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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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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

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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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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Pro is well suited for daily financial tracking and reporting. QuickBooks Pro can sometimes not be as useful with non-profit accounting in a sense of forecasting due to the fluctuating programming and inability to budget in this way.
Ariel Dunay | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited for a smaller organization where maybe 1-5 people are inputting data and tracking large level invoices. That data should be reviewed by people who have compliance experience or can link that data with relevant software. It is also well-suited for the international development industry because almost everyone uses it, so the skills will transfer from company to company for those who become proficient.
Bill Greganti | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
One of my clients is a manufacturing company utilizing QuickBooks with 15 employees to manage all aspects of their business. Frequent tasks being performed are generating purchase orders for raw materials, invoicing customers for finished products, and payroll. As the primary person supporting this installation I've found it easy to manage, control permissions for users, and upgrade each workstation. I also provide basic training on the operation of QuickBooks and even the employees with no previous experience find it easy to use and learn.
December 14, 2018

Meh

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's okay. It's not great. We use it to ensure our numbers are accurate from a billing and invoicing focus. There are other products out there that do this and include fund accounting and tax management. If you could make a noise to associate with this product, we would use "meh."
Jessica London | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Small firms cannot invest in the larger industry specific programming and QuickBooks makes for an excellent alternative. Reporting is fluid and comprehendible. The excellent windows based platform is unparalleled. Looking into accounts is as easy as simply clicking on it. Quality of information in, is same information out.
Erika Neilson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks is perfect for a small business. I have been using it for several years and it is simple enough for a start-up company to be able to figure out how to use it. There are also usually classes offered in local communities to help teach the basics of QuickBooks - which I took, that helped me become familiar. It may work for a larger business, but may not have the ease needed for managing multiple locations as it is somewhat cumbersome to switch between sets of books.
Glen Gehrkens, PHR, SHRM-CP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Works well with companies up to 75 or so employees. Any more than that and I think you will open yourself up to potential payroll tax issues. There is not much guidance from the software, so it is possible to make a costly mistake. Your finance and payroll employees will need to be compliance experts.
December 10, 2018

QuickBooks Pro

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Pro is well suited for companies of any size and can even work for companies that manage multiple entities separately or related to each other. QuickBooks Pro is also well suited for the tracking or bank transactions and management of accounts receivable and accounts payable as well as inter company accounts and depreciation
Matt Newquist, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Pro is well suited for very basic accounting needs. It also has a payroll and accounts payable feature which my organization does not use. It is generally easy to navigate and perform the accounting tasks. The biggest drawback is not having a non-profit feature within the Pro software.

It is not suited for those with complex organizations that would need multiple dimensions such as project and region.
Derek Letellier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks is great for small businesses to handle their accounting needs. For small teams, the Pro version has everything you'd need. There is a limit for three concurrent users, so if you have many people who need access to the accounting system you'll want to explore alternative solutions besides Quickbooks Pro.
Meredith Turcotte | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have found QuickBooks to be very well suited to small to medium sized businesses that have mostly "normal" payrolls. I have had good success in working with non-profits that use QBP to track donors and to split transactions between program and admin for tax and reporting purposes. Businesses that are very specific in their needs, like construction, or that have very complicated payrolls or vendor payments (eg commissions, percentage calcs, etc.) may benefit from a software that is more specifically designed for their needs.
Shawn Petrunak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks is well suited for companies where people are already relatively well versed in other accounting software. While it is a delightful software with a lot of varying uses, at times I felt that the learning curve for QuickBooks was relatively overwhelming. However, once I had the hang of what I was doing, it was nice to be able to do rather advanced things.
AK Cyrway | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks is best in companies with employees, and multiple checking, credit card, and loan accounts. I would recommend self-employed, single person, or home-based businesses (those who do not need to do payroll) to do more research on available products before settling on Quickbooks.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The desktop version of QuickBooks pro has been a lifesaver for our business. We easily can track all transactions, bills, and invoices and keep up with account receivables & payables. We love being able to track costs per job as well as by type of expenditure. Reports make it easy to analyze any aspect of our business. Our accountants' job has become so much easier since we switched to Quickbooks allowing us to complete our taxes in a timely manner each year.
Shaya Klechevsky | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For the vast majority of accounting needs, QuickBooks Pro hits the nail on the head. Since we're a design agency, we do have some pain points surrounding the visual aspects of the software (like invoice design, email design).
Carlos Sava | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks is well suited for people who are comfortable with accounting software. It is much more useful for certain industries such as manufacturing where there is more of a workflow from manufacturing, shipping, invoicing, receiving payments. Since it is ubiquitous people will find it easier to get support and help with it from sources like accountants or online videos.
Tracie Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think QuickBooks Pro is well suited to the daily actions I utilize it for - invoicing, entering bills, tracking credit card expenses, issuing payroll, reconciling bank accounts all happen daily for me. I have a colleague who uses QuickBooks for her manufacturing business and has some struggles that make QuickBooks a bit less appropriate for her industry. However, she has worked through many of those struggles using add-ons and externally compatible options.
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