Acumatica vs. QuickBooks Desktop Premier

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acumatica
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Acumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.
$0
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.N/A
Pricing
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.
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Community Pulse
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
10.0
3 Ratings
30% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
8.9
47 Ratings
17% above category average
Pay calculation10.02 Ratings7.146 Ratings
Benefit plan administration10.02 Ratings10.020 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.02 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.229 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
6 Ratings
30% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
1.3
20 Ratings
138% below category average
API for custom integration9.96 Ratings1.315 Ratings
Plug-ins9.95 Ratings1.320 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.8
10 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.0
49 Ratings
12% below category average
Single sign-on capability9.96 Ratings4.043 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.710 Ratings10.040 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.3
8 Ratings
24% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
5.9
57 Ratings
24% below category average
Dashboards9.36 Ratings4.148 Ratings
Standard reports9.08 Ratings6.956 Ratings
Custom reports9.57 Ratings6.754 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.3
128 Ratings
19% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.3
60 Ratings
1% below category average
Accounts payable8.5123 Ratings7.358 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.8118 Ratings7.359 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.94 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.46 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.9119 Ratings7.414 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.27 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.79 Ratings4.67 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings8.254 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.357 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings6.856 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings5.028 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings5.639 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings7.033 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings2.319 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.4
100 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
3.1
36 Ratings
77% below category average
Inventory tracking8.4100 Ratings2.235 Ratings
Automatic reordering9.76 Ratings1.015 Ratings
Location management9.87 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings1.017 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.0
108 Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.1
38 Ratings
7% below category average
Pricing8.498 Ratings10.030 Ratings
Order entry8.299 Ratings10.031 Ratings
Credit card processing8.359 Ratings7.027 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.691 Ratings6.434 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.93 Ratings10.03 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.2
105 Ratings
21% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Billing Management9.810 Ratings00 Ratings
Revenue Recognition8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.7113 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
26% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture9.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.0
2 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Talent Profiles9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.8
1 Ratings
5% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Spending Control8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Indirect Cost Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.6
85 Ratings
10% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.884 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.4
2 Ratings
31% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.8
4 Ratings
26% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Production Process Design10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
3 Ratings
28% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Forecasting9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.0
2 Ratings
21% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
-
Ratings
Proposal Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(139 ratings)
3.3
(63 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(7 ratings)
1.3
(12 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(6 ratings)
7.0
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(10 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(6 ratings)
2.0
(19 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.7
(1 ratings)
7.2
(14 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcumaticaQuickBooks Desktop Premier
Likelihood to Recommend
Acumatica
I like how its supported on mobile devices and i can image reciept and create claims quickly. Navigation screens are all the same on every screen and all screens are developed to have the same look and feel for ease of use.
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Intuit
QuickBooks Premier is not well suited to manufacturing industries, as it cannot handle the complicated inventory requirements of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Retailers and Wholesalers can use QuickBooks Premier as long as they have an add-on inventory tracking program or Point of Sale system that integrates with QuickBooks. Likewise, restaurants would need specialized restaurant software that integrates with QuickBooks Premier. Non-profits can use QuickBooks Premier non-profit edition, but if they use fund accounting, it will require some complicated work-arounds. QuickBooks Premier is well-suited to most construction trades, personal and professional services providers, small retailers, and rental property owners.
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Pros
Acumatica
  • Ease of dragging documents into transactions has made our office paper free
  • Use of Excel to export any detail that we need, particularly to reconcile balance sheet accounts
  • The cloud environment is sooo wonderful! Coming out of the pandemic we value the cloud environment.
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  • The program is easy to learn and use. We can train our clients' personnel how to use the program with out difficulty.
  • It is easy for clients to generate bills and manage accounts receivable.
  • It is easy to manage accounts payable and allows clients to pay their bills electronically.
  • Transactions can be imported electronically for credit card and banking transactions.
  • It is easy to reconcile bank and credit card accounts.
  • We can import data generated by QuickBooks into our tax and accounting software.
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Cons
Acumatica
  • We often run into strange one-off glitches that cause a Sales Order or invoice to miscalculate and provide inaccurate order totals.
  • The return process in terms of a PO return receipt can be quite confusing, as when linked to a drop ship PO it does not re-open the sales order by itself.
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Intuit
  • I would like to be able to choose how i want to view accounts receivable aging. I would like some flexibility to sort and choose how to present the data.
  • For a seasoned accountant, I would like to see some of the restrictive controls that are in place for novices to be able to be relaxed so that I can easily make some entries and adjust some balances that ordinarily a regular user would not be able to do.
  • I would like to see an easy way to clear old outstanding checks that need to be reversed without affecting prior balances/history.
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Likelihood to Renew
Acumatica
Acumatica has lots of potential for our company. I can see where our company will be in the next coming year or two as we start utilizing all of the features that Acumatica has
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Intuit
Because we have been extremely happy with the product and our organization tends to be creatures of habit. We rarely leave a product that works this well for the latest and greatest. Typically we follow the "if it's not broken, don't fix it rule". While QB does make changes we typically just roll with it. If we do find something we don't like we work through it until we fully understand its functionality.
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Usability
Acumatica
We have users of all levels and it works well for any user, the user interface is very easy to get used to and the screen feedback and delivery is very well done. We have many users using this product all day every day and all levels have become very accustomed to its ease of use.
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Intuit
QuickBooks is an amazing tool that provides all of the necessary features needed to run the finances of a company. I would like for QuickBooks to provide better resources for training. There are many features that go unused because of lack of knowledge. Procore offers chatting and calls on their platform and they make it easy and accessible to get answers and solutions.
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Reliability and Availability
Acumatica
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Intuit
This is very reliable software, the desktop version is fast. If there is a problem, it is most likely on your own hardware!
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Performance
Acumatica
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Intuit
It takes forever to load.
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Support Rating
Acumatica
We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
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Intuit
This is an awesome product and the support team is very knowledgeable. The product is mature, so there are not a lot of bugs and the support team really solves problems quickly. Usually it is a user error issue, but the support desk helps me out. I love the fact that it is US based support.
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In-Person Training
Acumatica
our partner was an subject matter expert
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Acumatica
our partner created great online training
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Intuit
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Implementation Rating
Acumatica
lots of bumps in getting work processes mapped out. a bunch of customizations were needed.
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Intuit
It is important to do your research. There are tutorial videos online that could help new user of this accounting system. These tutorials are straightforward and easily understandable.
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Alternatives Considered
Acumatica
We selected Acumatica based on the licensing model. We also selected Acumatica based on the flexibility. We also selected Acumatica based on recommendations from our VAR. We liked the overall TCO of Acumatica vs other ERP systems. We also liked the fact that it was able to do the inter company accounting necessary for our business.
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Intuit
QuickBooks Premier handles most of my business functions efficiently in one package. It is not my "everything." I use Replicon for time rather than QuickBooks. I don't want my WIP data interfering with my accounting. I use PaySimple for it's web interface and back office processing. I don't have security issues since I don't have any credit card data in my possession. With today's identity theft environment, I have to protect myself as much as I can. Not having credit card data in my accounting software lets me sleep much better at night. Quicken will do basic accounting but does not have all the double entry accounting systems contained in QuickBooks. QuickBooks Online does much of the basic business functions but I don't like the pricing structure. As a professional accountant, that is very important to me. Bill.com provided a good service but the ability of QuickBooks to add bills and receipts to transactions makes it redundant.
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Scalability
Acumatica
No answers on this topic
Intuit
They're getting better. Still room for improvement.
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Return on Investment
Acumatica
  • We were able to successfully navigate the pandemic due to the fact that it is cloud based.
  • We were able to determine that customers who told us to not call again, often bought from us.
  • Employee morale was very high as everyone in the company had access to the data that tracked our first year of profitability in years.
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Intuit
  • Since our financials are kept very up to date, it helps us compare our financial results to prior years and it is used for our internal goal setting.
  • Due to the accountant copy function, we are able to provide better service since our clients are not waiting on us to fix historical data. They can continue their operations uninterrupted.
  • The import feature certainly speeds up the process of accounting for our payroll. As previously mentioned, it takes about a minute to do our entries for payroll and check them.
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