QuickBooks Desktop Reviews

Pros

I loved using quick books because it offers so many services that help me lessen administration on the financial side mostly because accounting was never my strong point. I enjoyed using quickbooks because it did not require alot of training or previous experience to use it, it is simple and easy. I would do alot of my invoices on excel and loved that I could export all of my invoicing onto quickbooks with ease. I love that it made my financial nightmare of always having to call clients to remind them of payment and quickbooks made it easy with their payment reminder services. I enjoyed using quickbooks because it was designed for small businesses like mine and provides so many essential services needed to ensure your accounting is kept up to date with very little effort. It was an easy program to intergrate with my existing programs and gives various different options including an online version which I found very helpful when I was on the move and could use it on my phone,they also offer a cloud service which allows me to be able to access my information from where ever I am and the remote function helps me remote in to help me fix any problems my employees might of had and quickbooks customer service was amazing they were always available to help whether it was on site help or online.

Cons

There is nothing that I could say I like the least but I was sad when quick books decided to stop the point of sale service it was a great help for printing receipts. And I would love for quick books to bring back the point of sale service

Pros

QuickBooks Desktop is easy to use and customize. Much more so than the online version. Also there is no internet connection needed or monthly subscription fees.

Cons

The price goes up substantially every year, and there are threats of product discountenance, even though the online replacement does not offer half of what the desktop version does, and it constantly goes down and has bugs and nowhere near the level of customizability.

Pros

Used to be a good system. However, I believe it will be end of life soon. Inuit pushing users to their Online solution.

Cons

Crashed quite a bit when deployed with many users.

Pros

I liked having a program that has so many useable functions for my accounting.

Cons

I didn't like the fact that I couldn't access the program from anywhere.

Pros

Very easy to use very easy to reconcile bank accounts with online features

Cons

A little bit too easy to add accounts and expense categories

Pros

I like the ease of being able to have multiple accounts at the touch of your fingertips. It is also pretty easy to set up and maintain.

Cons

The cost is high for a small business. And, service has been very difficult at times. I tried to switch to on-line and it was a nightmare and then going back to desk top was also a nightmare. My recommendations is to stick with one and make sure you back up often.

Alternatives Considered

Quicken

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

It had more features that I needed for my business.

Pros

QuickBooks Desktop is experienced in financial management

Cons

The part of costing and making estimates is challenging.

Pros

I've been using QuickBooks Desktop for years. There are several features that I still prefer over the QBO version.

Cons

The search feature in QBD is a bit lacking. I think the QBO search feature is much better.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

I chose QuickBooks Desktop over another software firstly because my client was more familiar with the features. Regarding certain features, the price per quality was better.

Pros

QuickBooks desktop is the most comprehensive accounting software that we’ve ever used for our small business.

Cons

The ability to log in remotely. At the very least the ability to review our books remotely.

Pros

I like the fact that we can customize the the reports in QuickBooks as per our needs and it is even easy to do it.

Cons

Our main issues with QuickBooks desktop was storage. We constantly faced data storage issues leading to slow down of the system

Pros

It is possible to use the same version for several years. The desktop version allows for all required functions except for preparing payroll. It is possible to import bills, create recurring entries, file GST and PST taxes, create and save financial statements all through the desktop version.

Cons

Not the most recent version of QuickBooks, thus when new versions are released, you do not have access to the features.

Alternatives Considered

Wave

Reasons for Choosing QuickBooks Desktop

I prefer QuickBooks ease of use to that of Simply Accounting

Switched From

SimplyBook.me

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

QuickBooks is more developed and has a longer history than Wave.

Pros

QB Pro is versatile enough to handle all of the different things our business needs to track. We have 3 different jobs within this company that need to be closely tracked.

Cons

I do not like that it requires different subscriptions for multiple users. We have 2 subscriptions and when the 3rd person is occasionally in the office, I am not able to use it. Also we had a major glitch in the payroll one week that could not be explained other than I chose not to update, the moment I was asked.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Choosing QuickBooks Desktop

We had no customer support for Sage Business works. If we had a problem, no one was available to help solve it.

Switched From

Sage Accounting

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

We do not have reliable internet service in our area and would not be able to fully utilize that product.

Pros

I liked the budgeting feature, the auto invoicing, and the fact that you could have more than one company on the one desktop license. You didn't have to keep buying the license like on the online version.

Cons

If you are working on the books with someone else, you have to make sure that you back up your work, save and send, and that you're always working on the most up to date version of the software. I don't think its being supported by Intuit anymore, so you can't add payroll and soon I think it'll be obsolete.

Pros

This product is so easy to use. It has so many features and makes my job so much easier.

Cons

I wish I could take it on the go or use it when I am working from home, but I guess that is what QuickBooks Online is for.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

Better for office use and no real need for use outside of the office.

Pros

Most existing accounting pros know this software well enough to jump into a client copy or backup copy to send back to the client etc. For years, this has been the value play in accounting software due to being able to host multiple companies under one subscription. Features are plentiful, more than you'll probably need unless you're running a large operation with many accounting staff.

Cons

Lack of cloud based development environment is the number one con for QuickBooks Desktop Pro. It seems like much more (friendly) integration is available through QuickBooks Online

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

We chose desktop for construction purposes, building assets, we wanted to use items in the traditional way they're used inside desktop.

Pros

very easy to use with a good layout that made finding what you needed easy

Cons

After some updates things got moved around which made it difficult to find things. There also is less compatibility with other software's when compared to Quickbooks Online

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop

Because I had been using it for years prior and was familiar with the layout and knew how it functioned. it's also very easy for first time users

Pros

When using QuickBooks correctly and to its upmost ability, I feel like the reports are one of the best features. You can run reports on just about anything you like based off how you use the software. From P&L to inventory and much more. I also really like how easy it is to add parts to be used for quotes. Quoting was super simple through QB.

Cons

One thing I don't like that isn't really a fault of QB is how it sometimes does not talk to other software's that we are using. It is setup in a way that is can, but we do have issues sometimes and need to run a few processes to push over invoicing between the two. Another thing that we aren't really excited for is being forced to switch to at least QuickBooks online as we have been using the desktop version. It looks like it is being discontinued here before too long and we will have to switch to online or lose our support for desktop.

Pros

The program is easy to use. There are many reports that can be adapted to your needs. I was not properly trained and have managed to navigate and do everything I need to do. The find feature is excellent and can find transactions easily by check number, amount, name, etc. It's much better on the desktop than the online version. We have been using Quickbooks for many years and have had a great experience with it.

Cons

It's no longer being supported with security and updates, so we have to transition to online. Aside from that, it was hard that we only had two local computers with the program, so if we needed access from another location, we had to use a remote desktop. There's nothing from the cloud with multiple users.

Pros

I have everything I need for my finances in one footprint. I can authorize my bookkeeper and accountant with login credentials whenever needed.

Cons

It is a little expensive, and the bank syncing feature can sometimes be challenging.

Pros

QuickBook Desktop for Mac is the application I used. I like it better than QuickBooks Online, as it has more features and functionality.

Cons

The cost has become astronomical, and customer support has become poor in recent years. I've used QB since 1999. The company has changed and has outsourced support. Many times to people with very heavy accents. As a small business owner, my time is valuable, and spending more time asking support personnel to repeat themselves is frustrating and time-consuming. Once, I had to do the math for the customer service rep, who couldn't figure out that I was due some money from a credit card transaction.

Pros

After you make your invoice template it's simple. that first part can be challenging
i like that you can customize your reports to fit your needs

Cons

the customer service is almost nonexistent and when you run a report for a certain day, when you come in the next morning and do a deposit, it's stuck on the date you ran the report for the previous day.

Pros

I love that it’s customizable for just about every instance.

Cons

I dislike that there are a few things that we can’t customize, but they’re completely innocuous.

Pros

Perfect software for a small company looking to keep things organized.

Cons

Limitations without purchasing additional features or upgraded service plans. Feature locked behind paywalls. Cost per user for a file and software that is locally hosted seems a bit absurd and data access being limited after your subscription is horrendous. Customer service is non-existent.

Pros

QuickBooks is very easy to use. You can actually design it for your own company.

Cons

I didnt have any issues with QuickBooks I love this program.

Pros

The QuickBooks desktop has an east to use user interface. It is easy to use a to teach a new user . Learning new features is easy to accomplish.

Cons

I least like the menu, it can be tricky to find what you were looking for exactly.