| QuickBooks is accounting software targeted at | | | | cost tracking tools |
| assisting small businesses in organizing their | | | | + Enterprise Solutions- All QuickBooks Premier |
| financial bookkeeping. It is developed by | | | | functionality, plus:o Multiple user capabilities (up to |
| IntuitÂ(R) and was first released in 1992. It | | | | 20 concurrent)o Increased capacity for inventory |
| is currently the #1 selling accounting software | | | | trackingo Advanced reporting tools (including |
| package for small businesses. | | | | financial statement templates)o Employee |
| Uses can include: | | | | Organizer tool |
| + Expense tracking | | | | There are also some targeted functionality |
| + Invoice preparation | | | | products that allow businesses to use QuickBooks |
| + Financial Statement preparation | | | | as a complement to less feature-rich accounting |
| + Inventory tracking | | | | software: |
| Competitive products include: | | | | + QuickBooks Payroll (including Basic, Standard, |
| - Simply Accounting By SageÂ(R) | | | | Enhanced, Assisted, Online, and Direct Deposit |
| - PeachtreeÂ(R) by Sage | | | | variations) |
| - MicrosoftÂ(R) Office Accounting | | | | + QuickBooks Point of Sale (including Basic, Pro, |
| Professional | | | | Pro Multi-Store, Merchant Service, and Gift Card |
| There are 4 flavors of QuickBooks currently | | | | Service variations/add-ons) |
| offered: | | | | + Customer Manager |
| + QuickBooks SimpleStart-o Print checks, pay bills, | | | | + Invoice Manager |
| track sales and expenseso Create estimates & | | | | + Credit Card Processing |
| invoiceso Accept credit cards | | | | + Other various transaction and remote services |
| + QuickBooks Pro- All QuickBooks SimpleStart | | | | Additionally, Intuit released an online service called |
| functionality, plus:o Payroll capabilitieso | | | | QuickBooks Online Edition in 2001, which has |
| Interoperability with MicrosoftÂ(R) Officeo | | | | gradually matured into a best-in-class accounting |
| Inventory trackingo Download capabilities for | | | | service for small businesses. |
| credit card & bank transactions | | | | There are many other helpful online resources for |
| + QuickBooks Premier- All QuickBooks Pro | | | | finding out more about QuickBooks and what it |
| functionality, plus:o Business planning & forecasting | | | | can do to improve your business. |
| toolso Advanced pricing capabilitieso Advanced | | | | |