AccountMate vs QuickBooks Self-Employed

Likelihood to Recommend

AccountMate is a great product for wholesale and distributors. It manages the inventory cycles comprehensively, from purchasing to stocking, to sales and delivery. There are a great many tools available to manage inventory, properties, and financials. The availability to have third-party add-ons offers even greater opportunities to meet the needs of the end-user.The system is not really suited for certain types of service industries: legal, medical, and those businesses that invoice on time.

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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QuickBooks Self-Employed is a very detailed software to keep track of your finances and tax obligations. I'm reviewing the online version here and honestly, if you are into QuickBooks, it might be worth looking into the stand-alone software version. Ideally, if you work remotely, in various places and on more than one computer (desktop or laptop) then QuickBooks online is a good idea. But the slow interface is troubling to me and I spend a lot of time going through and correcting entries QuickBooks imports from my bank account. In fact, I've gone back to my stand-alone version of Quicken.

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Tim Vahsholtz

Producer

Essential Sales TrainingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Pay calculation

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Benefit plan administration

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Global Financial Support

Intercompany Accounting

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Standardized Processes

Fixed asset management

Self-service portal

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Localizations

Centralized Rules Framework

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Manufacturing module

Location management

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Order Orchestration

Order exception Resolution

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Plug-ins

API for custom integration

Pros

Ease of use
Ability to easily adapt the solution to fit the needs of the end user
Integration of data across different platforms

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Cross-platform compatibility (Browser, Android) makes it easy to see how my business is doing almost anywhere.
Smart enough to recognize and automatically categorize most of my transactions, so I don't have to fuss with spreadsheets at the end of the year.
Updates automatically and notifies me when it needs help, so I don't have to spend too much time babysitting it.
Integrated with TurboTax and automatically exports year-end tax info for easy filing.

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Benjamin E. Jerew

Senior Content Manager

One Car Payment, Inc.Financial Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Custom reports: The current system uses Crystal Reports, which is a bit cumbersome.
True cloud-based solution is missing

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Automatic mileage tracking used to work a lot better than it currently does. I got a new phone, and now I have to manually input call tracking, because it just doesn't work anymore.
When creating invoices, there should be a way to import data into an invoices from Excel, which would make the invoicing a lot faster. Additionally, being able to press ENTER to save a line item on an invoice would be nice. Currently it doesn't work that way.
Editing invoices shouldn't require sending a reminder.

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Aaron Metzger

Founder

CATAPULT.digitalInternet, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We use AccountMate for a number of reasons, particularly its ease of use and the ability to customize any part of the system (with source code residing on the end-user system--a HUGE advantage).

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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FreshBooks limited my ability to categorize transactions, specifically removing duplicates or excluding them. I selected QuickBooks Self-Employed because it allowed me to be in control of items. Sometimes accounting is just making sure things are organized the way YOU think, and FreshBooks wasn't doing that for me.

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Jonathan Palance

Owner

Palance Music and MediaMedia Production, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Allows us to quickly gain insight into the current and past performance of the company

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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A positive impact on my business is, of course, keeping track of income and expenses, and approximate quarterly taxes. QuickBooks is a little better at this than Quicken, I think.
By using QuickBooks (and Quicken) it saves me having to spend money on an accountant. (At least up to this point.)
However, the time I spend on daily or weekly entries takes billable time away from other things.

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Tim Vahsholtz

Producer

Essential Sales TrainingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Likelihood to Recommend

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Feature Rating Comparison

Pay calculation

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Benefit plan administration

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Global Financial Support

Intercompany Accounting

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Standardized Processes

Fixed asset management

Self-service portal

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Localizations

Centralized Rules Framework

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Manufacturing module

Location management

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Order Orchestration

Order exception Resolution

Plug-ins

API for custom integration

Pros

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Cons

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Alternatives Considered

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Return on Investment

AccountMate

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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