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jasonbsimpson
Level 1

Quicken Home & Business vs Quickbooks Online

So I'm debating on which software to use for my accounting. It looks like Quicken Home and Business would be perfect except I own a Mac, so I'd need to setup a virtual drive on it to run windows and quicken. The other drawback is that it wouldn't be on the cloud, so I''m also looking at using quickbooks online.

 

This would be to track my personal accounts as well as my small business accounts. I've got a Real Estate Investing business that I operate from my home, and currently have no employees.

 

Any input/feedback would be appreciated!

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Fiat Lux - ASIA
Level 15

Quicken Home & Business vs Quickbooks Online

Running Quicken H&B on Parallels is one option. If you have a Windows PC, you may run Quicken H&B or QB Desktop 2020 or 2021 with a one time license, then you can access your company file by a remote desktop app on your Mac.

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Last option, consider to purchase QB Online Plus to utilize the Class/Location feature. 

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Jimmywick
Level 1

Quicken Home & Business vs Quickbooks Online

According to me, QuickBooks Online is much easier to navigate than Quicken. Tasks are grouped by workflow, so you can easily find the task you need. The QuickBooks Online dashboard has a menu bar on the left that makes it easy to navigate programs. The dashboard shows a summary of total paid and unpaid customer invoices, total spending, profit and loss (P & L), and sales for the selected time period.

Also, QuickBooks Online is easier to set up than Quicken because it's purely web-based, with no downloads or installations required, and users can easily access their QuickBooks Data on their Azure Desktop. QuickBooks Online is also easy to track business income and expenses because its the main focus, but Quicken can be confusing and unnecessary to track business income. There are many other personal financial functions.

So from my point of view, You should surely go for Hosted QuickBooks without any doubt.

 

Regards,
J Wick

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