QuickBooks Pro was wonderful after the learning curve
January 25, 2018

QuickBooks Pro was wonderful after the learning curve

Shawn Petrunak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks Pro

QuickBooks was used to process our rental and sales division at my previous employer, as well as used to manage our billing as a whole on the other side of the industry. I got to use it to process our accounts receivable and get a full understanding of how our finances worked. In addition, I am in the process of helping a friend start his own company and consulting him in how to use QuickBooks. I did take an online certification to become certified in QuickBooks Pro.
  • Allows for good itemized management for a rental/sales role
  • Easy to allow multiple users to have varying levels of accessibility
  • Ability for multiple people to be working in the same database at the same time was very useful
  • If there were the possibility on QuickBooks for multiple users to edit the same page at the same time (like google sheets) it would be extremely useful
  • The learning database provided by quickbooks could've been a little simpler
  • It would be nice for QuickBooks to be able to integrate a mail server like a MailChimp
  • It was a great time saver. Once we knew how to use the software well we were able to save good amounts of time in our business finances.
  • It provided a great place for data management where whiteboards had previously been used
  • It was nice because it allowed us to mange all the parts of our company on the same database
QuickBooks has its pros and cons. From a simplistic point of view, I definitely prefer running QuickBase, which is the software my current company uses in addition to Salesforce. QuickBooks worked really well for doing detailed reporting, however, it did have what feels like a bigger learning curve than QuickBase - but I supposed that is to be expected with a more detailed software.
QuickBooks is well suited for companies where people are already relatively well versed in other accounting software. While it is a delightful software with a lot of varying uses, at times I felt that the learning curve for QuickBooks was relatively overwhelming. However, once I had the hang of what I was doing, it was nice to be able to do rather advanced things.

QuickBooks Desktop Pro Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
Not Rated
Accounts receivable
10
Cash management
10
Bank reconciliation
7
Expense management
10
Time tracking
Not Rated
Fixed asset management
10
Multi-currency support
Not Rated
Multi-division support
Not Rated
Regulations compliance
Not Rated
Electronic tax filing
Not Rated
Self-service portal
10
Global Financial Support
Not Rated
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
Not Rated
Intercompany Accounting
10
Localizations
Not Rated
Journals and Reconciliations
Not Rated
Enterprise Accounting
Not Rated
Configurable Accounting
Not Rated
Centralized Rules Framework
Not Rated
Standardized Processes
Not Rated
Inventory tracking
10
Automatic reordering
6
Location management
10
Manufacturing module
Not Rated
Pricing
10
Order entry
10
Credit card processing
9
Cost of goods sold
10
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
10
Dashboards
Not Rated
Standard reports
10
Custom reports
10
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Plug-ins
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
10
Single sign-on capability
Not Rated