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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

    Vista

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AViewpoint’s Vista is a construction accounting software. Vista’s core accounting features include accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, payroll and time management, and cash management. It also provides tools for document management, including document templates and reporting.N/A
    Pricing
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Editions & Modules
    Simple Start
    $38
    per month
    Essentials
    $75
    per month
    Plus
    $115
    per month
    Advanced
    $275
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prospective buyers may contact Viewpoint directly for a price quote.
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    Community Pulse
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Trimble Viewpoint
    Chose Vista
    There are more options and data kept in Vista that allows us to work on data-driven business decisions. Vista is flexible - we've had to create work arounds in some situations and we've been able to identify those quickly and easily.
    Incentivized
    Chose Vista
    The other softwares didn't have the integration components that Vista had. Vista had a better RoadMap for improvements.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    129 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    124 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100 Answers
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    117 Answers
    74%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.7
    125 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    8.0
    25 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pay calculation8.0114 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.962 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.1105 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.778 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.784 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.0
    116 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    API for custom integration6.996 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.198 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    8.2
    191 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    8.3
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.3156 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.1181 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    8.0
    217 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    8.3
    29 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Dashboards8.1204 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Standard reports8.3211 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Custom reports7.7195 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.8
    234 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    8.0
    18 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Accounts payable8.6200 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.6217 Ratings8.215 Ratings
    Cash management7.9198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation9.0223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management8.2206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking6.998 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.798 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support7.180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.979 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing8.0118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.3126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support6.541 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.972 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting7.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations7.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.5146 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting7.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.789 Ratings8.514 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework7.560 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.6108 Ratings7.317 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    6.8
    90 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.3
    6 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Inventory tracking6.685 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.947 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Location management7.254 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Manufacturing module6.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    7.7
    144 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pricing7.991 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Order entry7.787 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.3111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.0110 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.347 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility7.750 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution7.443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    -
    Ratings
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.6
    16 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings7.813 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.513 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings6.67 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings7.711 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    -
    Ratings
    Viewpoint Vista
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    -
    Ratings
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.1
    9 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    -
    Ratings
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.5
    8 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of QuickBooks Online and Viewpoint Vista
    Feature
    QuickBooks Online
    -
    Ratings
    Viewpoint Vista
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.2 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (252 ratings)
    8.6
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (27 ratings)
    6.8
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (167 ratings)
    8.1
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (70 ratings)
    7.1
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.4
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QuickBooks OnlineVista
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    The company has made a commitment to the use of the Vista products and continue to move forward trying to implement more with the Vista HR Management. From timekeeping to onboarding in the near future we strive to look for better ways to utilize the products for our accounting and payroll purposes.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • New employee on-boarding and personnel management
    • Full spectrum accounting management (AP/AR/Payroll)
    • Project management from contract award through project close-out
    • Data security management, reporting and anlysis
    • Equipment full lifespan management for costs, revenue and location tracking
    • User Database allows for built-in customization capabilities to fit the most unique business requirements
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • Their payroll module is terribly slow and very clunky.
    • Job costing parameters are very strict and limited.
    • Each module interface has too many forms and screens.
    • There is too much flexibility regarding where to put information into the system. There isn't one place to do anything, which creates confusion for staff.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    It is extremely customizable and tracks so many complicated costs very well, more-so than other construction software programs out there that we've used in the past. It is also not an easy program to use for those even slightly not comfortable with a computer. The help sections/knowledge base could be better organized and updated more. It is a very powerful software program for our business and we rely on it hugely to see how our projects are running in real-time.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    I think that Vista's is an easy program to use very user friendly with lots of help features to allow the user to fix an issue without having to put a support call into Vista. The reporting and exporting capability's are strong.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    Only issue is when there is an upgrade - it takes several times to get back logged in. Otherwise no issues with getting on to the program. We are set up on lap top or on the remote desk top. Works 90% of the time
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    No issue downloading the reports - I do find sometimes it is easier to export and save than it is to print to a pdf. Options on the different reports not consistent. You can print a couple projects on the JC Contract Status Report - but you have to do each project for the JC Cost by contract item - when neither one is a drill down - not a big deal
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    When privately owned, it was very good, then dropped when owned by Bane Capital Investments. Now that it has been bought by Trimble and has a home, support is back up again. Response time is better than most software companies, and the information provided is good. They have Chat support for quick answers, and a good Knowledge Base and video libraries.
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    In-Person Training
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Trimble Viewpoint
    I was not part of the in person training. I am assuming the training went well - but I did all my training through viewpoint academy.
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    Online Training
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Trimble Viewpoint
    Excellent training! They keep you on track to insure your implementation is going as planned. There are ample ways to receive additional training and training can be provided by position type. If you put on the effort, the training is there.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    The trainer Viewpoint sent did not understand the processes, he only knew where the modules were located. He had no understanding of the actual process itself.
    Incentivized
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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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    Trimble Viewpoint
    I personally have not used another ERP system other than Viewpoint Vista. I am sure there are others out there, but from listening to my managers experiences before Great Basin Industrial implemented Viewpoint, the other options were less superior to what Viewpoint offers. I think if you are looking for an ERP system in the construction industry, then Viewpoint is the way to go
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Trimble Viewpoint
    I wasn't part of the integration.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    For a small business - this program is well used in the accounting and operations. The two different work plans are set up for success. Alot of the programs we do not use - but like the reports that are generated - one disadvantage if you do not know crystal reports you cannot edit your form to meet your needs so there is a lot of printing different several forms to get all the information you need.
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    Professional Services
    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Trimble Viewpoint
    I wasn't part of the integration.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • Not sure I can speak to this as the company moved to Viewpoint before I began here. I think it is helpful for the Project Management and Superintendent staff to easily review how specific job items went, which we do in the PM contract drilldown analysis
    Incentivized
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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

    Vista Screenshots

    Screenshot of Job Cost AccountingScreenshot of Equipment ManagementScreenshot of Service ManagementScreenshot of Service Management Dispatch Board