QuickBooks Desktop Pro Reviews

MS Dynamics has the Microsoft name behind it and everything that entails. It is a modular software system that has amazing support, and many software experts who can tailor make software solutions for any company. Yet this has a cost, and many companies don't necessarily need this kind of investment to satisfy their accounting needs. For a quick, reliable and relatively inexpensive software solution that can be bought and implemented almost immediately....QuickBooks Desktop Pro is hard to beat.

QuickBooks Desktop Pro is a great option if you just want to pay a one-time fee and are okay that the software does not have any updates included. QuickBooks Desktop Pro provides an affordable way to manage your accounting for your business no matter the size of the business. It can be a multi million dollar company or a brand new company just starting out. QuickBooks Desktop Pro is very easy to use and get set up.

We tried out Zoho Books because we use Zoho for CRM purposes and we were were interested in exploring what type of integration there might be with our CRM to our financial books. However, we just found out that nothing really competes with QuickBooks when it comes to bookkeeping. One of the biggest differentiators was finding people who had experience with Zoho Books versus QuickBooks. So many people have experience with QuickBooks; we found very few who had experience with Zoho Books.

FreshBooks I believe is a better service-industry and solo-business tool, however for businesses that are mainly retail-based and are smaller than 100 employees, I would use QuickBooks. However, I would not recommend Desktop Pro to anyone who trusts the cloud. For the skeptics, it is perfect. I selected QuickBooks Desktop Pro because it does perfectly fit the niche of users who want all their data in one place, under their roof.

Peachtree was a nightmare: We had tried using it in the late '80s but it was just too difficult to use. BizWiz was a customized accounting and quoting package, but back then it didn't have enough features to track accounts payable and receivables properly in anything but a retail or a contractor environment. Quicken Home & Business is where we initially were introduced to Intuit software, and we used it for a few years before upgrading to the more powerful QuickBooks, and we've been happy with it ever since.

We use Compeat for our restaurant based entities and that works pretty well for restaurant management as it does have an integrated inventory count, that QB does not offer. To me, those are completely different system and it is difficult to compare, for our franchisor company we do not need to have a so complex system as Compeat and that is why we choose QB.

Stacks up very well against Deltek for Small and midsize government contractors. Falls short for global enterprise customers requiring ERP integrated systems.

Why use something else when QuickBooks has been reliable for more than 20 years?

It is much more user-friendly and is easier to manipulate into what you need than the other software mentioned. It can be changed to fit what you need it to be.

Ten years ago at an architectural firm, we used a more "specialized" program for our field. It was awful! Cumbersome took so much time to do the things it did, and it didn't have anywhere near the capabilities of QuickBooks, let alone the ease. It was expensive, hard to use and only was able to do a few features.

None like Quickbooks Desktop Pro.

QuickBooks Online is a great cloud-based accounting software that is easy to use and accessible from anywhere. QuickBooks Desktop Pro is a fantastic option for users who are stationary and rely on using the same computers on a weekly basis. For those on the go who may need to create and send invoices from a phone, iPad, etc., QuickBooks Online would be a better solution.

While these are fairly differently used, Blackbaud has a better UI than QuickBooks, but QuickBooks has much more internal functions for billing and payment.

We transferred our operations from Microsoft Great Plains to QuickBooks Pro. There's nothing wrong with Great Plains, but we were not using any of the functionality that makes it a good product. As a stand-alone accounting program, QuickBooks runs circles around it.

On my full time job, I work with an accounting software called SAP IRIS. There is really no flexibility within the SAP software because if you make a mistake, you have to call the support desk to get help. It is rare that you can fix something on your own. That is why I prefer QuickBooks in my own personal business because I don't have time to call the support desk if I accidently enter something incorrectly. I can fix it myself plus they for forum that I can go to and find the answer. So, I highly recommend QuickBooks Pro.

QuickBooks Desktop Pro is much more suited for tracking multiple revenue and expense accounts. Quicken is much more suited for very small businesses. QuickBooks Desktop Pro makes it much easier to create and track invoices versus Quicken. QuickBooks Desktop Pro also makes it much easier to enter and track vendor bills and make payments. QuickBooks Desktop Pro is much easier to use in keeping track of your bank accounts and to reconcile your bank statements.

Quickbooks owns their niche, so there really isn't a viable competitive product, however, several years ago I tried Peachtree accounting. The setup was not very intuitive. I don't have an accounting background so the setup was so difficult I eventually just gave up. Quickbooks just makes it so easy for someone with no accounting experience to set up and run their business.

QuickBooks Online is very comparable and a good option for some of my clients. Capabilities are very similar and it supports people working from multiple locations and from mobile devices. However, it does not integrate with some server and desktop software.

Sage accounting is also very similar in capabilities, however I have found that clients without an accounting background find it more difficult to learn.

QuickBooks Pro is complete and has all the feautures that we need.

QuickBooks is becoming the future of accounting software and is on top of the pack in terms of usability, client interface, and budget tracking. It could be a little cheaper, but you pay for the support online and thousands of training tools.

I haven't used other accounting software.

We are considering another software program called Aplos for our not-for-profit accounting needs.

FreshBooks is an online system that doesn't have the granularity of QuickBooks.

QB Non-profit was not as user friendly in the actual "non-profit" modules. We have had more luck adjusting the QB Pro version to suit our needs as a non profit organization. Business is business, however the ways in which we forecast and budget can be different, as well as reporting features.

BillQuick has been nice but is pricey. We went with QuickBooks Pro because of cost and because it did what we needed it to do even though it didn't have all the bells and whistles BillQuick has to match our needs. If BillQuick lowered the price we may move because we aren't married to QuickBooks Pro but it's good for right now.