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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FreeAgent

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AFreeAgent is an cloud-based accounting system designed for small businesses and freelancers. FreeAgent supports many core accounting features and bank reconciliation, payroll, tax management, project level accounting, and multiple currency support. It is mobile-accessible, and integrates with many apps.

    $13.50

    per month

    Visual Lease

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVisual Lease is a Lease Management Software that provides lease accounting functionality with lease administration functionality to manage a company's lease portfolio.N/A
    Pricing
    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Editions & Modules
    FreeAgent
    $13.50
    per month
    FreeAgent
    $135
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    8.6
    13 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    6.7
    13 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration4.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    8.5
    14 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    6.4
    23 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    8.7
    25 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management8.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management8.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of FreeAgent and Visual Lease
    Feature
    FreeAgent
    8.1
    13 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Visual Lease
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Accruent Lucernex
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Accruent Lucernex
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    User Ratings
    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreeAgentVisual Lease
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FreeAgent
    For micro and small business it is a great solution. The new requirements for MTD for landlords could also be met with this software. Groups and more complex businesses could not use the accounts and tax returns features, however they still could use it for bookkeeping and then export the data to other tax and accounts production software.
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    Visual Lease
    Visual Lease is well suited for companies that are trying to manage their leases in a more automated way other then spreadsheet. A company that needs visibility around their leases and wants to stay in compliance with the ever changing world of accounting. A company that wants a software that can integrate with their ERP and make routine monthly accounting entries.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    FreeAgent
    • Accounting! As you'd expect. Makes it much simpler andmore cost effective. In-coming and out-goings are recorded and assigned to projects and accounts. My accountant can access my books and reconcile so much more easily than trawling through spreadsheets.
    • Time billing - time spent on projects/client work is recorded and is ready to be invoiced as required. Saves so much time and prevents inaccuracies.
    • Invoicing - again, it should do this well and it does. Non payment reminders are automatic and clients have no excuses for not knowing the status of their account.
    • Account dashboard - gives me an instant overview of the health of the business (am I on track to meet my yearly targets) and my accounts.
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    Visual Lease
    • Generates abstract reports
    • Allows us to include lessor's leases
    • Fairly user friendly
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    Cons
    FreeAgent
    • Reporting on financials, time tracking and project status is a little poor. It's adequate for what what we need, but would be great to see more advanced features.
    • API is quite closed so cannot integrate with our other project management tools.
    Incentivized
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    Visual Lease
    • So far, this has worked out extremely well for our governmental environment.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FreeAgent
    We have used Freeagent for many years now and it serves us well for our needs. To change it would mean a lot of work, and this would most likely only happen if the cost became prohibitive to us.
    Incentivized
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    Visual Lease
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    Usability
    FreeAgent
    It is a great software that does everything we need for small business clients. It allows to keep the books in a cloud from bookkeeping to accounts production and tax returns, all in one software. There are no major drawbacks and I would highly recommend it for most of our clients.
    Incentivized
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    Visual Lease
    Visual Lease has been really helpful to our company and we haven't had any issues
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    FreeAgent
    Based in a cloud and never had any issues with down time. I can access from any device
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    Visual Lease
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    FreeAgent
    I have never personally used support
    Incentivized
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    Visual Lease
    Visual Lease support was not too impressive to me because when I reached out to ask about the XXX codes in the journal entries, they did not seem concerned. They just said they were default accounts, but I did not know what I was supposed to do with them since we did not have these accounts. Also, when I asked about API integration, I could not get a good response on how to get Visual Lease to be connected with Intacct.
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    Implementation Rating
    FreeAgent
    Did not participate
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    Visual Lease
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    FreeAgent
    I have used and tested out many other systems. I was looking at Xero for my accounting system but at the time I chose FreeAgent because of the way it handles the recording of dividends and the inbuilt time recording. The others I trialed were good and many of them cheaper. FreeAgent best suited my requirements at the time.
    Incentivized
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    Visual Lease
    We also evaluated Lease Accelerator and Lease Query. We didn't go with Lease Accelerator because it didn't have lessor leases. We did not go with Lease Query because they did not have abstract reports.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    FreeAgent
    • Professional and uniform offering providing great confident customer service. My clients love it, whether they use it a little or a lot. It's a great piece of software - while sophisticated, it's straightforward to use.
    • Time saving and efficient use of my team's time. Being able to easily share and compare work / tasks.
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    Visual Lease
    • This has been extremely important in compiling all of the many leases that we have going on throughout different years and timelines.
    Incentivized
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