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BigTime Projector Overview

What is BigTime Projector?

Projector PSA, now powered by Big Time Software, is a cloud-based Professional Services Automation tool specifically designed for managing delivery organizations. Modules for Project Accounting, Project Delivery and Resource Management enable better profit margins, utilization rates and operational efficiency. Projector BI provides PSO specific analytics and intelligence to measure and manage at every level and model your future success. Integrate with your CRM for extended visibility into pipeline revenue and staffing. Projector’s out of the box functionality supports multi-currency, multi-company capabilities. Our tech-agnostic approach to integration means no compromising on tech today or in the future. Projector is the PSA built by services professionals to support the specific needs of PSOs and is consistently ranked #1 for customer satisfaction.

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Product Description

Professional Services Automation software from Projector PSA helps services organizations track time and expenses, manage projects and schedule resources

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Projector is solely focused on the professional services market. We possess the experience that has enabled us to develop a deep capabilities PSA solution to address complexities like multi-currency accounting and skills tracking and smart matching.

We deliver speed to value, getting customers implemented faster to realize ROI faster. Our software is designed with enterprise grade functionality and analytics, but accessible enough for companies just starting out. And we win and keep our customers year after year with the highest rankings for support and customer service.


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BigTime
Year Founded
2002
HQ Location
Chicago, IL
Twitter
@BigTimeSoftware
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LinkedIn® Page
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173 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

BigTime is a leading provider of cloud-based time and billing software designed for professional services firms. Their platform helps businesses streamline project management, time tracking, expense tracking, and invoicing while offering robust reporting and analytics. With easy integrations into popular accounting and project management tools, BigTime enables organizations to improve efficiency, manage resources effectively, and drive profitability.


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John F.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Fantastic product, even better customer service"
Projector is a well-designed tool that allows us to track our business as a whole and each of our individual projects. There is a good balance betw...
Mohamed I.
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Mohamed I.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Projector Professional Services Automation (PSA) software is best for tracking my time and expenses"
Projector Professional Services Automation (PSA) software is one of the best tools for tracking time and expenses. Projector Professional Services...
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Iain F.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Software; superb flexibility; unparalleled implementation experience"
Per the title, the software itself is first class - we looked at many competitors in the PSA sector but Projector stood out as being uniquely logic...
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BigTime Projector Demo - Utilization Dashboard
PSO specific reporting to measure a range of KPIs. Customizable to address your specific organization or use preconfigured to start measuring and managing immediately.
BigTime Projector Demo - Time & Expense Dashboard
Easily view time and expense data, identify potential revenue leakage from unbilled time, track rate realization and much more.
BigTime Projector Demo - Revenue Dashboard
Measure standard KPIs including: profitability, pipeline and project revenue or customize for your PSO
BigTime Projector Demo - Employee Dashboard
At a glance dashboard displays information specific to the employee including: time and expense entries, project and managment alerts, utilization
BigTime Projector Demo - Pipeline Dashboard
Integrate with your CRM to extend visibility into sales pipeline
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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

Most PSAs take a lot of time and effort to integrate and use within the business. Projector is easily the most flexible PSA that I've worked with (used the top 3 of 5 in the past) in that you can modify almost anything without doing tons of development like in the competition. Also, being a standalone platform instead of being an integrated/partner solution that sits on SaaS that you have to license first, which doubles the cost annually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

So much feature functionality has been added over the years that the UI needs to be reimagined. Some of the documentation is dated but still accurate. Once you get into the management portal and projector web, and work in it a lot, it becomes second nature, but the learning curve is pretty steep the first few times though. Invoice report/template editing is cumbersome. Invoice management functions could be more clear, such as outstanding invoices by date range (function of AR, but the data is present in Projector to display) and categorize based on net terms, would be a large help - as visualizing this information can be tough without customization of your financial systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have now been a part of bringing projector to 2 professional services companies, and the reduction in effort for billing/AR, accounting, and pro serve directors has been impossible to quantify. At least 1.5 FTEs a year in labor/effort are saved just through the capabilities to integrate into business applications like Sage or Quickbooks for rev rec and invoice automation alone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

The reporting - including the ability to leverage PowerBI for reporting - is very compelling. The reporting allows us to look across the business and dive deep into a project's performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

Due to Projector's broad capabilities, it can take some time to become an expert in the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We have used Projector to manage our pipeline, projects, billing and expenses. I'm grateful to have 1 system that supports so much of our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Lauren Remes of BigTime Projector

Thanks for the great review, Margaret! We're thrilled you are using our new BI tool, we're looking forward to delivering even more functionality in the coming year.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

The customer service and support are great - questions and clarifications are answered quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

The audit functions and external connectors are lacking. Would like to see more functionality to ensure proper execution of tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Projector PSA runs most of our business functions. We are using it to track projects, pipelines, and employee utilization with a number of reports building from that info. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

The best part of Projector is the transparency and scalability of the project. It can go as deep as MS project and manage time at the task level. Reporting and analysis functionality is key to the discovery of where your utilization can be spent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

The complexity of the ADMINISTRATION feature. There is a lot to understand about how to grant access and the ability to modify account details. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We need the ability to forcast hours by resource for each active project and we have been able to easy attain this. We have the ability to review hours before we approve them and sent to client. We are able to accurately assess the hours that need to be billed.

The utilization reports allow us to understand what we booked versus what was approved so we can understand where we need to change our projected goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

Support: Very responsive to all support requests. Engineers provide email support, as well as phone or consulting as needed.

QuickBooks and Accounting: High marks for Accounting functions.

Time Reporting: Easily adaptable across the organization, time reporting essentials are straightforward and easy to use.

Sales: Our representative is very responsive. He is keen to the consulting world and actively seeks to understand any and all challenges we face with product adoption. We understand the roadmap for the product, and are eager to reap the many benefits of the upcoming and future features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

The Project Management functions are cumbersome or non-existent. Unlike competitors that do a great job at task planning, project scheduling, and collaboration tools with teams and customers, Projector PSA falls short in this area.

The web interface is far more modern than the desktop version - although we spend most of our time in the desktop version for administration. I would like to see a full sunset of the desktop version and faster adoption of web based features and functions. The project health, project management and balanced scorecard functions will be key in order to compete with any company seeking a full service product to meet both fiscal and project management needs. Projector simply isn't there yet, but I believe they are headed in this direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering BigTime Projector:

Run a full analysis complete with business case examples when considering purchasing the product. Include Accounting, Project Managers, and project teams in the review. We did speak with a reference before purchase, which proved to be most helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Our month-end processing has improved dramatically. We had a time-intensive manual process for years; Projector PSA has made this so easy! Financial visibility is improving with the product too, with more enhancements and data analysis features on the horizon within future product releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

We have been receiving prompt support from projector when we come across any issues, particularly when you can't find some straight answers from their support articles, so we are happy there are always someone there from their team to help. Also we receive prompt responses from their end as well. So far we are happy using projector and their services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

There are new web version of projector and some features are still being added to web version. Hopefully, the web version will eventually have all features same as the management portal version (desktop version). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am trying to set up a new template for another entity within Projector PSA. I realised we can have simple alternative solution to create a template, which seems more flexible to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

It's built for professional services. The system understands the nuances of quoting, delivering and invoicing for professional services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

Nothing. The product contains everything we need and it keeps improving! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The ability to forecast utilization/revenue, spot upcoming "bench time" and proactively act. Allows a professional services organization to scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

Projector is one of our core line of business applications and is integral to our operations. It facilitates resource planning, project/task management, invoicing, revenue recognition, invoicing, and project analytics. The real strength is the engine that powers revenue recognition. The advanced logic leveraged is compelling and something I have not seen in other systems; and their Support team is amazing - incredibly responsive to questions and issues! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

The functionality to manage tasks and project plans in the desktop application is cumbersome. I know it is on Projector's roadmap, but it needs to be implemented in the web-version, and it needs to include a UI that is intuitive and easy to manipulate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Projector has given our organization great insight into the status and health of our projects, enabling us to make business decisions very quickly and ultimately driving profitability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

- Can handle almost every possible use case a PS firm could have

- Incredible staff across their organization

- Great implementation process

- Roadmap looks great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

- UI is clunky/unintuitive at places, but they are making steps to fix that (about to roll out a new experience)

- The problem with any software that is so robust is there can be a learning curve to figure the right processes for your business

- Time tracking features are not on par with other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering BigTime Projector:

Put in the time early on to make sure it is set up correctly. It is a big piece of software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use Projector to hold most of our firm's core data. It helps us know if we are profitable or not and helps run our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BigTime Projector?

Projector PSA is an excellent tool that has allowed us to utilize resources fully. It is a very robust system that has outstanding customer support. In addition, it integrates with our financial software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BigTime Projector?

Our company is very satisfied with Projector PSA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Projector has allowed our company to be effective managers time, tract engagement performance, and improve utilization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.