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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AccountEdge

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    AccountEdge is a small business accounting software for Mac and Windows users. AccountEdge allows business owners to organize, process, and report on their financial information. Its features include accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory, and time billing. It was acquired by Priority Software in January 2018 to expand that company's small business portfolio.

    $20

    per month

    SurePayroll By Paychex

    Score2.1 out of 10
    N/ASurePayroll offers an online payroll service that lets small business owners run payroll anywhere, anytime. The vendor automatically pays and files federal, state and local payroll taxes.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Editions & Modules
    AccountEdge Pro
    $20
    per month
    AccountEdge Network Edition
    $30
    per month
    AccountEdge Hosted
    $50
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Considered Both Products
    Priority Software
    Chose AccountEdge
    I have a client who is in the firearms manufacturing industry that makes components. They had been using QuickBooks credit card processing feature and their service was recently canceled by QuickBooks for political reasons. QuickBooks is a privately held company so they can do …
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    Paychex Inc.
    Chose SurePayroll By Paychex
    SurePayroll was the product being used here when I started. I was surprised how simple it was to use and appreciate all the reports it produces.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    38%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    44%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    44%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    38%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    1.4
    16 Ratings
    142% below category average
    Pay calculation10.06 Ratings2.516 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.04 Ratings1.27 Ratings
    Direct deposit files5.04 Ratings1.213 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.05 Ratings1.212 Ratings
    Reimbursement management4.03 Ratings1.210 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings1.012 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation6.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal2.71 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of AccountEdge and SurePayroll By Paychex
    Feature
    AccountEdge
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    SurePayroll By Paychex
    -
    Ratings
    Plug-ins5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (18 ratings)
    1.0
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AccountEdgeSurePayroll By Paychex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Priority Software
    If you are handling a large client list, and are selling services, it is dead easy. If you are managing/selling a physical inventory, it seems like it has great options to do that quite well (disclaimer, I do not use those functions, but I have paid attention as that functionality was built into the software). If you want to link your bank account to a bookkeeping platform, this is not the software for you (at least so far).
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    Paychex Inc.
    We use SurePayroll to make monthly payrolls in our company, as well as to close the month and year with all the income and expenses and most importantly to make tax payments. The application is perfect for making payrolls when the personnel adapted for it is not in the head office, SurePayroll has an application for mobiles that allows to make these operations remotely. The application is perfect when you want to make immediate payments, at the time of loading the payroll to the system, it proceeds to automatically perform transactions for each employee entered without any error.
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    Pros
    Priority Software
    • AccountEdge has a robust report menu that allows a user to slice and dice data for analysis. Report on projects for the life of the project across fiscal years. Report on different departments with segregated income statements.
    • For users who want to run payroll in house that is easily done through the payroll module. Print physical checks or direct deposit to employee's account, process payroll taxes and file year end W2s.
    • My personal favorites are time billing and retainers. As a service based business I can at my fingertips review how much money a client has on deposit with me and how much of that will be billed out at the end of the month. The integration with AccountEdge Mobile rounds it all out with being able to log my time on-site.
    • Last but not least AccountEdge Mobile in general, as the companion app for the desktop software is invaluable. My heaviest use is the spend money feature. Excellent for logging travel receipts & cash expenses while they are fresh on the brain. Really cuts back the data entry at the end of a trip and trying to recall what something may have been for.
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    • Super easy interface - honestly running payroll couldn't be easier on their site.
    • Incredible customer service - VERY knowledgeable, professional and friendly. They will walk you through anything you need to do on the site and understand payroll, tax and benefit issues.
    • Tax filing and payments and year-end paperwork for 1099 contractors and W-2s. They make it so easy.
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    Cons
    Priority Software
    • My biggest frustration, and one that I've mentioned to Acclivity for many years, is that it only permits opening nine windows at a time (plus the home window). I hit that limit almost daily, and then I have to decide what do I close so I can complete the transaction that needed the "9th" window.
    • The Accounts section includes two quick reports, "Analyze Profit and Loss" and "Analyze Balance Sheet. These can be filtered for the current month or any prior month in the current fiscal year. And that's fine most of the year, but at the beginning of the next year, when I haven't yet started the new fiscal year, these only go to December of the prior year. The regular reports for these can select "next year;" why can't these?
    • It would be helpful if the journal entry number would have one or two additional digits available. For example, when I am entering journal entries for a client, I would like to use a number such as CPA2014001, CPA2014002, etc. to distinguish what I enter from the "automatic" entries that AccountEdge does. But that's one more digit than AccountEdge allows, so if I had over 100 adjustments, I would run out of entry numbers.
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    Paychex Inc.
    • My chief complaint is the software sometimes requires me to have a code sent to my phone before I can continue with some process. That in itself is fine. The problem is the check box that lets SurePayroll remember the computer doesn't actually do that. I select that check box every time, but the software doesn't remember me or my computer.
    • Fees have creeped higher every year over the last two or three years. I feel like I'm nitpicking here, though. What I spend for the service is reasonably priced for the amount of headaches it prevents.
    • I have a case where an employee is sometimes salaried and sometimes contract. There's not a way to handle that without terminating him when he needs to switch.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Priority Software
    Without a doubt, when you need to do accounting use the program that will get the job done in the least amount of time with the least amount of errors. Once you are using a program that works you stay with it year after year and you will find yourself even excited about the updates
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    Paychex Inc.
    Very likely, easy to use, support system in place.
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    Usability
    Priority Software
    The intuitive interface does all the tasks we need our accounting software to do. Some tasks are slower to process than I would like but overall very usable. Customizable forms let us choose to either go with the easy ready-made out-of-the-box options or retool them to better fit our specific needs.
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    Paychex Inc.
    It's a poor user interface. It feels like the interface is twenty years old. If you make a mistake with payroll in their terrible UI, and try to correct it 15 seconds later, they want to charge you $39 to correct your mistake. Overall, a very poor experience in terms of user interface.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Priority Software
    One of the finer advantages of desktop software, it's always available. AccountEdge doesn't suffer from outages or sluggish internet like web based applications do. It's always there when you power on your device!
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    Paychex Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Priority Software
    On the few occasions we have needed tech support over the years, they were responsive and worked to get to the root of the issues. However, even though Checkout POS is a separate application, it was pitched to us as a natural extension of the functionality of our AE software that would integrate seamlessly. The company's support for Checkout has been minimal at best, and now totally abandoned. That colors our view of Priority's support unfortunately. And to be honest, that's why it's a 9 instead of a 10. So to be fair, AccountEdge's support itself has been very good over the years.
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    Paychex Inc.
    SurePayroll was great when we had questions or needed support, ie. if we messed up with a payroll, needed to submit tax documents or get documents. The ease of communication between us and the organization was great and they made it easy for users to call in with support requests.
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    Online Training
    Priority Software
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    They were awesome. They knew the system very well and could help me very much.
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    Implementation Rating
    Priority Software
    unfortunately no.
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    Paychex Inc.
    No, I can't think of any.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Priority Software
    For Mac enthusiasts, AccountEdge is the complete installed software solution for small to medium-sized businesses, as it has so many capabilities that QuickBooks for Mac lacks. However, it holds your hand less than QuickBooks for Mac does, so you ought to know what your are doing in keeping business books properly. If your needs are simple, QuickBooks for Mac may be a better solution. QuickBooks Online and Xero are excellent cloud accounting solutions that can be used on the Mac equally well as on Windows. QuickBooks Online offers a similar set of features as QuickBooks for Mac, with the addition of anywhere, anytime access. Xero is a great basic accounting solution in the cloud that can also be used equally well on Macs and WIndows, and offers endless customization and flexibility through its extensive third-party app integration for almost any need.
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    Paychex Inc.
    SurePayroll offers a comparable service at a better rate. They are better designed for small companies who need to save money any way they can. Their fees are more appropriate than ADP but the service offerings are just as good.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Priority Software
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    Paychex Inc.
    In retrospect, I wouldn't change anything.
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    Professional Services
    Priority Software
    No answers on this topic
    Paychex Inc.
    We were able to calculate different hourly numbers when we completed Certified Payroll for professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    Priority Software
    • Increased employee efficiency - Time is no longer spent switching between programs because all of the information can be found in one place.
    • Customer service has also improved because employees find the program much easier to use, even at the point of sale.
    • Better record keeping - AccountEdge has a very simple invoicing application that allows us to keep track of and balance our accounts.
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    Paychex Inc.
    • SurePayroll helps us process payroll quickly and effortlessly 97% of the time.
    • On the rare occasion when there is an issue SurePayroll needs to address, it can take hours and hours of time over many months to get that issue resolved. Through the process, SurePayroll employees have always been professional and courteous in their communication.
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