QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB
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Re: What Are You Doing Right Now
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So what other solutions exist for the SMB markets for accounting software? I know GnuCash exists, but from what I recall it was one, very dated looking, and didn't support multiple users at a time, meaning it was targeted for sole proprietorship's mostly.
Exactly - this is my question. QB might be shit - but there's nothing that comes close to the functionality at that price point. A few things I've looked at are missing all kinds of shit, i.e. you have to buy two, three or more programs to get the same ability.
QB's online version is shit compared to their on prem version - according to those who've looked at it.
So this needs to be it's own conversation. I know of a few pieces of software that I've looked at and have recommended for personal use, but from a business perspective I can't think of any piece of accounting software aside from quickbooks for the price point and features, ignoring all of the major issues it has than I've even seen used in production at any scale above a single user.
The top contenders as far as I can fathom are GnuCash.
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Scott's list of contenders include
Wave, Xero and Sage
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From the accounting departments I've supported a list of requirements have always been - supports multiple users, and then the standard list of accounting features a business requires, GL, balance sheet, reco etc.
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I feel like this conversation happens every 6 months or so...
Wave not being able to print checks is a deal breaker for a lot of people.
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Right, and that's a standard accounting feature.
GnuCash can do this, but doesn't support concurrent usage. So it's often removed as an option.
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@DustinB3403 said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
From the accounting departments I've supported a list of requirements have always been - supports multiple users, and then the standard list of accounting features a business requires, GL, balance sheet, reco etc.
Xero does all of that for sure. As does Sage. Wave does most, might lack something in there, it's definitely lean but functional for many businesses.
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@bnrstnr said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
I feel like this conversation happens every 6 months or so...
Wave not being able to print checks is a deal breaker for a lot of people.
But never one that people list as a requirement until later. Not a requirement for us, though.
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@DustinB3403 said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
Right, and that's a standard accounting feature.
Not these days. Easily half of all SMBs don't do that anymore. If you deal with retail, hospitality or similar, they have a tendency to use accounting systems that don't do this and would never think of wanting it.
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Many POS systems have built in accounting now, too. So Square, as an example, is a major one that you don't think of in other spaces.
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Is an online platform a requirement?
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@Spiral said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
Is an online platform a requirement?
That would depend on the department, my current accounting department would probably say yes.
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I would agree that QB online is not as robust as the desktop version, and depending on your tranctional load, the Online version can have some issues.
Xero is a good alternative to evaluate.
Also, https://xtuple.com/ has both a local and cloud hosted options. Also, they have a free version too. It is more in a class with Sage, which is good as well, but can get pricey. However, these two can scale better.
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If this is a very "small" business, QB, Wave, Xero, Freshbooks could be evaluated.
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@Spiral said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
Is an online platform a requirement?
Definitely a bonus.
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@Spiral said in QuickBook Alternatives for the SMB:
I would agree that QB online is not as robust as the desktop version, and depending on your tranctional load, the Online version can have some issues.
Intuit themselves state this. It's a new product with only a subset of features.
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Been using Xero for a while. No issues. It works better than QB Online. I tried it.
