BigTime vs PointOne
A detailed comparison of BigTime and PointOne covering features, pricing, integrations, strengths, and weaknesses to help you choose the right tool.
Quick Overview
BigTime
Professional Services Automation
BigTime is a professional services automation platform offering unified time and expense tracking, flexible billing and invoicing, AI-driven resource management, and real-time dashboards. It is purpose-built for professional services firms including accounting, engineering, architecture, IT services, and consulting.
PointOne
AI Time Capture for Law Firms
PointOne is an AI-powered timekeeping platform exclusively focused on law firms. It passively tracks work across desktop and mobile, capturing activity from documents, email, calendar events, and calls, then converts this activity into detailed time entries with AI-generated billing narratives.
Feature Comparison
BigTime Features
Unified time and expense tracking
Flexible billing supporting time and materials, fixed fee, retainer, and blended rates
AI-driven Smart Staffing for resource management
Real-time dashboards and financial forecasting
Customizable standard and advanced reporting
Data Hub for BI integration with Power BI and Tableau
BigTime Wallet built-in payment processing
Project budgeting at company, project, or task level
PointOne Features
Automated passive time capture across desktop and mobile
AI-generated billing narratives with contextual detail
Pre-bill review and compliance enforcement
Converts client billing guidelines into enforceable rules
Practice analytics for patterns, revenue, and compliance
Multiple workflow options: fully automated, AI timers, or retroactive entry
Pricing Breakdown
BigTime
$20/user/month
Essentials: $20/user/month. Advanced: $35/user/month. Premier: $45/user/month. Projector: $60/user/month. All billed annually. 14-day free trial.
PointOne
Contact sales
Custom pricing with no publicly listed tiers. Contact sales for a quote. Pricing depends on firm size and feature requirements.
Strengths & Weaknesses
BigTime
Strengths
Intuitive interface with high ease-of-use ratings
Excellent customer support rated 4.7/5 on Capterra
Strong QuickBooks integration
Comprehensive flexible billing supporting multiple project types
Robust reporting capabilities
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with bank-level encryption
Weaknesses
Mobile app is less polished and reliable than desktop
Steep learning curve for complex approval workflows
Occasional syncing issues between modules
Limited invoice formatting customization
Confusing terminology can cause implementation errors
Issue resolution for invoicing problems can be slow
PointOne
Strengths
Firms capture 6-11% more billable time per day on average
Reduces daily timekeeping from 20-30 minutes to under 5 minutes
Strong compliance automation converting billing guidelines to enforceable rules
Y Combinator backed with $3.6M raised
Highly responsive support team
Weaknesses
Desktop installation can be challenging initially
No public API available, limiting custom integrations
English language support only
Opaque pricing with no transparency
Very limited independent user reviews as a new product
Integrations
BigTime (10 integrations)
PointOne (11 integrations)
Target Market
BigTime
Professional services firms: accounting, engineering, architecture, IT services, consulting, government contractors. 5 to 500+ employees.
PointOne
Law firms of all sizes, from large Am Law firms to mid-market firms through SurePoint partnership
The Verdict
Both BigTime and PointOne are solid time tracking tools, but they serve different needs.
BigTime (Professional Services Automation) is best suited for professional services firms: accounting, engineering, architecture, it services, consulting, government contractors. 5 to 500+ employees.. It starts at $20/user/month and offers 8 key features.
PointOne (AI Time Capture for Law Firms) is best suited for law firms of all sizes, from large am law firms to mid-market firms through surepoint partnership. It starts at Contact sales and offers 6 key features.
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