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    QuickBooks Desktop Pro

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AQuickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.N/A

    SAP Business One

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.

    $99

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    QuickBooks Desktop ProSAP Business One
    Editions & Modules
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    Limited
    $99.00
    per month
    Starter
    $110.00
    per month
    Pro
    $132.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks Desktop ProSAP Business One
    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 ProSAP Business One
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    On my full time job, I work with an accounting software called SAP IRIS. There is really no flexibility within the SAP software because if you make a mistake, you have to call the support desk to get help. It is rare that you can fix something on your own. That is why I prefer …
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks Desktop ProSAP Business One
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.6
    69 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    12 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Pay calculation6.364 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.338 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Direct deposit files6.656 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.352 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.854 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.7
    43 Ratings
    28% below category average
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    40 Ratings
    27% above category average
    API for custom integration6.535 Ratings9.838 Ratings
    Plug-ins5.039 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    101 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    44 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.482 Ratings9.736 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.695 Ratings10.043 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    117 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Business One
    9.0
    45 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Dashboards8.4100 Ratings8.940 Ratings
    Standard reports8.9117 Ratings9.345 Ratings
    Custom reports8.1114 Ratings8.941 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Business One
    5.9
    46 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Accounts payable9.3119 Ratings9.846 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.2121 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Cash management9.2107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management9.4108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking7.351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management5.669 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support6.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support8.958 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.355 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal5.941 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support4.217 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.240 Ratings8.831 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting7.943 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations4.219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.876 Ratings9.638 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting6.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.647 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework5.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.555 Ratings9.641 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.8
    59 Ratings
    23% below category average
    SAP Business One
    9.4
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Inventory tracking6.056 Ratings9.745 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.035 Ratings9.931 Ratings
    Location management6.032 Ratings10.041 Ratings
    Manufacturing module5.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.8
    77 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pricing7.555 Ratings9.941 Ratings
    Order entry8.555 Ratings10.043 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.251 Ratings9.724 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.063 Ratings9.742 Ratings
    Order Orchestration5.220 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution5.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.4
    39 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings9.734 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings10.030 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    9.1
    17 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings9.810 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.4
    16 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings9.615 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings9.614 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings9.615 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.718 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings9.816 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    9.2
    21 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings9.719 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings9.715 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings9.817 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings9.817 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.625 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.121 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and SAP Business One
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    9.6
    19 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings9.317 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop ProSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (135 ratings)
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    4.6
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (42 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.2
    (29 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    2.8
    (24 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    8.5
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks Desktop ProSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    For a small business, QuickBooks Desktop Pro is great! For a larger, more complex business, another system may be more beneficial. We actually run multiple businesses on QuickBooks Desktop Pro, but all are very small. The help feature is sometimes so beneficial, and sometimes it seems like you just can't get the right answer and need to find a workaround - but this is usually for more complex issues.
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    SAP
    SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • It is easy to manage and adjust inventory on hand.
    • It is easy to make reports and customize them to your needs.
    • We also use it to pay our employees directly.
    • It is easy to make year-to-year comparisons to see where we can make improvements and the current financial situation.
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    SAP
    • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
    • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
    • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
    • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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    Cons
    Intuit
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro has been around for a few years and after an update[,] they force you to look at the changes/updates before you can use [them] after updating.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro does not have 2FA.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro should offer a way to store backups to a personal cloud without having to map a local network drive.
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    SAP
    • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
    • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
    • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Intuit
    I'd love to keep using it, and do intend to - though we've not been pleased with price increases over the past several years. In fact, we used to subscribe to the payroll service, but QuickBooks priced themselves out of reach for us, so we discontinued that. Currently, pricing would be the primary reason for NOT renewing, if we didn't.
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    SAP
    As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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    Usability
    Intuit
    The set up was quite easy. I took some online training causes, and figured our the rest pretty quickly. The only issue I had during the implementation process was it was very hard to change some of the GL Account name to reflect the needs of a non-profit organization, such as Net Assets. At the end I had to scratch what I did, and used the existing formats that the third-party bookkeeping firm shared. Everything else is simple and easy to manage and implement.
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    SAP
    I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Intuit
    I haven't experienced a time when QuickBooks Pro was unavailable when I needed it in the entire 20 years of using the software
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    SAP
    The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
    you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
    using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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    Performance
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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    Support Rating
    Intuit
    They are awful. Intuit doesn't spend real money on support. They appear to have typically said, first-level script readers who are sending messages to the senior people for anything even a little bit difficult. Many of them don't speak particularly good English. Considering that they recently doubled (or, if you are paying annually, tripled) their pricing, and touted as one of the benefits that it includes [..] support, it's a real ripoff. However, we have to use the product because it is ubiquitous. I look forward to the day a competitor comes up with something good enough, which has excellent support, that matches all the features QuickBooks Desktop Pro currently has [...] or at least gives us a way to have all the functionality we currently have without excessive sacrifice [...] so that we can switch. I was very satisfied with QuickBooks for many years. This latest [rise] in price, and their sheer gall at touting the benefit of the 100 to 200% increase as being [the] inclusion of support, is what turned me so far against them.
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    SAP
    I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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    In-Person Training
    Intuit
    Best thing I ever did was to attend a two day training seminar on QuickBooks, I learned an immense amount in a short time with hands on training by experts. I strongly recommend such training for anyone using any part of the software. It will pay for itself in the first month.
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    SAP
    The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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    Online Training
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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    Implementation Rating
    Intuit
    We implemented the software ourselves. The training we received on the software was done by taking a community course teaching us how to use QuickBooks. It allowed me to get started with some basics of how to use the program and have not needed much assistance since completing the course work.
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    SAP
    These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    We tried switching from QuickBooks Desktop Pro to QuickBooks Online, but there were a lot of issues and bugs so we ultimately decided to stay with Desktop Pro. Unfortunately, we are losing a lot of Online Banking capabilities on 5/31 as we have an older version of QB, but we plan to stick with Desktop Pro. In terms of invoicing, SaaSOptics beats QuickBooks in almost all aspects as it's all automated and takes seconds to create and send invoices. However, SaaSOptics is not really a full ERP program so it wouldn't serve us as a main bookkeeping software like QB.
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    SAP
    SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
    Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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    Return on Investment
    Intuit
    • Training time is low compared to other accounting packages
    • It was difficult to adapt to DCAA requirements, [which] required [the] hiring of [a] special consultant for that
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro is a standard for small companies and makes it easy to hire bookkeepers
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    SAP
    • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
    • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
    • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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