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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

    Workato

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AWorkato is a cloud or on-premise automation and integration platform with enterprise-grade capabilities and no coding required. Workato provides pre-built connectors to integrate with over 300 business applications and enables task automation across apps.N/A
    Pricing
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Workato
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    145 Answers
    57%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    130 Answers
    50%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    120 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    126 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    7.9
    111 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration7.792 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.4
    205 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.4180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.3201 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    220 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.3208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.5220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.7211 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    228 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.4215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.5214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management8.5189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.1218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management8.5201 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking7.7107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support6.554 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support7.294 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.9119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.294 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.4194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting7.985 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.4107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework8.980 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.4148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.3
    88 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking6.388 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.8
    147 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing6.8108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry6.597 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.2126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of QuickBooks Online Advanced and Workato
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    -
    Ratings
    Workato
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings5.034 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.3 out of 10
    Make
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    IBM App Connect
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.5 out of 10
    TIBCO Integration (including BusinessWorks and Flogo)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks Online AdvancedWorkato
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (230 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (20 ratings)
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 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 AdvancedWorkato
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    Workato is brilliant to make separate applications work together without much effort or specialists being needed. When specific events on software A should trigger actions on B (or more) and you want that to happen without any development or big budgets, that's where Workato comes into play. It's a great help if you want tasks automated, communications flowing and data synced between different applications.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • The Workato product interface is brilliantly thought through and designed. The learning curve for first timers is easy enough to get started and build useful things, and Workato really shines in their ability to handle complex triggers and interactions. Workato allows people to build software apps so much faster than by coding each functionality.
    • Workato has fantastic documentation, making things accessible without any holes in the product. The product just works, never has any bugs, never lags, and just generally allows us to see and change exactly what we need to.
    • Workato has an absolutely amazing support team. We tried the free version for a while, then realized it was the single most important software tool we have, and we upgraded. The support at the paid tier is A+, seriously the best from any company we've worked with. Feels more like a good friend then a support rep.
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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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    Workato
    • Customer support - responsive, but often not equipped to help efficiently identify root cause of issue. Need to improve escalation to technical resources and turnaround time
    • Recipe organization and sharing. Can be challenging to copy recipes, or grab recipes from publicly available site. There are often dependencies and errors that have vague descriptions.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    We need to develop Enterprise Application Integrations and Workato was not designed for this
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    The sheer work Workato eliminates from people's daily jobs is simply a great contribution to people's productivity and a boost to capability. It actually strikes the balance between business and tech teams. It also reduces dependency on developers, and speeds up their delivery too. The only reason it's not a full 10/10 is for the price - it's a bit expensive for what we'd like, and their batch or high data volume processing can be improved.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    They employ an extremely knowledgeable team of problem solvers. I've never had a disappointing interaction or one that has left me still searching for answers. I know that when I ask for help, they'll partner with me until we find a solution together
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Intuit
    The online training is good enough.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    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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    Workato
    We discovered that we could not use Workato for our more complex, large enterprise integrations. It was useful for simple workflows that matched the prebuilt recipes.
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    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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    Workato
    We already used Zapier, but since it doesn't support NetSuite we had to choose another automation platform. Now that we've been using Workato for a few months, we have plans to move the stuff we're going through Zapier to Workato. We set up a trial account with all the other platforms, and they were all more expensive and A LOT more complicated than Workato.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    Software is very flexible
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • As business consultants, Workato has greatly improved our offerings to our clients as well as improved the time frame to implement automated workflows and integrations.
    • For our clients, the return on investment is almost immediate. Once a Workato recipe is up and running (which can be done very fast), data is integrating, duplicate data entry and user errors are eliminated, and cross-company KPI metrics are easier to report than ever.
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