[Hidden-tech] alternatives to Quick Books?

[Don Lesser]

The issue is that it is much less feature rich,  that some configuration
options are not possible, and that the menus, etc are all different. The
distributed access is nice and the fees are irrelevant--as you say, you need
to update QuickBooks every couple of years anyway. Take a look online at
comments about it. Most of the people who used the desktop version dislike
the online version. I don't think it is a question of not liking the new,
but real disappointment with what it does.  I know that every time I have to
work on it, I find it frustrating that something that is easy on the desktop
is either buried or not possible online.

Don Lesser
Pioneer Training, Inc.
139B Damon Road, Ste 8
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 387-1040
(413) 586-0545 (fax)
dlesser at ptraining.com
www.ptraining.com

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Curious is you say the online version of QB is not universally loved because
of the subscription fee, or because it does not work as well as standalone
version.  I'm assisting a nonprofit that is considering online QB because it
gives multiple people visibility of current information, for fees not much
different than standalone purchase every few years.

Thanks - 

Charlie Heath
Town Websites

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If you use Payroll, access your bank/credit card accounts, etc., you will
have to upgrade QuickBooks every three years or so. Just another service
from a once user-centric company. The argument, I suppose, is that external
connections change, so QB has to change. But the reality is that if you can
keep using your old copy, you won't buy a new copy, but will expect regular
updates. And the new web version of QB is a subscription based product which
is not universally loved.

People seem to like FreshBooks a lot. The down side of non-QuickBooks
products is lack of features. 

Don Lesser
Pioneer Training, Inc.
139B Damon Road, Ste 8
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 387-1040
(413) 586-0545 (fax)
dlesser at ptraining.com
www.ptraining.com

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