QuickBooks Online Essentials

List Price: $720/Year or $60/Month

Annual Plan: 37% Off
1st Year Total: $454
You prepay $454 for 12-months of service
3-Users
Payroll not included
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Monthly Plan: 30% Off
1st Year Total: $504
Pay $42 Monthly (For 12-months)
3-Users
Payroll not included
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Growing?  Need more users?  Choose “Advanced” and get up to 25-Users!  Buy Advanced Now

  • Monthly Plan: Enjoy 30-days free! Your card won’t be charged until the 2nd month.  Affordable low-monthly payments.
  • Annual Plan: Best Deal! Prepay your first 12-months and save more.
  • Sales Tax:  added where applicable.
  • Payroll: available for an extra monthly fee.

QuickBooks Online is the same as Desktop software, right?  NO! Comparing Desktop to Online software is like comparing a Mac to a PC.  They are different! But Online might serve you better.  We can help…just ask.

Full List of Essentials Features

Capacity and Productivity ToolsEssentialsPlusAdvanced
Regular Price Monthly$60$90$200
User Count - Maximum Full Access (Named users)3525
User Count - Timesheet Logins (Vendors and Employees keypunch their time)UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
User Count - ReportsNoneUnlimitedUnlimited
Databases - company data files per subscription111
Recommended Combined Total of 'Names': Customers + Vendors + Other names + Employees (12)10,00010,00010,000
Reports - Ready to use40+65+65+
Reclassify Transactions - Move a group of transactions to a different account in a single batch. (Advanced & Accountant only)
Excel Reports - export reports to Excel or PDF
Custom Fields - Advanced - 12 Each for Customers, Vendors, and common Sales/Purchasing Forms. (Max of 3 "printed" on Sale/Purchase Forms). None for Employees.3 (Sales Forms Only)3 (Sales & Purchases Forms)12/156
Custom Fields Data Type (Date, Number, Drop List, and Text). Works on Customer List too!
Price levelsNoneNoneNone
Class and Locations (Combined total is 40)None40Unlimited
Chart of Accounts250250Unlimited
Phone Support - Unlimited technical support¹⁰ and upgrades
Smartphone Access - access your data⁴ from a tablet or smartphone⁶
Trial - Free 30-day Trial⁹Call UsCall UsCall Us
Credit Card Payments - Accept online and mobile payments. Send invoices with PAY NOW button, and customers pay you online. Accept credit cards in software¹³Extra FeesExtra FeesExtra Fees
Online Banking - Download transactions from your bank and credit card accounts¹
Multi-Currency (Buy and sell internationally)
Attach Images and Documents

Inventory FeaturesEssentialsPlusAdvanced
Inventory Tracking - Basic & simple
Reorder Point
Units of MeasureNoneNoneNone
Fixed Asset ItemsNoneNoneNone
Integration with other Inventory SoftwareYes! Call usYes! Call usYes! Call us

Payroll, Employees & SubcontractorsEssentialsPlusAdvanced
1099's - Prepare and print 1099's
Timesheet - Give employees and subcontractors "limited access" to timesheet to enter time worked. Unlimited timesheet users
Billable Time - mark and track hours as billable to a customer
Payroll - Do it yourself. Pay employees, deductions, and file payroll tax formsExtra FeesExtra FeesExtra Fees
Batch Time SheetsNoneNoneNone

Security, Setup, & BackupEssentialsPlusAdvanced
User Permissions - (Separate By Vendors & Customers)
User Permissions - (Separate Reports Only User)None
User Permissions - (Separate by Invoices & Estimates)
Accountant Access - Invite up to two accountants to access your data⁷
Backup - Automatic Backups Online⁴
Setup - Import data from Excel² or QuickBooks desktop³
Data Encryption: 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-5

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Vendors & PurchasingEssentialsPlusAdvanced
Purchase orders
Bill Entry - schedule vendor payments for later
Pay Bills - manage and pay bills from vendors
Accounts or Items - Post bills to an account or an Item
Receipt Capture (Avoid Keypunch with OCR. View document with transaction)
Customers and SalesEssentialsPlusAdvanced
Batch Invoicing
Recurring Invoices - automatically bill on a recurring schedule
Estimates (Only Advanced Allows "Costs" and Revenue Items)
Progress Invoicing - create invoices based on completion of your estimate
Delayed Charges - Capture or log charges by customer and invoice them at a later date
Sales OrdersNoneNoneNone
Price LevelsNoneNoneNone
Sales Rep ListNoneNoneNone
Job Tracking - Double sided itemsNone
Copy Estimates Purchase Order (Vendor must be assigned)None
Project tracking - Streamline costing and reports by projects. An alternative to "sub-customers".None

QuickBooks Online Benefits – 

Work from anywhere with an Internet connection.  Bring your own device.  Smart Phones, Laptops, Macs, and PC’s give you many options to access your data.

Move to the Cloud…..never install a software update again!  That’s right.  As new features are added to your software, they become automatically available to you the next time you login.  This allows you to focus on your business and gets you out of the IT business.

Also, give your accountant access, and keep your books up to date.  You control access and security rights of your users.

Connect QuickBooks Online Essentials to your Bank and Credit Card accounts.  This will speed up your reconciliations and improve the accuracy of your books.

Need more than 3-users in the future? Get 5-users by Upgrading to QuickBooks Online Plus.  Choose QuickBooks Online “Advanced” and grow to 25-users!