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QuickBooks Desktop Pro

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

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What is QuickBooks Desktop Pro?

Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.

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Popular Features

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  • Accounts payable (107)
    9.7
    97%
  • Bank reconciliation (108)
    9.7
    97%
  • Accounts receivable (109)
    7.5
    75%
  • Standard reports (108)
    7.5
    75%

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What is QuickBooks Desktop Pro?

Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.

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  • No setup fee

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

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What is QuickBooks Online?

QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.

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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.

9.3
Avg 7.5

Customization

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

7.9
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.

8.5
Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

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

8.4
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.

6.7
Avg 7.0

Order Management

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

7.3
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is QuickBooks Desktop Pro?

Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It allows a user to create invoices and track sales, enter and pay bills from vendors, and download bank and credit card transactions directly into QuickBooks. It contains analytic features, and its reports can be exported into Excel. Its home page conveys an overview of business activity at a glance, providing insight into business processes. Quickbooks Desktop Pro for Windows Desktop can be obtained presently for a one-time purchase fee of $230, while Quickbooks Desktop Pro Plus is available for $200 annually as a cloud-based service with the support, data backup, and free updating typical of cloud-based services.

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QuickBooks Desktop Pro Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.

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Reviewers rate Pay calculation and Salary revision and increment management highest, with a score of 9.9.

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

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April 30, 2015

Ease of use

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
More appropriate: fairly simple business, used to track and reconcile bank and credit card activity; user understands the need for periodic reconciliations and consistent input. In this scenario, QuickBooks works really well.
Inappropriate: someone who makes a lot of input errors with dates - I specifically recommended a more complex program to a client because this client is dyslexic - QuickBooks would not work for him as the dates and amounts are just accepted without a logical check. He needs a program that limits dates to the current accounting period and doesn't allow changes to reconciled data.
Suzanne Forbes, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If they are doing too many transactions a month, the software gets bogged down and they need to go to an enterprise version. The software does not work the best for property managers when they are collecting money from a tenant as an agent and need to remit to an owner and take back their share. Also, an area where I would not recommend is in a small hotel because it doesn't handle reservations etc., very well.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Best for small contractors and general business. We recommend it for companies up to about $15,000,000 in gross receipts. For non-accountants it is sometimes confusing and we tell all of them that they will make several mistakes, the first time through, but we know what to look for and try to advise them up front of the common errors.
Eric Karkovack | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Pro is great for any small business who needs to keep track of payments, vendors, revenue, etc. Obviously, there are many online services these days that will do the same thing. But I still find QuickBooks Pro to be a viable option. This particular edition may be best suited to those who don't necessarily need to access their data via a mobile device. I work at home and rarely leave the office, so this suits me just fine.
Cat Firstman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I would review the customer's business model and their actual financial flow lines. Look for how many users need to upload or enter data in to the program. How many different functions needs to be tracked and entered? There is now a cloud hosted version with Right Networks that we have found is more stable and easier to access than a local server version. It isn't very expensive for a company at all. Right Networks has a great customer service background.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
First I would ask, what does the company provide? If it does manufacturing I would almost immediately say no. Tracking inventory is too crucial and this software only makes it more difficult. Then I would ask what size is the company? This really seems tailored more to small companies that do not have a lot of information that needs to be input. I would also ask if the employees are local or work remotely? Quickbooks Pro is desktop that can be shared through a connected network. If workers are remote, QuickBooks Online would be the next obvious option but I do not have much good to say about the online program.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I suspect that if you are looking for a basic bookkeeping solution, and don't have any background in accounting, it is probably a fine product. My concern is that if the business grows in size and complexity it may soon run out of capabilities, at which time you will have to convert to a more robust system.
Cindy Hovig | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Some questions we ask are: Do you need job costing? Do you have inventory? How many users need to access the data? Are you using a PC or a Mac? How will you process your payroll? We will recommend QuickBooks Pro when their is a need for job costing.
November 11, 2014

Thinking Out of The Box

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I believe QuickBooks Pro offers a good foundation in order to customize it to match the functionality of most businesses or non-profits. Even if using a very small portion of the software's functionality, it is worth the purchase. However, prior knowledge of the software is beneficial if purchasing the software to use other than for the intended purpose.
Janet Janowiak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I cannot think of an industry or business size that will not benefit from purchasing QuickBooks Pro. By making a habit of using QuickBooks Pro on a daily basis and recording all business transactions, the end of year tax reporting is far less scary!
David Worrell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Pro is never my first choice. Even when inventory and multi-currency are not an issue, you'll find that the reporting and management tools available from the QuickBooks ACCOUNTANT version are far superior. You'll spend a bit more now, but you'll save 100 times more by having faster, more efficient tools, reports, and insights for managing your data.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Quickbook's class system (providing the ability to create classes for each project that our non-profit funds) is ideal for our needs. Partnered with Simpleport for Paypal, automates this otherwise highly manual process. Reporting by Class is also highly valuable, as we track how much each of our projects is owed at any point in time.
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