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QuickBooks

Smart, simple online accounting software for small business

Overview

What QuickBooks does

QuickBooks Online is the world's #1 cloud accounting software for small businesses. Manage everything from sales and expenses to taxes and payroll.

What people use it for

  • Bookkeeping
  • Invoicing
  • Expense tracking
  • Financial reporting
  • Tax preparation

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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

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Pricing

What QuickBooks costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Simple Start

$30 /mo

  • Income & expense tracking
  • Invoice & payments
  • Tax deductions
  • Receipt capture
  • 1 user

Essentials

$60 /mo

  • Everything in Simple Start
  • Bill management
  • Time tracking
  • 3 users
  • Enhanced reports

Plus

$90 /mo

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Inventory tracking
  • Project profitability
  • 5 users
  • Budgeting

Advanced

$200 /mo

  • Everything in Plus
  • Dedicated account team
  • 25 users
  • Advanced analytics
  • Workflow automation

Capabilities

Features

  • Income & expense tracking

    Income & expense tracking capability

  • Invoicing

    Invoicing capability

  • Payment processing

    Payment processing capability

  • Financial reporting

    Financial reporting capability

  • Tax preparation

    Tax preparation capability

  • Bank reconciliation

    Bank reconciliation capability

  • Bill management

    Bill management capability

  • Mobile apps

    Mobile apps capability

  • PayPal

    Integration with PayPal

  • Square

    Integration with Square

  • Shopify

    Integration with Shopify

  • Amazon

    Integration with Amazon

Behind it

Who makes QuickBooks

Company
Intuit Inc
Based in
Mountain View, CA

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