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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    QuickBooks Online

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.

    $38

    per month

    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
    Pricing
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Editions & Modules
    Simple Start
    $38
    per month
    Essentials
    $75
    per month
    Plus
    $115
    per month
    Advanced
    $275
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    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
    Accounting, bank management, and expense management are long-time normed and standardized processes. So we did expect very little difference, and very little effort to swap between these software suites. We were surprised that there are much more differences. These deviations …
    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
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    We used to use the standard business version of QuickBooks Online but by moving to QuickBooks Online Advanced, we were able to streamline our costing of our goods and services, saving tons of time at the end of the year addressing what our COGS are.
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Quickbooks online advanced is much simple and easier to use, so it fits better to the ticket of our small non-profit organization needs. The other options are either, or both, more pricy and complicated than the QuickBooks Online Advanced. For example, the implementation for …
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    We chose to upgrade for the BackUp / Restore feature
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    I enjoy QBO Advanced more than Desktop mainly because of the flexibility QBO Advanced offers over QB Desktop. Its also more up to date, and as newer and newer programs and features are created QBO Advanced, always stays ontop of those improvements. It is also extremely helpful …
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    I have not used other accounting and finance software for the business. I usually use an Excel spreadsheet to record all my transactions. However, it was sometimes chaos. Therefore, when my supervisor encouraged us to use the QuickBooks Online Advanced, I was extremely …
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    I only use QuickBooks with my clients - both online and desktop. Some clients are moving in from Excel - it is incredible how much better they are to manage their businesses when entering data consistently!
    Incentivized
    Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Quickbooks Advanced Online gives the admin more ways to control access and also more ways to set up the chart of accounts. The fathom reporting looks like it will make the presentation of the 4 companies much easier although we haven't had the time to set up the reports due to …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    129 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    169 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    124 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    151 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    172 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    138 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    117 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    147 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.7
    126 Ratings
    2% above category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.1105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.778 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.885 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.1
    117 Ratings
    7% below category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.2
    129 Ratings
    8% above category average
    API for custom integration7.197 Ratings8.1107 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.198 Ratings8.3112 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    8.2
    192 Ratings
    1% above category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.6
    226 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.3157 Ratings8.7199 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.1182 Ratings8.5221 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    8.0
    218 Ratings
    2% above category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.3
    242 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards8.1205 Ratings8.4228 Ratings
    Standard reports8.2212 Ratings8.6242 Ratings
    Custom reports7.7196 Ratings7.9233 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.8
    235 Ratings
    2% above category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    8.3
    252 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Accounts payable8.5201 Ratings8.5236 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.6218 Ratings8.6237 Ratings
    Cash management8.0199 Ratings8.6209 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.1224 Ratings9.2239 Ratings
    Expense management8.3207 Ratings8.6223 Ratings
    Time tracking6.998 Ratings7.7120 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.899 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.549 Ratings6.461 Ratings
    Multi-division support7.381 Ratings7.2105 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.080 Ratings8.5114 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.0118 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.4127 Ratings8.2134 Ratings
    Global Financial Support6.441 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.972 Ratings8.4109 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting7.773 Ratings8.3109 Ratings
    Localizations7.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.5147 Ratings8.5216 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting7.163 Ratings7.897 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.789 Ratings8.6122 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework7.560 Ratings9.096 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.7109 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    6.8
    90 Ratings
    7% below category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.2
    96 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Inventory tracking6.585 Ratings6.296 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management7.254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module6.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Advanced
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.7
    144 Ratings
    5% above category average
    QuickBooks Online Advanced
    6.8
    158 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pricing7.991 Ratings6.7114 Ratings
    Order entry7.787 Ratings6.5103 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.3111 Ratings7.1137 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility7.750 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution7.443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4 out of 10
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (253 ratings)
    8.0
    (254 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (27 ratings)
    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (168 ratings)
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (70 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.4
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.4
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Online Advanced
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    QBO is a great solution for small and midsize companies. If the goal is to record all transactions and pull reliable financial reports, QBO is a great option. QBO is also a great solution if most operations are run in a system like Ramp. It syncs well with systems like that and turns the data into something management can use to make decisions. QBO is great because so many people use it. It is easy to find training online, and many people have experience with it.
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    Intuit
    QBO has been around so long that there are tons of resources to learn and execute for different businesses. It can handle many types of businesses and is very versatile. I liked its ability to get very granular with the flips I was doing, so I could understand how much money was being spent on different phases, materials, and subcontractors.
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • Workflows for accounts payable invoice review are terrific.
    • Bill payment allows you to pay vendors online via ACH or check without having to write a physical check, which reduces admin time.
    • The cloud based login lends well to a remote or hybrid work environment for staff.
    • QuickBooks Online allows you to pre-configure vendors' general ledger expense accounts. This helps with general ledger coding accuracy and consistency.
    • QuickBooks Online integrates with Rippling HRIS, Coast, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, etc., which lends well to an efficient month-end closing and reduced administrative time.
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    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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    Cons
    Intuit
    • I dislike that the online bill pay option through QuickBooks is required for their invoicing.
    • The auto-fill portion of the customer setup, specifically the company name, is listed, but it also auto-fills in the name portion, which is inconvenient and time-consuming to remove.
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    Intuit
    • I would like a manual with instructions for specific tasks, organized by index. That would greatly help novices coming to QuickBooks Online and learning its features. Since bookkeepers are old school (we rely on the same functions we were trained on), we need consistency and easy-to-read instructions.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Intuit
    It like the product 'right out of the box' and I trust Intuit will continually improve it over the years based on my experience with their desktop products. The large providers of Apps makes customizing the entire package relatively easy and seamless for a wide variety of business types.
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    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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    Usability
    Intuit
    Beyond being overkill for a small org's needs, QBO is constantly stealing screen real estate and attention by hammering users for account upgrades, connecting to one of their approved consultants or buying add-ons. The idea of using a simple configurable bookeeping and light accounting interface is completely missing. At the very least, we should be able to hide functions like inventory that we will never use.
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    Intuit
    We have rarely had outages in the last 10 years. I can only recall 2 times in the last 10 years where we were not able to access our client files.
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    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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    Performance
    Intuit
    Everything process has its bugs lately with the new interface. Nothing has worked smoothly since this all began last month.
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    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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    Support Rating
    Intuit
    In my experience, most representatives keep me on the phone for hours, literally, for a single issue and then usually cannot resolve it satisfactorily. I have 10 open cases that need resolution and, in my experience, there has been NO follow-up communication on any of them.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    The online training is good enough.
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    Implementation Rating
    Intuit
    The person in charge of QB needs to be very accurate with record keeping and is recommended to stay on top of tasks. The biggest issue we have is reconciliation, and those issues occur only when too much time has occurred between reconciliations
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    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    As a freelance bookkeeper, the Desktop version of QuickBooks Online doesn't allow for ease of access from any device. Having to be on a computer with the software downloaded creates additional work to gain access to all required filings etc. Also, I personally find the linking functionality on the Online version to be much more streamlined and user friendly.
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    Intuit
    QuickBooks is much better and the industry leader. Has all the tools needed, and was already familiar with the service level as well as support. Any other product would require a high amount of learning to get back up to speed. Wanted the simplest option that required the least amount of hassle.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    As we have grown along our professional path, we have also expanded our use of QB. The scalability is easy and features seem to be waiting for you until you need them. We have increased profits by over 10x from our first year in business to the current and have yet to find a reason to look elsewhere
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    Intuit
    Software is very flexible
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    Return on Investment
    Intuit
    • QuickBooks has given us a useful portal by which to get an overview of our financials.
    • QuickBooks has given us a relatively easy way to send out invoices quickly and efficiently.
    • Due to the customization limitations on QuickBooks, we've had to get creative in third-party implementations to better represent our brand and to track financials.
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    Intuit
    • We have been able to back up our payroll function using QBO Advanced, whereas before our payroll was handled precariously by only one person.
    • We have seen better reporting that has led to 5X faster distribution of reports to management.
    • We have been more easily able to pay taxes, and trust that our reporting is accurate.
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    ScreenShots

    QuickBooks Online Screenshots

    Screenshot of the accounting and bank transactions interfaceScreenshot of an overview of the accounting inventoryScreenshot of book marksScreenshot of the business tax overviewScreenshot of the customer hubScreenshot of the dashboard