About QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Online is an all-in-one online business software designed to help manage business finances. The platform is built to scale businesses, unlocking insights and providing the functionality of a larger team, all on one integrated platform.

The software connects accounting, expense management, payments, and payroll, allowing businesses to streamline their operations. QuickBooks Online offers a mobile application for managing business on the go and integrates with multiple third-party platforms.

Pricing starting from:

R 35.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of QuickBooks Online

• Cloud-based accounting software that helps manage business finances

• Offers features including invoicing, expense tracking, reporting, and more

• Integrates with third-party applications including payroll, payments, POS systems, and more

• Available on desktop and mobile devices for accessibility

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 224 others

Supported Languages

Arabic, Chinese, English, European Portuguese, German and 6 others

Pricing starting from:

R 35.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of QuickBooks Online: 171

  • "What If" Scenarios
  • 1099 Preparation
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accrual Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Address Validation
  • Aging Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Asset Accounting
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Attendance Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automatic Billing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Categorisation/Grouping
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Check Printing
  • Check Processing
  • Check Writing
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Consumer Use Tax
  • Contact Database
  • Contingency Billing
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Management
  • Credit Card Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Cross Ledger Posting
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Direct Deposit
  • Discount Management
  • Document Templates
  • Donation Management
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Dunning Management
  • Duplicate Payment Alert
  • Electronic Funds Transfer
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Estimating
  • Exemption Management
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • Fee Calculation & Posting
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Higher Education
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Real Estate
  • For Religious Organizations
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • Forecasting
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fund Management
  • General Ledger
  • Grant Management
  • Hourly Billing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Job Costing
  • K-12
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Mobile Receipt Upload
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Department/Project
  • Multi-Period Recurring Billing
  • Multi-State
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Overpayment Processing
  • PCI Compliance
  • Partial Payments
  • Partnership Accounting
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Progress Reports
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Payments
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Revenue Recognition
  • SSL Security
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Self Service Portal
  • Self-Service Reporting
  • Spend Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Tax Calculation
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Taxability Verification
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Transaction Tracking
  • Trust Accounting
  • User Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Value Added Tax (VAT)
  • Vendor Management
  • Version Control
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.3 /5
(7,918)
Value for Money
4.2/5
Features
4.3/5
Ease of Use
4.2/5
Customer Support
4.0/5

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Karan
Karan
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

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Reviewed on 2024/08/05

I love the ease and the benefits that I get from the program and I wouldn’t trade it to go back...

I love the ease and the benefits that I get from the program and I wouldn’t trade it to go back down to paper and pen to manage this company

Pros

The way that it gives me every one of the advantages and elements of a standard business the board programming program while not paying or have the PC space to have the whole QuickBooks program I love the way that I can likewise sign on PCs since I just need an And There every one of my documents are upheld on it.

Cons

I disdain the way that I'm at Peril to Have every one of my records deleted or split the difference.

Ryan
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Easy to Use

Reviewed on 2025/02/22

Easy and simple to use with quick learning period to start using. Integrations are easy to setup...

Easy and simple to use with quick learning period to start using. Integrations are easy to setup and make life easier. Main dashboard provides good overall view of my business finances

Pros

Easy to use and find online guides if there is something I don't understand or need help with. There are lots of integrations that make life easier with accounts payable, inventory, etc.

Cons

Nothing in particular stands out feature-wise. would of course be nicer to have a cheaper monthly cost for the same features.

Alternatives Considered

FreshBooks

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Online

Liked the integrations and felt like a better fit for me.
Caley
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Would Not Recommend

Reviewed on 2025/01/23

I have had so many issues with Quicbooks, over charging for secific payroll and bookeeping...

I have had so many issues with Quicbooks, over charging for secific payroll and bookeeping services, for stating there are certain features and then they dont have that capability, and lastly holding my clients payments for an extensive amount of time even with the linked bank account and when my client paid the invvoice themselves.

Pros

How Quickbooks has a lined Bank Account.

Cons

Everything Else. Quickbooks is the "Jack of all Trades, Master of None"

Susan
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Don't be lured from QB Desktop to Online. You won't like it.

Reviewed on 2024/11/15

Poorly designed program. There are much better options out there if Intuit is going to force people...

Poorly designed program. There are much better options out there if Intuit is going to force people off Desktop with their ridiculous price increases.

Pros

Cloud based that I could access from anywhere

Cons

Just about everything else. It's menus are poorly designed, and even accounting professionals have difficulty figuring out how to enter various transactions. Something as simple as "Make deposit" or "Enter credit card transaction" requires digging. The reports are terrible. The initial Chart of Accounts that new clients are set up with is horrendous. Most small businesses don't need half the accounts they start you out with, and there is no way to Delete after they are set up. When you click on the dropdown menu to find the right account when entering a transaction, there is no rhyme nor reason to the order they show up in, unlike Desktop where the Assets were on top, then Liabilities, Equity, Income & Expense all sorted alphabetically. The column widths are not set correctly by default - some are way wider than they need to be, others like the Memo column are chopped off so you can't see half of what was entered there. You can then mess around with it to try and resize everything, but when you print it doesn't looks like the screen and is still not legible. Most CPA"s I know have just given up and instead export the report to Excel and them modify it there (big time waster). In addition, Intuit has ads embedded everywhere in their software to try and promote all their other products and services. They also try to lure clients over from Desktop with cheap initial pricing. We've all seen what they did with the Desktop pricing, which has gone up over 800% in 4 years. Never have I seen a company that had accumulated 25+ years of Goodwill with happy customers destroy their relationship with them in such a short period of time.

Alternatives Considered

Patriot Payroll and Xero

Reasons for Choosing QuickBooks Online

Because Intuit raised Desktop prices 800% in 4 years

Switched From

QuickBooks Desktop

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Online

Because I already had Desktop and thought it would be more seamless to go to ABO, but I was wrong.
Drew
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

The industry standard accounting software

Reviewed on 2025/01/08

I don't use the site daily, but we've been using them about 4 years now and have had no reason to...

I don't use the site daily, but we've been using them about 4 years now and have had no reason to change.

Pros

It's full feature set that my book keeper utilizes to keep our books in order

Cons

It's a little complex for someone who is unfamiliar with accounting software. Can be daunting at times.

Alternatives Considered

Wave

Reasons for Switching to QuickBooks Online

We wound up using both Wave and Quickbooks Online. For differing purposes. I find Waves invoicing system to be more simple and used more for generating invoices, where-as we use QBO for all of our general accounting purposes.
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QuickBooks Online FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for QuickBooks Online.

QuickBooks Online offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: R 35.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

QuickBooks Online is offered across four pricing tiers. A 30-day free trial is also available.

QuickBooks Online has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

QuickBooks Online supports the following languages:

Arabic, Chinese, English, European Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

QuickBooks Online supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

QuickBooks Online integrates with the following applications:

Accelo, Acuity Scheduling, ApprovalMax, AutoEntry, Avalara, BILL Accounts Payable & Receivable, BQE CORE Suite, Batchbook, BigCommerce, BigTime, Birdeye, BlueFolder, Bolt, Boxstorm, Buddy Punch, Buildertrend, Celoxis, ChargeOver, Checkfront, Chrometa, Cin7 Core, Cin7 Omni, ClockShark, Constant Contact, ConvergeHub, CreditorWatch Collect, Datamolino, Deputy, Dext, Dryrun, EZRentOut, Emburse Nexonia, Entryless, Erplain, Expensify, Fathom, Field Promax, Field Service Management, Float Cash Flow, Freckle, Freshdesk, Function Point, Gusto, HandiFox, Harvest, Hike, Housecall Pro, Hubdoc, Ignition, Insightly, Insightly Marketing, InvoiceSherpa, Jobber, Kantata, Karbon, Kickserv, Kindful, Knowify, LeanLaw, LivePlan, MRPeasy, Method CRM, MicroBiz Cloud POS, Microsoft Power BI, MinuteDock, Neat, Neon CRM, Now Commerce, OfficeBooks, OnTheClock, Panalitix, PayPal, Pepperi, Pinnacle Cart, Pipeline CRM, Planyo, Plooto, Projector by BigTime, QR Inventory, Quadient Accounts Payable Automation, Quadient Accounts Receivable by YayPay, QuickBooks Time, Quickbase, Quotient, Qvinci, RazorSync, Repsly, Rerun, Rydoo, SAP Concur, Sage Network, SellerActive, ServiceM8, ServiceTitan, ServiceTrade, Share a Refund, SherpaDesk, ShipRush, Shoeboxed, Shopify, Simpro, Skyvia, Spotlight Reporting, Square Point of Sale, Stitch Labs, Sumac, SurePayroll, Tallie, Time Tracker, Timely, Timesheet Mobile, TriNet Expense, Unleashed, VeriClock, WORKetc, Wagepoint, Webgility, When I Work, Workiz, Zapier, Zoho Analytics, Zoho Creator, Zoho Expense, iBE.net, mHelpDesk, noCRM.io, vcita

QuickBooks Online offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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