Comparison of QuickBooks Online - Basic vs. Plus General Basic Plus |
# of customers |
| Unlimited | Unlimited |
Guided startup |
| √ | √ |
Customer Support included and provided by Intuit |
| Email | Call-Back and chat |
Import data from QuickBooks
Desktop software(very important, if you cannot download your historical transactions, then you may lose past information that is important, who you can keep your vendor and customer names and addresses and chart of accounts - its worth the extra money for this feature) |
| | √ |
Billings and Accounts Receivables |
Create and send invoices by email |
| Standard | Standard and customizable |
Charge sales tax |
| √ | √ |
Track payments |
| √ | √ |
Create estimates(important feature, do not overlook) |
| | √ |
Time tracking and billing by customer |
| | √ |
Delayed billing |
| | √ |
Recurring billing |
| | √ |
Accept credit cards from customers
|
| Extra | Extra |
Expenses and Accounts payables |
Print checks |
| √ | √ |
Record bills now in accounts payable and pay later( very important, its worth the extra money to record your bills as you receive them daily and pay later or when cash available,otherwise you may misplace or lose a bill) |
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| √ |
Automated online banking — for bank and credit cards( very important, if you can automatically download
then you can save hours reconciling your bank and credit card statements..its worth the extra money to have this feature)
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| | √ |
Financial Reporting |
Generate, customize, print, and
e-mail reports |
| 40 standard reports | 65+ standard reports |
Send reports to Microsoft Excel |
| | √ |
Class tracking - categorize income & expenses you want to track profit by division,job,real estate project, get the picture, this too is worth the extra money) |
| | √ |
Track multiple locations |
| | √ |
Budgeting
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| | √ |
Payroll and 1099s |
Manage Payroll |
| Add-on (30-day free trial) | Add-on (30-day free trial) |
Time tracking |
| | √ |
Prepare and print 1099s (very important, otherwise you will have to pay someone hundreds of dollars or spend a lot of time entering 1099 info into Excel ,if you many subcontractors) |
| | √ |
# of users and access |
Connect multiple users from different locations |
| 1 user
+ your accountant | 3 users
+ your accountant
More users for an
additional cost |
Give your CPA or accountant access to your books |
| √ | √ |
Set your user permission levels |
| √ | √ |