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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    QuickBooks Online Advanced

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.N/A

    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)

    Score4.2 out of 10
    N/AA now discontinued accounting solution, QuickBooks Self-Employed featured tools to help the self-employed drive growth and financial stability. It is replaced by the more advanced QuickBooks Solopreneur.N/A
    Pricing
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Quickbooks has made their other products frustrating to use by eliminating features. Their feature bundling is annoying, confusing, and frustrating. QuickBooks Online Advanced or Pro or whatever their next marketing/sales idea fills me with dread.
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    It's at the top of the list with all of the other products. I wouldn't go back to any of the other products after using Advance. The others are very well maintained and user-friendly however QuickBooks Online advance is the top-notch software for any business to sign up for.
    Incentivized
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    150 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    134 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    153 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    124 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    131 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    7.9
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    28% above category average
    API for custom integration7.796 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.0101 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.4
    210 Ratings
    3% above category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.4184 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.3206 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    225 Ratings
    5% above category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    14 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Dashboards8.3212 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Standard reports8.5225 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Custom reports7.7216 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    233 Ratings
    7% above category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    15 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Accounts payable8.4220 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.5219 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Cash management8.5193 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.1223 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Expense management8.5206 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Time tracking7.7110 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Multi-currency support6.557 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Multi-division support7.297 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.3103 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.8127 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.9121 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.297 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.099 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.4199 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting7.988 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.4111 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework8.985 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.4151 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.3
    91 Ratings
    14% below category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Inventory tracking6.391 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.8
    150 Ratings
    8% below category average
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Pricing6.8110 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Order entry6.599 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.2129 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    Score4.2 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (235 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedQuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    Well suited for a larger company with many classes that need to be differentiated. It is relatively intuitive to use, whether you have used other versions of QuickBooks, or any other accounting software. Easy to dig into your accounts from wither the Balance Sheet or the Profit and Loss when trying to analyze performance.
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    Intuit
    QuickBooks is a great tool for new SoleTraders that need basic accounting software and require digital invoicing for their clients to send via email and access key features via a mobile app on the go. QuickBooks is a straightforward tool to use with a simple design and learning curve for business owners that are not very tech-savvy. For businesses that operate on a larger scale and need to provide access to other users on their team, QuickBooks is limited. This type of business may also require more insights into the business outside of accounting, and QuickBooks won't be able to supply insights outside of that.
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • Budgeting is easy to input. Our entities have multiple departments, so using classes to separate and report the results of each department is important.
    • Reports are easy to customize to provide meaningful data to the board and department managers.
    • QuickBooks Online Advanced has a large market share of accounting software in use, so it is relatively easy to find new employees with prior experience with QuickBooks Online Advanced.
    • Able to open both entities at the same time, which is helpful due to the number of transactions between the two entities.
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    Intuit
    • QuickBooks Self-Employed does keep a running total of your income and estimated taxes. Of course, this requires that your entries are accurate.
    • The mileage feature is particularly helpful. One just needs to either use the phone app in conjunction with QuickBooks Self-Employed, or keep a log of all mileage.
    • When tax time comes around, it's easy to use TurboTax software and import your data from QuickBooks.
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    Cons
    Intuit
    • Continued growth around AI usage and tool.
    • There are still some reporting gaps that make setting up custom reports not absolutely top-tier.
    • There can be a lot of UI clutter as different features keep getting turned on. Can become harder to navigate.
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    Intuit
    • Doesn't integrate with Mint, which I use for my home expenses. I think this would be a nice addition to the program, so I could keep track of my whole financial situation.
    • A Windows 10 app would be a nice addition to the program, so I could access it securely from my desktop.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Intuit
    It has become second nature to use Quick Books at the company. If you need a report you log in and pull the report. It helps expedite reconciliation of bank accounts, the automation of most tasks make it easy to get mundane tasks completed quickly.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Intuit
    QuickBooks Online Advanced is highly usable and intuitive for most day-to-day financial tasks. Its interface is clear, and core functions such as invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting are easy to perform. While some advanced features like report customization or integrations can be less straightforward, overall the platform offers a smooth and efficient user experience.
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    Intuit
    I have been using this software for several years now and it has always put out my data in beautiful generated reports that I can use for verification purposes with my financial institute and the IRS. It has all the tools I need to run my business without loosing track of anything
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    Reliability and Availability
    Intuit
    In the 5 years I have been using it, I cannot recall there ever having been an outage or not being able to access the system. Sure, there are issues with internet speeds sometimes that are unrelated to Intuit but it is a very reliable system.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Intuit
    Since we do not integrate the software with other systems, I do not have any issues with speed related to that. Pages tend to load pretty quickly, but there are times when reports or other pages take a little longer to load than usual. It is not an overly frustrating amount of time, though, and it happens infrequently.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    I have never faced any difficulties that required me to contact QuickBooks customer service. QuickBooks has plenty of online tutorials, blog posts, and helpful tips and advice for almost any issues you may face using the desktop or app version of the software. Even if you can not find the right answer on the QuickBooks webpages, there are loads of YouTube videos from experts.
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    Online Training
    Intuit
    The online training is good enough.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Intuit
    I did not participate in this part particularly much. The implementation was simple and easy to perform. There were not any major issues that arose during the process. QuickBooks has made the processes pretty streamless and I believe they had anticipated many difficulties ahead of time. This was easy enough
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    QBO is great because it does accounting very well, and it can integrate well with everything. I appreciate that it has third-party integrations with many other software companies, so we can focus on doing our accounting through QuickBooks while adding other software as needed through those integrations.
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    Intuit
    FreshBooks limited my ability to categorize transactions, specifically removing duplicates or excluding them. I selected QuickBooks Self-Employed because it allowed me to be in control of items. Sometimes accounting is just making sure things are organized the way YOU think, and FreshBooks wasn't doing that for me.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    Software is very flexible
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Intuit
    • Spreadsheet sync reduces manual data entry significantly. Exporting data into my customized Excel workbook that has complex formulas and macros for automating makes uploading changes and reconfiguring easy and convenient, saving a lot of time.
    • Automating AP approval has reduced lost paper copies, improved internal controls, and reduced audit findings.
    • Having banking connections has improved cash flow management, streamlined credit card expenses and reconciliation. I have found that utilizing it for my primary operating account actually makes things more difficult and can easily double-post payments, so I avoid using it on the checking account. It has been well for the credit card account, though.
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    Intuit
    • Overall, tagging expenses and mileage has saved me thousands in taxes, for a relatively low cost of around $8/mo.
    • QuickBooks allows me to get invoices to clients quickly and accept online payments, which helps with cashflow.
    • The app has stopped tracking mileage automatically on my device, so I worry that sometimes I am not tracking business miles effectively, which could end up costing me at the EOY.
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