QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Pros

QuickBooks online gives me one place to track everything related to money for my small business: income, expenses, taxes, and payroll. It's easy to set up and use, and I like knowing that even when I'm not paying as much attention to some of the bookkeeping as I should, it's still being tracked for when I have time to get to it.

Cons

It's a little pricey and the help/FAQs aren't always that helpful, but those quibbles are greatly outweighed by how easy and useful it is.

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Reasons for Choosing QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

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Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Pros

1 Scalability: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is designed to cater to the needs of growing businesses. It can support up to 40 users and handle large amounts of data, making it an ideal choice for large businesses.2 Advanced inventory management: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise offers advanced inventory management features, allowing businesses to track inventory levels, set reorder points, and manage inventory across multiple locations.3 Customizable reporting: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise provides customizable reporting options, allowing businesses to generate reports tailored to their specific needs. This feature helps businesses make informed decisions based on accurate data.4 Job costing: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise's job costing feature enables businesses to track expenses and revenue associated with specific jobs or projects. This helps businesses determine the profitability of each job or project and identify areas for cost savings.5 Multi-user access: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise offers multi-user access, allowing multiple users to access the software simultaneously from different locations. This feature facilitates collaboration and improves productivity.

Cons

1 Expensive: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a more expensive option compared to other accounting software, which may not be feasible for small businesses or startups with limited budgets.2 Steep learning curve: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise can be challenging to learn for new users, which may require additional time and training.3 Limited cloud features: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise lacks advanced cloud features compared to other cloud-based accounting solutions. This may limit the flexibility and accessibility of the software.4 Limited integration options: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has limited integration options with third-party applications, which may limit the software's functionality for some businesses.

Pros

Basic functions of creating payments, invoices, bills, checks, etc are workable and fairly intuitive.
Banking Center makes initially downloading bank transactions fairly simple.
Once you modify a report to the point where it is useful, QB can memorize it for ongoing use.
As soon as you get beyond those, best to get prepared with an accounting degree, lots of time to do google searches, and some antacid or aspirin.

Cons

1) if you want to do any interaction with exported files or bank downloads, be prepared to be gouged for the price of a new license every 3 years.

2) for that repurchase, you get very little to nothing improved except more ways Intuit can offer add-ons (for a price).

3) reports are available mostly in standard accounting formats. Detailed custom listings are hard to get at best via the transaction lists. For line items you took the time to enter into a Bill, it's literally impossible.

4) Bank Feeds transaction approval screens are an abomination. Modifying/adding columns: not possible. Finding a rule that auto modifies your entry: good luck. Figuring out how to make a new rule: better google it. Figuring out how to reverse an accidental entry: get out the antacid and aspirin. If that downloaded tran should have been a bill pmt, get stronger antacid.

5) transaction lists: hope you only want to see either ALL, Current Period, Last Period or Next Period. Else get used to a boatload of sorting and scrolling, because there's no way to bracket your data within custom dates.

6) Home screen: want a clean simple Home to find your functions quickly? Too bad; Intuit would rather hit you with marketing. Want to see only a few Account Balances and hide those you never use? Sorry!

7) Support: virtually non-existent outside of the QB User forums, so hope that someone else has asked your question already.

Has any developer at Intuit ever held a user focus group or been a user?

Pros

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is an incredibly powerful accounting software with a wide range of features and capabilities. It is easy to use and understand, making it a great solution for businesses of all sizes. The ability to customize the software to meet the needs of individual businesses makes it an excellent choice for businesses looking for an accounting solution.

Cons

Although QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is an excellent choice for businesses, it can be quite expensive. Additionally, the software requires a certain level of knowledge and understanding to operate effectively.

Pros

The QuickBooks software was very user-friendly and easy to use. I liked being able to quickly and easily find the information I needed, create invoices and reports, and keep track of my finances. It was also great that I could access QuickBooks remotely and sync my data across multiple devices.

Cons

I didn't like the user interface. It felt clunky and outdated compared to other bookkeeping programs I have used.