QuickBooks Online vs. QuickBooks Commerce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QuickBooks Online
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks 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.
$15
per month
QuickBooks Commerce
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Commerce (formerly TradeGecko) is a cloud-based Order and Supply Chain Management platform. TradeGecko was acquired by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2020, and plans to sunset the resulting product were announced June 2021 (it will be discontinued as a standalone product in June, 2022).N/A
Pricing
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Editions & Modules
Self-Employed
$15
per month
Simple Start
$25
per month
Plus
$75
per month
Advanced
$150
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsMonthly and yearly subscriptions available to meet your business' needs. Cancel at anytime. Basic - $99/month Business - $249/month Business Premium - $449/month Enterprise - $999/month
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Community Pulse
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Considered Both Products
QuickBooks Online

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QuickBooks Commerce
Chose QuickBooks Commerce
QuickBooks Commerce does everything on the same platform....no need to pay for more than this!! Having QuickBooks Commerce saves money time and headaches with switching back and forth!!
Chose QuickBooks Commerce
Each of the applications has a specific place. We select and implement the best solutions for our clients based on their budget and requirements. This is often determined by integration requirements. We like to say that every application with do a different 95% of what you need …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
3.1
78 Ratings
83% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
-
Ratings
Pay calculation4.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration3.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files4.765 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management1.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management1.446 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
2.6
68 Ratings
92% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
-
Ratings
API for custom integration1.354 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins3.857 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
3.7
108 Ratings
72% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
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Ratings
Single sign-on capability3.081 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions4.5102 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
5.4
132 Ratings
34% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
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Ratings
Dashboards4.7124 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports5.4128 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.0116 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
3.8
143 Ratings
64% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
-
Ratings
Accounts payable5.4122 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable6.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash management6.2120 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation6.3137 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management5.5123 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking1.856 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management5.353 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support1.423 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support1.542 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance1.738 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing5.266 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal2.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support1.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers3.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting4.929 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations4.121 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations5.274 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting1.825 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting2.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework2.924 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes4.048 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
1.3
47 Ratings
138% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
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Ratings
Inventory tracking1.345 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering1.222 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management1.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing module1.317 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online
3.7
86 Ratings
67% below category average
QuickBooks Commerce
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Ratings
Pricing4.755 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry4.753 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing2.463 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold3.968 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration4.621 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility4.620 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution1.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Small Businesses
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Webgility
Webgility
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed
Score 8.3 out of 10
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 8.2 out of 10

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User Ratings
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Likelihood to Recommend
4.2
(161 ratings)
9.3
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.5
(24 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
4.1
(76 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
2.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
1.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
2.2
(68 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
3.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
1.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
1.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks Commerce
Likelihood to Recommend
Intuit
It seems Intuit is more interested in generating revenue than taking care of their customers. After only 28 (working) days using it, I've had to call for Help 23 times, and, in my experience, only spoken to 2 people who had an understanding of basic accounting practices and the ramifications of some of their suggested fixes on the General Ledger.
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Intuit
Using TradeGecko requires to the company to make compromises. Which compromises depends on the business, what they are using for other 3rd party applications and what they sell. You need to be very good with excel since you are able to upload and modify most files, which gives you major control over your data. They however need to modify the way in which new inventory items get loaded, as it is quite awkward if you use variants. 'Reports' as has been described prior has improved dramatically and most if not all can be downloaded in CSV/Excel format. This allows you to build your own reports with the data from the system. If your business is very complex in nature, TradeGecko probably isn't the system for you. If you are doing thousands of transactions a day, again this is not the system. However, if you are a small to smaller mid-sized business, the system, its cost and the 3rd party applications make it worth a first second and third look.
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Pros
Intuit
  • It enables me to do a P&L for each specific program as requested by the county for the grant money that they give us.
  • It enables me to do [an] organizational budget as well as a budget for each specific program
  • It enables the accountant and the auditor access at any time for transparency
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Intuit
  • Interface with WooCommerce.
  • Interface with Xero.
  • Maintain Perpetual Inventory (less than 0.001% difference in value of inventory in TG and Xero).
  • Works with ShipStation extremely well.
  • Works with major EDI vendors (with reservations).
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Cons
Intuit
  • The budgets feature leaves a lot be desired - difficult and clunky to populate and maintain.
  • Reporting for Budget vs Actual is available but the ability to reforecast based on updated data is not.
  • The rules function to default common types of expenses isn't perfect and will get confused if like amounts or a number of similar items present.
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Intuit
  • - Couldn't integrate with existing QBO account. Had to set up a new QBO account and transfer all data, create lots of journal entries - was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Caused some financial discrepancies to resolve.
  • - Have to process returns on Amazon and Shopify orders manually
  • - Tax-inclusive is not allowed - European sales are tax inclusive - can't import order with VAT included. Looks like the software is suitable for US only. Have to create such orders manually in Commerce and then manual journal entries in QBO
  • - Supports accrual accounting method only. In cash - it's a mess
  • - Support - not knowledgeable enough - I could only call for support (now they have chat) and they always had to get with the back-end and every call was not less than 1 hour. At the end I would get a link for the training materials
  • - Inventory not synching timely sometimes - I have a screenshot proving that inventory on our Amazon account was 0 but Commerce still had quantities, I had to manually press synch
  • - Shipping line from Shopify orders is not coded to Shipping income account but goes together with Sales of product income account
  • - When partial of the PO is received, not able to create a bill for the partial. There're only 2 settings: either bill created at the time of PO creation (for the whole PO amount - which increases your AP right away) or at the time the whole PO received. It works only when PO is shipped as a whole.
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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
TG works well for us.
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Usability
Intuit
While QuickBooks Online is generally easy to navigate, there are some features and functions that often require a Google search in order to find out where they are actually hidden. Additionally, there are some simple customization features that are surprisingly not available for an otherwise advanced program (e.g. only having a pool of 4 fonts to choose from, only having 4 very limited templates for invoicing, not color selection, etc). While I would say that about 75% of users shouldn't have a problem finding their way around with basic functions, there is a learning curve if you want to be able to dive into some of the more useful features, almost to the point that you need to have a dedicated account manager in order to use QuickBooks Online most effectively.
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Intuit
TG is good and easy to use, but could be improved
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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
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Performance
Intuit
There are tab issues. When I tab the field doesn't highlight and I have to backspace or delete what is in the field. Happens on the memo field and sometimes other fields. Very time consuming.
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Intuit
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Intuit
Support is great, all incidents been resolved. Quickbooks Online forum is very well organized and helpful. I like the fact that they let the community contribute in resolving issues. Most or many of your answers can be found online. You can also get help on YouTube, but the easiest way to get assistance is through their chat system.
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Intuit
Support team just sends links to blog posts that are often out of date.
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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
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Alternatives Considered
Intuit
I have used Wave Accounting for another business. I selected QuickBooks Online over Wave because of the features available from QuickBooks. Wave is great since it is free, but I feel that paying for QuickBooks Online is worth it for the features. In addition there is such a robust support network and training available for QuickBooks.
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Intuit
Each of the applications has a specific place. We select and implement the best solutions for our clients based on their budget and requirements. This is often determined by integration requirements. We like to say that every application with do a different 95% of what you need it to. There will always be a different 5% to forgo between applications.
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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
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Return on Investment
Intuit
  • It has created a lot of cost and in-efficiency whenever we need to talk to support.
  • I spent a lot of time setting up their automatic reminders for past due invoices and it worked for a couple of months and then it stopped. It's currently being worked on by their tech team but it has been months and it is still not working. It would have saved me a lot of time.
  • Their multi-currency saves time in sending invoices abroad but it's limiting when a customer wants an invoice in USD instead of a foreign currency so I have to set up different customer accounts for different currencies.
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Intuit
  • No real ROI - we're stilling pulling reports from multiple platforms.
  • Positive - segregation of wholesale and DTC orders in Shopify.
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