QuickBooks Online Advanced Reviews & Product Details

There are a lot of online resources available for my non-profit and customer support is 9/10. The features that are available with the Advanced version are a good value. Operating in the cloud is critically important, particularly during a pandemic when our staff is now working 100% remotely. This was the best option for me to see the data in real-time along with my accountant, who is a consultant and not an employee of the organization.

There are a lot of features available so the UI can feel a bit clunky and might be overkill for some users.

Integration with time and effort allocation software was important, and the ability to integrate easily with other software to support some of the lacking features for compliance is key.

Quickbooks Online Advanced has a very simple interface that allows me to find what I'm looking for very quickly. I also like the online videos and tutorials that I can use if I want to learn more about a specific feature from Quickbooks Online Advance. I am very interested in being able to use their certification resources as well to get more in depth knowledge on things I may not have known about before. I also like how you can export reports into excel sheets. I find it really helpful when trying to share information with customers or trying to see funds from a specific project

The least helpful thing about Quickbooks Online Advanced is the customer service. It has been hard in the past to get a hold of someone to talk to and ask questions. I sometimes do not have the time in the day to wait considering it can get busy. I also believe that the interface is fine how it is, but I wish it could be even more customizable and I can move things around the way that makes sense to me.

Some problems I am solving with Quickbooks Online Advanced is that for new employees it can be a little difficult to navigate through if you are not familiar with it yourself already. There are a lot of features that at first can be confusing, but prove to be very useful once you get the hang of it

Cloud-based with continuous online backups. Don't need to worry about saving and backups on your own. The cloud-based software has been instrumental during the pandemic. Great app integration for productivity.

Limited reporting flexibility - canned reports only. Not exactly suited for nonprofits, but it works. We use the class for fund accounting but there is no multi-year report for one specific class (can only download transactions by class for your own analysis, which is okay, but takes longer.) Alternatively, if I wanted to do a wholesale analysis of my whole organization, I can't! There is no way to download a basic flat file of all transaction lines for everything.

Online billpay has been very useful during the pandemic. Accounting by classes allows me to track restricted funding from a nonprofit perspective.

Great for growing small businesses. Great value for the price. It's nice to have the system in the cloud. The advanced reporting from Fathom has been very helpful. We have started tracking financial KPIs and can more readily provide that information to management. We also like the many apps that are available to connect with QuickBooks and are continually reviewing if anything will help our efficiency.

Lack of customization for mid-size to large businesses who are very data driven. We feel eventually we will probably outgrow this software. Also, QuickBooks Desktop still has much more customization and features than QuickBooks Online.

Fathom reporting has allowed us to start tracking KPIs and create management reports that were not available before. Unlimited classes and accounts has helped as our business expands.

I like that you can log on and work anywhere with QBO Advanced. I also love that we can create unlimited classes, our company is very class heavy.

I dislike that I can arrow through journal entries and written checks with ease, like I can with QB desktop.

The benefits with QBO Advanced is having a real time bank balance without having to enter expenses and revenue first.

I love the ease of use in QuickBooks Online Advanced (QBOA)

I dislike the fact that QBOA does not have a copy and paste feature for journal entries. I also dislike that there is no JE import feature.

QBOA allows us to measure our performance period vs period. This information is vital in executive decision making.

QBO syncs your transactions into your books. This saves tons of time over manually entering them or even importing via .CSV file.

They have raised the price twice since we signed up, and there are constant advertisements for additional services cluttering up the screen.

QuickBooks Online really is quick. Categorizing transactions is super quick.

For a small business, non-profit, or similar entity, QBO's mobile and on-the-go usability are unparalleled. For someone without a four year degree in accounting or bookkeeping, it's the tool they need to get a concrete understanding of where there money is coming from and going without the complexity of industry-specific accounting software. For someone with a four-year degree like myself that wants to take a look when consulting or auditing, it's remote optionality bypasses the need for clunky desktop software.

There's a balance between being user friendly but overly simplistic, and if I'm honest, QBO leans just a tad to the latter. It may not feel overly simplistic to the business owner or other users, but the page-by-page step-by-step process can get a little unwieldy if one is trying to catch up on document entry, cutting checks, or reports.

As I used the software while at a bookkeeping firm in college, the main solution it kept providing was a record-keeping method for people that didn't naturally incline themselves towards keeping records.

QuickBooks Online Advanced is very simple to use and has all the basic functions that you would want in an accounting software for a small business. I am on the platform everyday running reports, categorizing banking information, reviewing accounts payable and accounts receivable, etc. It also integrates easily with a lot of other softwares, so all your needs can be met.

The inventory function is very basic, which has led us to find another inventory management system, which is integrated with Quickbooks to give us accurate inventory.

QuickBooks Online Advanced is our business' source of truth in finance.

Convenience and easy to share with management. But it lacks some of the features of desktop, such as job costing and some payroll features.

That you can't do many of the same job costing and ERP advances that Intuit has made with the Desktop version, but the convenience outweighs that.

Being able to use the software in smaller companies that don't have a server to share QuickBooks.

What I liked best about QBO is their reports

I dislike their support team not helpful

Unable to clean up clients and users

The platform is very organized. Every feature is well-labeled. It looks less sophisticated as compared to the desktop application. Comparing it with other applications, a few changes could still be made to make it very easy to use.

Nothing in particular except for the fact that it seems pretty technical. Someone with less accounting knowledge might need more time to understand how it works.

It has provided cloud storage for all source documents. It also aids in the easy preparation of financial statements and makes reporting those financials very easy.

The most helpful part I like about QuickBooks is the all in one business management and accounting management process. It helps make the process of managing sales and keeping statistics all in an easy to sort storage.

The only thing I dislike is display of user interface. Lots of information available but need to be all linked up in a chronological process for to ease newbies into the platform.

I am solving the problem of managing inventory with an easy and smooth process. Keep track of sales records and process orders with automation. This has greatly improved performance.

QBO Advanced provides the most features and functions of Intuit's suite of cloud-based accounting

Like all the cloud-based accounting software, a number of useful functions compared to the desktop versions. Not a show stopper, but does add a bit more work. Also the limited capabilities for batch importing of data.

Basic accounting, customer invoicing, financial reports, payroll and tracking 1099s. It provides a structured approach to bookkeeping activities which, if followed, helps accuracy and completeness.

The ease in which you know when transactions occur and the ability to attach receipts.

So far there is very little I do not like. Lots of bells and whistles I do not need at this point and would like the price to refelct that.

It is so valuable that QuickBooks integrates with our CRM, Bloomerang, and our banks - making real-time financial decisions possible.

I like that it does what we need for accounting purposes.

I dislike the look of the program, it is not the best as far as looks go and I really do not like when I have to call their customer service. Their agents so not always seem to know what to do and we get passed around a lot. I realize this review should reflect the program but their customer service is a part of that.

I don't think we are solving a lot of problems but we are at least able to do our accounting needs

That everything is backed up to the cloud so I don't have to backup so often. Also the fact that other users can have access in real time because each transaction is saved immediately.

It's difficult to make changes to certain things. For instance, the invoicing. It's not very adaptable to how I want them to look and what information can be shown on them. Sometimes it difficult getting things straightened out with taxes. If there's a mix up I can not take care of it by myself because of the restrictions of manually making changes. I also don't like that restriction that are set up in TSheets for changing custom fields and managing employees. Trying to figure out how the "service items" import from Quick Books has been a little trying. As for the employees, I am no longer able to help them recover their passwords.

Being integrated with Tsheets & our PoolPro software takes away from me having to do things twice. Not having to perform backups from Quick Books all the time. Having help at the push of a button. Being able to have give my employees access to their information via the workforce.

Being able to log in from anywhere is very helpful

Barely any user role customization compared to the desktop version, no average cost method for inventory

It's solving the problem of keeping track of our financial results, which benefits us as a company in our decision making. This allows us to continue to operate in a way that makes sense.

It has an easier dashboard, but not much else.

You can't do imports on iif files or other formats like the Desktop Version so that makes some things difficult.

We have members who only need to view certain things, so this gives them access to reporting on their on time.

The accounting is very easy to use. Reports are easily filtered and accessible.

It's not for construction. The progressive billing they just turned on can only bill in percentages and amounts not quantities. Customer service is no longer available on the phone, you have to send a message and someone will call you.

Gathering data for reports. It's more streamlined.