Fiserv Prologue Financials vs. QuickBooks Online

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Prologue Financials
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
Prologue Financials from Fiserv, a fully integrated accounting solution, features enhanced, built-in automation and controls and a newly designed user interface, enabling users to increase the efficiency of financial accounting processes.N/A
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
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks 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
Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Features
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.1
113 Ratings
7% above category average
Pay calculation9.01 Ratings8.4103 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.01 Ratings7.554 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.01 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.01 Ratings8.368 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.01 Ratings7.974 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.2
103 Ratings
5% below category average
API for custom integration9.01 Ratings7.185 Ratings
Plug-ins9.01 Ratings7.285 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.5
174 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.01 Ratings8.6139 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings8.3164 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.3
200 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards9.01 Ratings8.4187 Ratings
Standard reports9.01 Ratings8.6194 Ratings
Custom reports9.01 Ratings8.0178 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.0
217 Ratings
5% above category average
Accounts payable9.01 Ratings8.8183 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.01 Ratings8.8200 Ratings
Cash management9.01 Ratings8.1183 Ratings
Bank reconciliation9.01 Ratings9.0206 Ratings
Expense management9.01 Ratings8.4190 Ratings
Time tracking9.01 Ratings7.085 Ratings
Fixed asset management9.01 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Multi-currency support9.01 Ratings7.339 Ratings
Multi-division support9.01 Ratings7.468 Ratings
Regulations compliance9.01 Ratings7.868 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.01 Ratings8.2103 Ratings
Self-service portal9.01 Ratings7.5113 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.01 Ratings7.031 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.01 Ratings8.160 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting9.01 Ratings7.961 Ratings
Localizations9.01 Ratings7.845 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.01 Ratings8.5130 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting9.01 Ratings7.150 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.01 Ratings7.875 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework9.01 Ratings7.749 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.01 Ratings8.894 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.0
79 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking9.01 Ratings6.774 Ratings
Automatic reordering9.01 Ratings7.241 Ratings
Location management9.01 Ratings7.445 Ratings
Manufacturing module9.01 Ratings6.830 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.8
131 Ratings
4% above category average
Pricing9.01 Ratings7.881 Ratings
Order entry9.01 Ratings7.677 Ratings
Credit card processing9.01 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.01 Ratings8.399 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.01 Ratings7.239 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility9.01 Ratings7.842 Ratings
Order exception Resolution9.01 Ratings7.335 Ratings
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User Ratings
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(2 ratings)
8.3
(230 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(27 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(146 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(6 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(70 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
1.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
Fiserv
Fiserv Prologue Financials will automate and help streamline your accounting processes and increases your data accuracy and create efficiencies that enables time and resources to be directed to strategic and profitable activities. Instant correction to errors and automatic journal entry reversal are very effective and excellent detailed audit trail allowing easy tracking and monitoring.
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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
Fiserv
  • In my opinion, nothing is done well. I hate this program with an extreme passion.
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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
Fiserv
  • Support is only available within business hours.
  • No free trials.
  • Takes time to implement during initial stages.
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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
Fiserv
No answers on this topic
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
Fiserv
Powerful tool that helps us to automate and to streamline our accounting processes and helps to deliver reliable and accurate accessible information that is crucial to the performance of our organization. Its easy to customize and to create financial reports of any kind from the GL and its ability to manipulate data through the system is amazing.
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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
Fiserv
No answers on this topic
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
Fiserv
No answers on this topic
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
Fiserv
It provides us with a fully integrated accounting management solution with effective account payables and investment portfolio accounting. It helps us to automate and to streamline our accounting processes and it allows us to create custom financial reports easily enabling faster reports with accurate financial accounting data.
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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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Implementation Rating
Fiserv
No answers on this topic
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
Fiserv
Fiserv Prologue Financials is easily available and deployed in Mac and Windows and allows our financial controllers to create simple custom reports that enable them to report faster with accurate financial data. Great product that provides us with excellent cash management and payment management processes.
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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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Scalability
Fiserv
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
Fiserv
  • Instant correction to errors.
  • Real-time financial data.
  • Automatic journal entry reversals.
  • Detailed audit trails that allows effective tracking.
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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

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