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QuickBooks Desktop Premier

QuickBooks Desktop Premier

Overview

What is QuickBooks Desktop Premier?

QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.

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Recent Reviews

Appalling Fee for Basic Support.

3 out of 10
December 20, 2022
I use QB Desktop Pro 2019. I have been using QB for 20+ years. I suddenly got a warning that my file was corrupted. This happened once …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Bank reconciliation (57)
    8.0
    80%
  • Standard reports (56)
    7.8
    78%
  • Accounts receivable (59)
    7.0
    70%
  • Accounts payable (58)
    7.0
    70%
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Pricing

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What is QuickBooks Desktop Premier?

QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

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.

8.9
Avg 7.5

Customization

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

1.3
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.

7.4
Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

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

6.8
Avg 7.6

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

7.1
Avg 7.4

Inventory Management

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

2.9
Avg 7.0

Order Management

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

7
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is QuickBooks Desktop Premier?

Quickbooks Desktop Premier is the on-premise version of Quickbooks designed for various industries. It features core accounting capabilities, including general ledger, double-bookkeeping, and reporting. It also includes invoice status tracking, contractor management, and time and inventory tracking. Premier in particular is designed to enable industry-specific tasks for general contractors and organizations in manufacturing and wholesale, nonprofits, service, and retail sectors, as well as servicing general business needs.

QuickBooks Desktop Premier Video

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QuickBooks Desktop Premier Competitors

QuickBooks Desktop Premier Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.

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Reviewers rate Benefit plan administration and Role-based user permissions and Pricing highest, with a score of 10.

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

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The use of the information and the cost of the program are the main factors for a small business client. I believe that QuickBooks can be used by a non-accounting person with basic understanding of financial statements and a check register. That is what makes it preferred by me for clients.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  1. What are your budgeting requirements? Do you need to have high flexibility in developing various types of budgets and budget reports? Would you like to have the availability of "what-if" scenario planning?
  2. Do you require high flexibility in developing financial reports? Do you need a powerful report writer?
Kimberly Galland | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized

Do you need the ability to invoice clients or track billable charges? You can easily create invoices and email or allow online payments.

Do you need to track inventory? There are other software that may track detail inventory better.

Do you need to process payroll for employees? Offers cost effective and user friendly options

How many users need accesss to the software?

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
QuickBooks Premier Manufacturing Edition is suited to a small company with a few, non-complex products. It is not appropriate for a manufacturer with BOMS containing more than 100 items or multi-nested assemblies. It is probably not the best choice for a company with more than 500 transactions per month.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
How many users need to access the file simultaneously? If more than a handful, then you need to consider QuickBooks Enterprise as well. How concerned are you over security and internal control processes?
Cristine Delos Santos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks is well suited for small business owners like our clients from Hawaii. The balance sheet, profit & loss and other reports we submit are more understandable and preferred by end-users. I guess Quickbooks is less appropriate for large businesses with highly complex accounting procedures because this requires a more sophisticated accounting system to achieve desired results.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Premier is not well suited to manufacturing industries, as it cannot handle the complicated inventory requirements of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Retailers and Wholesalers can use QuickBooks Premier as long as they have an add-on inventory tracking program or Point of Sale system that integrates with QuickBooks. Likewise, restaurants would need specialized restaurant software that integrates with QuickBooks Premier. Non-profits can use QuickBooks Premier non-profit edition, but if they use fund accounting, it will require some complicated work-arounds. QuickBooks Premier is well-suited to most construction trades, personal and professional services providers, small retailers, and rental property owners.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks premier would not be recommended if a client needs advanced inventory tracking, has multiple locations or has multiple business units that would need combined reporting. Otherwise Quickbooks Premier is an ideal fit for most companies.
May 06, 2015

QuickBooks review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's great for companies that need both accrual and cash basis statements as you can produce both within the program with the proper setup. It also works very well for companies that need their income statements allocated between various departments, properties, etc. If a client's tax accountant has QuickBooks available, it is very good to be able to provide the QuickBooks file to the accountants so they may easily access the information and pull what they need rather than having to ask the client for more information.
May 05, 2015

President

Andrea Campbell, CPA,CITP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If the business will have inventory or costing, I usually use caution in recommending QuickBooks. While it will perform the tasks for inventory and costing, the setup is critical to getting the information you need correctly. Once started, it is difficult to make corrections since changes are applied retroactively to all transactions.
May 01, 2015

Loving Quickbooks

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks is not strong in situations that require splitting of expenses among cost centers. Splits have to be maintained at the transaction level manually. Balance sheet by class is also a bit weak.
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