QuickBooks Self-Employed vs. Workday Financial Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QuickBooks Self-Employed
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Workday Financial Management
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Workday Financial Management is built on a global foundation that provides organizations with the core financial management capabilities expected from a modern cloud solution. It goes well beyond just managing financial processes to achieve greater insight, improve financial consolidation and reduce time to close, instill internal control and auditability, and achieve consistency across global operations. By using an in-memory architecture and object data model,…N/A
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QuickBooks Self-EmployedWorkday Financial Management
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
QuickBooks Self-EmployedWorkday Financial Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
7.8
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.3
18 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation10.02 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Benefit plan administration5.02 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.03 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
5 Ratings
35% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.3
16 Ratings
13% above category average
API for custom integration10.04 Ratings8.314 Ratings
Plug-ins10.04 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
8 Ratings
22% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.8
20 Ratings
8% above category average
Single sign-on capability10.08 Ratings8.720 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings8.818 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
14 Ratings
27% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.5
23 Ratings
20% above category average
Dashboards10.012 Ratings8.423 Ratings
Standard reports10.014 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Custom reports10.08 Ratings8.418 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
15 Ratings
30% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.5
19 Ratings
11% above category average
Accounts payable10.09 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Accounts receivable10.010 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Cash management10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support10.02 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers10.02 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations10.06 Ratings8.813 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting10.04 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes10.05 Ratings8.916 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
3 Ratings
35% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.7
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Inventory tracking10.03 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.03 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Location management10.03 Ratings8.68 Ratings
Manufacturing module10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Self-Employed
10.0
5 Ratings
30% above category average
Workday Financial Management
9.1
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Pricing10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing10.05 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
QuickBooks Self-EmployedWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(15 ratings)
8.6
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(2 ratings)
9.5
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
QuickBooks Self-EmployedWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Workday
Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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Pros
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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Workday
  • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
  • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
  • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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Cons
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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Workday
  • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
  • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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Usability
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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Workday
Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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Support Rating
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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Workday
Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Workday
Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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Return on Investment
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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Workday
  • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
  • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
  • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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