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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Overview

What is QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise?

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a widely-used accounting package designed for small to mid-sized businesses. 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…

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Recent Reviews

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10 out of 10
March 04, 2024
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I love QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise and have used it for over 20 years. It is an all in one accounting, inventory, purchase orders, sales …
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Popular Features

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  • Bank reconciliation (167)
    9.0
    90%
  • Accounts receivable (168)
    8.9
    89%
  • Accounts payable (169)
    8.8
    88%
  • Standard reports (170)
    8.6
    86%

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Pricing

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Gold

1,261

On Premise
per year

Platinum

1,522

On Premise
per year

Gold with Remote Access

1,785.60

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://quickbooks.intuit.com/desktop/e…

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.

7.9
Avg 7.5

Customization

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

7.5
Avg 7.1

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.

8.2
Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

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

8.3
Avg 7.6

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

8
Avg 7.4

Inventory Management

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

7.6
Avg 7.0

Order Management

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

8.3
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise?

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a widely-used accounting and business management software designed for small to mid-sized companies. Enterprise is the most powerful of the QuickBooks solutions, with core accounting features plus customizable reporting, financial dashboards and advanced tools to manage employees, payments and different locations. Features include inventory management and order fulfillment from start to finish, job costing for end-to-end tracking of construction projects, and advanced pricing controls with integrated inventory.

Built to scale with companies, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise enables up to 40 users, and has over 200 3rd party integrations including industry specific apps. Dedicated versions for construction, manufacturing and wholesale, retail, nonprofit, and professional services are available as is hosting for remote access. Dedicated account management, on-demand training, and 24/7 technical support comes automatically with the Priority Circle loyalty program. Pricing starts at $1,200 annually with multiple packaging options to fit business needs.

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable
  • Supported: Cash management
  • Supported: Bank reconciliation
  • Supported: Expense management
  • Supported: Time tracking
  • Supported: Fixed asset management
  • Supported: Multi-currency support
  • Supported: Multi-division support
  • Supported: Regulations compliance
  • Supported: Electronic tax filing
  • Supported: Self-service portal
  • Supported: Global Financial Support
  • Supported: Primary and Secondary Ledgers
  • Supported: Intercompany Accounting
  • Supported: Localizations
  • Supported: Journals and Reconciliations
  • Supported: Enterprise Accounting
  • Supported: Configurable Accounting
  • Supported: Centralized Rules Framework
  • Supported: Standardized Processes

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
  • Supported: Order Orchestration
  • Supported: End-to-end order visibility
  • Supported: Order exception Resolution

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: API for custom integration
  • Supported: Plug-ins

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Single sign-on capability
  • Supported: User-level audit trail

Additional Features

  • Supported: Job Costing for end-to-end tracking of construction projects
  • Supported: Advanced pricing controls with integrated inventory
  • Supported: Custom reports including industry specific reports
  • Supported: Dedicated account management, on-demand training, and 24/7 technical support
  • Supported: Dedicated versions for construction, manufacturing and wholesale, retail, nonprofit, and professional services are available
  • Supported: Hosting is available for remote access

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Video

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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Integrations

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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a widely-used accounting package designed for small to mid-sized businesses. 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.

Sage Intacct, NetSuite ERP, and Sage Accounting are common alternatives for QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise.

Reviewers rate Bank reconciliation highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Lisa Saunders | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I evaluated numerous programs such as Sage, NetSuite, Canopy, and Allvue. QuickBooks had the best for references and was less expensive than most that I evaluated. Qb has been a leader in the industry for a long time so I felt like it was reliable and trustworthy. I am pleased with my choice to use this program.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We need to have a simple interface to keep track of business expenses, and this QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is very easy to use and user-friendly. Easy to track all your records and reconcile the data. It does a great job of creating and paying the bills and deposits. Definitely not good for a big size enterprise as it takes little time for creating multiple data.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise is much better than either Intacct or NetSuite. The only issue is the lack of Multi-entity support with QB; if you don't need that, stick with Quickbooks.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As stated in earlier parts of the review, we moved from Quickbooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online because of the ease of use that QuickBooks Online has, while maintaining 95% of the power of Quickbooks Desktop. The one spot where Quickbooks Desktop comes out on top is the ability to have more powerful and meaningful reports.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I selected QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise because it has the robust book-keeping options plus the inventory and resale options that my businesses need. It creates a streamlined invoice that I can design within the system, and save as a PDF without their branding and without the need to force my client to pay online. Dubsado had too many features that didn't fit for most of my clients, so I'd have to keep skipping options to make my work fit their system (a big downer). PayPal has the feature to create invoices but the reselling piece isn't what we needed it to be. In order to get most of what we needed for my two businesses, we went with QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise. It is a solid option and it fits most of our needs.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a program with the same basic functions as QuickBooks Desktop Premier. The benefits of QuickBooks Enterprise is it has more reports, the ability to have more users logged in at the same time, and runs much smoother on a network.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Both are complicated systems to set up. Both have modular capabilities so you can add components such as payroll or job costing. Based on cost of system, QuickBooks Desktop is a much less expensive solution.
Aviva Rosman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We initially considered Xero, but ended up going with QuickBooks [Desktop Enterprise] because it seemed more intuitive. Since then, I have had a CFO recommend we switch to NetSuite, but that seems much more complex and beyond our current level as a company.
Olga Lazareva | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used QuickBooks Online products but find the QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise to be a better fit for our company. And while QB online definitely has its pros, it is a pricier option. Plus for accounting professional, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is more versatile and powerful than QuickBooks Online.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks [Desktop Enterprise] is much easier to use. While Sage has true accounting control processes, the batch entry and other processes can be redundant and out dated. The Enterprise audit trail can track issues if necessary while allowing for easier functionality within the system. Many users are able to relate more to Enterprise than with other software due to its prevalence in the marketplace recruiters can likely hire someone with QuickBooks experience more often than Sage.
Vin Campbell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Wave Accounting is a wonderful free tool that is perfect for anyone that needs a basic accounting system with real live bookkeepers available on demand. It does not do the inventory or manufacturing at all. QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has the inventory--but it is nowhere near as advanced as the offline enterprise version--and it too lacks the manufacturing module unless you use a third-party add-on. Ultimately, opting for the offline enterprise version made the most sense to us.
Krunal Thakkar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is widely used by our client and they prefer to use it instead of Online. And it also gives lots of flexibility compared with Online.
Angela Meharg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you need lots of custom fields (e.g. more than three), you want to manage inventory within QuickBooks, or you want to track Landed Costs, QB Online is not a tool for you. Enterprise functionality has been around for years and it's solid. It will be many years before the Online version will match the features that Enterprise has.
Marybeth Jeffries | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We evaluated Sage, QBE and QuickBooks Online. QBE was easily the winner with regard to usability and ease of transfer of data. QBO while a great product did not offer the inventory management we needed. The only downside to QBE was the lack of mobile applications for our sales team.
Beau Sorensen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise ultimately won out in part because it is a compromise between smaller systems and larger systems. When you get into accounting software for large organizations like Sage or Dynamics, you end up with a very expensive system that can be a challenge to maintain without a full-time resource dedicated to its use and maintenance. Smaller systems like Cyma end up capping out and can't scale as well. As a result, QuickBooks was the master of the middle-sized domain in our evaluation.
November 12, 2020

Great Bang for Buck!!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The QuickBooks Fixed Asset Manager was the only software we reviewed when we made our change. The software was recommended to us by our audit firm. The software we had been using previously was far more complicated and cumbersome to use. QuickBooks Fixed Asset Manager gives us the tools we need to track our assets, generate depreciation, and make decisions all while being priced reasonably.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used programs as limiting as paper and pencil, all the way through the big boys like SAP and Oracle. Quickbooks Enterprise fits nicely within my range of expectations to suit our business needs. It is robust enough to provide all of the information a small-to-medium sized business would need to support growth and efficiency. It is a bit of an investment, but you get what you pay for. Initially, I was looking for a program which would help us support our retail sales in several locations. What I got was much more. I can easily keep up with my company's performance and identify problematic areas. I feel like the dog is waggin' the tail again, instead of the other way around!
November 11, 2020

Job Cost Management

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We looked at BuildTools' product and it is pretty slick. But in the end, we found that the construction version of QuickBooks did everything that we needed, while also providing the g/l support we needed. QB allowed our field staff to keep doing things the way they were accustomed [to], and only the office staff really changed their processes.
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