DETAILED PRODUCT COMPARISON – QUICKBOOKS 2019
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Pro | Premier | Accountant | |
Multiple Companies | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Multiple Users 1 (Requires the purchase of additional licenses) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Online Application 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
OS ³: Client- Win 7 (32/ 64 bit) & Win 8 (32/ 64 bit) , Win 8.1 & Win 10 , Server- Windows 2008, & 2012 / 2012 R22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
What’s new in 2019 | |||
New! Invoice Status Tracker Get real-time visibility of invoice statuses to expedite collections and stay on top of your cash flow. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New! Transfer Credits Transfer customer credits across jobs, quickly and easily. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New! Check to Bill Pay Easily keep track of what you owe suppliers, from check to bill pay. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New! Inactive Item and Industry Reports A filter to include/exclude inactive inventory in reports is now available for you to have an up-to-date assessment of inventory. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New! Easy Upgrade Save a lot of time and effort by upgrading to the latest version with just a few clicks! | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New! IIF Imports With the enhanced IIF import, you are sure your imported data is accurate. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easily get started | |||
“Welcome to QuickBooks!” for first time users – featuring general tips & to-do’s. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Quickly get started with common tasks using the Quick Start Centre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easy Step® interview to get you up & running quicker when creating a new company | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Help and Live Community | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Quick navigation using the Shortcut bar, Icon bar and Menu bar | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
QuickBooks Coach and Video Tutorials | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create a new company file by copying preferences and lists from existing company file | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Chart of Accounts customised for your industry | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Organize and complete everyday tasks | |||
New: Multi-monitor Support 4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New: Past due date stamp in invoices | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New: Search in Chart of accountants | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
New: Cash-accrual toggle on reports | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Search Types – Customer Type and Vendor Type | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Search as you type | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Improved Multi user mode – switch to single user mode easily. See who is logged in and give them time to save work1. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easier Amount search | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Show Applied Filters on Reports – quickly view all applied filters on a report | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Deleted users on Reports – Now you can see users that you have deleted on all reports by username, no longer seeing “unknown” as the user | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Scheduled Reports – QuickBooks now allows you to set up a schedule to automatically email memorized reports | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Bill Tracker – Simplify Supplier expense tracking by visualizing flow of Supplier-related transactions | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Batch Delete Transactions – Invoices / Cheques / Bills 7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Insights on Homepage – track your business health | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Bulk Remove – Send Forms & print Queue 7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Customer Lead Centre – Track leads and convert easily to a customer | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Quickly locate an account, report, or invoice with QuickBooks F3 Search | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Stay on top of your receivables with the ‘Income Tracker’ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Add or edit multiple lists by copying from MS Excel in spreadsheet view 4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Setup multiple email templates. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Email customer payment receipts | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Email memorized report groups in batch | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
See all your customer information at a glance with the Customer Snapshot | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Payment Snapshot: one place to view payment flows | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create an invoice for multiple customers in single window with batch invoicing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easily manage reports with new Report Centre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Run reports and back up data while others work in the same company file | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Duplicate sales and purchase transactions and list items | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Progress invoicing and automatic recharge of expenses | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Integrate QuickBooks data with other applications | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Customisable reports and graphs | 100+ Reports | 135+ Reports | 135+ Reports |
Alerts Menu. Stay on top of important tasks | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Short Term Cash Flow Projections | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create a Budget | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Company Snapshot shows key performance indicators for your business | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Set billing rates by employee, customer/client, position or service | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Efficiently manage stock | |||
Track Stock, set reorder points & create Purchase Orders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Stock Centre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Attach documents pertaining to stock using the Doc centre. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create sales orders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Manage back orders using the Sales Order fullfilment worksheet (not available if multi-currency enabled) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Generate Sales Orders from Estimates | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Generate Purchase Orders from Estimates | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Generate Purchase Orders from Sales orders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easily set prices and determine discounts by customer or job (fixed %) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Easily set prices and determine discounts by customer or job (per item) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Build and Track Inventory Assemblies to Finished Goods | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Units of Measure – buy, sell stock in different units | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Set maximum order levels in addition to the existing minimum reorder levels. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Store Manufacturers Part Numbers on Items | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Trade in multiple currencies | |||
Download currency exchange rates | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Support for over 140 currencies | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Exchange rate history calendar | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create Summary Reports in Home and Foreign values | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Set multiple foreign sales prices for items | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Credit memo exhange rates automatically change to match Invoice exchange rates | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Invoice templates show home and foreign currency totals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
VAT Management | |||
South Africa VAT201 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Report VAT liability on a Cash (payment) basis | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Report VAT liability on a Accrual (invoice) basis | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
VAT Centre for easy access to common VAT tasks | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
VAT Setup Wizard to change / add new VAT rates | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Access prior VAT returns once a period has been filed offline. (Online filing avail only in UK) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Accountant specific tools | |||
Audit Trail | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Create Accountant Copy Changes (.QBY) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
QuickBooks File Manager – managing multiple data files | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Accountant Centre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Entering Cheques in a batch | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Password Protected Closing Date | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Auto Reverse of Journal entries | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
One Click Journal History | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Adjusted TB, Adjusting Journal Entries Report | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Financial Statement designer | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Toggle between different editions of QuickBooks (Pro and Premier 2017) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Optimised for multiple users and locations | |||
Track your Balance Sheet by Class | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Open two different company files simultaneously on same machine | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Set basic permissions levels to control user access | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Multiple User Access (Purchase of additional licenses is required) 1 | Up to 5 users 1 | Up to 5 users 1 | Up to 30 users 1 |
Multiuser tools (backup and file locking) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
QuickBooks Instant Messenger | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Foot notes:
- Requires the purchase of additional licenses. Pro/Premier 5 concurrent users, Accountant 30 concurrent users.
- QuickBooks UK Desktop is not an online application. It can however be accessed on Cloud using Windows Remote Desktop Protocals (Terminal Services)
- QuickBooks UK Desktop is Windows based – cannot be directly installed on Mac or iPad. For Terminal Server purposes we reccomend Windows Server 2003 Standard (SP2), Windows Server 2008/ 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012/ 2012 R2 therefore making it ‘Cloud friendly’.
- Microsoft Office Compatibility: Email requires MS Office Outlook 2007, 2010 or 2013 (Click-to-Run not supported). Letter Writing requires MS Word 2007, 2010 and 2013. Excel integration requires MS Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013. Outlook synchronization requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook (www.quickbooks.com/contact_sync/) – requires MS Outlook 2007 & 2010 (2013 not supported). QuickBooks Statement Writer requires MS Excel 2007 and 2010 (2013 not supported).
- The ‘Send file to Accountant’ facility, assumes user already has a service such as dropbox in place and setup. It places accountants copy or Portable Company File in the specific folder configured for services such as dropbox.
- Third party applictions that are compatible with the UK versions of QuickBooks
- Future product releases (updates)