QuickBooks Desktop Pro--good choice for many business types
April 30, 2021

QuickBooks Desktop Pro--good choice for many business types

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Within the nonprofit organization I currently manage, it is used systemwide. I've also used it with a real estate and land development company where there were multiple LLCs under the umbrella. QuickBooks Desktop Pro was the software of choice.

For the nonprofit sector, it provides an affordable way to handle grant management and various projects. For the real estate company, it could be so granular to track from land acquisition to end-customer sales.
  • Managing complex project accounting
  • Grant accounting and reporting
  • Payroll--especially with multi-project accounting
  • The limited number of simultaneous users--licenses can be cost prohibitive
  • Was too firewalled, requiring a VPN to use (may have been our IT)
  • Cost. Cost. Cost.
  • While they say nonprofit, it isn't really well designed (just branded) for nonprofits
  • The cost of deploying QuickBooks Desktop Pro compared to the "big" providers, like Sage, is far less
  • Can be set up fairly quickly with an experienced accountant and good data
  • Ability to review large projects from start to finish through several steps created a great financial report
The transparency of QuickBooks Desktop Pro is less complex. This really helps with larger projects/companies with one shared accounting office.

Do you think QuickBooks Desktop Pro delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with QuickBooks Desktop Pro's feature set?

Yes

Did QuickBooks Desktop Pro live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of QuickBooks Desktop Pro go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy QuickBooks Desktop Pro again?

Yes

Especially good for different levels of users (e.g., bookkeeper, AP, AR, HR, and controller). Good reporting and firewalls on data.
Not the quickest responses; online help was often cut-and-paste scripts that took forever to work though to get to a human. I recommend paying for support.
QuickBooks Desktop Pro client is incredible for running multiple cost centers, companies, or projects. It can be as complex as your accounting needs to be. Where I saw its massive goodness was while auditing a development firm that builds apartments, homes, and commercial buildings. The company was able to track from land acquisition to end-buyer (individuals as well as corporate) with all the complex costs, fees, and reporting needed for construction and sales. It is a beast for this kind of use.

QuickBooks Desktop Pro Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
9
Accounts receivable
9
Cash management
6
Bank reconciliation
9
Expense management
8
Time tracking
Not Rated
Fixed asset management
8
Multi-currency support
Not Rated
Multi-division support
9
Regulations compliance
9
Electronic tax filing
Not Rated
Self-service portal
Not Rated
Global Financial Support
Not Rated
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
5
Intercompany Accounting
9
Localizations
8
Journals and Reconciliations
9
Enterprise Accounting
9
Configurable Accounting
6
Centralized Rules Framework
8
Standardized Processes
9
Inventory tracking
8
Automatic reordering
Not Rated
Location management
8
Manufacturing module
Not Rated
Pricing
Not Rated
Order entry
Not Rated
Credit card processing
Not Rated
Cost of goods sold
Not Rated
Order Orchestration
Not Rated
End-to-end order visibility
Not Rated
Order exception Resolution
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Dashboards
8
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
9
API for custom integration
7
Plug-ins
7
Role-based user permissions
9
Single sign-on capability
Not Rated