QuickBooks Desktop Premier vs. TermSync

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.N/A
TermSync
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
TermSync is a cloud-based accounts receivable management platform. It helps companies get paid faster, reduce administrative costs, and improve customer relationships. It works with clients’ existing accounting systems and can be up in running in a day or less. Companies can choose from various modules including invoice delivery, customer portals, collection workflow management, and advanced reporting & analytics. TermSync was acquired by French company Esker in January 2015.N/A
Pricing
QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
8.9
47 Ratings
17% above category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.529 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
1.3
20 Ratings
138% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
API for custom integration1.315 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins1.320 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.4
49 Ratings
8% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability4.843 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.040 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
6.8
57 Ratings
11% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Dashboards4.948 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.856 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.854 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.1
60 Ratings
4% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Accounts payable7.058 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash management8.054 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation8.057 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management6.156 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking5.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management5.139 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance1.819 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing10.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting7.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes4.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
2.9
36 Ratings
83% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking1.735 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering1.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing module1.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
7.0
38 Ratings
5% below category average
TermSync
-
Ratings
Pricing10.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold6.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Square 9 Softworks
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
Likelihood to Recommend
3.0
(63 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.3
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.1
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
QuickBooks Desktop PremierTermSync
Likelihood to Recommend
Intuit
QuickBooks Premier is not well suited to manufacturing industries, as it cannot handle the complicated inventory requirements of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Retailers and Wholesalers can use QuickBooks Premier as long as they have an add-on inventory tracking program or Point of Sale system that integrates with QuickBooks. Likewise, restaurants would need specialized restaurant software that integrates with QuickBooks Premier. Non-profits can use QuickBooks Premier non-profit edition, but if they use fund accounting, it will require some complicated work-arounds. QuickBooks Premier is well-suited to most construction trades, personal and professional services providers, small retailers, and rental property owners.
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Esker
If you are one person or managing 10, TermSync allows you to track what you and your team is working on. When to follow up with customers so that no one is missed. It allows you to see if each teammate is pulling their weight and getting done what needs to be done or if more help is needed. The Executive Metrics reports give you all the information for month end reporting and also shows you the weaknesses so you can motivate your team to excel in those areas.
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Pros
Intuit
  • The program is easy to learn and use. We can train our clients' personnel how to use the program with out difficulty.
  • It is easy for clients to generate bills and manage accounts receivable.
  • It is easy to manage accounts payable and allows clients to pay their bills electronically.
  • Transactions can be imported electronically for credit card and banking transactions.
  • It is easy to reconcile bank and credit card accounts.
  • We can import data generated by QuickBooks into our tax and accounting software.
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Esker
  • The dashboard makes it easy to organize my daily work and to track customer contacts.
  • TermSync makes it easy for our customers to communicate with us at a time the best works with their schedule.
  • I love the credit reference reports. This saves us all the time of printing, completing and faxing credit reference reports.
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Cons
Intuit
  • I would like to be able to choose how i want to view accounts receivable aging. I would like some flexibility to sort and choose how to present the data.
  • For a seasoned accountant, I would like to see some of the restrictive controls that are in place for novices to be able to be relaxed so that I can easily make some entries and adjust some balances that ordinarily a regular user would not be able to do.
  • I would like to see an easy way to clear old outstanding checks that need to be reversed without affecting prior balances/history.
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Esker
  • Reporting. It is hard for TermSync to create a report for every business type out there so you may need to have some things customized, but they are always willing to assist.
  • The requirements needed to accept payments online requires some information that larger companies may not want to give out.
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Likelihood to Renew
Intuit
Because we have been extremely happy with the product and our organization tends to be creatures of habit. We rarely leave a product that works this well for the latest and greatest. Typically we follow the "if it's not broken, don't fix it rule". While QB does make changes we typically just roll with it. If we do find something we don't like we work through it until we fully understand its functionality.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Usability
Intuit
QuickBooks is an amazing tool that provides all of the necessary features needed to run the finances of a company. I would like for QuickBooks to provide better resources for training. There are many features that go unused because of lack of knowledge. Procore offers chatting and calls on their platform and they make it easy and accessible to get answers and solutions.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Intuit
This is very reliable software, the desktop version is fast. If there is a problem, it is most likely on your own hardware!
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Performance
Intuit
It takes forever to load.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Intuit
This is an awesome product and the support team is very knowledgeable. The product is mature, so there are not a lot of bugs and the support team really solves problems quickly. Usually it is a user error issue, but the support desk helps me out. I love the fact that it is US based support.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Intuit
It is important to do your research. There are tutorial videos online that could help new user of this accounting system. These tutorials are straightforward and easily understandable.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Intuit
QuickBooks Premier handles most of my business functions efficiently in one package. It is not my "everything." I use Replicon for time rather than QuickBooks. I don't want my WIP data interfering with my accounting. I use PaySimple for it's web interface and back office processing. I don't have security issues since I don't have any credit card data in my possession. With today's identity theft environment, I have to protect myself as much as I can. Not having credit card data in my accounting software lets me sleep much better at night. Quicken will do basic accounting but does not have all the double entry accounting systems contained in QuickBooks. QuickBooks Online does much of the basic business functions but I don't like the pricing structure. As a professional accountant, that is very important to me. Bill.com provided a good service but the ability of QuickBooks to add bills and receipts to transactions makes it redundant.
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Esker
When researching for this type of product, I did reach out to other vendors. I worked closely with Billtrust in the past and they were lacking in this area when I was ready to make my move. It is my understanding that they have something very robust in the works but I can't say where that will fall on the cost spectrum. By comparison, other companies, like Get Paid had priced themselves right out of our market. TermSync gave us the tools we needed at a price we could afford in the least amount of time and very little assistance from our IT Group, which was a big relief.
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Scalability
Intuit
They're getting better. Still room for improvement.
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Esker
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Intuit
  • Since our financials are kept very up to date, it helps us compare our financial results to prior years and it is used for our internal goal setting.
  • Due to the accountant copy function, we are able to provide better service since our clients are not waiting on us to fix historical data. They can continue their operations uninterrupted.
  • The import feature certainly speeds up the process of accounting for our payroll. As previously mentioned, it takes about a minute to do our entries for payroll and check them.
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Esker
  • Our over 60 day list has been reduced by more than 100 accounts.
  • Our DSO is consistently trending lower.
  • All of the customer notes are stored in one place saving time for everyone.
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