BigTime review

BigTime is a finance-first PSA that has served professional services firms for more than 20 years. Every plan includes time tracking, invoicing, expense management and payments, and Essentials at $20 per user a month adds project portfolio management, automatic reconciliation, a QuickBooks integration and an AI assistant. Advanced brings multi-currency expenses, a custom reporting center, project templates and custom invoice templates. Premier adds multi-currency invoicing, custom cost and rate management, project budgeting and multi-level approvals for firms with international clients. Separate modules cover quoting and SOWs that convert into projects, AI staffing recommendations for resource management, and a data hub. Enterprise PSA targets multi-entity, multi-currency firms with BI reporting. Support includes a dedicated implementation consultant and 24/7 email and chat. Only the Essentials price is public, and budgeting sits on Premier.

Who it is for

Consulting, accounting, architecture, engineering and IT services firms that bill from timesheets and use QuickBooks.

Price

Essentials from $20 per user per month; Advanced, Premier and Enterprise by quote.

BigTime Essentials starts at $20 per user/month.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Time and expense, project portfolio management and billing on every plan
• QuickBooks integration and automatic reconciliation on Essentials
• Custom reporting center and project templates on Advanced
• Multi-currency invoicing, cost and rate management and project budgeting on Premier
• Add-on modules for quotes and SOWs, resource management and a data hub

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Invoicing, expenses and payments are included on the entry plan
• Strength: Dedicated implementation consultant and 24/7 email and chat support
• Strength: 99.99% uptime guarantee in the service level agreement
• Weakness: Only the Essentials price is published
• Weakness: Project budgeting needs the Premier plan
• Weakness: Resource management and quoting are separate modules

Key facts

• Plans: Essentials, Advanced, Premier and Enterprise
• Customers: More than 3,000 professional services organizations
• Support: 24/7 email and chat, dedicated implementation consultant
• Uptime SLA: 99.99%

Where it ranks

BigTime is No. 2 in our Best Professional Services Automation Software verdict.