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QuickBooks Online Advanced

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What is QuickBooks Online Advanced?

QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.

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Excellent Tool!

10 out of 10
April 12, 2023
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QBO Advanced has all the bells and whistles! We could not ask for any other features. This version of QBO literally handles everything we …
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Popular Features

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  • Standard reports (172)
    8.8
    88%
  • Accounts payable (169)
    8.7
    87%
  • Bank reconciliation (167)
    8.2
    82%
  • Custom reports (164)
    8.1
    81%

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What is QuickBooks Online Advanced?

QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.

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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.

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 also offer an Advanced Inventory module for $999…

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Features

Customization

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

8.5
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.

8.6
Avg 7.6

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

8.1
Avg 7.4

Inventory Management

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

8.1
Avg 7.0

Order Management

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

8.8
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is QuickBooks Online Advanced?

QuickBooks Online Advanced is cloud-based, SaaS accounting software designed to simplify accounting for mid-size and growing businesses. QuickBooks Online Advanced includes all the core accounting features of QuickBooks – and is enhanced with tools like customizable business analytics, visual cashflow and revenue dashboards, custom user roles for 25 users, and online back-up and restore. Automated workflows and batch invoicing help to save time and reduce cost. The mobile app gives employees real-time data access across multiple locations, and mileage tracking. Premium care, on-demand training and 24/7 U.S.-based technical support is included with Priority Circle membership. Non promoted price is $150/month for up to 25 users, unlimited chart of accounts and classes & locations.

QuickBooks Online Advanced 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: Multi-currency support
  • Supported: Multi-division support
  • Supported: Regulations compliance
  • Supported: Electronic tax filing
  • Supported: Self-service portal
  • Supported: Primary and Secondary Ledgers
  • Supported: Intercompany Accounting
  • Supported: Journals and Reconciliations
  • Supported: Enterprise Accounting
  • Supported: Configurable Accounting
  • Supported: Centralized Rules Framework
  • Supported: Standardized Processes

Inventory Management Features

  • Supported: Inventory tracking

Order Management Features

  • Supported: Pricing
  • Supported: Order entry
  • Supported: Credit card processing

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

Additional Features

  • Supported: Cloud-Based
  • Supported: Mobile App
  • Supported: Workflow Automation and Reminders
  • Supported: Customizable Charts/Dashboards

QuickBooks Online Advanced Integrations

QuickBooks Online Advanced Competitors

QuickBooks Online Advanced Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States of America
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.

FreshBooks and Xero are common alternatives for QuickBooks Online Advanced.

Reviewers rate Credit card processing and Electronic tax filing highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of QuickBooks Online Advanced are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a firm, we used to rely on QuickBooks Online Advanced for all of our clients bookkeeping/payroll needs. The biggest problem that QuickBooks Online Advanced solved for our firm was that it gave us one platform that would house all of the bookkeeping/payroll information rather than having to use a bookkeeping software alongside a completely different payroll software. I really enjoyed the efficiency of being able to pull payroll tax reports, which made year-end bookkeeping adjustments more efficient. The only issue that I had with QuickBooks Online Advanced, when compared to other bookkeeping software, is the reconciliation of bank accounts. To me, it felt like coding transactions in one screen and then having to go to another screen to reconcile was a wasted step. Especially when we started using other bookkeeping software's that have coding and reconciling all in one step.
  • Payroll Filing
  • AR/AP Reports broken out by terms
  • Sales and Use Liability Reports
  • Bank account reconciliation
  • Overall look of the main screen
  • Continual updates to current reports
I gave this rating more from the standpoint that I enjoy using other bookkeeping platforms more than I enjoy QuickBooks Online Advanced. While QuickBooks Online Advanced is a solid platform that I have no issue working in, there are some areas that could be improved. The biggest of these areas is the overall design of the platform. I feel that when you first log in and are brought to the home screen, everything just looks cluttered.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online Advanced for all our accounting and financial management needs, including vendor and customer/donor records, accounts payables, payable tracking, bank reconciliation, cash management, financial reporting, annual budgeting and YOY key financial metrics comparisons.

Before implementing into QuickBooks Online, we hired a third-party bookkeeping firm to manage our accounting and financial records, but encountered many issues, including making errors not caught by the previous accounting team. Once moved the functions in house, things have been smooth and the annual audit process and result have been great. Thanks QuickBooks Online!
  • Having unlimited Class, so we can use the classes to track projects balances and transactions.
  • Can allow more users to manage the same books
  • Link directly to bank accounts and receive transactions records on real time.
  • Don't like the new format of the reports, having to always select the classic views
  • Hope the QuickBooks Online Advanced can create/improve its module for non-profit organizations, such as the financial statements layouts.
What I think the QuickBooks Online Advanced is well suited:
1) Easy to use and effective to navigate while satisfying our financial and accounting functions' needs
2) We upgraded the version from the QuickBooks Online to QuickBooks Online Advanced is solely for the unlimited classes that we use to track the different projects/programs that are essential to our non-profit organization.
Solomon E, CIA, CPA, JM, BA Accounting | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used QuickBooks Online to integrate the accounting system into the Intuit payment system, and financial institutions bring efficiency with a speedy recording of transactions close to real-time updated financial reporting, and efficient reconciliations. It really is an amazing application.
  • seamless reconciliations with integration into the banking systems
  • Seamless auto recording of credit card payment transactions into the accounting system
  • Performance monitoring tools and custom reporting
  • seamless integration with Bill pay to automate authorization through workflows
  • Automating recording through the applications of rules
  • user access differentiation and security
  • class features doesn't work well when using mobile based payment processor
1) Using the QBO along with the Intuit credit payment product semi-automate the recording and simplifies tracing and monitoring. 2) The application of rules to automate recording avoid retyping, speeds up transactions recording, enable prompt update to financial reports. 4) the application of workflow in a broader sense is very useful,
Joyce J Moore, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks allows me to help not only my company but other small business I manage, organize their day to day financial business operations. It allows me to generate reports, run payroll smoothly, I received unlimited support 24/7, and I have access to unlimited training. There are some 3rd party that doesn't work well most of the time for my clients i.e. PayPal and the QuickBooks banking is not at all working well due to the transfer from outside business accounts it's not real time like the normal banking system which is not good for me or my clients. Overall I like using QuickBooks and have been a fan since 2008 with the Desktop version, so the online is much easier for me and I love the fact its cloud based.
  • Allows reports to be customized
  • Categorize incoming bank transactions
  • Reconcile and pull in the bank statements
  • 3rd party apps syncing i.e. PayPal
  • Improving the QuickBooks Checking Account by adding real time transfers
  • Bank Syncing loses the connection too often
QuickBooks is a great way to manage your business finances and payroll. Even though there a things that are not perfect the software or product is the best I've experienced for small businesses. I highly recommend QuickBooks Online Advanced. It allows small businesses to manage inventory and utilizing the POS system works for many businesses. I don't have a need for the POS but I have heard good things about it.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
QuickBooks Online Advanced is a fantastic program. I use it every day and help my clients gain detailed insights into their financial records so they can better manage their company. It is streamlined and very user friendly. I can't recommend it enough!
  • Batch Invoicing
  • Project & Class Tracking
  • Custom Reports
  • Third Party App Integration
  • Mid project invoicing/ progress invoicing/milestone invoicing
My clients that work in construction really like using the Project tracking feature in QuickBooks Advanced Online. It provides detailed insights into their profitability by project and helps my clients properly manager their businesses to achieve success.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use QB Advance to manage and process all financial tasks within the company. These include building quotes/estimates, invoices, paying expenses, recording payroll, etc. For a small business, it is a great way to maintain all relevant data in a single platform, reducing time and paper waste. Using QB, I can synchronize my bank transactions for easy monthly reconciliation and reporting. I also appreciate that I can provide access to our accounting professionals to prepare year-end tax and financial reports. All this allows me to manage and analyze financial information more efficiently and focus on other tasks that require my attention.
  • Download bank transactions
  • Easy monthly reconciliation
  • Provide overall company performance
  • Easy access to reports and customization
  • Broader customization options for invoice and estimate templates
  • Import payroll reports from third party sources
QuickBooks Online Advance is appropriate for small and starting businesses as it is easy to navigate and learn. QBOA also provides various resources to assist users in understanding its features and components. It is not costly, as each plan offers what the business need, so you can purchase the program that best benefits your practices. On the opposite side, it may not be suited for businesses that are expanding significantly or are doing business with entities that may require a more thorough financial structure.
Steffen Jäschke | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Intuit from Mountain View, California, is one of the most prominent and innovative companies for online mortgages. The tendency was towards a greater internet and beyond the latest digital transformations digital money and digital cashing systems. So the need and the success of online booking systems locally and over the network of different scales was a superior idea. The companies first on the trends did grow the biggest. Big companies did grow stronger and had it easy to be innovative and attractive over long periods of time. So QuickBooks Online did appear in 1999 as a Payroll service. They did expand the services beyond the connectivity to banks and tax agencies on the much superior platform. The influence from the second market of plugin developers was adopted for many broad niches of markets. These advantages and a well-introduced predecessor product QuickBook made them rapidly the market leader. The offered high-security standards were always a plus. They integrated many wishes still persisting their own singular attributes at the leading edges of the markets. They profited richly from the change to the cloud stack technologies and the mobile hype. The acceptance was enhanced by the third-party integration with specialized services from banks, payroll services, or management services for expenses.
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced has all that is already in Plus, with the popular ability to track by classes.
  • It has a lot of exclusive features. First to mention reporting.
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced performes batch invoice import.
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced allows custom permissions for individuals.
  • A dedicated account team, features for advanced business analytics, accounting employee expenses, other workflow automations and more.
  • Proper advice in QuickBooks Online Pro for the usage if QuickBooks Online Advanced will be more efficient.
  • More features and space in the app for organization of the self-created workflows.
  • The stability of QuickBooks Online Advanced can still be better.
  • There are still file-size issues and limitations on transactions and attributes of transactions.
QuickBooks Online Advanced is especially well suited for repetitive and longer tasks. It offers extended features compared to the Plus edition and in all these features it has to get a recommendation. Intuit knows its customers very well. They look at what the users do, and research for the next attractive feature sets to a large extent. So the question can only be answered in very special cases. They look for revenue so such issues as file size and stability can be expected to be on end an issue. There is a need to look for efficient workarounds and the customers are creative even for QuickBooks Online Advanced. So the more a company does accounting the more automation and repetitive action acceleration are used and needed. The more bank account they will manage the more advantageous the features. All these trends are limited. Then Intuit offers special services to work with even bigger systems of QuickBooks Online Advanced. The promise to turn complex processes into ones that are of clarity is really lived at Intuit. They protect their customers very well. They keep them in the privacy they intend to have. In my experience, the features are most helpful which is targeted customization toward growth.
Jeff Dillingham, RE Broker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used to be the bookkeeper, CFO, and Financial Manager of my Real Estate Brokerage, however the role got too big for me and I've contracted with a third party Bookkeeping service. Having QuickBooks Online Advanced made that transition extremely easy. They were able to plug into all of my accounting history, accounts, and various transactions that needed updating and organization. Very easy transition.
  • Transaction Organization
  • Historical Addendums and AJE's
  • Reporting Details
  • Many third party companies are adapt and familiar
  • It could be simpler for beginners
  • Sometimes the reconciliation module can be a bit confusion with online syncing and the data brought over.
  • Never been a fan of the interface. It's a personal preference to have things more "data entry" correlated.
Previous reasons listed as it seems to be a universal application amongst many companies. Easy transition to using third party accountants or if you were doing a Merger and Acquisition it makes the transition easy. Most CPA/Tax Attorney's seem to be proficient in it's use as well. Easy banking syncing is a nice feature saving time.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online Advanced is utilized in the day-to-day accounting for the business. The product's seamless integration to our AP and Corporate Credit Card platforms has helped to simplify and streamline our month-end close process. Investing in this tool helped us move from outsourcing our accounting needs to managing them all in-house.
  • Integration in to 3rd party tools
  • Simple reconciliation tools, help identify issues earlier.
  • The customizability of the chart of accounts helped to fit the software to meet the different needs of our business.
  • More efficient customer support. There have been incidents where I have been bounced to and from the same departments while trying to resolve an issue.
  • Continued integration into 3rd party software would help drive continued efficiency.
With the adoption of QuickBooks Online, we have been able to move from outsourcing our accounting needs to bringing them in-house. The platform provides a user-friendly experience that helped reduce errors that were previously common. Much of this comes from the inherent reconciliation tools which have helped to reduce errors and speed up the month-end close process. The software also integrates with AP and Credit Card platforms that we currently use with a seamless transition of data between the two.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online Advanced is used in almost all areas of our finances. Not only are we able to track our spending and income, but we can also compare month to month and year to year, pay bills, receive payments and keep track of all of the moving parts of running a company. Automation makes things incredibly helpful as well.
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced keeps all aspects of finances organized and categorized.
  • The automation saves time and helps with errors.
  • Further explanations of categories within the help feature are incredibly helpful.
  • Support staff are not as knowledgeable as needed to truly offer help.
  • Website is down frequently.
There have been many times where I reached out for help and the support person was unable to do anything other than look up something that I could have or already had looked up myself. But it is very well suited to offer the ability to keep all finances organized, categorized, automated, and labeled well. The reports also make it incredibly easy to see what is going on with finances month to month.
March 01, 2022

Real User Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Using it as core accounting and finance backbone to close the books
  • Multiple entity management along with multi user management
  • Auto bank suggestion match
  • Network speed
  • Fast support with technical issues
  • ERP level integration
  • More advanced third party integration
  • Robust automation across all accounting functions
Small to mid with moderate size number of transactional volume. anything behind that, ERP is the solution
November 27, 2021

Bookkeeping is a breeze

Karen Mellendorf | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QBO Advanced is our nonprofit's financial record-keeping solution. We have been using QBO for about 10 years and switched to Advanced in June 2020. We needed access to more users and classes for program tracking purposes. We use QBO to send invoices for programs, record donations, and track bills. Our accountant uses what we have entered to help us fill out our 990.
  • Invoicing for various programs
  • Sending invoice reminders in bulk
  • Tracking sales receipts
  • Tagging items for more detailed reporting
  • Easy to create reports
  • Reports are not as customizable as sometimes needed
  • Native import/export features would be great rather than having to pay for 3rd party app
  • The regular search is pretty useless, I always use the Advanced Search function
  • Memo/Description are 2 different fields but various reports use one or the other and it's very hard to remember which ones use each. This is very annoying.
This works great for small to [mid] sized businesses with somewhat normal bookkeeping needs. It can handle multiple currencies and works for nonprofits or for-profit businesses. If you need your financial information connected to your CRM (like Salesforce), QBO can be a bit of a challenge.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our finance and accounting team is using QuickBooks Online Advanced to keep track of our accounting and finances. It is a great tool for small businesses. It is very user friendly and very cost effective compared to other accounting software. We are also using several apps along with the software. We love the Fathom App that comes free with our subscription to QuickBooks Online Advanced as it tracks KPIs and prepares nice management reports that we can share within the organization.
  • Easy to use interface
  • Great for small businesses
  • Does not require significant training or an implementation to use
  • Cost effective
  • Customization is limited (but more available than other QuickBooks subscriptions)
  • Ability to segment data is limited to only Classes and Locations. Other software has more functionality.
  • Ability to customize reports is limited but improving
QuickBooks Online Advanced is great for small businesses, especially the larger small businesses. It has greater reporting capabilities than other QuickBooks subscriptions and is still very cost effective. It is also very easy to use. Mid-size businesses may find the functionality lacking, however, as reporting needs grow and segment information needs greater visibility.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used for a non-profit with a church and two schools. Each of these entities have many funds causing us to have many accounts and categories to maintain separate records.
  • The ability to have multiple accounts and categories providing the accountants the ability to respond to our clientele.
  • Ease of use in accounting for each of the different entities in maintaining separation.
  • Quick reporting based on need and the ability to develop reports for each entity's needs.
  • Ability to run standard reports in different line-ups than by account numbers.
  • The ability to put invoice numbers from vendors into the system to reduce the possibility of duplicate payment.
  • I utilize the Transaction Pro App and find some limitation in usage.
Just as I stated, the flexibility in account numbers and categories.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online as an admin team to manage our books as well as produce reporting for our board to review as well as apply for, track, and substantiate a large number of grants that provide our funding.
  • Unlimited classes allows for detailed tracking as our organization continues to grow.
  • More available users allow more employees to pull their own reporting, reducing bottlenecks in our workflow.
  • Custom fields add great detail but we'd love to see them available at the line item level, rather than just transaction level.
  • We had to purchase a third-party app to import bills so we'd love to see this feature integrated in the future.
The level of detail might be overwhelming to businesses that don't need it but with all the funding sources we need to track down to the penny. The advanced version really allows the complexity of our books to match the complexity of our organizational needs.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QBO is used across the organization to manage invoicing, expenses, banking, a/r, etc. and for financial reporting (P&L and balance sheet).
  • Integrated with banking and financial institutions.
  • Integrated with Quickbooks merchant services so it makes it easier to collect payments from customers.
  • We are utilizing categories for better sales reporting.
  • The reporting (even with Fathom) is not as robust as I need so I bought a 3rd party software (Finjinni). QB's desktop had the same issue so I used QQube on QBs desktop.
  • I bought Transaction Import Pro to help with importing vendor invoices and bank deposit details (receive payments from customers).
I think it is well suited for a small to mid-size businesses. The only deficiency is in reporting.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online Advanced met all of our needs for an accounting/finance software package. We were looking to move to the cloud and needed something that would allow us to track multiple locations (through classes) along with solid inventory management. We love the Fathom integration and the ease of use. It has allowed us to have much more flexibility and balance in our work environment. We've been able to reduce our workload and provide the stakeholders more accurate and timely information.
  • Fathom reporting and analysis integration
  • Cloud availability
  • Integration with numerous apps
  • Additional workflow for vendor bills
QuickBooks Online Advanced is very well suited for businesses that are on the move, with people outside the office and/or with multiple offices. It is a complete package for the small to mid-sized business that offers payroll, automated sales tax, simple inventory management, and comprehensive reporting and analysis. It would not be appropriate for a business that manages multiple inventory locations or where extremely tight transaction controls are necessary (SEC filer).
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