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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Quadient Accounts Payable

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AQuadient Accounts Payable by Beanworks is an accounts payable solution that uses custom rules to automate and show every step of an organization's AP workflow, and is used to route POs, invoices, and payment approvals.N/A

    ZipBooks

    Score7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    ZipBooks is an accounting software solution for small business owners and accountants. Users can track expenses, manage their team, send recurring invoices and manage projects.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    ZipBooks Starter
    $0
    ZipBooks Smarter
    $15
    ZipBooks Sophisticated
    $35
    ZipBooks Accountant
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Considered Both Products
    Quadient
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    ZipBooks
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    ZipBooks
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies8.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail7.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    9% above category average
    ZipBooks
    -
    Ratings
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes8.114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vendor Management7.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    -
    Ratings
    ZipBooks
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    -
    Ratings
    ZipBooks
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.74 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    -
    Ratings
    ZipBooks
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    -
    Ratings
    ZipBooks
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Quadient Accounts Payable and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Quadient Accounts Payable
    -
    Ratings
    ZipBooks
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Credit card processing00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Quadient Accounts PayableZipBooks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Quadient
    Use it when you have a small workforce or handle most tasks alone. It's an ecosystem of relationships, and explaining the relationships between components can be hard for others. Like approval channels setup and how it affects invoice coding for approval. Better to separate these aspects between the admin and the clerk. Incredibly helpful in evaluating your workload and planning weekly check runs. Allows you to see far ahead what's coming down the pipeline and course-correct as appropriate. Seamless sync with QuickBooks. Great customer service, always responding promptly and on point.
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    ZipBooks is really strong for small businesses (and non-profits like the ones I help manage). It may not yet be ready to handle medium or large businesses given the deep, niche functionality that is sometimes required in those cases.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Quadient
    • GL Coding
    • Approval System
    • Updates
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    ZipBooks
    • Invoicing is particularly easy-to-use, quick, clean and beautiful. GREAT for branding.
    • The time tracker was unexpected, but very useful and integrates well with the invoicing. Leads to quick invoicing every time.
    • Customer support is phenomenal -- the support staff is friendly and helpful.
    • Although they are a new company, they are definitely on the right track!
    • I recommend this software to clients, colleagues, and friends alike, mostly for it quick and beautiful invoicing.
    • They do what they can to live up to their name! It doesn't take very long to get set up, or very long to create a complete invoice and send it to the right person.
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    Cons
    Quadient
    • I wish the export function allowed more options for the posting date of invoices. All invoices have the same posting date once they reach Sage 300, but this must be changed when they reach the transaction file. We should have the option of using the invoice date as the posting date or a selected date.
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    • There is some difficulty with a need to learn the use of the menus, they are not open and click, at the moment, the user needs to open the menu then using the pad keys scroll down and use enter to select from the drop-down menu. A mouse does not work.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Quadient
    At this time we don't really need to review the use of the program. In the future as we grow with new partnerships, purchases and expenses and revenue we may at some point look at reviewing our use but for now and the immediate future there is no need to review such
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Quadient
    It's a fairly simple and easy to understand product. it is very intuitive. we were able to have our entire staff up and running within a week of our go live date with limited training required. Once everyone learned how to use it, there hasn't been any questions or errors. the layout is logical and the filtering options are quick and easy to use
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Quadient
    These are all user friendly with great tracking. I can simply navigate through this program and reuse all the information. I like simple and fast programs because i need to move from one thing to another and this make that ease for me. i don't know how in would work with out it. thanks
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    I've primarily compared ZipBooks vs. Quickbooks because I've used Quickbooks at larger companies before. ZipBooks was the right fit for a smaller organization because it still had all the core features of Quickbooks but at a dramatically lower price that fits the budget.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Quadient
    • Saves manpower, but we don't track the numbers closely.
    • Improved transparency of approval and access to information.
    • Reliability and peace of mind.
    • Ease of operation
    Incentivized
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    ZipBooks
    • ZipBooks is entirely affordable, and with my current $15/mo payments, I get ROI pretty quickly.
    • Invoices are simple and easy to make, while staying beautiful and functional at the same time. This saves me TIME, which means that I don't need to spend 15-20 minutes fiddling with the software to make it do what I want it to do. It just works. And that means, I can spend more time doing client work, and managing projects and sales.
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    ScreenShots

    Quadient Accounts Payable Screenshots

    Screenshot of the expenses interface.Screenshot of a purchase order.

    ZipBooks Screenshots

    Screenshot of ZipBooks DashboardScreenshot of ZipBooks TransactionsScreenshot of ZipBooks InvoicingScreenshot of ZipBooks Accountant Messaging