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 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 |
 Xero | Score7.7 out of 10 | N/A | Xero is an online accounting software product for small businesses and personal finance. Its features beyond general ledger and double-bookkeeping include quotable invoicing, bank reconciliation, purchase order and expense management, and tax management. Third party apps can extend its features further. | $13 per month |
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| Additional Details | — | Prices in table are in USD and just apply to the US - other markets & prices are listed below: Canada - Starter $18 CAD/month, Standard $45 CAD/month, Premium 5 $58 CAD/month UK - Starter £14/month, Standard £28/month, Premium £36/month AU - Starter $29 AUD/month, Standard $59 AUD/month, Premium 5 $76 AUD/month NZ - Starter $31 NZD/month, Standard $66 NZD/month, Premium $84 NZD/month | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier Not so user-friendly, and has limitations depending on the level of software that you sign up for. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose QuickBooks Desktop Premier I could not get the line above to work. The programs i reviewed and evaluated were Peachtree, QB online, Xero and Intacct. The reason I continue to use QB is that i know the program and understand its strengths and weaknesses. Peachtree was much more cumbersome to implement and … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info | Chose Xero Compares favorably Invited by the Vendor A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose Xero Where to start, Xero is a significantly better designed product over the QBO or QBD as it was built as a cloud product from the core. Xero took the time to look at accounting and technology from a new perspective and has built a clean product that is easy to use, easy to learn, … Invited by the Vendor A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose Xero QuickBooks for Mac is not a viable product. PC desktop makes off-site work difficult (and hosted environments are clunky and slow). QuickBooks Online is improving, but all recent innovations seem directly in response to, and taking a lead from Xero base product. Overall, Xero … Invited by the Vendor A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose Xero Xero is the best. Xero thinks about the accountants and supports that role very well. Xero "makes sense" to average business owners and also is very powerful tool for the accountants. They have built the product right and keep improving it with every release they do. We picked … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 7.7 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| Usability | 10.0 | 8.2 |
| Availability | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Performance | 5.7 | 10.0 |
| Support Rating | 1.0 | 9.2 |
| In-Person Training | - | 9.1 |
| Online Training | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Implementation Rating | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Configurability | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| CPA Rating | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Ease of integration | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Product Scalability | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 9.0 |
| Vendor pre-sale | 7.0 | 10.0 |
