Item: QuickBooks Online Advanced
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use QuickBooks [Online Advanced] to track bills by invoices, make payments by checks, run reports and bill customers for payment. We use it in one department, between 3 people because we are a small company. It keeps our companies financial information in one place and allows us to keep track of payments and pay vendors and run accurate reports to see our sales numbers.

Pros and Cons

Ease of paying bills takes less time to get done
Customizing reports one time and not having to repeat
Set up invoicing to bill customers makes it easy to create and send out

Home page layout can get confusing to navigate

Return on Investment

Helps keep track of all debits and credits in a positive way

Implementation

Implementation was smooth but it still took some time after training to click on different tabs to learn about where everything was located since it was a different setup from our QuickBooks 2015 version we were previously using. There were a few issues with finding certain reports that I had to reach out to the guy who did our training to figure out how to run it. We started using QB's right away and worked out the system to get to a place where we felt comfortable using it.

Cloud-Based System

We mostly use [QuickBooks Online Advanced] in one location but do have times where we work at a different location or at home remotely where we can just login to our system from anywhere and not have any issues. We previously used [QuickBooks's] 2015 on a desktop and never had the option to access [QuickBooks] at any other location.

Industry-Specific Uses

Having QuickBooks Online [Advanced] gives us access to run all our financial documents in one place, keeps everything organized, creates invoices for customers, add and pay invoices in the system and update the chart of accounts to match the bank reports or link up the bank account to update the chart of accounts. We currently don't use payroll because we use an outside system we process payroll with.

Other Software Used

DocuSign

Likelihood to Recommend

[QuickBooks Online Advanced is] well suited for a small business or sole proprietorship for the basic accounting requirements such as reports, billing, invoices and chart of accounts. We currently use an outside system for payroll so I can't rate that part of the system. It takes some time to do the training and understand the basics of a new [QuickBooks] system. [QuickBooks] is focused on accounting principles that many companies can keep financials organized and recorded accurately. Every company has different financial needs and QuickBooks may not be able to handle all the extensive needs of a particular business but the system is on point for small business accounting.

QuickBooks Review 10305

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks Online Advanced