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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a widely-used accounting package designed for smaller organizations. It is the top of the QuickBooks line. Pricing starts at $3,000 for five users, and goes up depending on the number of additional users. They also offer an Advanced Inventory module for $999 / year.https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/ll/4h/1SCUH2WHQXSH.JPEGIntuitQuicksBooks keeps us on track2019-08-23T22:45:32.698ZQuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is used by our finance department for our entire organization. It allows us to invoice and make payments to our vendors. It organizes our payroll system and our online donations. We are able to pull custom detailed reports for our finance staff and our auditors.,We use QuickBooks in our day to day activities. To manage income/ revenue, we needed a system that could be robust and accurate. QuickBooks does that for us.
Due to the nature of our business, we work with many vendors. The invoicing feature assists us in maintaining records and sending invoices/ purchase orders in a timely manner. We can also track when and to whom these are sent to all in one place.
We have many departments that we manage. The reporting feature allows us to see all transactions and it can be broken down by department so we can see where things are going well and not so well. Also, we use the reporting features to communicate with each department the results of deposits, budgets and any transactions.,We import from other programs that are compatible with QuickBooks. Sometimes this can be challenging because if we do not create the import properly, the data can be brought in incorrectly or distorted. We then have to go in and manually change the data or delete the import and begin over.
Before we provide reports, we have to create a query that includes what data we need and the fields to include in the report. This requires a great attention to detail. If the detail is not correct, then the report can be wrong. When working with accounting, this is not good. We need our numbers to be accurate. If the queries were easier to create our reports would be more accurate.,9,QuickBooks streamlines our processes so we save time and money by using the product.
Secondly, we are able to manage thousands of accounts all in one place. We can track the deposit or payment date, method of payment, and pertinent information relating to the client... all in one place. Our investment has been returned to us two fold. Lastly, we use QuickBooks as a management tool for our everyday activities and transactions. It is a "database" of information relating to our financials. This aligns well with our business objectives because time is money and QuickBooks saves us time and money.
We use QuickBooks as a management tool for our everyday activities and transactions. It is a "database" of information relating to our financials. This aligns well with our business objectives because time is money and QuickBooks saves us time and money.,Carol HeimIndustry standard, industry reliable software.2019-08-01T18:31:09.740ZWe are using Quickbooks Enterprise as our go-to accounting software with approximately 7 users logged in simultaneously. It is being used in a server and workstation environment across the whole organization. Quickbooks addresses a solid, reliable, and dependable solution for our company and it's accounting department. We have been using Quickbooks Enterprise for over 5 years now and it hasn't disappointed us.,Month-end close.
Day to day accounting debits, credits, and withdrawals.
Reliable and software that you can count on that works.
Unlike the business and premier Quickbooks versions, Enterprise is more fluid and reliable.
Enterprise Version is a workhorse that allows your company to have the accounting software power that it needs with room to grow.
Scalable.,Large Company files can take a long time to load.
Needs a better archive feature which allows you to shrink the size of your company file so that it loads quickly but you can still have access to older data.
Loading speed - Even on an SSD environment, the software can load slowly.
I feel the software is a tad clunky in 2019.
Better remote access options that don't force you to goto Quickbooks Online environment.,9,Enterprise is worth the extra costs for us. The premier and business versions of Quickbooks had a great set of features but couldn't hold the amount of data our company was entering into it.
The Intuit support doesn't have great ROI as they weren't helpful with some of the bugs that were reported. On the bright side, Enterprise rarely has any crashes and just works for us. That is a great value in itself as we need to be able to count on the software working for us each day.
There is still room to grow in the Enterprise version, which will increase the ROI for us through future growth.
Even though Enterprise is positive for us, Quickbooks needs to think of a way to move the Enterprise Desktop to the cloud where it isn't a stripped-down version like Quickbooks Online is. This will increase the ROI of Enterprise for us and lower the costs of internal IT support.,QuickBooks Desktop Premier and QuickBooks Desktop Pro,Trello, Slack, Acronis Backup Cloud, Acronis True Image, Carbonite Server Backup, Synology DiskStation, TeamViewerRicky JordanThere's a reason why it's the most used Accounting software2018-12-06T22:07:39.723ZIt it used solely by the accounting department and select people in our customer support team. We use it to track and reimburse employee expenses, handle payroll, charge our customers, and produce reports for upper management to make more informed decisions.,Quickbook's user interface is incredibly user-friendly. Non-Accountants are able to pick up the system relatively easy . They should be able to enter transactions without fully understanding the accounting.
There is a lot of material on the internet if you need help how to use Quickbooks. They have various forums in which you can find the answers since there is bound to be another person that had already experienced your problem.
Quickbooks has developed a lot of integration with other 3rd party software. For example, we use Avalara to assess sales tax for our invoices. There are APIs built so Quickbooks can send the relevant invoice information to Avalara to produce sales tax.,It's not suitable for subscription management. As many business start changing it's business model to a subscription model, this may be a consideration
The canned reports do not contain enough information. When you began to add more fields to be displayed, Quickbooks can sometimes crash if you're trying to export the information excel.,9,We were able to pass our financial audit. However, some parts of our balance sheet schedules needed manipulation outside of excel to tie the numbers in our balance sheet schedule to the Financial Statements.
There is a lot less excel work than our previous system. As such, we didn't need to hire part-time accountants.,Avalara, SAP ERP, NetSuite, NetSuite CRM+, Salesforce.com and Zuora,Zuora, Avalara, NetSuiteVerified UserQuickBooks - my favorite office tool2019-07-23T16:56:04.421ZQuickBooks is used by the accounting department. It is user-friendly and the audit feature is perfect for troubleshooting data entry issues.,Audit trail is a great tool to determine the root of data entry errors.
Memorizing Lists and Reports is easy to do and makes end of month tasks a simpler process.
The reminder to backup your data is a small thing that makes a big difference.,Reporting, although it's better than it used to be, can be cumbersome. There are times we need a grand total at the bottom of the report but the report isn't set up that way. We then need to export it to Excel to get those totals.
Entry for voiding a check from the previous period could be made simpler. Currently, we make a "deposit" to wash the check that needs to be voided in order to reconcile it on the statement.,10,The ability to have multiple users in the program at once allows us to work on multiple projects at a time.
Using statements and past due emails have given us a better handle on tracking aging. This helps us to get paid quicker.
Receiving items/bill against a purchase order ensures that we are not being over-billed.,FileMaker ProVerified UserQuickBooks for Small Companies!2019-07-18T22:05:14.884ZWe are using QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise for all aspects of our business currently. We have our inventory stock in the system, we create orders and invoices, and we pull all of our financial reporting out of QuickBooks. It has helped us put everything in one place so that we can give accurate information at the touch of a button.,It is very user-friendly, which is great for small companies. The larger ERP software systems can be hard to maneuver.
The chart of accounts is great as it shows balances in a list so you can see at a quick glance what the bank balance is.,Reporting is lacking. It is hard to run varying sales reports. The standard reports do not always give what we need.,8,It has given us visibility of all of our financial information in one place.Verified UserNot a long term solution for e-commerce2019-05-20T18:47:55.937ZWe used QuickBooks Enterprise to manage all our accounting operations for revenue recognition, cost of goods sold, operating expenses, inventory, and fixed asset management.,It's easy to edit mistakes.
It's easy to report at a detailed level.
Flexible charts of accounts.,E-commerce and API connections are lacking.
Relies too much on third-party apps.
The old database structure corrupts easily.,5,We outgrew its capabilities quickly, and never got to the place where it was helping us look forward.,Verified UserQuickBooks Enterprise Solutions review. Good for selling stock items...not so much for customized items.2018-12-13T20:24:46.076ZQuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is being used for both accounting functions and material management for our LED lighting manufacturing business. We use it to keep track of open and closed orders, as well as to invoice our customers for products shipped to them. It is also used to keep track of open and closed purchase orders to our suppliers, as well as inventory tracking and management.,Reports can be modified and filtered to provide specific information. They can also be exported into Excel for further formatting and filtering.
It is fairly user friendly, with a flowchart on the home page to show how estimates turn into orders and then invoices, among other business functions. It is quite forgiving with input errors, allowing one to access already saved data (orders, invoices, etc.) and change it without a lengthy process of backing out previous info and re-entering new info.
The toolbar at the top of the screen can be customized to include the functions that one uses most, avoiding the process of selecting a tab and scrolling down to the needed option. One can also personalize how the tab/enter buttons function, as well as date formatting, decimal points, and default scripts for invoices, statements, purchase orders, etc. One can also integrate their established email address to be used through QuickBooks.,QuickBooks was built to be an accounting program. It is clumsy with inventory. The reports for inventory management are limited.
The inventory management system functions better for a company that just buys items and then resells them. Purchasing multiple materials and then combining them to be a finished good is possible to do, but needs more hands-on involvement than should be necessary.
The minimum and maximum reorder points do not function properly. If one has both entered into an item, QuickBooks uses the maximum reorder point only, and ignores the minimum reorder point entirely. I have taken to using only the minimum reorder point and not even entering the maximum into the item.,9,Our manufacturing company mainly provides made-to-order LED lighting. QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions makes the inventory process very cumbersome as every line item has to be "built" manually. This is very time consuming and probably costs our company about $700-$800 in wages per month for this to be completed.
There is a "1099 Wizard" that can be used in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions. This allows our bookkeeper to process the 1099-MISC forms for our subcontractors each year, rather than paying our accountant to do it, which cost us about $250-$300 the last year that he did it.,Microsoft Office 2016, Adobe Acrobat DC,3,1,Enter open orders from customers to track their due dates and back orders.
Invoice customers for products shipped to them.
Prepare Purchase Orders to send to vendors for additional materials. Track due dates, late shipments, and reorder points.
Enter receivables and maintain the company checking account(s).
Prepare and print yearly 1099-MISC forms.
Enter invoices from suppliers and prepare and send accounts payable checks.,By formatting reports, I have been able to determine which specific items have been sold most in order to better manage materials for those items.
By formatting the templates for Sales Orders, Work Orders, and Packing Slips I have been able to not only add additional fields onto the forms, but also have specified which info prints on which forms, making them more efficient.
By using the "Customer Type" field to enter a 2-digit state abbreviation, I can sort my customers by state for reports about sales territories.
By modifying what filters are used on reports, I can take a general report about all of our customers or items and dial it in to just one customer or item, making a huge and unwieldy report into a very specific one.,Adding more products to the item list.
Reviewing and updating our minimum reorder points for better ordering time frames.
Revising Bills of Materials as new assembly items are introduced.,9,No,Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Prior Experience with the Product,I might have looked at other software programs, but probably would have chosen QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions in the end anyway.,Implemented in-house,No,Change management was a minor issue with the implementation,Getting the program downloaded onto a remote server.
Getting the Remote Desktop connected to the server.
Making sure everyone could connect to the remote server, and therefore, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.,8,Yes,9,Yes,I was having issues with my Intuit Data Protect not running on a daily basis. I was having to do manual backups, which was time consuming and should have been unnecessary. The first time I called about it, the rep said that they had fixed it, but they had not. The second time that I called, that rep not only figured out what the issue was, but fixed it, and then waited on the phone until the backup was completed. While we were waiting for the backup to be completed, I realized that I had another long standing issue that I had just given up on, and mentioned it to the rep. They then proceeded to fix that major issue as well. After everything was fixed, I had been on the phone with the rep for over 4 hours! At no point did they get irritated that it was taking so long, or that the first couple of things they tried didn't resolve the issue. They just persevered and got everything fixed.,Check writing and reconciliation.
Entering and paying invoices from suppliers.
Entering payments received and preparing deposits.,Building Finished Goods! Each line item on our customer invoices have to be done separately.
Entering new items that have a Bill of Materials. It's easier to find an existing item that is close to the new item, duplicate it, and then change the parts that are different from the original. Doing a new item from scratch is very time consuming.
Determining what materials have low quantities and need to be reordered. Even though QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions has minimum and maximum reorder points, they don't work correctly.,9Joretta FletcherQuickBooks Enterprise in an Online World2018-12-24T16:25:15.528ZAs an accounting/bookkeeping firm I support QuickBooks Enterprise as one of the products my clients use. Depending on the needs of the client I may recommend QB Enterprise when a desktop user is looking to upgrade. QB Enterprise is best suited for companies that have larger data files, need more robust inventory features, work on a network, and desire more specific customization, just to name a few of the key important aspects it can provide.,Robust Inventory features
Large data files
Combined consolidated reports
More detailed customization
Optimized to work on a network
Allows multiple users, up to 30,Importing and exporting large lists (chart of accounts, items, customers, vendors).
Bank reconciliations could be more intuitive.
Upgrade the interface to a more modern look/feel. Something inviting.,9,My knowledge and experience with QB Enterprise is another tool in my toolbox. It expands my ability to serve a broader range of clients.
Since I have more experience with QB Enterprise my memory is looking for the robust features that QBE offers when I am working with the lesser Pro or Premier versions of QuickBooks.,QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Premier, QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Self-Employed and QuickBooks for Mac,Mikogo, Adobe Acrobat DC, Malwarebytes, Apple iCloud, OneDrive, QuickBooks OnlineJeff HenkelQuickbooks...Why its the Industry Standard for Small Business2018-12-12T17:49:37.912ZWhile in the legal field we need other supporting tools to address specific legal industry challenges, it is the primary accounting tool within the organization for a few reasons:
It is an industry standard when you are distributing financial information to others.Outside accountants all know it and can easily be consulted when needed.Finding new personnel who know the program is more cost affective than products with less market penetration. It is supported both by Intuit and by a legion of professionals in every industry.,It has a clear system of integration for third party product developers who are in the market today creating products for the legal industry.
It has a very flexible reporting system for customizing what different levels of our organization need to see in their reports.
It has a great system for allowing offsite accountants to audit and make changes to the GL without disturbing the daily work.,The product update system needs some tweaks. If one user updates everyone has to update to read the books. But often the auto updates are too random and it disrupts work.
The install process can be confusing to users who don't do it frequently, not intuitive enough. (no pun intended)
The network program installed on the books server, when being updated, can often fail to properly scan and find current company files. It often takes several attempts. But due to that awesome support system, we always get it worked out.,10,Easy to hire people who know it.
Ease of use once regular tasks and procedures are setup.
Ease of finding support solutions when problems or the need for changes come up.,,Microsoft Office 365, Azure SQL Database, Apple iCloud, Microsoft AzureRick HahnQuickbooks and Fixed Assets2018-12-11T18:48:29.586ZWe use Quickbooks Enterprise Solution for the entire organization. Having the fixed asset module work with the financial data is crucial to our business. We send financial reports for each department to our board each month.,Depreciation journal entry
Memorized reports
Ability to use multiple classes,The ability to work with Excel. It would be great if Excel could pull information from Quickbooks.
Using two companies at once without some activities being restricted.,10,The program allows us to know in real time where our business stands financially.
The program does not integrate well with other software programs such as our database, Weblink.,QuickBooks Online,Microsoft 365 Business, QuickBooks OnlineCheryl StaritzQuickBooks Enterprise for fast growing companies2019-02-08T04:44:01.243ZQuickBooks Enterprise is currently being used for accounting functions; to track Payables and Receivables, record profit and loss, and keep track of balance sheet items. Although not everyone in the company has a direct login, everyone utilizes the reporting and information that QuickBooks provides to show how our company is currently performing.,QuickBooks Enterprise syncs to our bank account for easy recording of electronic debits
QuickBooks Enterprise is great for creating customized reports for your company
QuickBooks Enterprise is great if you have multiple companies and need to switch back and forth quickly between the various companies,QuickBooks Enterprise is a desktop application and not web-based, so if multiple people need to use it, it will need to be utilized through a remote server (which could be an additional expense).
QuickBooks Enterprise usually charges per user, so if you have a company with multiple users, it could become costly.,9,We have been able to create different sets of reports for different presentations (i.e. one set for Finance team and a separate set for investors, and another department specific set for each department).
We have really been able to streamline a lot of our SOPs with QuickBooks Enterprise.,Oracle Financials,Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management, ADVANTAGE, ADP Workforce Now, Harvest, TSheets, QuickBooks Online, Dropbox, Citrix ShareFile, Bill.comVerified UserGood starter accounting software2018-12-18T02:49:58.051ZI have used QuickBooks previously at many different companies. It is a quick, full service, easy to maneuver accounting software that helps organizations with simple accounting. The functionality is very user-friendly which is why so many small businesses across the world use it.,Easy to use with limited accounting knowledge.
Tracks payroll, vendors, customers, and accounting reporting all at your fingertips.
Priced well to other accounting software on the market,No month end close so you can never truly close out a month without going through some hacks to workaround it.
Not enough complex accounting functionality
Not a great product for larger companies or companies with subsidiaries.
Reporting features could be more editable and user friendly without the need to download to csv.,7,Fair price for the quality of software that you receive
Not enough functionality to maintain high level of accounting sophistication,,QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Online, Jonas Enterprise Construction Management Software, Unanet, PeopleSoft FinancialsVerified UserExcellent financial software to organize the accounting, sales and expenses of your company, recommended 100%2018-08-07T14:20:31.027ZQuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is an accounting software that has allowed us to invoice, quote our customers, track our sales and maintain the accounting record, cash flow and tracking reports of expenses. In addition, it allows us to make accounting, balance and profit and loss reports. It also allows us to have the information at hand from any device for eventual meetings outside the office.,You can track the expenses of the company to correct if necessary.
Is a useful tool to bill your customers.
It is multi-platform which is great to have the information always at hand.
You can schedule your accounts payable to cancel the providers when required.,The reports should not be editable for the purpose of being presented to the auditors.
Usability in the mobile version can improve in speed and design.,8,We have been able to detect when our expenses have increased.
We successfully carry the billing of our clients.
We keep our payment to suppliers up to date.
The security of the platform is excellent, therefore our accounting information is well protected.,,Basecamp, Trello, Google Drive, DropboxRicardo Jose Correia D'lucasDirector of Accounting2018-03-22T13:49:02.882ZIt is used for in-house accounting on several businesses. It's easy to use, a standard in the industry and cost effective.,Easy to use
Easy to learn
Easy to adapt to different types of business
Industry standard
Good help and help with community,Better standard reporting
back up and restore issues
server applications,10,It's offered at a reasonable price for our business lines, therefore the ROI has been satisfactory.,Paul JohnsonGood for small to med size payroll processing.2018-02-27T20:04:26.939ZWe use QuickBooks (QB) for all of our accounting and finance functions. I am personally involved with QB from a payroll, paid time off tracking and employee roster management standpoint. Our accounting/finance and HR teams are the only departments who are using it. QB addresses our ledger accounting, reporting, payroll, financial statements, etc.,Relatively easy to use and learn the basics.
Reliable. Can't recall the program ever being "down" for tech reasons.
Basic payroll processing for in-house payroll is not hard to learn.,Employee profiles could be more robust, like a true HRIS system.
Canned reports can be difficult to manipulate.
If you create different payroll modules they do not integrate with each other.,7,Ability to produce a clear and transparent financial statements.
Payroll reports are easy to understand and use for direct deposit, payroll taxes, 401K.
Quick ramp up time for new users to learn basics.,Glen Gehrkens, PHR, SHRM-CPMust Use QuickBooks Enterprise!2017-11-13T21:07:01.957ZQuickbooks Enterprise is used for invoicing. Next year, we will also use it for payroll. It is used only by the accounting department, yet the president uses it to generate reports. I am really pleased to have switched to this system from Sage BusinessWorks; it is very intuitive and the help resources have proven to be valuable during my learning process.,Ability to download reports in Excel format. LOVE that feature.
When reviewing reports, the ability to zoom into particular transactions that seem questionable, especially tax reports. LOVE that feature too!
Ability to find certain invoices or sales orders by name, numbers or amount.
Duplicating certain invoices, vendor bills, etc.,I am not at that level of knowledge yet.,10,Positive impact!,,TSheetsMarygold FryGreat accounting system, lacking in inventory management2018-02-09T22:17:58.980ZWe are a marine hardware manufacturer that has been utilizing QuickBooks for over 18 years. We upgraded to QuickBooks Enterprise from QuickBooks Premier about 5 years ago to take advantage of their inventory functions. We use QuickBooks for all aspects of our business; accounting, sales, inventory, and assemblies/kitting. QuickBooks is a fantastic accounting system, but lacks in inventory functionality. There is no real 'barcoding" functionality, even though their brochures say "barcoding is now available in Enterprise 18". It is not a true WMS system that will improve functionality in warehouse and inventory control.,QuickBooks was developed as an accounting system and does a fantastic job.
Reports are very easy to pull and customize as you need them. You can also save customized reports in your own individual folder, however, these reports would be visible to all with report writing access. They also have "advanced reporting" which you need to understand programming to use.
Easy interface to learn and use.,Inventory control is difficult in QuickBooks. Transaction tractability is nonexistent unless you scroll through a year's worth of transactions.
Kitting and build assemblies are very basic and do not operate like a true ERP solution. The worst part of it is if a component is used in an assembly process, there is no usage reporting for that component. It is removed from inventory, but cannot be traced through any of the inventory reports.
Unstable database - I must continually run "rebuild" because of inventory mismatch errors and costing inbalance.
The inventory management system needs a lot of improvement.,8,The accounting system allows us to minimize professional fees as many functions can be completed in-house.Verified UserQuickbooks Enterprise for Not-For-Profit2018-01-31T21:15:58.060ZQuickbooks Enterprise is used for 4 members of our accounting and finance team: Accountant/Payables, Receivables, Analyst/Reporting and Director of Accounting. We have used Quickbooks Enterprise for over 10 years knowing the limitations that come with it.,Quickbooks Enterprise is relatively easy to use for small organizations.
Most of the reports are easy to download straight from the system.
Our local bank offers to download the Quickbooks version of the monthly activity which helps to reconcile our bank accounts.,If the company has more than one Account Receivable General Ledger Account, the Merchant online process doesn't work properly. Invoices can be sent to clients to be paid either by credit card or bank accounts. The merchant account collects the funds and details the deposit by the client, but the activity is not downloaded to the GL due to the multiple AR accounts.
Some information on Quickbooks Enterprise cannot be downloaded.
Reports are rigid and not flexible to change.
Upload activity in Quickbooks Enterprise is not possible, a third-party software is needed.
Copy/Paste option is not possible in Quickbooks Enterprise. This would be very useful when entering Journal Entries.
Quickbooks Enterprise does not have account reconciliation option. This is done in Excel.
Quickbooks Enterprise offers the Fixed Assets functionality but is very limited and can only be used in "Single-User" mode.,7,Positive: Quickbooks Enterprise helps to keep the "books" and basic activity in a digital format.
Negative: Quickbooks Enterprise is starting to be a Legacy System due to the lack of reporting, account reconciliation, A/R manual processing through Merchant Account.,Financial Edge,Oracle Financials, Sage 300 ERP, Financial EdgeVerified UserQuickBooks Advanced Reporting - Forget Everything You Know About Creating Reports2017-10-09T17:51:44.725ZWe moved from Accpac ERP to QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions (QBE) about 5 years ago because it integrated with Autotask. ERP was much harder for accounting to use, but it had much more functionality and type checking that I think lacks in any QB versions. It is easy to make mistakes in QB because it will pretty much let you change anything at any time. But from a business analyst perspective QB reporting is limited to what it can do, so they implemented QB Advanced Reporting. I have used Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reporting Services and they are very similar and intuitive to write reports quickly. Now that we have grown and have 4 divisions separated by class in QB, I am now creating a bunch of massive Excel Reports to get P&L's for each division. I am doing all KPI's in Excel. I am also doing all forecasting and budgeting in excel. I am constantly updating spreadsheets if any lines change in the P&L. The only way to do what I want to do would be to create all the reports in QB Advanced Reporting. I must say it is the most confusing report writer I have ever seen. I hope Adaptive can do it all.,Easy to use.
Good Support.,Easy to make mistakes, does not type check very well, but it is slowly getting better.
Advanced Report is not intuitive, very hard to learn.
QuickBooks files seem to corrupt more than it should.,7,We had to purchase various third-party integration software to make it work with our other departmental software packages.
We had reached a point where their standard reporting features could not do what we wanted. We would need to learn QB Advanced Reporting which was not an intuitive product.,Adobe Acrobat DC, SAP Crystal Reports, Microsoft ExchangeVerified UserMigration To Cloud Painful. Recent QBE Hosting Change Disables My Business For Three Weeks.2017-08-22T14:34:16.480ZWe operate an e-commerce B2B company with 5 employees. We operate in two provinces and have staff in three locations (home based). QuickBooks Enterprise allows us to upgrade from our server based operation to the cloud last year. It's robust enough to handle all of our business needs such as payroll, accounting, job costing, budgeting, reporting and more.,Quoting and invoicing
Purchasing and bill payments
Coud based,They recently changed hosting providers without any notice. The previous host had excellent telephone support. New host (Summit Hosting) does not. Our books were offline for nearly three weeks. We posted dozens of tickets that never get answered. We had to create quotes in Excel and re-enter them later. Only one user was working so instead of that user doing their job (sales and prospecting) they had to do finance for three weeks. When confronted with the problem, QuickBooks offered no apology or free monthly subscription for the trouble. They suggested we post a comment in the suggestion box. And for this, we pay a few grand a year?
QuickBooks support has been historically poor in the 15 years I've been with them.,2,In theory this product should allow us to work remotely as an organization. However when we needed this feature the most (evacuated from our office 3 weeks due to wildfires) the hosting for the product really let us down. We literally had 6 hours to pack. We didn't have time to bring our office PC with us. There is nobody you can talk to in order to get help or login info. If you don't take your PC with you, you are screwed. There is no toll free number that we can find to get login assistance in case of emergency. Ticket based system with third party host, is terrible. We had to pay our employees late due to this issue during an evacuation when our staff needed the money the most.
During set up, user/pass combos sent to us do not work and are it's not clear how to assign them. You then have to submit a ticket and wait 1-2 days to get an answer. The answer they give you are so screwy that you can tell they do not read the ticket and you have to keep stating the issue over, and over, and over again. Seen the movie "Groundhog Day"? Summit Hosting's support department is a living manifestation of that movie. I don't know about you, but as an ENTERPRISE user, I need into my quickbooks 10-15 times a day. Not once a week. Quickbooks has really dropped the ball by outsourcing the hosting and support for their product. For the price we are paying to use it, they should be able to provide an in-house, high quality solution. Financial software is the cornerstone of any business and Quickbooks and Summit hosting do not care about your needs as a customer. They have ruined our relationship with this transition.
Compared to other, newer accounting systems like Zero, there are very few ways to connect this to your CRM. Old server based version integrated with our database so we didn't have to type in client info into Quickbooks. (ie- porting contact info from Hubspot to QBE is not possible) . We set up nearly 80 customers a month so this is a huge time waste for us. The only QB product they can integrate with CRM is the very low functioning Quickbooks online. (QBO is a terrible product imo. Tried it for a year and gave up. ) So you give up a bunch of functionality when you go with QBE.
Having to work inside the Remote Desktop Environment for QBE is very clunky, slow and challenging to setup. You need two screens otherwise you are forever flipping. I really cannot comprehend why they have selected such an old way of doing business. "Cloud" in my mind means web based. It feels like the thinking for the structure of their cloud platform is 15 years old. I have not used Remote Desktop in over 10 years and yet here we are using it for QBE. You can't use a password wallet within their quirky hosting environment either. So our enterprise level of Dashlane doesn't work so we have to manually generate passwords and write them on a spreadsheet or a sticky note. Software requires constant updates of passwords so this is very challenging to administer as the Admin. I share the admin login with my finance person so if she changes the password and forgets to write it on the spreadhsheet, I can't work. (so much for computer generated and highly secure stored passwords. I now have three users with incredibly weak passwords because the onus is on the user to remember them. ) Copying and pasting data between remote desktop and your PC is spotty at best.,QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions,HubSpot CRM, Google Drive, Adobe PhotoshopCraig DavidiukQuickBooks Enterprise - a good choice for many larger businesses.2017-08-08T17:04:48.693ZQuickbooks Enterprise is used for all accounting (tracking receivables, payables, balances, customers, and more). The extensive reporting capability of Enterprise allows me to create many different reports which help me in tracking profitability and how the company is performing. I have used one form of QuickBooks or another over the last 30 years.,Report creation. Very flexible and can export data to Excel for further manipulation.
Accounts Receivable - self-explanatory.
Inventory tracking and assembly creations. Works great and is easy to set up and use.,I would like to see even more flexibility in reports creation.
Being able to downgrade data to a smaller platform (i.e. QuickBooks Pro. etc).,8,Accounts receivable was the biggest positive impact which justified the ROI.,,Microsoft AccessNorm ColemanOutgrowing Your Current Accounting System, Consider QuickBooks Enterprise2016-07-26T17:06:36.070ZQuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is being used as an enterprise ERP solution for some of my clients. Due to its more substantial and richer functionality than the lower end ERP products (QuickBooks Desktop as well as similar competing products from other software companies), it is able to handle more complex and larger businesses such as those engaged in manufacturing products and needing distribution/inventory tracking capabilities.,Inventory tracking: Lower end accounting products are much weaker in this regard and QuickBooks Enterprise is built with this functionality.
Reports: Much more robust reporting functionality than lower end accounting systems. Ability to mine data for better business decision making.
Number of users: QuickBooks Enterprise is designed for more concurrent users in an accounting department with simultaneous processes going on.,Not Cloud Based: In order to use QuickBooks Enterprise as a cloud based type product one needs to pay for hosting and have the product/data hosted which will run into extra expense. Additionally, this workaround is not a true cloud solution.
Operating System Compatibility: When upgrading operating systems on user workstations, more problems are prone to occur. There is sometimes a disconnect between Microsoft and Intuit in compatibility.
Expensive Upgrades: This is not the type of accounting product that you can easily use for years without upgrading. Thus, one needs to build this into their operating budget.,8,Ability to track inventory/location: This is absolutely critical in a manufacturing/distribution type business. Beyond any ROI calculation, this is a strategic necessity.
Productivity/Efficiency: Accounting personnel and other employees (such as order entry clerks) are much more efficient in performing their jobs, thus adding essentially an "unquantifiable" high measure of ROI.
Ability to use data/reporting: The significant reporting functionality and ability to mine data allows for more complex analysis of the business. This dovetails into the productivity point above as well, as there is less of a need to engineer labor intensive customized spreadsheets for reporting/analysis.,Microsoft Dynamics AX and Sage 50,QuickBooks Online, Sage 50 Accounting, Swiftpage ACT!, MailChimpLaurence SarnerQuickbooks Enterprise2016-07-29T15:44:24.829ZWe use Quickbooks Enterprise for a couple of lines of our business. We discontinued using QB Enterprise about a year ago in our main line of business because of major issues with data base corruption and Balance Sheet being constantly out of balance,Easy to learn
User friendly,More work needs to be done to allow it to function in a multi user environment. We constantly had users locked out and required to restart the software.
Improve database - corruption caused our Balance Sheet to constantly be out of balance
Improve customer support when an issue arises to find and implement a fix,2,None,,IntacctKim DavidsonQuickbooks Enterprise: Premier's big brother not a shining star.2016-03-18T21:19:43.842ZWe have a few organizations we have worked with that have chosen QuickBooks Enterprise as their accounting software. Our role is to assist with the implementation and/or provide accounting support to these clients.,Very scalable - both in data file size and user access
Better user controls,Enterprise is just a bigger QuickBooks Pro. It is no match for more sophisticated programs like Intacct or other accounting systems aimed at the mid-market.
The user security is sorely lacking. Not enough customization of controls. For example, in order for a person to have access to bank feeds, they have to be given access to the entire administrative side of the program.,3,Most of the clients I have experienced who have Enterprise feel they would have been as happy with Premier.,,QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, TSheetsAndrew Newman CPAQuick overview for those who have questions or concers if you should purchase Enterpirse Solutoins Edition2015-03-28T22:12:18.983ZI have been using QuickBooks for over 10 years and currently using QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Manufacturing and Wholesale 15.0 for our financial and accounting software within our business. We are a information technology and service company with nearly 1,000 active customers. We have over six active users in QuickBooks starting with our officers, billing department, and the procurement and financial department. As the financial coordinator I am a certified ProAdvisor as well. Enterprise Solutions has the highest number of users allowed with many other multiple features including advanced inventory and handles over $1 million per year in sales. What I like about the Enterprise Solutions Edition is the class tracking which allows you to produce a more detailed Profit & Loss, FIFO Inventory method, Inventory Assembly and Find and Select Items within Advanced Inventory. You can also create Debit and Credit Journal Entries for your accounting purposes. You can manage fixed assets, create purchase orders and sales orders and use the Sales Order Fulfillment Worksheet and track serial numbers or lot tracking for inventory parts. On a day to day basis I am constantly running financial reports, adjusting invoices and entering parts purchases. Many reports are created from Open Purchase Orders and Sales Orders to a Collection Report. This edition is very user friendly but does have a few things that would make my world easier if these features were added e.g., making changes in the Chart of Accounts/Item List without having to go into Single User Mode. This step requires all users to be logged out. There are just a few small issues that eventually Intuit will more than likely fix as they hear more concerns.,Class Tracking - allows you to produce a more detailed Profit & Loss Report
Advanced Inventory - keeps track of your inventory along with Fixed Assets
Sales Tax - Paying sales tax with the Sales Tax Liability Report gives you the breakdown of the different fields the State Tax Department requires
Chart of Accounts - When updated or changing an account code, it automatically changes the history of all the entries made in lieu of manually changing all entries
Home screen - It is mapped out for you to enter your business entries clearly
Reconcile - Reconciling the bank statements is very eary,Making changes in the Chart of Accounts or Items Lists sometimes require you to be in Single User Mode. Also, merging a contact name (customer or vendor) requires this as well. If QuickBooks fixed it where you do not have to go into Single User Mode I could get more thing accomplished at one time
Running reports - Custom Report field needs more detailed or user friendly fields to create reports that are not generally created along with color coded charts per customer etc
Entering credit card payments that are tagged to a Purchase Order; the steps are confusing. Had to watch a video to figure out how to tie the two steps together.,10,Has increased efficiency when creating batch invoices
Able to give better customer service when email statements and invoices to customers
Produces quick standard reports,,6,Implemented in-houseKelly Baldwin
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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
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