Posts tagged with "QuickBooks"

One of the most common questions that we receive in our Community is what alternatives exist out there for small businesses that don't want to use QuickBooks anymore. In fact, we even put together a list of QuickBooks alternatives for easy reference since so many people ask us that question. Seeing this plea for other software solutions so many times, we wondered why users seem to hate QuickBooks so much. Given the fact that it's one of the biggest accounting solutions on the market, why are so many users so dissatisfied with it? What Do QuickBooks Users Have to Say? To answer ... READ MORE

You probably already know about the big names like NetSuite, Intacct, and Sage, but there are so many other options in online accounting software now that more and more companies and developers are entering the cloud-based software space. The great thing about online accounting software? You can find it literally anywhere. That's why we've compiled this list of the top online accounting software solutions. Whether they're based in the US, the UK, or Australia, all of these solutions deliver the features and functionality that every small business needs. There are even a few options below for freelancers as well! Xero Accounting Previously featured ... READ MORE

Online accounting provider Xero recently launched its US operation to chip away at QuickBooks' leading market share of small business accounting. The company has a strong claim to the throne: Xero has 100,000 users worldwide and recently doubled it staff to 260. Jamie Sutherland, President of US Operations, joined us for a discussion on Xero's unique take on the small business accounting market and how they are planning to give QuickBooks a run for its money. For more information on Xero, please visit their website or review their product profile. Would you explain Xero's mission? Xero offers cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and also for ... READ MORE

If you’re one of the four million small and medium businesses (SMBs) that uses Intuit QuickBooks and are wrestling with a clunky sales compensation process, I’m serving up this next tech tidbit for you. Last week, I was briefed on Xactly’s new Express integration with QuickBooks. This sparked my interest because SMB Group survey respondents always cite “attracting new customers” and “growing revenues” among their top three business challenges in almost every study the SMB Group conducts. But, it can be very difficult for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to execute well in this area. Sales and finance are typically coming ... READ MORE

Join us for a detailed look at questions asked by members of the Business-Software.com Community. Today’s question comes from Charlotte D., of Roselle, Ill., who asked, “Is Peachtree a better product than QuickBooks?” The QuickBooks vs. Peachtree (now Sage 50) question is about as common as any that we see here at Business-Software.com. Both time-tested products are hugely successful in the small business accounting segment (a mind-boggling 90% market share for QuickBooks according to some sources), despite the variety of products available outside these two major vendors. So what is it that sets them apart? Is one “better” than the other? The short ... READ MORE

Two questions often asked by members of the Business-Software.com Community are: 1) “What are the best alternatives to QuickBooks for small business accounting?” and 2) “Are free accounting solutions any good?” Here, we’ll answer both those questions by presenting a list of the top free alternatives to QuickBooks for small business accounting. As with any free software, there can be certain drawbacks. These usually manifest as ad-supported content, freemium caps on functionality and storage, and complex deployment/installation procedures (as is sometimes the case with open source software). So with these caveats in mind, explore the following solutions that will help ... READ MORE

Salesorder.com calls itself "the world's favorite web-based ERP." And yet, Salesorder.com may not be the first company people think of when they hear that term. CEO Nick Spooner joined us for a talk about their under-the-radar sales strategy, and why their biggest competitors have the wrong business model for SMBs. To learn more about Salesorder.com, visit their website. What inspired you to establish Salesorder.com? Our view of the world is crystal clear: small businesses are very badly served when it comes to unified information systems. There are five major brands when it comes to accounting software, led by QuickBooks and Sage. Small businesses ... READ MORE

Intuit is reinventing itself for the Web, and its latest product is an online version of the ever-popular contact manager. Due in large part to the economic downturn, many companies have released similar offerings this year—Salesforce.com has the Contact Manager Edition, and SugarCRM has Sugar Express—and now Intuit is aiming to get SMBs online with their Customer Manager. Like the Salesforce and Sugar products, Customer Manager is light CRM for small businesses—a tool to help them store information in a streamlined space instead of across multiple applications. Customer Manager is browser-based and customizable, and information entered into the database syncs with ... READ MORE