Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acumatica
Score 8.8 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.
$1,000
per year
QuickBooks Online
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.
$38
per month
Pricing
AcumaticaQuickBooks Online
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Simple Start
$38
per month
Essentials
$75
per month
Plus
$115
per month
Advanced
$275
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcumaticaQuickBooks Online
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
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 Online
Considered Both Products
Acumatica
Chose Acumatica
I am not a part of the leadership team to be able to give accurate information on this side of things, but I know from using both systems that Acumatica has helped with the day to day processes that our company does. For example, Acumatica has been so much easier training our …
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Acumatica has so many more functions available to keep our job costing correct
Chose Acumatica
They are very similar in terms of what we have used both of them for. Acumatica seems to be more the leading edge of technology.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica is much more robust system that covers many more areas than QuickBooks.
Chose Acumatica
Feels more backed and they love feedback. It doesn't feel like an untalkable big box
Chose Acumatica
I’m really happy we went with Acumatica over Microsoft. To me, they are more innovative and pushing out changes all the time which is important to me. There are some serious settings that need to change that I wish it would adopt from Microsoft like the user security which is …
Chose Acumatica
We needed a system we could customize for our particular business needs outside of the box platform.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica is more robust than Quickbooks as we outgrew their platforms. Quickbooks is built for small business
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica ERP is the next step up from individual systems such as quickbooks for finance/accounting and Salesforce for CRM.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica pulls together the pieces that I used to have to build myself or use multiple systems to accomplish. Most recently having used Sage Quantum Accounting, I was struggling with needing to build many reports from scratch for reporting that I find Acumatica does with …
Chose Acumatica
It’s night and day at the time I used it for solely accounting and book keeping but it’s rigid and has little flexibility compared to Acumatica.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica provides a more automated experience.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica is the most user-friendly vs other software I evaluated.
QuickBooks Online

No answer on this topic

Features
AcumaticaQuickBooks Online
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.4
169 Ratings
13% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.1
113 Ratings
7% above category average
Pay calculation7.5150 Ratings8.4103 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.3118 Ratings7.554 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.5145 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.368 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
498 Ratings
11% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.2
103 Ratings
5% below category average
API for custom integration8.3469 Ratings7.185 Ratings
Plug-ins8.4422 Ratings7.285 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.2
607 Ratings
2% below category average
QuickBooks Online
8.5
174 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.6501 Ratings8.6139 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.9597 Ratings8.3164 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.8
627 Ratings
6% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.3
200 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards7.9596 Ratings8.4187 Ratings
Standard reports7.5615 Ratings8.6194 Ratings
Custom reports7.9604 Ratings8.0178 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
909 Ratings
13% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.9
217 Ratings
4% above category average
Accounts payable8.5876 Ratings8.8183 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.4762 Ratings8.8200 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.8348 Ratings7.031 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.2495 Ratings8.160 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.3719 Ratings8.5130 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.2569 Ratings7.875 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.3618 Ratings8.894 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings8.1183 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings9.0206 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings8.3190 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings7.085 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings7.339 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings7.368 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings8.2103 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings7.5113 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings7.961 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings7.150 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings7.749 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.2
605 Ratings
3% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.0
79 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking8.1591 Ratings6.774 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.4308 Ratings7.241 Ratings
Location management8.0422 Ratings7.445 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings6.830 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.5
614 Ratings
8% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.8
131 Ratings
4% above category average
Pricing7.9522 Ratings7.881 Ratings
Order entry8.3553 Ratings7.677 Ratings
Credit card processing7.8374 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.0513 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.7307 Ratings7.239 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings7.842 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
719 Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.2527 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.1645 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.4380 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.7394 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.5570 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
27% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.7
274 Ratings
9% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling7.5247 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers7.5244 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality7.3217 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.2150 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.9
113 Ratings
7% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.4
355 Ratings
6% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.5152 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.3122 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.9290 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.9231 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.7
176 Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Risk Repository7.7130 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management7.7156 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments7.9138 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection7.6142 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification7.6115 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.6
215 Ratings
22% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization7.1158 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.4148 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.1122 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management7.8174 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.2166 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
237 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Production Process Design7.7196 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.0221 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management7.8192 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution7.8186 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.2208 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.2
281 Ratings
13% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.5231 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.6267 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.5228 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
166 Ratings
14% above category average
QuickBooks Online
-
Ratings
Proposal Management7.5142 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management7.5158 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AcumaticaQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(631 ratings)
8.3
(230 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(65 ratings)
9.3
(27 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(37 ratings)
8.4
(146 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(5 ratings)
8.9
(6 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(4 ratings)
1.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(28 ratings)
9.6
(70 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(19 ratings)
9.8
(7 ratings)
Configurability
6.5
(3 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.3
(4 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.6
(2 ratings)
1.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(5 ratings)
2.0
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(3 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.2
(5 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.2
(4 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcumaticaQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
Acumatica
Coming from Sage, when you have to post financial data, it locks the system. Acumatica, there is no delay, there is no downtime. Dashboards. My CEO recently asked me, "I really want to see what our top customers are and what markets that they're spending the most money in." Acumatica had that widget already prepared for me.
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Intuit
I appreciate the ability to auto-generate invoices for recurring transactions, which saves time, as well as the option to set up auto-generated transactions. The report option is super helpful when reviewing information, as you can click to view the details in the report without having to go back and forth.
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Pros
Acumatica
  • Real-time access to financials across firm's locations in India for better in-house sales, cost and financial health analysis
  • The tool is great with respect to the creation of dashboards and KPI reporting to get visual picture of profitability and cash flow metrics across projects
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Intuit
  • Workflows for accounts payable invoice review are terrific.
  • Bill payment allows you to pay vendors online via ACH or check without having to write a physical check, which reduces admin time.
  • The cloud based login lends well to a remote or hybrid work environment for staff.
  • QuickBooks Online allows you to pre-configure vendors' general ledger expense accounts. This helps with general ledger coding accuracy and consistency.
  • QuickBooks Online integrates with Rippling HRIS, Coast, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, etc., which lends well to an efficient month-end closing and reduced administrative time.
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Cons
Acumatica
  • Mass updating existing BOMs or Production Order Details. For larger orders, especially if many things need to be changed it can take a painstakingly long time to update each production order one-by-one.
  • The product configurator is too flat, we definitely need nested configurations that can capture variable subassemblies.
  • Accounting has room for improvement, I don't really like the idea of SO Invoices living in a separate spot until they are Released. I have had complaints from our accounting personnel since they have to leave the "Accounting World".
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Intuit
  • The upsells have gotten worse over time and are on every screen in the most awkward positions. I don't need a constant reminder to upgrade, especially on a very old account that's paid thousands over the years.
  • The interface has never been especially intuitive, but I was an old Quicken user and it was somewhat familiar. Over time, it's gotten worse, and in the last 2 years, the program seems to move things more often than I would expect.
  • The software constantly adds features that I don't want and want to turn off, but the interface is so difficult to use that I find myself skipping it. Imagine seeing a message that the system recognized invoices that hadn't been paid so it prepared reminder notices for you that can be sent at the click of a button. Who thinks using canned reminders that you've never seen is a good thing?
  • A lot of functionality seems to derive from connecting your bank accounts to QBO. I don't want Intuit to have an always-on connection to any bank accounts, even checking.
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Likelihood to Renew
Acumatica
It is a flexible system that is very flexible and is easy to use. It will also be able to scale as the company grows. Frankly, we have invested too much time to walk away from it now and the initial phase is going well
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Intuit
It like the product 'right out of the box' and I trust Intuit will continually improve it over the years based on my experience with their desktop products. The large providers of Apps makes customizing the entire package relatively easy and seamless for a wide variety of business types.
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Usability
Acumatica
Only reason is because when teaching our departments how to use, it takes them a long time and multiple requests about where things are located... as IT team, I can navigate easily, end users like accountants and shipping, it's a tiny bit cumbersome, but I believe ModernUI will resolve
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Intuit
I had very little trouble setting up the program and migrating from our old accounting system. The daily usage is also very intuitive and easy. Anytime we run into minor trouble with the program, there are always tons of help available on YouTube, so we don't even look up the online manual anymore.
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Reliability and Availability
Acumatica
It's always available.
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Intuit
We have rarely had outages in the last 10 years. I can only recall 2 times in the last 10 years where we were not able to access our client files.
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Performance
Acumatica
there have been some performance issues
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Intuit
Everything process has its bugs lately with the new interface. Nothing has worked smoothly since this all began last month.
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Support Rating
Acumatica
We recently switched VARs and it has made a world of difference! Our new VAR actually is proactive to various situations versus being reactive to events that have happened. They are accessing how we are using the modules and suggesting better more efficient ways!
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Intuit
In my experience, most representatives keep me on the phone for hours, literally, for a single issue and then usually cannot resolve it satisfactorily. I have 10 open cases that need resolution and, in my experience, there has been NO follow-up communication on any of them.
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In-Person Training
Acumatica
Very helpful for end users
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Acumatica
Online training has gone away. Need to bring back the webinars. Live webinars are so benficial to training new employees.
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Acumatica
I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
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Intuit
The person in charge of QB needs to be very accurate with record keeping and is recommended to stay on top of tasks. The biggest issue we have is reconciliation, and those issues occur only when too much time has occurred between reconciliations
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Alternatives Considered
Acumatica
Acumatica's flexibility, user interface, reporting, customizable system, data imports, Power BI integrations, exportable reports, and connections to other systems make it a stand-alone ERP solution. Finding another system capable of doing this would be a good find. Head above the others. In-system emailing. Import/export of data to and from anywhere.
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Intuit
As a freelance bookkeeper, the Desktop version of QuickBooks Online doesn't allow for ease of access from any device. Having to be on a computer with the software downloaded creates additional work to gain access to all required filings etc. Also, I personally find the linking functionality on the Online version to be much more streamlined and user friendly.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Acumatica
No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Acumatica
From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
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Intuit
As we have grown along our professional path, we have also expanded our use of QB. The scalability is easy and features seem to be waiting for you until you need them. We have increased profits by over 10x from our first year in business to the current and have yet to find a reason to look elsewhere
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Professional Services
Acumatica
They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Acumatica
  • I feel like I am not using it to it's potential and it's frustrating to know that it can do more than I am able to use and more help with that would be great
  • The implementation was a lot of customize building and I felt like some of it could have been built by my partner rather than having them sit and watch me enter a bunch of stuff, especially when a lot of it was over my head in understanding
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Intuit
  • QuickBooks has given us a useful portal by which to get an overview of our financials.
  • QuickBooks has given us a relatively easy way to send out invoices quickly and efficiently.
  • Due to the customization limitations on QuickBooks, we've had to get creative in third-party implementations to better represent our brand and to track financials.
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ScreenShots

Acumatica Screenshots

Screenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Field Service DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Manufacturing - Production Manager DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Distribution - Warehouse Operations DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Construction - Job Cost Accounting DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Retail Edition DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Professional Services - Financial Management Dashboard

QuickBooks Online Screenshots

Screenshot of the accounting and bank transactions interfaceScreenshot of an overview of the accounting inventoryScreenshot of book marksScreenshot of the business tax overviewScreenshot of the customer hubScreenshot of the dashboard