SlickPie (discontinued) vs. Wave Accounting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SlickPie (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
SlickPie was free online accounting software designed for small businesses, offering online invoicing and billing, multicurrency, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, automatic payment reminders, and source document upload. SlickPie provided an automated data entry tool that let people use their phone cameras to convert the information from receipts and bill to digital data. It also enabled users to set up recurring invoices to…
$0
per account
Wave Accounting
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Wave Accounting is a free, cloud-based accounting platform exclusively for small businesses. It supports double-entry bookkeeping and permits unlimited user access, invoicing, and expense management. Wave Accounting integrates with Wave's invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing and payroll apps.N/A
Pricing
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0
per account
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Considered Both Products
SlickPie (discontinued)
Chose SlickPie (discontinued)
It is easier to use and it is free for freelancers or small organizations. It is the best application to start and those who don't want to invest money in handling accounting and printings things. it supports mobile platforms like android and iPhone, clouds and saas so it helps …
Wave Accounting

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
9.0
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Wave Accounting
8.5
13 Ratings
19% above category average
API for custom integration8.02 Ratings9.99 Ratings
Plug-ins10.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
8.5
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Wave Accounting
9.5
43 Ratings
19% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.02 Ratings9.730 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.01 Ratings9.334 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
8.5
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Wave Accounting
8.2
70 Ratings
8% above category average
Dashboards9.01 Ratings9.368 Ratings
Standard reports8.02 Ratings9.467 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings5.734 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
8.5
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Wave Accounting
6.8
73 Ratings
9% below category average
Accounts payable7.02 Ratings9.356 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.02 Ratings9.567 Ratings
Cash management9.02 Ratings9.359 Ratings
Bank reconciliation9.02 Ratings9.563 Ratings
Expense management9.01 Ratings9.561 Ratings
Multi-currency support9.01 Ratings10.019 Ratings
Multi-division support8.02 Ratings7.19 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.02 Ratings5.914 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings9.411 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings9.412 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings6.815 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings1.739 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings5.23 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings6.228 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings4.07 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings5.516 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings4.317 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
8.3
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Wave Accounting
7.6
52 Ratings
2% above category average
Pricing8.02 Ratings9.926 Ratings
Order entry8.01 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Credit card processing9.02 Ratings2.345 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings5.85 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
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Ratings
Wave Accounting
6.2
24 Ratings
19% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.123 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.220 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SlickPie (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Wave Accounting
8.1
11 Ratings
14% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings5.68 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Small Businesses
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed
Score 8.3 out of 10
Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 8.2 out of 10
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
3.6
(79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.2
(15 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
2.9
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
2.5
(12 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
SlickPie (discontinued)Wave Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
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In my opinion, SlickPie is best suited for small business owners and freelancers, especially service-based ones. If that's your case, then it's a no-brainer. However, if you are a bigger enterprise or if you are not a service-based business, then it might not be the best choice for you. Still, the software is free to use, so you might just give it a try anyway.
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Wave
Wave Accounting was used for a small practice without a lot of the accounting considerations a large company would have. For the price, you really can't beat what Wave offers out of the box. All of the basic tools for things like invoicing and expenses are all easy to use. End of year accounting is easy with exports of data.
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Pros
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  • It is free for freelancers or small business
  • Easy to use its dashboard
  • It save too much time for handeling Account related things.
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Wave
  • Reconciliation is very difficult with multiple Wave transactions that need to be deleted or merged before it can be matched to a bank transaction.
  • Payroll worked fine for us but took several days to get it set up. We have switched to another bookkeeping system and another payroll system. Canceling with Wave took several days and they charge $6 for something even though the month was paid for in advance.
  • Credit card processing is nice and worked fine for us.
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Cons
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  • Some more invoice templates would be nice.
  • Some more charts would be good too.
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Wave
  • I know that credit card processing is a way for Wave to make money, but I really wish they offered ACH payment on Invoices.
  • I do cash-based accounting, which means I have to make little journal entries at the start and end of each year to get my books to balance because Wave wants to do everything differently. This should just be a setting to flip, whether you want cash-based or accrual-based.
  • They use Yodlee for bank connection, which doesn't play nice with 2FA. Pretty much every time I log in I have to re-enter credentials, get a code sent to me, reauthenticate, and know that I'm going to have to do it again next week. Not really on Wave, but wish they could get it together nonetheless.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Wave
Easy to use for clients with no accounting background and the price is right.
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Usability
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It saved me and me lots of time. it is free for smaller organizations or freelancers. it has Android, iPhone and iPad support. It has many features for Account management related tools and features. we can upload documents, print as per requirements. it has other features like Billing & invoicing, contact database, cash Management which can help in many ways.
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Wave
I am a professional bookkeeper and I have no problems using Wave and all of it's features. I can see that certain individuals who have no accounting knowledge might struggle with a few different features and entries, but that is why Wave has an emphasis in connecting users to Wave Pro's who will walk them through things
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Reliability and Availability
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Wave
WAVE is always available when we need it ! Peter
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Performance
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Wave
Wave does tend to slow down when filtering your transactions screen especially by date. This is more of an issue when trying to trouble shoot certain transactions or clean-up a set of books.
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Support Rating
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It is a time saver for Account related things and it has a Billing & invoicing feature which helps us to generate bills and prints directly or share online. It has a very well designed dashboard where we can do our daily work. and it is free for freelancers and small companies so need to worry about money
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Wave
I never had to call Wave Support as we barely experienced any support-related problems on our side. However, I do know a few people that complained about Wave support. It would be nice as well, though if they could have more in your face tutorials for new users or how-to videos should we struggle to do something
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Online Training
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Wave
easy to use and east to train on ! Our WAVE clients enjoy the ease of use
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Alternatives Considered
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Before shifting to SlickPie I was using QBO, so I guess I'll list it as a competitor. However, since SlickPie offers me 80-90% of QBO's features for free I can't really say QBO is a relevant contender.
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Wave
Wave is FREE for most functions. Payment processing costs no matter where you go (as does payroll or taxes). Wave rises above tools like QuickBooks Online because they know that for our small firm, being nimble is the name of the game. We don't need exhaustive reporting and management like QB offers and we certainly don't want to pay for it
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Scalability
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Wave
Once they out grow what is ability to move up to a more robust system?
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Return on Investment
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  • It saves me around $500 in accounting software subscription per year.
  • It saves me around 4-5 hours a week in manual data entry (thanks to MagicBot).
  • It reduced the average time customers take to pay for my invoices.
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Wave
  • Wave has been ROI positive for our company. With not having to pay for the service we can use our money for growing our business.
  • The fees on credit card transactions for invoices are reasonable especially as we don't pay a monthly subscription.
  • The invoicing feature has made our lives easier for us and our customers. The invoicing piece and AR tracking has been ROI positive as well.
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ScreenShots

SlickPie (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Bank ReconciliationScreenshot of Add New InvoiceScreenshot of Bank AccountsScreenshot of InventoryScreenshot of Balance Sheet