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What is Priority AccountEdge?

AccountEdge is a small business accounting software for Mac and Windows users. AccountEdge allows business owners to organize, process, and report on their financial information. Its features include accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory, and time billing.…

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What is Priority AccountEdge?

AccountEdge is a small business accounting software for Mac and Windows users. AccountEdge allows business owners to organize, process, and report on their financial information. Its features include accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory, and time…

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  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

6.6
Avg 7.4

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

5
Avg 7.6

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

9
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

9
Avg 7.8

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

7.2
Avg 7.5

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

8
Avg 7.5

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

8
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is Priority AccountEdge?

AccountEdge Pro is a complete small business accounting and management solution for a Mac or Windows office, with everything users need to make sales and purchases, run payroll, track and build inventory, bill for time, and manage contacts. 

The vendor says business can do the following with AccountEdge Pro:

Invoicing & Quotes

Create quotes, orders, and invoices for services, time, or items sold. Process payments on orders and invoices.

Banking

Spend and receive money, prepare bank deposits and electronic payments, print checks, and reconcile accounts.

Purchase Orders

Create and track your purchase orders and bills. Receive items, pay bills, and send payment notifications.

Time Billing

Bill for your activities based on customer, employee, or activity billing rates. Track employee hours with timesheets.

Pay Your Employees

Pay your employees directly, or sign up for Full Service Payroll. Keep track of vacation and sick time, 401K, and health care deductions.

Inventory

Track item locations, variations, and sell online. Build kits from individual items. Keep track of item details.

Sell Online

Sell items online with Shopify. Sync existing inventory items for sale online and download online orders directly to AccountEdge. No re-entry of data required.

AccountEdge Cloud

AccountEdge Cloud is a browser-based web application that allows users to create quotes, orders and invoices for items and activities.

Priority AccountEdge Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable
  • Supported: Bank reconciliation
  • Supported: Expense management
  • Supported: Time tracking
  • Supported: Multi-currency support
  • Supported: Multi-division support
  • Supported: Regulations compliance
  • Supported: Electronic tax filing

Inventory Management Features

  • Supported: Inventory tracking
  • Supported: Automatic reordering
  • Supported: Location management
  • Supported: Manufacturing module

Order Management Features

  • Supported: Pricing
  • Supported: Order entry
  • Supported: Credit card processing
  • Supported: Cost of goods sold

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports
  • Supported: Custom reports

Customization Features

  • Supported: Plug-ins

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: User-level audit trail

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Priority AccountEdge Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesUnited States, Canada
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

AccountEdge is a small business accounting software for Mac and Windows users. AccountEdge allows business owners to organize, process, and report on their financial information. Its features include accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory, and time billing. It was acquired by Priority Software in January 2018 to expand that company's small business portfolio.

QuickBooks Desktop for Mac, QuickBooks Online, and QuickBooks Desktop Premier are common alternatives for Priority AccountEdge.

Reviewers rate Pay calculation highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Priority AccountEdge are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

Priority AccountEdge Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)75%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)25%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)0%
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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AccountEdge works! well.

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 12, 2014
JD
Vetted Review
Verified User
Priority AccountEdge
7 years of experience
AccountEdge is our Accounting/Order entry software. It's used daily by upwards of 20 employees. All Mac's signing in through a remote desktop to a windows server where AccountEdge is hosted. A/E is extremely easy to use, has powerful reports, and great features. There is only one thing that would make it better, and that is if it were to have better support for Mac and not just Windows. The Mac app is not robust enough for our 20+ employee company, but that may be due to implementation, something that Acclivity should be helping us with, but hasn't contacted us to try and upgrade. Not sure we would anyhow, due to what our IT Department has said about A/E for Mac.
  • Strong Reports (P&L, Sales, Inventory)
  • Very Easy to Use
  • Easy implementation
  • Great UI for the Mac version
Cons
  • CRM, CRM, CRM. Make the CRM stronger. Something like "Chatter" for SalesForce would be a great addition...
  • UI for Windows version. Yuck. Usable, but ugly.
  • Mac Version needs more support. It should be able to handle all of my employees at once.
AccountEdge will work for any small business, and I am sure for enterprises as well. It needs to be made into a one-stop shop for everything from Accounting, Sales, and Marketing. Once this is done we would consolidate all of our services into one. Nonetheless, if you are looking for accounting software to run your business....this will be exactly what you need.

AccountEdge is the complete accounting software solution for Macintosh, if you need more than what other programs offer

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 21, 2015
BB
Vetted Review
Priority AccountEdge
20 years of experience
We use AccountEdge for accounting in our own bookkeeping services company and we also support clients who use it, most commonly on Mac computers, but also on Windows. It is ideal for those clients who need robust job costing and/or inventory, as well as integrated payroll that passes payroll costs through to jobs seamlessly. Other things it supports that its closest competitor, QuickBooks for Mac, does not are retainers and escrow accounts, multi-currency, and product variations in inventory like color, size, etc. One unique feature is a third way to categorize transactions, so that you can label a transaction with a job, a category (like classes in QuickBooks) and a department, all at once. I know of no other small business accounting software that offers that, on Mac or Windows. Finally, there is a mobile app as well as web browser access to be able to add transactions (like invoices for customers or expenses at the point of purchase) and to track time and then sync the data back to the company file. Employees can be given access to that feature without accessing any company information. It also integrates with Shopify web stores and their own Enstore web store software too!
  • Complete Macintosh accounting software solution
  • Robust inventory with price levels, quantity price breaks, and item assemblies
  • Robust Job costing including progress billing, budgets, and profitability
  • Mobile and web apps to add transactions from anywhere to sync back to your company file
  • Integrated payroll
  • Retainers and escrow accounts
  • Three levels of transactions categorization-jobs, categories, and departments
  • Multi-currency
  • Network capable for multiple simultaneous users
  • Ability to see profitability on an individual invoice
  • Company file can be transferred back and forth between Mac and Windows with NO conversion needed.
  • Can import text files of practically any kind of transaction
Cons
  • Less user-friendly than QuickBooks for Mac, though not by much
  • Reports lack some flexibility in choosing what items to include or filter, as well as sorting flexibility
  • Does not retain data from previous years by default, which has both advantages and disadvantages
It is well-suited to small to medium businesses who prefer Macs and have sophisticated accounting needs that are not handled by QuickBooks for Mac, like inventory, job costing, web store integration, and integrated payroll. It is especially helpful if non-accounting employees (and owners) need to do transactions and time tracking in the field and sync it back to the company file. However, it is not well-suited to micro businesses with owners who have limited accounting knowledge.

AccountEdge Pro's & Con's

Rating: 7 out of 10
July 09, 2014
VG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Priority AccountEdge
2 years of experience
Our organization uses AccountEdge for inventory, sales, accounting, and various business functions. It's currently used by all departments in our corporate office except Warehouse and Human Resources. It addresses business problems such as: inventory control, accounts receivable & payable, assets & liabilities, banking & budgeting/forecasting, etc.
  • User-friendly. The program is very well organized and laid out.
  • Easy to manipulate and customize.
  • There's room for error and mistakes can always be corrected.
Cons
  • Congruence with email systems.
  • Implementation of copy/paste functionality.
  • Addition of "share" button.
  • Addition of "work completed" or "history" for daily tasks and tracking.
It is well suited for a small business. Key questions to ask would be: what size company and level of data is to be managed?

AccountEdge, not worth the trouble.

Rating: 1 out of 10
October 12, 2015
JC
Vetted Review
Verified User
Priority AccountEdge
5 years of experience
We currently use AccountEdge for our company wide accounting resource, including AR/AP, Payroll and inventory management.
  • Job Costing.
  • Relatively simple to work with.
  • Good visual layout.
Cons
  • Poor customer support.
  • Buggy software.
  • No VPN support.
  • Weak reporting, with limited customization.
  • Not well integrated or supported by many other solutions.
  • Their mobile platform is absolutely horrible.
  • Their payroll solution is awkward, and buggy.
Given the poor customer support, lack of VPN and a worthwhile web solution, I would avoid it. We are looking at switching over to Xero as an alternative.

Longtime Advocate for AccountEdge

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 08, 2014
LG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Priority AccountEdge
10 years of experience
I used AccountEdge when I ran my own marketing company several years ago. I used many of the software features including SurePayroll which was their web based payroll solution. At the time we were running all Macintosh machines and operating systems. We had developed customized databases using FileMaker Pro and I was able to integrate my reports into that program by using MSExcel. The whole process took a little bit of time to set up, but once it was running, we had no problems with it for five years until our company closed. Now I have helped clients set up their Chart of Accounts and maintain their books in this program. I have been advocating AccountEdge over other accounting software, like QuickBooks, because it operates better on most systems and doesn't cause the kind of software conflicts that other brands do, especially when run on Macintosh systems. Unlike other accounting software you are able to get customer support from this company, not just their affiliates.
  • I really appreciate the integration of AccountEdge and SurePayroll. You can save a lot of payroll processing time by not entering payroll into two separate systems and also feel secure in knowing that your reports and tax liabilities are being properly and timely submitted.
  • I appreciate the fact that you can pick and choose your add-ons to this system. Some other account systems bulk up their software by attempting to make it do everything. It makes the system incredibly complicated and large. They are constantly coming out with new updates to deal with software and operating system compatibility problems. This really makes other software less productive.
  • As a bookkeeper who started out on ledgers and journals, I appreciate the fact that you can close out a year and not have access to it again. I see so many clients who use other software go back and change items in periods that they have reconciled and closed. This creates problems that they are unable to understand, let alone fix with journal entries and adjustments. This software was created by people who at least have a basic understanding of accounting principles.
  • AccountEdge reporting features are just as good if not better than any other accounting software. You are able to do all of the same functions as any of their competitors.
Cons
  • Navigating through the system could be a little easier. For the most part, it is intuitive, but it looks so different from what people are used to seeing that if I had to make one improvement, it would be that.
  • I haven't had to use their subscription support, but I heard it's a little expensive.
  • I do wish that it was a little easier to transfer data from one accounting system to another. I realize why software companies like QuickBooks make this more difficult, because their clients would jump ship immediately to more proficient programs like AccountEdge. But, there should be a easier way to migrate from one system to the next other than reentering all your transactions.
There seems to be more people looking for accounting software that is made to run on a Macintosh system. I think this is a good thing. Several decades ago I read an interview in Wired Magazine that said the future of the personal computing would gravitate to the service provider being responsible for security, hardware and software upgrades. Consumers would simply have a monitor in their homes that connected them to the internet and we would sign up for different needed services. This would make the service provider responsible for all the things that are frustrating and expensive for consumers to deal with now like; security issues, hardware upgrades, software updates, etc. This made sense to me and I do see things moving in that general direction. I feel like AccountEdge is well positioned to take this kind of a challenge on.
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