Our Full-featured Accounting Software
March 09, 2018

Our Full-featured Accounting Software

John Cruet Jr., AIA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks for Mac

I have been using Quickbooks for Mac for many years. It is the prime bookkeeping software. I use it to pay bills, track income, generate income and loss reports, cut invoices, and as a backup for my visits to my accounting consultants. I first started out with a program called Quickbooks Pro for Mac, but that had since been superseded by Quickbooks for Mac. It has more features than what I need - for example, the software can link with online banking, but for security purposes, I simply do not take advantage of that feature. As I'm a sole proprietor, I also don't need the "payroll" feature. The software is "professional specific" meaning it can be tailored to my needs as an architect. Writing checks using my printer is relatively easy, but I don't use that feature anymore since I do much of my banking online.

Pros

  • Track income
  • Track expenses
  • Generate reports
  • Aids in balancing checkbooks- reconciling
  • Interface with MacOS is good

Cons

  • Deleting accounts which have been paid off is difficult
  • Upgrade path is costly
  • After five years, I want to delete all book keeping data. Difficult to do with QuickBooks.
  • Tracking Income
  • Tracking Expenses
  • Tracking Assets and liabilities
Quickbooks Pro for Mac, which was superseded with Quickbooks for Mac
Quickbooks for Mac can do most anything a good accounting software can do. It does bill paying, invoicing, income tracking, expense tracking, can customize income and expense categories, enter vendor information and customer information, do payroll, cut checks, and generate reports for reconciling accounts.

Some firms like mine may not be able to take advantage of the vast arrays of features it has.

QuickBooks Desktop for Mac Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
9
Accounts receivable
9
Cash management
9
Bank reconciliation
10
Expense management
9
Time tracking
Not Rated
Fixed asset management
9
Multi-currency support
Not Rated
Multi-division support
Not Rated
Regulations compliance
Not Rated
Electronic tax filing
9
Self-service portal
Not Rated
Global Financial Support
Not Rated
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
9
Intercompany Accounting
9
Localizations
Not Rated
Journals and Reconciliations
9
Enterprise Accounting
Not Rated
Configurable Accounting
Not Rated
Centralized Rules Framework
Not Rated
Standardized Processes
9
Inventory tracking
Not Rated
Automatic reordering
6
Location management
9
Manufacturing module
Not Rated
Pricing
9
Order entry
9
Credit card processing
9
Cost of goods sold
9
Order Orchestration
9
End-to-end order visibility
Not Rated
Order exception Resolution
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Standard reports
10
Custom reports
10
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
10
Single sign-on capability
10

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