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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AQuickbooks Desktop for Mac is an accounting software designed for Mac users. It is designed to integrate with Apple iCloud. It provides core accounting features in line with the rest of the Quickbooks Desktop product line.N/A

    Workday Financial Management

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Financial Management is a cloud-based financial software platform built on an in-memory architecture and an object-oriented data model. The system unifies transaction processing, multidimensional reporting, and consolidation into a single environment accessible via web and mobile interfaces. Financial Operations and Automation The platform employs Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and specialized financial agents to manage core business cycles. These…N/A
    Pricing
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    8.9
    13 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    23 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pay calculation8.411 Ratings8.323 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.98 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.010 Ratings8.220 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Workday Financial Management
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    API for custom integration7.08 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.011 Ratings7.819 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Workday Financial Management
    9.0
    25 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Single sign-on capability10.022 Ratings9.225 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.019 Ratings8.823 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    6.7
    24 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Workday Financial Management
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards5.121 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Standard reports7.924 Ratings7.924 Ratings
    Custom reports7.024 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.6
    26 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Workday Financial Management
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Accounts payable8.126 Ratings7.518 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.725 Ratings6.918 Ratings
    Cash management5.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management8.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking7.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support5.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing10.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support5.08 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.615 Ratings7.419 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations9.519 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting6.511 Ratings7.719 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework6.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes6.915 Ratings7.920 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Workday Financial Management
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Inventory tracking9.516 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.512 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Location management6.911 Ratings6.810 Ratings
    Manufacturing module6.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac and Workday Financial Management
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Workday Financial Management
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pricing9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing9.119 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (34 ratings)
    8.4
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks Desktop for MacWorkday Financial Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    If you're a freelancer or running a very small business where you do your own bookkeeping I think this is a great option, especially if you're familiar with accounting and bookkeeping in general. If you're not so familiar with bookkeeping, I would say that the learning curve is too steep and you might want to look elsewhere for a more intuitive solution
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    Workday
    Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • The program is very easy to learn, the interface is incredibly user-friendly and there are tons of free resources and tutorials available
    • It makes managing payroll really easy for the employee and accountant on staff. No more lost time sheets or late paychecks!
    • Managing bills and paying them has become streamlined and it's great having everything in one place so we don't lose track of things.
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    Workday
    • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
    • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
    • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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    Cons
    Intuit
    • The #1 complaint is that setting it up right is a challenge. People waste time trying to figure it out only to realize that they don't know accounting so of course they don't know how an accounting program should be set up. Like any time you are in over your head, reach out to your network and find someone who can log onto your computer and walk you through it.
    • If you need to track the cost of wages to jobs you can't do it with the online payroll, but check for yourself because it's a function that landscaping companies and construction businesses usually need, so maybe they have added it by now. That would really help!
    • It's premise-based software and that means you take on the role of hardware admin, and it's a lot of work for what is increasingly becoming a smaller gap in the functionality between QuickBooks for Mac and QuickBooks Online.
    • QuickBooks for Mac 2015 has been updated consistently over the last 3 years and continues to provide for the bookkeeping needs of small companies using Macs in their offices. However, it has limited job costing functionality. It is similar in functionality to the 2010 version of QuickBooksPro which runs on Windows.
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    Workday
    • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
    • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Intuit
    I haven't spent that much time with the newer versions of QuickBooks for Mac, but I think I'm seeing it make the much-needed improvements. For example, something as simple as undoing the previous reconciliation was a terrible chore, and I'm glad that feature has been included in the newer versions of QuickBooks for Mac
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Intuit
    The Mac version is OK overall. I find the Windows versions to be much more robust but Mac is quite good for Mac users. Though I think die hard Mac users should consider QuickBooks Online instead as there is a new QB for Mac app that makes using QBO much better!
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    Workday
    Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Intuit
    I've been using the QuickBooks online version for a little over 6 months now (upgraded from Mac desktop) and I haven't had any access issues. There have been times when it was down for service/upgrade however there is always plenty of notification time given by the Quick Books Online Support team. These upgrade maintenance time frames are always over night hours and on the weekends so everything can be worked around very easily.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Intuit
    Fortunately, I haven't had to reach out much for support.
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    Workday
    Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    I love using Quickbooks compared to other software we've tried. QuickBooks Online and TSheets interface. Customer service and problem resolution are generally excellent, with well-trained and proficient agents taking calls or on chat. Ease of use and accessibility via the mobile app. Great courses were available to help with learning the basics and some advanced accounting background. I love learning! Online accessibility - it can work anywhere with an internet connection. Linking to bank and credit card accounts is handy.
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    Workday
    Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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    Return on Investment
    Intuit
    • It has allowed us to offer multiple bookkeeping softwares for clients that do not want to change from what they have been using.
    • Payroll filing has given us ease of mind because we can physically make the filings rather than waiting on payroll software to make them for us.
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    Workday
    • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
    • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
    • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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