Intuit Lacerte vs. Spectrum Cloud

Intuit Lacerte

Intuit Lacerte

24 Reviews and Ratings

Spectrum Cloud

Spectrum Cloud

0 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Intuit Lacerte	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Intuit Lacerte is an Income Tax Compliance system, providing forms, tax planning support, as well as document management and document storage.	$400
Spectrum Cloud	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Spectrum Cloud by KDK Software is a cloud-based platform designed to simplify tax compliance for practitioners. It combines GST, and direct tax compliance like Income Tax, and TDS into an online solution. The solution is presented as ideal for chartered accountants, tax consultants, and accounting firms handling multiple clients. Spectrum Cloud offers auto-import of GSTR data from the GST portal, Tallyand other accounting software for GST management. It enables reconciliation of…	N/A

Pricing

Intuit Lacerte

Spectrum Cloud

Editions & Modules

Lacerte REP (Fast Path Only): $400
Lacerte 200 - Federal 1040: Contact for pricing
Lacerte Unlimited Modules: Contact for pricing

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Intuit Lacerte	Spectrum Cloud
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Intuit Lacerte	Spectrum Cloud
Considered Both Products	Intuit Lacerte Joni Terens Enrolled agent Chose Intuit Lacerte I’ve heard other tax preparers talk about their software and their likes and dislikes. When I offer to show them Intuit Lacerte most are blown away by what it does. One preparer used ProConnrct online tax (also by Intuit), and she loves how easy Intuit Lacerteis to use. She … Incentivized Helpful? AR Aamir Raza IT consultant Chose Intuit Lacerte We have been using Proseries along with Lacerte. As I said, Lacerte is much easier and faster when compared with Proseries. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Intuit Lacerte Lacerte is easier to use and gives you everything you need in one place. Incentivized Helpful?	Spectrum Cloud No answer on this topic

Features

Intuit Lacerte

Spectrum Cloud

Type of tax

Comparison of Type of tax features of Product A and Product B
	Intuit Lacerte 8.5 Ratings 11% above category average	Spectrum Cloud - Ratings
Sales and Use Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Cross-border Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
VAT / GST Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Energy and Fuel Taxes	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Tax Reporting & Compliance

Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
	Intuit Lacerte 10.0 Ratings 25% above category average	Spectrum Cloud - Ratings
Geolocation for Tax Assessment	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
3rd-Party Software Integrations	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Data Reporting	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Compliance Administration Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Exemption Processing	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Document Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Complex Tax Scenario Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Intuit Lacerte	Spectrum Cloud
Small Businesses	TaxJar Score 8.0 out of 10	TaxJar Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Lappa Score 8.9 out of 10	Lappa Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	ADP SmartCompliance Score 8.3 out of 10	ADP SmartCompliance Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Intuit Lacerte	Spectrum Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Intuit Lacerte	Spectrum Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	Lacerte helps to serve a great variety of clients and businesses, it has over 5,700 forms. It also supports multi-state, K-1s, and more. It suits for power users with high business inflow. Its useful for a CPA who is processing a high value firm or individual with zero errors. The error diagnostic feature covers more than 25k error checks. This is less applicable to CPA's whose are managing regular individual 1040 routines. Incentivized AR Aamir Raza IT consultant Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	Very easy to learn and use. Simple, customized report generation Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	Filters-needs to be more user friendly and easier to use. Also needs more options to filter by Missing data email-descriptions need to be client familiar wording not tax term /forms Incentivized Joni Terens Enrolled agent Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Intuit Lacerte is not only easy for those veteran users such as myself, but is it also easy to teach to the new users, which makes it a good fit for a firm such as ours that has a high volume of interns and trainees in the industry. Many of which can then take that experience with them to the next firm they move on to, which exhibits as perpetual value. Incentivized Kenneth Quick Business Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Lacerte customer service has been great. They are very knowledgeable about the product and can help resolve problems quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	I’ve heard other tax preparers talk about their software and their likes and dislikes. When I offer to show them Intuit Lacerte most are blown away by what it does. One preparer used ProConnrct online tax (also by Intuit), and she loves how easy Intuit Lacerteis to use. She said having live support (not chat) to actually be able to show issues and work through them was great. Both programs use the same calculations, but the extras (trial balance, organizers with prior year data, invoicing, scheduling, filters, etc) are what makes Intuit Lacerte the best! Incentivized Joni Terens Enrolled agent Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Intuit Lacerte has allowed us to remain efficient with filings, which increases our AHR (Average Hourly Rate) and assists us in calculating a proper fee for the clients based in this data. Incentivized Kenneth Quick Business Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
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