on top of it! Nothing bad to say, ever.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 30, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
HS
Holly S.
Founder
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"Invoicing used to take us 2 days, now it takes a few hours. WOOT!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I love that we can customize invoices for exactly what is needed. I love the process controls for invoicing - makes it easy for a team to collaborate for a multi-step process. Piner Markovchick was really fun to work with, was so knowledgable about the details of the application - he made the process enjoyable with little to no stress at all.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

I don't like that you have to get into code to customize some invoices. Sometimes when you make an error, the system doesn't actually tell you what the error is. IT JUST SAYS ERROR. And I have to guess.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Budget tracking, resource allocation.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 28, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
LP
Lorie P.
Cfo
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"BigTime is the real deal"
What do you like best about BigTime?

The best feature of BigTime is time tracking. First, it is easy for employees to record their time. Second, it gives managers the ability to track the time their employees spend on their projects.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Now that I have been using BigTime for almost 2 years, I don't have any issues with it and therefore, nothing that I don't like.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime has changed our way of recording employees' time and invoicing our clients. Putting our time into BigTime is extremely easy for our employees. We can track projects and see productivity in real-time. This then easily translates into our invoices for quick review prior to emailing to clients. The response to the new look of our invoices has been amazing. We have been told they are so easy to review and process for payment. Several of our clients have completed the payment process on their end in a very short period of time, which has led to quicker payment to us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 27, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
RB
Robin B.
Founder
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"Nate H was able to solve my issue quickly and efficently."
What do you like best about BigTime?

I like the way it tracks our employees time. I really like the invoicing and payment link process.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Nothing. I have enjoyed working with Big Time for over a year now.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Project Management and Billing

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 27, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SD
Sumner D.
Founder
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"Great Support"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I chose BigTime for the invoicing capability for architecture firms. I previously created invoices using Microsoft Excel, and BigTime is a vast improvement. The interface is intuitive, so I haven't needed much support. My issues have been resolved using the chat feature when I have needed support. Thank you to Nate H. for helping me to fix my most recent problem.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

When I publish an invoice to QuickBooks Online, I wish the BigTime invoice would be attached in QBO. At the moment, I manually attach BigTime invoices in QBO.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime is helping us create invoices and keep track of project accounting.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 24, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"BigTime Software Support"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Staff timesheet and the ability to track project details and financials for the company. Their customer support via online chat. Tyler G was very helpful in resolving our issue in precise steps to follow.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

As a new user, there are many features to get accustomed to for the program to provide the value we seek. Learning how to use the software best takes time, but it will be beneficial once set up.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time tracking for projects and employee timesheets. It will help streamline our process.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 22, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
RD
Riley D.
Founder
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"Absolutely Amazing customer service and HELP!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I find BigTime very user-friendly in just a short time of using it. Also, if there is something you don't quite understand, you can reach out, and support is so helpful!!!

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Give it time to work with what you are trying to accomplish with BigTime. I didn't understand everything right off the bat, but with the support team, it took no time to understand what I needed to.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime is a huge help when it comes to tracking time being spent on our projects, tracking budgets and allowing people to know which projects they are assigned to.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 14, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
CL
Claudia L.
Office Manager
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"New to BigTime"
What do you like best about BigTime?

The intuitive nature of the software is a breath of fresh air!

What do you dislike about BigTime?

One of the areas that I would hope the Bigtime team would consider involves adding a feature to the payroll system. Currently, the program does not differentiate between regular and PTO hours. We feel it is essential to calculate those hours for our employees so that they/we always know how much they have used and how much remains in their banks. Another helpful upgrade wish involves including a contact list. We use the program to track our projects/clients/hours, and it would be super beneficial to have a global contact list available to all users—a searchable database of clients, vendors, and employees.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

The use of the program is incredibly intuitive, and it has been pretty easy for the entire team to jump in and begin to use the system.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 10, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AH
Anita H.
Founder
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"Great migration experience and outstanding support. Easy to use!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

BigTime is much easier to navigate and use than our previous time and billing software; the required training, and especially the one-on-one training with project manager Aly was key in preparing me to administer the software.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

We have had some trouble getting reports, especially payment vs charges, to look the way our attorneys were accustomed to.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our previous time and billing software simultaneously stopped supporting our small business configuration and drastically raised their rates. So, it is glorious to have a reasonably priced, robust system. I had to go into the old system recently and found it to be very non-intuitive compared to BigTime.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Brandon F. avatar
Brandon F.
Cyber Threat Incident Management Analyst
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"Quick help from Chat support"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Its a pretty straight forward tool to use, and I like how simple the website looks. Its clean and easy access.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

It was a little confusing on how to get your timesheet saved. I couldnt figure out where to type the notes part.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is solving and taking care of us having a place to go and enter our time. Its a nice tool to use.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
DD
Diana D.
Founder
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"Anything/Everything you may need"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I find the assigning a task function to an employee the be the most useful tool. Being that you can assign from both the actual employee list and/or the project list, it aids in proper project completion.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

I like it all! A lot to take in, but all very useful.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

avoiding billing time to the incorrect projects. BigTime makes it almost impossible.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Nicole B. R. avatar
Nicole B. R.
Senior Manager
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"Great software with prompt support"
What do you like best about BigTime?

I get extensive data on my projects in real time. The dashboard is intuitive and it's easy to stay on top of the administrative tasks. The support team is great! Tyler Gubser has provided quick and clear solutions.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Some of the reports can be tricky to find at first, but it isn't a problem once you get used to where to look. There are so many reports available that it's just a lot to look through at first.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

In the past, other programs have made it difficult to collaborate on a project as a team and to see how everyone's workflow comes together. Big time is a great solution for that.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 07, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
DV
Dawn V.
Founder
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"GREAT EXPERIENCE"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Time and billing. Budget and Quick Books integration

What do you dislike about BigTime?

We cannot process monthly/quarterly billings as a one-click option anymore.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Big Time has been helping us with reports and making sure the Quick Books integration is working the way it should

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 06, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SB
Scott B.
Founder
Share
"Report Creation assistance from Montea"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Chat support is helpful. Online timesheets are relatively easy for employees to fill out.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Reports are not intuitive and it takes a lot of effort to get setup specific to your business needs. Need someone dedicated to administration, especially in the early stages.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

At the moment, mostly just with time tracking.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 20, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Brandi A. avatar
Brandi A.
Project Management
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"BigTime is quick, user friendly, and intuitive"
What do you like best about BigTime?

How easy it is to use. The Knowledgebase has much of the information you need to get up and running ahead of implementation. It is user-riendly and intuitive.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

There is nothing we dislike about BigTime. It fits with all that we need and it's easy and quick to use.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Timesheet reporting, keeping projects on track with budget and time allocated, and streamlined billing procedures.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 14, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
PS
Peter S.
Comptroller / Project Manager
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"Good comprehensive time tracking, expence tracking and reporting tool."
What do you like best about BigTime?

The ability to use for time and expense reports, allows us to use these reports to prep payroll and expense checks.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Its a bit complex and takes some getting used to.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been able to track time spent on projects better after deploying Big Time and keep a closer eye on resources. The time sheet function has made our payroll reports easier to produce than our previous platform.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 14, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
BS
Brittany S.
Founder
Share
"Architectural Firm Use"
What do you like best about BigTime?

We are a small firm, so the syncing ability with Quickbooks is a big selling point for our company. It has been so helpful in verifying information. The sync feature also allows us to create projects in Bigtime that aren't in a billing phase yet and hold them there until we are awarded the project.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

It's a little early for this question for our firm, but my only complaint so far is that the invoice template is not as customizable as the templates in QuickBooks.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime saves our admin and accounting department so much time. We previously tracked time in Quickbooks, which was all input by hand. With BigTime, employees log their time, and with a few buttons, we can send all of our employees' timesheet data to Quickbooks for payroll. We are also delighted with its ability to track time spent on phases. We are excited to use the data from our first year using BigTime to reconfigure our fee structure.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 02, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
TV
Talia V.
Founder
Share
"Patient and Helpful"
What do you like best about BigTime?

Access to the live Chat and instant responses.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

The option to have a dial in service to be more efficient. Sometimes words cant get through the way we think it.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating reports that fit my Project Management role.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 02, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KC
Kristy C.
Founder
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"Big Time has been able to simplify our project management and connect everything to Quickbooks."
What do you like best about BigTime?

The team at Big Time has been the most helpful. Example, Tyler Gubser solved my issue with new projects coming over to Quickbooks today via Zoom after the online chat was insufficient. Big help!!

What do you dislike about BigTime?

The only thing I dislike about Big Time is the workarounds connecting to Quickbooks. Unfortunately, it is out of their control. As long as they remedy the issues as they come, I will continue to benefit from the program.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Tracking projects and fee in an accurate and timely manner.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 31, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Couldn't upload invoice to QuickBooks."
What do you like best about BigTime?

Tyler Gubser was very helpful in my request. He couldn't answer the question but got back to me right away.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Sometime I can't get an answer right away.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime assists us with our time tracking, invoicing, expense and project management.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 27, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Tyler G did a great job helping me through the support chat"
What do you like best about BigTime?

The ability to get support through chat quickly is amazing. The support agents are always very quick to respond and super helpful.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

There are still some additional features that I would like to see BigTime add. I'm happy they have feature requests.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

BigTime is helping us organize our expense, time tracking, project accounting, project tracking, and invoicing.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 23, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"BigTime has transformed our time tracking & invoicing system and is user friendly and affordable!"
What do you like best about BigTime?

The onboarding process was great! The support we received was wonderful; when we had questions in between scheduled meetings, the staff was always there to answer them in a very timely manner. The software is user friendly, and the mobile app is great for our field personnel.

What do you dislike about BigTime?

Trying to make some changes to our invoice format is sometimes tricky, but the support we receive from the staff has always been great and made things work the way we would like them to.

What problems is BigTime solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our company has benefited greatly from the time tracking system and the invoicing system being integrated into one software package.