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Who Uses QuickBooks Desktop Pro?
Accounting teams and companies
What Is QuickBooks Desktop Pro?
Accounting tool that provides multi-monitor support and past due stamps through improved cash flow.
QuickBooks Desktop Pro Details
Intuit
https://www.intuit.com
Founded 1983
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Starting price
Free Version
Free Trial
QuickBooks Desktop Pro deployment and support
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Mac (Desktop)
- Windows (Desktop)
- Windows (On-Premise)
- Linux (On-Premise)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
QuickBooks Desktop Pro Features
Accounting Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Automatic Billing
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- CPA Firms
- Compliance Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Document Storage
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Management
- For Government
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Nonprofits
- Order Management
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Project Management
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Sales Tax Management
- Status Tracking
- Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Accounts Receivable Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Aging Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Check Processing
- Collections Management
- Contact Database
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Statements
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Discount Management
- Document Management
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Multi-Currency
- Online Payments
- Order Management
- Overpayment Processing
- Partial Payments
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Receivables Ledger
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Car Dealer Accounting Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Bank Reconciliation
- Buy-Here-Pay-Here
- Cash Flow Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Collections Management
- Communication Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customisable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Financing Management
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Lease-Here-Pay-Here
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Parts Management
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Tax Management
- Service Department
- Stock Management
- Third Party Integrations
Recurring Billing Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Rate Management
- CRM
- Client Portal
- Contact Database
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Database
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Reports
- Customizable Fields
- Dashboard
- Data Import/Export
- Deferred Billing
- Discount Management
- Dunning Management
- Electronic Payments
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Email Templates
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Period Recurring Billing
- Multiple Payment Options
- Order Management
- PCI Compliance
- Payment Processing
- QuickBooks Integration
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Recurring Invoicing
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Refund Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Revenue Management
- Revenue Recognition
- Sales Tax Management
- Self Service Portal
- Subscription Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Transaction History
Reporting Tools
- "What If" Scenarios
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Compliance Management
- Consolidation/Roll-Up
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- ERP
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Monitoring
- Multi-Company
- Multi-Currency
- Planning Tools
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Scenario Planning
- Third Party Integrations
- Visual Analytics
- Workflow Management
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QuickBooks Desktop Pro Reviews
Read all reviewsOverall rating
Average score
Maaya Y.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 8/10/2020
"Advanced Accounting Software"
Pros: As someone who used Quickbooks Online prior to using this version, Desktop Pro is definitely more advanced. It's user-friendly; however, it's a more established software so it's better for companies that's been open longer and has an accounting team. For startup businesses that's learning about accounting, I would recommend Quickbooks Online instead. If I were to compare this to photoshop softwares, it would be like Quickbooks Online is equivalent to Pixlr and Desktop Pro would be Adobe Photoshop. For companies with more than 50 people, I would highly recommend this software. It's a lot faster than QBO and more features.
Cons: There were some times where the serve had issues so we had to log out/in at the small business that I used to work at. But that happened every once in awhile.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 8/10/2020
Verified Reviewer
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support3 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 20/06/2021
"Quickbooks Desktop Pro- A Powerful Accounting Software"
Comments:
It provides the ability to easily customize customers' data, invoices, and reports. It integrates well with third-party applications. Exporting transactions from the bank and importing them into the software makes monthly reconciliation easy. Auditing the books is easy as there is a chronological tracking of transactions affecting each item. Whereas Quickbooks Desktop Pro is a powerful, affordable software with great features and is less costly to run, we had to switch to Quickbooks online which is cloud-based, has more automation and integrations with third-party applications. Quickbooks Online is also more user-friendly.
In my experience, choosing between Quickbooks Desktop Pro and Quickbooks Online is more about the organization's preferences and needs, and less about which one is better than the other.
Pros: It is powerful accounting software that is ideal for well-established organizations that have been in business for a while. It is great for bookkeeping and very helpful when it comes to filing taxes at the end of the financial year. It does not require frequent upgrades unless there are changes that affect a specific feature. It is great for generating various reports, setting up recurring invoices, and processing payroll.
Cons:
It has a steep learning curve in the initial stages and requires some accounting knowledge. It is locally installed, therefore, inaccessible while on the move, and if you choose to have it hosted virtually, that comes at an additional cost.
Customer support isn't as great as we expected and issues take very long to resolve.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 20/06/2021
Chris D.
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Overall Rating3.5 /5
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Ease of Use3.5 /5
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Features & Functionality3.5 /5
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Customer Support3 /5
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Value for Money3.5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 21/07/2016
"Great product from a satisfied user"
Pros: Intuit is a proactive company and quickbooks desktop is a solid performer. Logic is fluid, able to customize fields for greater use in my industry, links to bank, professional documents for estimates, invoices, etc... Large selection of report templates and easy to customize.
Cons: I have been a loyal desktop user for years and in the past I was able to use my license on my tablet and smartphone which allowed me greater use while in front of prospects and customers. Inuit/Quickbooks then went to stand alone one time purchase desktop fee or monthly online/cloud based subscription. They are trying to force desktop users to monthly subscription since they limit functionality to force upgrade. Cost per year for desktop is starting to climb higher than monthly cloud based version. I also had used intuits credit card processing in the past but switched to square due to costs, intuit will break out net cost and credit card discount fee for bookkeeping on their product and not on other credit card transactions for processing. There are third party apps for that but with a monthly cost.
- Reviewer Source
- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 21/07/2016
Gary D.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support2 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 29/04/2021
"Good, but..."
Comments: I have used QuickBooks for two decades and for eight years in my current position. It fully meets our needs for day to day accounting, preparing reports for our Board and for processing payroll. However, their support is very poor and reaching a human being is incredibly frustrating.
Pros: QuickBooks Desktop is a powerful accounting package that offers good value for the cost. It has a lot of features that can address most of the needs of a small business.
Cons: QuickBooks will let an inexperienced user do just about anything they want which can result in a real mess if you're an accountant trying the prepare financial statements or tax returns. But with some training from an experienced accountant/user, a lot of the day to day accounting can be accomplished by a relatively inexperienced person. Some supervision is advised.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 29/04/2021
Rhiannon N.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support2 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 7/01/2021
"Great product, support is lacking"
Comments: It's affordable for small business compared to the big accounting suites. (ADVICE: Unless you are not up on payroll and other law changes each year, there is no reason to upgrade yearly. I upgrade every 4 years.) I only wish they would stop asking me to switch to the online version because it has far less features and costs a lot more to run, especially if you only upgrade every few years as I do.
Pros:
Quickbooks has countless features, many I am still discovering after using it 12 fiscal years. I am not an accountant but I have done my own bookkeeping for years and found it very easy to learn.
I particularly like the bulk input for transactions, which is a huge time saver. The layout editor for forms allows me to customize my invoices, estimates, and receipts. Inventory is easy to track. I also appreciate the customizable fields for customers in the address book, unlike some other programs.
Cons:
The support team used to be decent but last year I found it to be awful. I needed to convert some data and made an appointment, I kid you not, 8 times and each time the support person didn't call me until days later. Eventually they stopped even replying. This is a big red flag to me when a company's support drops. (And this was well before Covid, so they cannot use that excuse.)
They could also have much better functionality for importing CSV and other data to spare me entering it manually. Lastly, the limitation to be locked into one currency forever is frustrating.
The tax payment functionality is very buggy and I had to start my own wiki to navigate the various menus as they are not at all intuitive.
Ideally they would allow vendor bills to be entered but to delay inventory items in the system should a vendor require payment up-front before goods are shipped. This has caused inventory quantity issues many times.
The pressure to switch to the online version is ridiculous. They even removed the automatic foreign currency rate adjustments/updates in an attempt to force us to move to a new version. Not cool! If the functionality was there, why cancel it?
Lastly, be prepared to deal with a random data corruption issue every couple years. This is scary as heck when Quickbooks won't open or reconciliation numbers are damaged and no longer add up. Support is useless helping with this but I have found tricks on my own to repair it.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 7/01/2021
