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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATagetik is a corporate performance management solution that unifies budgeting, financial planning, consolidation and management reporting. Tagetik is offered as SaaS, on a private cloud, or on-premise, and can migrate between deployments as needed.N/A
    Pricing
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
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    Wolters Kluwer
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.6
    69 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation6.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files6.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.352 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.754 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.7
    43 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration6.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins5.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    101 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.482 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.695 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    117 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.4100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.9117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.3119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.2121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management9.2107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management9.4108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking7.451 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 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.240 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting7.943 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations4.219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting6.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.647 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework5.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.8
    59 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking6.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management6.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module5.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.8
    77 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing7.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration5.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution5.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.1
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    7.4
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.623 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.123 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.4
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.910 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.8
    23 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.216 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    6.1
    9 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.235 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.143 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.8
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.940 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.337 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings8.630 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.944 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.236 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.150 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.2
    31 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.624 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.2
    47 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings9.145 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings9.131 Ratings
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    Score4.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (135 ratings)
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (42 ratings)
    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.2
    (29 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    8.5
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks Desktop ProWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    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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    Wolters Kluwer
    Scenarios where CCH Tagetik is suitable is when a company have large amounts of data and want to transform, consolidate, store and produce reporting in different year, period etc with complex calculations and allocation. Tagetik is the tool for you in this case and it's very flexible in terms of creating your own business rule, calculation and reporting options with a user friendly interface. I have not thought about scenarios where it is not appropriate to use tagetik yet as the tool covers small and large business financial needs
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Processes are clearly described in CCH Tagetik ; users can easily find where they are and which action they have to make
    • Interaction with Excel is really fluid ; the Excel add-in is easy to deploy and to updgrade, in the hand of users. It is reliable provided the internet connection is fast.
    • Managing hierachies is obvious in CCH Tagetik. Hierarchies are fundamental for a good reporting ; CCH Tagetik has obviously a deep experience of this feature.
    • SaaS : our experience with CCH Tagetik is of only 1 year, but it technically performs well, the system is reponsive, no shut-down, and updates (every quarter) do not disturb production.
    • AIH seems to be able to manage very large quantity of data, and to provide advanced analysis functionalities. We did not have time to explore them.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Online help and manual is a bonus but could be improved e.g. the clarity of English explanations.
    • Improved Excel compatibility e.g. formula driven reporting and dash boarding.
    • Mobile phone connectivity e.g. launching a consolidation from a Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik app.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    Because in my oppinion Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik is one of the most usable tools for consolidation, planning (controlling) and reporting. Its usability is quite easy and innovative. I like the data entry method for the customers with its workflow and tasks, quite easy way to implement a co pilot. And i like the reporting tool, with a lot of customization opportunities.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    Surprisingly, this platform is a powerhouse ERP system. However, given time, when more and more organization is able to identify how powerful this tool can be, CCH Tagetik is able to stand as a competitive advantage to many of the Financial industry of today. Although, it needs time to understand the logic behind how CCH Tagetik is formed and setup, once it is known to the user, it is an easy day to day operations with minimal maintenance.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    CCH Tagetik has alwyas been there in case we need help. In almost 20 years of commercial relationship, I have no evidence of times in which they were not available to answer a question or to solve an issue linked to their products, timely and efficiently.
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    Performance
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    As you can see, speed depends on the applications but also on the hardware that runs them. As far as CCH Tagetik improved, we saw the benefit of a cloud-based solution which could solve many speed performance issues.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    I got very quick respons. After very little mail iterations, they decided to have online meeting to look together with me to the issue. They tried to solve it during the meeting. I had the impression that the customer care person really knew the system and was able to ask help from other colleagues when needed
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    At the official deployment of the original product Controlling and Accounting teams went to Lucca and were walked through the product, Excel usage, Design, ETL run
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    Online Training
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    several times since the deployment of the product in 2013 we got on-line training on new functions or on very specific questions/issues (e.g. ETL customisation), followed by the usage of the Learning Hub since 2025
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    we did it in a coaching model. This allowed us to have 2 key advantages: we got to know the system very well and managed to save on the implementation cost. This worked well, was maybe a bit slower since we had to do this in our spare time. Nevertheless I strongly recommand
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    I found the Excel piece of IBM Cognos TM1 to be easier to use than CCH Tagetik. It was much easier to customize the data being pulled and the feel of the reports because of that. Other than that, CCH Tagetik has been more user friendly than IBM Cognos TM1. Navigating within the application is much easier. IBM Cognos TM1 had a lot of issues with certain modules that could not be open concurrently; this would often lead to phantom data being entered in the system. I have not had these issues with CCH Tagetik.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    A good and performing scalability both on a geographical and a legal entity scale. The link with MS Office suite allows an easy deployment of the application, especially for contributors.
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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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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Gave us a tool that can absolutely grow with us to help multi phase implementations.
    • A significant time savings in terms of the amount of time we used to spend running reports vs. the time we spend now. Unbelievable improvement.
    • Gives us the option to use CCH Tagetik to solve business problems that perhaps we didn't have when we implemented CCH Tagetik. It gives us options without the possibility of implementing a whole other software package.
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