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BigTime
VerifiedProject Management · www.bigtime.net
Overview
BigTime is a cloud-based professional services automation (PSA) platform that unifies time tracking, expense management, project budgeting, resource planning, and billing/invoicing for services firms. It integrates directly with accounting systems like QuickBooks and Sage Intacct.
The problem BigTime solves
Professional services firms that bill clients by the hour struggle to connect time tracking, project budgets, and invoicing into one accurate picture of project profitability, especially when their accounting system lives separately from their project data. BigTime targets operations and finance leads at consulting, accounting, engineering, and IT services firms who need tight time-to-invoice workflows and, in some cases, DCAA-compliant timekeeping for government contracts.
Decision context
Use these points to test whether the product fits your operation, not just whether it has a long feature list.
- Published starting price: $240 per user/year. Confirm user, usage, and feature limits for the plan you would actually buy.
- Deployment: cloud. Check security, data-residency, and access requirements for every team that will use it.
- Verified integrations include QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, Lacerte, Xero, NetSuite. Validate sync direction and plan limits for the connections that matter.
- This record was last checked on 7/31/2026; pricing and features can change.
How to evaluate BigTime
A listing helps create a shortlist; a trial with the team’s real workflow decides whether the tool fits. Use this reading with the structured facts and confirm changes with the vendor.
Workflow fit
The record describes it as a fit for Professional services firms (consulting, accounting, engineering, architecture, IT services) that bill by the hour, Government contractors that need DCAA-compliant timekeeping, approvals, and audit trails, Firms standardized on QuickBooks or Sage Intacct that want project financials tied directly to accounting. Check that this context matches the volume, roles, and processes your team needs it to support.
Pilot questions
- Can BigTime complete the critical workflow without manual work outside the product?
- Do the recorded connections (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, Lacerte) support the sync direction, permissions, and volume we need?
- What user, usage, storage, support, or security limits appear after the headline starting price?
Evidence and freshness
This record was checked on 7/31/2026. That date tells you when the record was reviewed, not that the vendor has left its terms unchanged since then.
Best for
- Professional services firms (consulting, accounting, engineering, architecture, IT services) that bill by the hour
- Government contractors that need DCAA-compliant timekeeping, approvals, and audit trails
- Firms standardized on QuickBooks or Sage Intacct that want project financials tied directly to accounting
Not a fit if
- Teams wanting a modern, highly flexible general-purpose project management tool for non-billable work
- Organizations that require a consistently polished, reliable mobile app experience
Why it’s listed
- Purpose-built professional-services automation connecting time tracking, budgets, and billing directly to QuickBooks/Sage Intacct.
- DCAA-compliant timekeeping option for government-contracting services firms.
Pricing
Essentials
$240 per user/yearCore time, expense, and project tracking tools for small, fast-growing professional services teams.
- Time & expense tracking
- Project portfolio management
- Billing & invoicing management
- QuickBooks integration
- Mobile app for time and expense
- Single sign-on (SSO)
Advanced
$420 per user/yearAdds client-facing and reporting tools for scaling mid-sized organizations.
- Self-service client portal
- Multi-currency expense management
- Custom reporting center
- Project templates and custom invoice templates
- Salesforce & Jira integrations
- DCAA compliance option
Premier
$540 per user/yearAll-inclusive plan adding budgeting and multi-entity financial controls.
- Project budgeting
- Multi-level approvals
- Resource management
- Multi-currency invoicing
- Custom cost & rate management
- Sage Intacct & Lacerte integrations
Features
Integrations
Security & compliance
Pros & cons
Pros
- Users consistently praise ease of use and an intuitive interface for time tracking and project/billing management
- Streamlines billing, invoicing, expense entry, and reporting in a single connected system
- Responsive, knowledgeable customer support and Customer Success Managers called out repeatedly in reviews
- Deep, well-regarded QuickBooks integration that simplifies reconciliation for accounting-driven firms
Cons
- Mobile app is frequently reported as clunky or glitchy, notably worse on Android than iOS
- Noticeable learning curve around some of the project management features
- Interface can feel dated and less flexible than newer, general-purpose PM tools
- Building and running custom/default reports is difficult for some users, with occasional crashes reported
What we found
Reviewers praise BigTime's ease of use for time tracking and billing, plus a deep QuickBooks integration that simplifies reconciliation for accounting-driven firms. The most repeated complaint is a clunky mobile app, especially on Android.
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