Entered CNET Catalog: 09/30/2008
SKU: CNETQUICKBOOKSACTSIMPLESTART
Manufacturer: Intuit Inc.
Manufacturer description
Stay on top of the money in and money out of your business. It combines bookkeeping software and essential business tools. Start managing your business better today.Product summary
The good: Intuit QuickBooks Premier 2009 offers improved online banking tools; Live Community user-assisted help; Company Snapshot screen for quick business overview; a free Web site for one year; support for international payments and most world currencies; better client data-review tools for accountants.
The bad: QuickBooks Premier 2009 suffers some glitches with online banking setup; Live Community not as responsive as it should be; no free support for setup issues; sluggish performance on Vista PCs with 1GB of RAM.
The bottom line: Intuit QuickBooks Premier 2009 keeps the program's well-designed, intuitive interface, while adding a few new features. It's a worthy upgrade for people serious about online banking, and it remains the best accounting program for small business owners. However, Intuit should be more generous with customer support, particularly for setup issues.
User opinions
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Very good for the beginner
Pros: great tutorials!! good for the beginner, many options even for the free version, easy looking interface
Cons: users feedback suggest its very slow Just like any shareware there are advertisements. however; to get people introduced to the product without loosing money I think this is a little better marketing then a 'trial offer'
out of 4 user reviews
It's their primary product, and it's clunkier than...
Pros: For certain businesses, I suppose this is a solid small-business accounting platform.
Cons: Can't merge forms with Microsoft Word or Excel to create invoices, estimates or customer-facing documents. Can't sync with salesforce.com.
out of 4 user reviews
Validation Code Annoying
Pros: Good, basic accounting software
Cons: Except: Does not accommodate mileage expenses. Requires phone call to Intuit every time you re-install to obtain a validation code. And you have to listen commercials to get the code.
out of 4 user reviews
Some frustrating features
Pros: I like the ease of setting up customers and invoices.
Cons: I've been trying to set up my bank account register in the program (not online banking, just my own records) and have a big question that isn't addressed anywhere in the "support" site.
