QuickBooks Desktop Premier

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
QuickBooks Desktop Premier	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	QuickBooks Desktop Premier is an installed version of QuickBooks for general business, contractors, manufacturing and warehouse accounting, as well as nonprofits, professional services, and retail.	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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	QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Considered Both Products	Intuit Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We actually switched with the hiring of a new Chief financial officer to Sage Intacct. We are significantly behind with prior year audits and regulatory reporting and still used QuickBooks Premier for those reasons. In hindsight we should have done more research with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier They are similar, my clients like QuickBooks Desktop Premier setup better and I like the payroll better in QuickBooks Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier Online - We have some clients on AgExpert, Xero, and QB Online. All 3 provide good value in my opinion. QuickBooks Desktop Premier - In our experience, QuickBooks Desktop Premier is the best desktop software we have encountered. We have some clients using AgExpert and Simply, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We've used QuickBooks Desktop Premier for many, many years. We've not reviewed any other accounting products internally - but have a handful of the customers that use Cyma (mentioned above). While I've never had occasion to functionally use Cyma, I have had to install and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier It is so much better with reports and journal entries. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We tried a few other options like Bookkeeper and using Excel to track it. Bookeeper was a little outdates and more difficult to use. I had issues find the functions that I needed. Excel is just spreadsheets of the information with no easy way to do reporting. They don't have … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier [QuickBooks] doesn't have meaningful Reorder Reports. TracLine wouldn't work on my new computer. I'd have to invest $35,000 again & buy new Unix software 7 & new Cobol. I should have done it. I thought [QuickBooks] was a leader. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier [With] QuickBooks [it] is easy to make corrections without having to do a journal entry every time you need to correct an entry. Incentivized Helpful? Phillip Li Chief Operating Officer in Corporate at Bergolla Inc (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier I have always used QuickBooks and I am not familiar with others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier This question really isn’t applicable to me, but I am intrigued by some of the new online systems that are replacing QuickBooks. That said, I really don’t want to be dependent on the delays and other limitations of working on a web-based application only. QuickBooks is still … Incentivized Helpful? Jerry Lisman Chairman & CEO in Corporate at Lisman Holdings (Consumer Goods, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We reviewed Sage 50/Peachtree and went with QB because of date flexibility in reporting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We have looked at Peachtree and other custom applications for an enterprise organization. Those products might be more robust - but for a small business, our needs are basic. This is easy to learn, intuitive and affordable. It's easy to install and maintain. Even non-technical … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier The only other accounting software I have used, and it was a long time ago, was Axapta. Incentivized Helpful? Diane Leigh Davison President in Corporate at DLD Enterprises Inc / CarrollCanna (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier I think Quicken for my purposes is superior to QuickBooks Premier. I selected QuickBooks at my accountant's urging. It took a significant amount of time to set up, migrate, learn, and maintain. After almost 2 years of use, I abandoned it and returned to Quicken. Easier bank … Incentivized Helpful? Lindsey Almond Director Of Administration in Human Resources at Martin Landscape, Inc. (Utilities, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier We haven't used other products. Incentivized Helpful? Tracie Jones Accounting Manager in Finance and Accounting at Above All Offers (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier The other accounting-based programs I have attempted to utilize in this position have been far inferior to the functionality of QB premier. One, in particular, has several methods of use and not all of them were easy to navigate. QB's use of icons and homepage direction chart … Incentivized Helpful? Debora Darden, MBA Controller in Finance and Accounting at Toyon Associates, Inc. (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier I used PeopleSoft in a much larger environment, it would be over kill for this setting. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Miles Office Manager & Bookkeeper in Finance and Accounting at H&M Ranch Company (Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier I have recently started working with Deltek Vision as a consultant project for a large sized architectural company with firms across the world. Understandably, Vision is a great project for this firm because of the needs that are required for a global firm, but is much more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier Although cloud-based platforms with a monthly subscription are very popular, I still prefer a desktop enterprise solution. Profit & Loss reports by Customer are not accurate in the online version because they cannot account for employee-related costs that should be assigned to … Incentivized Helpful? Dawn Carey Owner in Finance and Accounting at SD Bookkeeping (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier Not so user-friendly, and has limitations depending on the level of software that you sign up for. Incentivized Helpful? Eileen Loughlin Administrative Assistant in Corporate at L.A. Welte Roofing Company, Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier QB Premier allows us to better track from a cost accounting standpoint and is easy for the average user to understand. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier None Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier Selected QuickBooks over ten years ago due to it's ease of use and low-cost. At the time, it was a good bang for the buck! Incentivized Helpful? Cristine Delos Santos Accounting Associate in Finance and Accounting at Vertaccount Inc. (Accounting, 51-200 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier QuickBooks' user-interface and features are better than that of other accounting systems we have encountered so far. It is easier to navigate through accounting modules and reports even for bookkeeping beginners. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier QuickBooks Premier is more powerful and versatile than QuickBooks Online. We use QuickBooks Premier in a hosted environment, which allows our clients to access their software online, but retains the great features of QuickBooks Premier that we love. QuickBooks Online's web-page … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

QuickBooks Desktop Premier

Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 9.0 48 Ratings
Pay calculation	7.046 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	10.020 Ratings
Direct deposit files	8.036 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	9.927 Ratings
Reimbursement management	10.030 Ratings

Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 1.3 20 Ratings
API for custom integration	1.315 Ratings
Plug-ins	1.320 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 10.0 50 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	10.044 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	10.041 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 8.2 59 Ratings
Dashboards	9.050 Ratings
Standard reports	9.058 Ratings
Custom reports	6.556 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 8.3 62 Ratings
Accounts payable	10.060 Ratings
Accounts receivable	10.061 Ratings
Cash management	10.056 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	10.059 Ratings
Expense management	10.058 Ratings
Time tracking	5.028 Ratings
Fixed asset management	5.040 Ratings
Multi-currency support	9.018 Ratings
Multi-division support	7.033 Ratings
Regulations compliance	1.819 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	10.028 Ratings
Self-service portal	5.018 Ratings
Global Financial Support	5.04 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	7.06 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	10.010 Ratings
Localizations	10.02 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	10.015 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	10.07 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	10.08 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	10.05 Ratings
Standardized Processes	10.09 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2.9 36 Ratings
Inventory tracking	1.735 Ratings
Automatic reordering	1.015 Ratings
Location management	8.019 Ratings
Manufacturing module	1.017 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Premier 8.0 40 Ratings
Pricing	10.030 Ratings
Order entry	10.031 Ratings
Credit card processing	10.028 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	10.036 Ratings
Order Orchestration	10.03 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility	1.04 Ratings
Order exception Resolution	5.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	1.3 (12 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (16 ratings)
Availability	8.9 (5 ratings)
Performance	5.7 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	1.0 (12 ratings)
Online Training	1.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.2 (7 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)
CPA Rating	8.1 (27 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	6.2 (4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	7.0 (1 ratings)

QuickBooks Desktop Premier

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