Accounting software that scales with your business
May 03, 2021
Accounting software that scales with your business
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks Online
I currently work as a consultant doing accounting for small businesses and startup companies. I work as freelancer on UpWork. I help business owners transition from either their previous accounting software, QuickBooks Desktop, or Excel-based program to QuickBooks Online. As business owners grow their business, they no longer have time to do the accounting themselves so they reach out to me to do the accounting for them on a weekly or monthly basis so they can have accurate financials to see the health of their business.
- Incredibly user-friendly user-interface
- Intuit has created very helpful knowledge center and support to answer Accounting-related questions or how to use the software
- Their report function allows to switch between cash basis and accrual basis accounting with the click of a button
- They have a great network of QuickBooks Certified Professionals if business owners need to contract a professional to do the accounting
- QuickBooks Online provides various features that you can add-on as your business grows and has the ability to scale as the accounting needs evolve
- There are many Apps that integrate into QuickBooks, such as Shopify, Paypal, Stripe, etc.
- QuickBooks allows you to design how you would your invoices to look, but the design features are somewhat limited.
- I wish QuickBooks Online would allow the ability to export the trial balance to excel in a table format so I could create Pivot tables in excel. It currently is in a report format so I have to delete rows to make sure that it's in a table format
- QuickBooks doesn't do a very good job of tracking inventory
- My clients are small business owners and startup companies. The low entry-price for the subscription has allowed them to allocate their resources to growing their business.
- The cloud computing has allowed me to work on my client's accounting from my laptop and I'm no longer required to go to my client's site to work on their accounting
- As a QuickBooks Certified Professional, I'm able to offer my clients discounted QuickBooks Online subscription at a lower price which has helped me keep my clients
Ultimately, QuickBooks/Intuit has the most market share when it comes to accounting software. The benefit of so many people using this software is that there's always an answer to a problem that you may be having when it comes to using the software. Intuit has provided a platform where users are able to ask questions and peers will answer those questions. This feature has helped me immensely whenever I'm having trouble with a particular transaction. Compared to QuickBooks Desktop, Desktop does have more features since it's a more mature product. However, Intuit is focusing on QuickBooks Online and will eventually catch up with Desktop. The ability to do the accounting from any computer has been incredibly useful. I've been able to do accounting when I'm out of the country or on vacation.
Do you think QuickBooks Online delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with QuickBooks Online's feature set?
Yes
Did QuickBooks Online live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of QuickBooks Online go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy QuickBooks Online again?
Yes