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Productive vs QuickBooks

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Productive

Software

Run projects, budgets and resources in one place

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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QuickBooks

Software

Smart, simple online accounting software for small business

From
$30/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Productive essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional; QuickBooks chart of Accounts is capped on every QuickBooks Online tier except Advanced; Simple Start, Essentials and Plus all have a limited entry count

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Productive and QuickBooks actually diverge.

Attributes where Productive and QuickBooks differ
AttributeProductiveQuickBooks
Starting priceOn request$30/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android, Api
FoundedUnknown1983

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Productive

Nothing recorded that QuickBooks does not also cover.

Only in QuickBooks

  • Income & expense tracking
  • Invoicing
  • Payment processing
  • Financial reporting
  • Tax preparation
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Bill management
  • Mobile apps

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Productive

No use cases recorded yet. See the Productive review.

QuickBooks

  • Bookkeepingnot Productive
  • Invoicingnot Productive
  • Expense trackingnot Productive
  • Financial reportingnot Productive
  • Tax preparationnot Productive

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Productive

  • Essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional
  • Ultimate tier for complex organizations is quote-only, listed as Let's talk with no published price

QuickBooks

  • Chart of Accounts is capped on every QuickBooks Online tier except Advanced; Simple Start, Essentials and Plus all have a limited entry count
  • Even the top Advanced tier caps bulk invoice uploads at 1,000 transaction lines per batch
  • Payroll is a separate paid add-on billed per employee per month (USD 6 to 10 depending on plan) on top of the base subscription

Pricing, plan by plan

Productive

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Productive review.

QuickBooks

$30/month
  • Simple Start$30/month
    • Income & expense tracking
    • Invoice & payments
    • Tax deductions
  • Essentials$60/month
    • Everything in Simple Start
    • Bill management
    • Time tracking
  • Plus$90/month
    • Everything in Essentials
    • Inventory tracking
    • Project profitability
  • Advanced$200/month
    • Everything in Plus
    • Dedicated account team
    • 25 users

Which should you pick?

Choose Productive if

Nothing in the data separates Productive from QuickBooks on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Productive review

Choose QuickBooks if

  • You need income & expense tracking.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want invoicing.
QuickBooks review

Questions people ask

Is Productive or QuickBooks better?
Neither clearly leads. Productive starts at On request and QuickBooks at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Productive or QuickBooks?
Productive starts at On request and QuickBooks at $30/month.
Does Productive or QuickBooks run on more platforms?
Productive runs on Web. QuickBooks runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
What can Productive do that QuickBooks cannot?
QuickBooks covers Income & expense tracking, Invoicing, Payment processing, Financial reporting.
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