Very flexible for the particulars common to small business accounting needs. Larger companies that require accounting departments should look at the competition's offering. I've never used QB outside of a small company so that's my context.
Very easy for users to make changes they really shouldn't be making. Can be somewhat avoided with permissions. Would be nice to have cleaner data exports for use with the 3rd party apps. We've found that QB doesn't inherently offer great reports for our needs. Would be nice to have better automated cost allocations for overhead.
Has given us improved cost accounting for our construction jobs. Previously, we relied just on Excel to determine if each job was profitable but now we do so with QB. We started detailing our costs more recently and it has been much easier to find odd charges that otherwise could get lost in the shuffle.
There are program features that are not only useful but frankly, necessary, for the construction industry. Quickbooks offers inventory, job costing, material tracking all in one. If you really want to know where your income and expenses look like using one software, Quickbooks Enterprise is necessary.
If you have the 3rd party Payroll Company, the payroll feature isn't necessary. However, it would be great if there were a better way to link Quickbooks with the payroll company than just importing/exporting the payroll reports.
Detailed job costing is really great with this. Also tracking where the jobs are actually coming from is greatly helpful. Knowing if wed are getting more cold calls or getting jobs from 3rd party networks we invest in helps us determine if it is worth continuing to contribute to the network costs or not.
Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise makes small business cost-based accounting manageable. Some financial advisers dislike the flexibility but I feel that the flexibility is actually the strongest feature of the software.
While the software allows for flexibility in regards to the input of data there is a certain rigidity to the reporting and custom report building.
Cost based accounting for a variety of businesses in both the For Profit and Not for Profit arenas.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has easy-to-navigate process menus. It is a good upgrade for companies who have gotten too large for the smaller businses-based QB editions, but still as the familiar user interface. QB Desktop Enterprise has easy-to-use forms and report customization with a large number of detailed reports. QB Desktop Enterprise makes it easy to import data and integrate with other programs.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise only offers Average Costing unless the user purchases the Advanced Inventory Feature. This program offers more accounting features than features that help small businesses keep track of inventory and other basic needs. It does work well with other programs or add-on features, but that adds more cost to the program.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a great accounting software. It allows the business to send invoices and receive payment from customers. It has many different detailed reports that show the financial standpoint of the business. It also offers online bank feeds that you can import and make reconciling bank accounts much simipler..
What I like is everything you need for most small to medium size businesses. Great value and customer support. Easy to use. Industry standard.
I like the software and the company, but I do not always like the price for upgrading and consulting fees
Quickbooks Enterprise is a huge step up from Premiere, and most important for our company was the ability to have inventory management for multiple warehouse locations without the need for third-party add-ons. Intuit support staff has been incredible, and support is truly there with the Enterprise edition. And it's affordable.
Excellent support. They will help you deploy it.
The price. I helped purchase this for another company who only needed to add more than 5 users, mainly to create estimates and control inventory. They didn't need all of the other options. Luckily, it was a large enough company so they could absorb the cost.
Inventory, payroll, estimates, invoicing.
Reporting is simple. Reconciling and bank feeds is pretty simple, although i wish the vendor name would autofill in the vendor field. Right now, it just goes into the memo, if that.
Wish I could use the online version for multiple companies that I run. But it gets costly for a solopreneur who is running several entities. So I go with the desktop version because it doesn't cost me anything extra. The biggest downside is I can't have multiple companies open at the same time. I have to close one before i can open another one.
Reporting is simple. I like the year to year comparison with %/$ change
It allows me to track expenses, send invoices to clients, and manage payments. The reports are extremely helpful for pulling monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports. This helps make doing my taxes much easier. I like the desktop version since I'm in control of my own data.
I wish it would sync better with a mobile option. Sometimes I feel like there are too many features and options available. There is a bit of a learning curve to use.
I manage my clients, costs, profit and loss, and more. It allows me to track finances which is beneficial during tax season. It helps keep me organized. It is a great option for small businesses.