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QuickBooks Online

Overview

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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Popular Features

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  • Bank reconciliation (137)
    6.3
    63%
  • Accounts receivable (131)
    6.0
    60%
  • Standard reports (128)
    5.4
    54%
  • Dashboards (124)
    4.7
    47%

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Pricing

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Self-Employed

$15

Cloud
per month

Simple Start

$25

Cloud
per month

Plus

$75

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

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

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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.

3.1
Avg 7.5

Customization

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

2.6
Avg 7.0

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.

3.7
Avg 7.9

Reporting & Analytics

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

5.4
Avg 7.6

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

3.8
Avg 7.4

Inventory Management

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

1.3
Avg 7.0

Order Management

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

3.7
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is QuickBooks Online?

QuickBooks Online is a SaaS verison of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version, features typical of similarly priced accounting software. The monthly fee for this service starts at $10 and climbs to $30 with the Plus version, which has the richest features. The base level allows for unlimited invoices and estimates, expense tracking, importing from Excel or Quickbooks desktop, data backup, mobile accessibility, and integration with many other applications. The Essentials pricing plan contain more automation, more bill and payment management, as well as inventory and time tracking, and the Plus package contains budgeting and analytic features.

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QuickBooks Online Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Priority AccountEdge, FreshBooks, and Zoho Books are common alternatives for QuickBooks Online.

Reviewers rate Bank reconciliation highest, with a score of 6.3.

The most common users of QuickBooks Online are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I own a bookkeeping business and regularly assist business owners with managing their books. QuickBooks Online helps us to clearly see where money is coming in and exactly where the money is going out. Every dollar has a name and we can make informed decisions on how to adjust expenses and/or sales to create more profit. QuickBooks Online is user friendly with pulling and customizing reports, which allows us to see exactly what we need each month.
  • User friendly
  • Support and training
  • Online access--anywhere, anytime
  • Frequent updates--improves functions
  • Frequent updates--can challenge user to re-learn procedures
  • Every company must have its own subscription
  • Require high-speed internet
QuickBooks Online is a very strong option for small businesses and the service industry. I would not recommend it for businesses that have heavy inventory tracking and management.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Quickbooks is used across our organization for quoting and following up on estimates, tracking sales and profit/loss over the financial quarter, sending and automatically chasing outstanding invoices, bookkeeping and reporting. The dashboard overview provides key information in an easy to scan view.
  • Profit/loss accounts.
  • Sending and automatically chasing invoices.
  • Bookkeeping and attaching digital invoices.
  • Estimates that convert to invoices.
  • Seeing all bank account balances at once.
  • Easily dirt expenses into groups to see how much is spent on each category.
  • Fixing the bug where I can’t access the Taxes tab to log and make payment for Vat returns. It is tedious to remember having to open QB in Chrome in an incognito browser window. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. This issue has not been resolved since I noticed it at the beginning of February 2021.
Great system for bookkeeping, creating estimates that can be converted to invoices, automated invoice reminders sent to clients saves time, see budget allocations, cash flow, and profit/loss accounts. After some initial getting used to the interface, QB is easy and a pleasure to use. QB’s online forum and phone support are also excellent.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use it for business bookkeeping like billing, invoicing, quotes, expense tracking, inventory, and most important payment integration. This is SME, so it is used mainly by the owner. Can't undo mistakes, which ends up calling support. A price hike on a regular basis and integration with other products not as seamless as one would like.
  • You can design your own package according to the business needs.
  • Easily pay invoices online.
  • Reconciling is much easier due to bank feeds.
  • Ability to undo mistakes without calling support.
  • Monthly fees are high.
  • Sometimes files get lost due to software updates.
QuickBooks Online is solid, dependable software for SMEs. Easily code your transactions when you download from the bank, which makes receipting a breeze. Because of the cloud, I can work remotely and access anywhere, anytime. The ability to add new users [is] also helpful. It's a simple and easy system for a newbies like myself.
Charles Fashana, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As business grew, tracking revenue/invoices and expenses/payables through excel spreadsheets or other offline/manual methods quickly became challenging and a better solution was needed. However, as a small business, a robust and expensive accounting software wasn't what we needed. We were looking for a simple solution that would be easy to use and handle the basics of our accounting and finance needs, along with giving us some room to grow with the platform as our business grew. We used QuickBooks Online to do this, and the platform what used primarily by myself as COO, a part-time bookkeeper, and a tax professional at times.
  • Easy to link to bank accounts and credit cards.
  • Intuitive interface for most things.
  • Manageable chart of accounts that allows for good customization of products and services.
  • Basic customization of invoices and language to be used in customer facing invoices/emails.
  • All major financial reports are a few clicks away, most can be customized, filtered, saved, exported.
  • Allows for rules to be set for common, recurring revenue and expenses - with some limitations.
  • The budgets feature leaves a lot be desired - difficult and clunky to populate and maintain.
  • Reporting for Budget vs Actual is available but the ability to reforecast based on updated data is not.
  • The rules function to default common types of expenses isn't perfect and will get confused if like amounts or a number of similar items present.
It really is a perfect tool for small businesses that don't have a ton of complexity in their needs. It can easily handle a lot of customers, revenue and product types, etc. along with providing pretty good reporting. Where it will fall short is when you try to build out a more sophisticated account function that will look to more regularly report, budget, forecast.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online for our accounting/bookkeeping. I am the sole user at my company, but also advise others with their QBO setup and use. I also use QBO Accountant to do bookkeeping for other companies. For me, QBO solves the business problem of easily achieving real-time bookkeeping and reportable financial information.
  • Easy integration with bank accounts.
  • Easy to classify transactions.
  • Easy reporting.
  • PayPal integration doesn’t work anymore.
  • Automated fixed asset depreciation.
  • Automated loan amortization.
QuickBooks Online is perfect for small businesses who want an easy-to-use User Interface (UI). It’s very intuitive and easy to learn. You can even send invoices and process payroll on the same system. One area that may be difficult is if you have a lot of fixed assets to manage. There’s a lack of automated useful life/depreciation tracking.
Alek Babaa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we are using QuickBooks Online as our accounting system for our entire company. It keeps our books balanced and allows us to manage the P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow statements.
  • Integrates with online accounts
  • Makes matching to transactions very easy
  • Connects to the Accountants Office Easily
  • Make adding manual transactions easier
  • Easier Journal Entry
I like QuickBooks Online because it is easy for my small business with little transactions each month. It makes recording transactions easy for bookkeeping, however from an accountant standpoint I can see where it might very difficult for customized scenarios.
Lukas Sundahl, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am currently using QuickBooks Online for my consulting operation. The software helps me categorize all transactions and build out financial statements. I also use the software to reconcile my bank statement each month. I also use QuickBooks to generate my monthly sales invoices. The software handles all the needed sales and back end accounting functions for my consulting work.
  • QuickBooks Online has amazing support to help quickly answer questions.
  • There is an initial discount off the monthly charges for a set time.
  • QuickBooks is well known and trusted by many business owners/accountants.
  • There are continual updates and improvements to the functionality.
  • I feel that some more features could be added to the lower subscription tiers.
  • There could be more customization options for reports at the lower tier.
  • I feel overall that QuickBooks does a great job, so no other recommendations beyond these listed previously.
QuickBooks Online is something that I would highly recommend to another small business owner. I am very happy with the product and features that I use it for with my business. Between the QuickBooks support and YouTube a person can easily find training content or answer a question about a specific task they are trying to complete.
Jeff Henkel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
I use QuickBooks Online daily for my Accounting/Bookkeeping business. My primary business is to serve my clients with various accounting, bookkeeping, and QuickBooks Online Support so they stay focused on running their business. In addition, I use QuickBooks Online for my own business financial accounting. I find the majority of my clients see QuickBooks Online as a good solution for their business.
  • Customer Invoicing - Easy to create and email invoices to customers
  • Bank Feeds - Transactions synced daily to easily record income & expenses
  • Accountant Access - Easily connect your QBO file to for your accountant
  • Paying Bills - In the spirit of simplifying Intuit complicated & confused this process
  • Sales Tax Reporting - Still a work in progress for QBO
  • Support - Extremely inconsistent support; too many support techs lack accounting knowledge & cause accounting errors
  • Pricing - Unfortunately Intuit continues to nickel & dime small business with their various "improvements" & services. Customers have NO input or choice.
QuickBooks is well suited for both accountants and end users as far as usability and working with the basic software.
For accountants serving their business clients QuickBooks can more than suffice small to medium sized businesses.
For small business users it is a good option for starting out simple and then gradually using more aspects of the software.
I heartily recommend that all small business users connect with a QuickBooks Pro Advisor in order to get the most out of the software.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online to create tuition invoices for parents, to records payments, and to reconcile checking accounts and credit card accounts.
  • Easy to create invoices, especially when using the multiple invoices feature.
  • User-friendly.
  • East to create financial reports.
  • It would be nice to have better customization of automatic email replies for things like payment receipts and payment reminders.
  • I would like a testing feature for customer correspondence, like being able to see what an automated payment reminder would look like to my customers before I set one up and implement it.
QuickBooks has been so user-friendly for our business. I have been able to easily find training videos and answers to questions online. We took our company from manual paper billing and records to online in a matter of months using QuickBooks online. As a result, we have a better handle on what invoices are overdue, who owes what, and we have an easily accessible overview of our finances at all times.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online was our general ledger.
  • Formatting of reports a little clumsy; I would export report out to Excel and then need to clean up the formatting.
  • Every so often there would be conflicts with Bill.com and things would not properly clear.
We were a small but fast-growing tech startup; grew from $0 revenue and 12 employees to nearly $10M and 54 employees during my tenure. QuickBooks Online easily scaled with us, and I could not foresee a time where it would not. There's no need to shell out $$ for something like a NetSuite.

It would not be well suited for a manufacturing operation - I don't think it could handle inventory tracking, CoGS, etc very well.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online is being used across our organization to track expenses, run accounting reports, reconciling, and assists our CPA with providing the business back with data such as P Vs. L, etc ...
  • synching with the bank
  • classifying items by creating rules
  • running reports
  • should auto sync with the bank
  • help support could use improvement
  • better way to flow through website
First time user. For the most part, self trained. I did have to reach out to support a few times and I think they can improve in that aspect. I can easily classify items and have the month classified by EOM allowing our CPA to easily provide us back with necessary reporting to see how our business is running within the following days.
Christian Banach | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QuickBooks Online is used across our organization for accounting. We use it to manage income and expenses, keep track of the financial health of our business, invoicing customers, paying bills, generating reports, and preparing taxes.
  • Payroll
  • Recurring Invoices
  • Credit Card Tracking
  • UX
  • Confusing
If you're a small business, even with limited accounting expertise, QuickBooks Online is an inexpensive and invaluable tool.
Devin Rowley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses QuickBooks Online to track the Accounting and bookkeeping for several small entities that are unrelated to our main business but are owned by the same owner. Since the entities are never going to be consolidated, using QuickBooks Online is a simple and easy solution for managing the entities.
  • Modern and clean UI
  • Secure login
  • Can be used on any device
  • Sync with your bank account for easy reconciliation
  • Check printing can be a hassle
  • Chart of Accounts can be confusing if you don't have a strong knowledge of accounting
I think QuickBooks Online works best for small entrepreneurs who are starting to get real about their business. It doesn't require a lot of hardware investment, but it is as fully featured as some accounting software I have used for larger enterprises. If you are making consistent payments to multiple vendors on monthly basis, it's probably time to get an account.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online to keep our accounting books, for financial statements, for forecasting and to track customer and vendor activities. The founder/CEO, the bookkeeper and I use it.
  • I like the QuickBooks Online dashboard and how it gives me a running total of revenue and expenses for the past thirty days. It is brief, well-illustrated, and easy to use.
  • I like the QuickBooks Online interface with our banking accounts for easy reconciliation and import to book transactions.
  • I like that we can each access the books from different locations and see the QuickBooks Online transactions real-time.
  • QuickBooks Online needs help with journal entries. If I accrue a sales transaction to the proper month and reverse it the next month, it may show up in the overdue balance in the customer's activity. This is confusing when confirming outstanding balances due.
  • We would use Direct Deposit in QuickBooks Online, but it is costly. Our bank provides free options for transfers.
  • When I update the bank balances, the transactions showing the difference do not always appear. Yet, it will show a green check mark, anyway.
For a more robust organization, you really need to use QuickBooks Enterprise to provide more functionality. However, for a lean company with straightforward financials, it is an excellent choice, especially if you work remotely.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a small business and QuickBooks handles all our accounting needs from invoicing our clients, keeping track of mileage, [and] tracking expenses. We love using it. The reporting gives us everything we need to see to make the correct financial decisions within our company.
  • Track Mileage
  • Invoice Clients
  • Syncs with Bank
  • Integrate with more then one billing software at a time.
We use QuickBooks for our everyday and it worked well with our billing system, but when we went to change we realized that it could not have two billing systems on at one time.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I work directly with QuickBooks Online to manage construction projects. Additionally, our company builds integrations into QuickBooks Online using their open API to connect to best-in-class construction project management systems like Procore.
  • QuickBooks Online is a cloud-based accounting system and it allows multiple users to log in from multiple locations.
  • Very easy to set-up, you can be up and going in minutes.
  • Their new projects feature for construction is great addition.
  • Could have more features that align with the desktop version, it's a lite version of QuickBooks Desktop.
  • Custom support could be better. It's a self serve, easy to use software, but they could be better at managing simple questions.
Works well for small businesses, however, if you tie to a larger project management system or ERP, it will give you all the function you need. The open API or Zapier integrations make it simple to work with other systems. The ability to import data from QuickBooks Desktop is simple and allows users to migrate from Desktop to Online in a few hours.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online at the accounting department. Overall, QuickBooks Online is a great accounting solution for the company of our size (around 150-200 employees). QuickBooks Online focuses on addressing various accounting issues of small and medium size businesses such as simplifying the process of bank reconciliation, running numerous reports used by small/medium businesses daily just in one click, and other useful features.
  • QuickBooks Online has a great and easy user-friendly interface.
  • QuickBooks Online is integrated with many other software packages through a convenient auto-sync such as accounts payable and expense reimbursement applications.
  • QuickBooks Online has great customer support through Intuit forums.
  • QuickBooks Online unfortunately doesn't have some important features such as journal entry approval workflows which are necessary at most companies for internal control purposes.
  • QuickBooks Online reporting feature is not very robust. QuickBooks Online has mostly basic reporting capabilities and limited functionality to customize reports.
  • QuickBooks Online still hasn't added some important accounting modules or capabilities that would make accountants' life easier such as automatic prepaid expense amortization and fixed asset depreciation features.
QuickBooks Online is definitely a great accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses who need a basic system to keep their books. For example, QuickBooks Online is a great fit for service organizations, contractors and freelancers who need to send invoices to their customers, record basic expenses and run a couple of standard reports to assess their profitability and financial position. We use QuickBooks Online at our software startup and it's a great fit at the moment. I would not recommend QuickBooks Online to manufacturing or some businesses that have production or inventory as they might across some limitations of QuickBooks Online.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The platform helps us in registering our transactions from all offices in various countries. Our operation involves having five offices throughout the country, as well as one more abroad. From which we provide services to our clients. By implementing this platform we can have all our information in one place.
  • Be completely a cloud-based program.
  • You have everything you need in a single platform, including specific requirements.
  • It is fully personalized and complies with Mexican legislation.
  • The training regarding the use of the platform is very complete, including its certifications. However, it would improve having greater availability of content in the Spanish language.
  • Also including an offline MacOS version would be a great improvement.
  • Development support with engineers in Spanish language.
It is appropriate for our needs of several people simultaneously and also in compliance with the specific rules of Mexican legislation. We also take advantage of automated information logging of supplier systems imports. Where it is least appropriate to our consideration is for companies with large inventory complexity or imports and exports.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I currently work as a consultant doing accounting for small businesses and startup companies. I work as freelancer on UpWork. I help business owners transition from either their previous accounting software, QuickBooks Desktop, or Excel-based program to QuickBooks Online. As business owners grow their business, they no longer have time to do the accounting themselves so they reach out to me to do the accounting for them on a weekly or monthly basis so they can have accurate financials to see the health of their business.
  • Incredibly user-friendly user-interface
  • Intuit has created very helpful knowledge center and support to answer Accounting-related questions or how to use the software
  • Their report function allows to switch between cash basis and accrual basis accounting with the click of a button
  • They have a great network of QuickBooks Certified Professionals if business owners need to contract a professional to do the accounting
  • QuickBooks Online provides various features that you can add-on as your business grows and has the ability to scale as the accounting needs evolve
  • There are many Apps that integrate into QuickBooks, such as Shopify, Paypal, Stripe, etc.
  • QuickBooks allows you to design how you would your invoices to look, but the design features are somewhat limited.
  • I wish QuickBooks Online would allow the ability to export the trial balance to excel in a table format so I could create Pivot tables in excel. It currently is in a report format so I have to delete rows to make sure that it's in a table format
  • QuickBooks doesn't do a very good job of tracking inventory
QuickBooks Online is because of its scalability. From a single-person business to a mid-sized company, QuickBooks Online is able to provide the necessary accounting features that your business will need as your business grows. The features are add-ons so when your you start your business, the cost to entry is very low. The software walks you through the implementation process. When your organization grows to a large-sized company, you may want to consider NetSuite or another ERP system as there are features lacking that a large organization requires.
Rob Martinek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use this package for Accounting, Invoicing & Payroll. A major benefit is that the majority of accounts automatically sync so there is litlle data entry. Also, there are saved transactions that automatically post common/frequent transactions. We also use the system to run financial reports to evaluate the health of the agency. One of my personal favorities is the P&L Report comarison of current 12 months versus prior 12 months. It shows how we are evolving as an organization on both sides of the ledger
  • Financial Reporting
  • Payroll
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Ability to Customize Dashborad
  • Email reminders for Monthly Reports e.g. Reconcile Premiums in Trust Liabilities
  • Provide graphs for P&L comparisons
In my opinion, this product will work for most small business. We don't need to track sales or inventory, so I cannot speak to that functionality. The ability to create and run financial reports is easy. I particularly like the Business Snapshot. The other great feature of the Online version is that you can access it from anywhere. I don't use this very often, but it sure is nice when I need info
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use for QuickBooks Online to run our entire Software-as-a-Service business. We use it for aspects of bookkeeping and accounting.
  • Remotely available to everyone who needs it without any installation required.
  • Integrates with 3rd party applications (we are using it in conjunction with Zoho CRM)
  • Allows for easy delivery of invoices and quotations via email.
  • Filtering lists can be be awkward
  • Customization of forms can be complicated
QuickBooks Online is easy to use and well suited for smaller businesses. It doesn't require a lot of training, and accounting firms and bookkeepers understand how to use it. Out of the box, managing inventory can be hard.
Mark Anthony Sinchioco | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use QuickBooks Online for a client to record and his expenses daily for his job. He is using it to file reimbursements from his company. What I do is record his expenses using QuickBooks Online and upload the receipts as well for easing viewing and reference. He also make me do reports for his daily expenses and expenditures for his work.
  • Report
  • Payroll
  • Billing
  • Invoices
  • Provide easy options to change currency because there are times we need to use multi-currency records.
This is well suited for smalls businesses who wants to keep track of their financial records. This is also great for individual use like example for freelancers like me. It's great to use in billing and invoicing. This also great in generating reports for expenditures as well as sales of products and services.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks for our accounting purposes and reporting to the board. Our accountant is able to access to also audit our financials. The business problem it is addressing is a one-stop shop for financials. This also helps with reconciling our accounts on a monthly basis. It is easy to use and very user friendly when you have a problem.
  • put all accounts in one location
  • gives a broad look at everything
  • organizes the budget
  • making sure the bank transfer gets all numbers
  • An auto reconcile would be great
  • budget upload feature to use annually
QuickBooks has great reports to be able to give to the board members. it is easy for our auditor to access when doing our financials. It gives the clear picture of financials. This also helps with reconciling our accounts on a monthly basis. It is easy to use and very user friendly when you have a problem.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use QuickBooks Online for all our bookkeeping and payroll. It is easy and downloads info from our bank.
  • Allows me to Reconcile our books with our bank statement
  • Reminds me of who needs to be paid
  • Allows me to easily correct mistakes
  • some states are not supported for online tax payments, i.e. Maine
  • some of the customer service people are not as experienced as others. I've often had to call back for a second opinion!
I can always get help when I need it. I love their screen share capability to see exactly what I am referring to when I need help.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use the online version of QuickBooks for cloud connectivity, and to enable multiple machines to have access to the same workbook without running into licensing or duplicate instance issues. The ease of access is also much easier to deal with than with the local premier version on a virtual machine.
  • constant availability as long as you have an internet connection
  • no need to manage VMs
  • ease of web access or local desktop installation access
  • Subscription structure can be prohibitively expensive
  • You have far less control over the app because it is no longer hosted by you
  • You are trading one set of problems for another set by moving to the cloud
If you want accounting software that you can set up quickly and begin work, QuickBooks Online fits the bill. It checks those boxes and is easy to deploy and configure from an sysadmin perspective. Also, there is no overhead with managing servers or VMs or having to manually upgrade the Premier version of the software, because QB Online is stored in the cloud.

However, due to the pricing structure of the subscription, it may be cost-prohibitive for smaller companies or nonprofits, even with nonprofit pricing. Price hikes come annually, and it is a grind to have to renegotiate the terms of the contract every year.
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