Compare QuickBooks Online Plus to QuickBooks for Mac
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| Price | $34.95/month | $199.95 |
| Customers you can manage | Unlimited | Over 10,000 |
| Get Started Quickly and Easily | ||
| No accounting knowledge necessary |  |
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| Guided startup | |
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| Customer Support | Call-Back, chat and phone support included |
Free installation support1 |
| Import data from Quicken, IIF and WebConnect2 | |
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| Access Your Information Anytime, Anywhere | ||
| Access from work, home or the road via any Internet-connected computer | |
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| Access data from iPhoneTM or BlackBerry® | |
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| Work with Multiple Users | ||
| Connect multiple users in different locations | 3 users + your accountant More users for an additional cost |
1 user only |
| Give your accountant access to your books |  |
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| Set user permission levels | |
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| Share QuickBooks data file3 with your accountant | |
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| Built for Mac Users | ||
| Runs on a PowerPC or Intel-based Mac | |
Intel-based Macs only |
| Built for Mac OS X (v. 10.5.7, 10.6, or later) | |
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| Backup to MobileMe4 | |
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| Works with Mac OS X Address Book5 to synchronize QuickBooks contact data to your iPhone | |
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| Access your books on your iPhone | |
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| Add reminders to iCal | |
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| Integrates with Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage6 | |
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| Consolidates key data into Customer, Vendor and Transactions centers | |
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| Bill and Track Income | ||
| Create and send invoices | Standard and customizable | Highly customizable7 |
| Track payments | |
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| Create estimates | |
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| Time tracking and billing by customer | |
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| Recurring billing | |
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| Accept credit cards8 | Add-on | Add-on |
| Manage Expenses | ||
| Print checks | |
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| Track expenses | |
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| Download bank and credit card transactions9 | |
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| Manage Products and Inventory | ||
| Create purchase orders | |
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| Track inventory | |
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| See How Your Business is Doing | ||
| Generate, customize, print, and e-mail reports | 65+ standard reports | 100+ standard reports |
| Get a real-time snapshot of your business with the Company Snapshot | |
Customizable |
| Send reports to Microsoft Excel10 | |
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| Class tracking — categorize income & expenses | |
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| Track multiple locations | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Manage Employees & Contractors | ||
| Manage payroll | Add-on | Add-on11 |
| Time tracking | |
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| Includes free "My Time" time-tracking software12 | |
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Benefit Notes:
1 Other support costs additional. For more details see the QuickBooks for Mac support site:
http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/customercare.aspx
2 QuickBooks for Mac can import data in three ways: Via IIF (Intuit Interchange Format), Quicken Mac (2005,
2006 and 2007 editions) and Web Connect (QBO format for financial institutions). Importing data into QuickBooks for
Mac is a discrete activity, not an automatic or real-time process.
3 QuickBooks 2010 for Mac can upgrade files from QuickBooks Simple Start, Pro, Premier, and Premier Accountant
Edition 2008, 2009, or 2010 for Windows; New User Edition 5.0, 6.0, 2005, and 2006; and QuickBooks Pro for Mac 4.0 (M12),
5.0, 6.0, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 (U.S. versions). QuickBooks 2010 for Mac can exchange data with QuickBooks Pro, Premier, and Premier Accountant Edition 2010 for Windows (U.S. versions, round trip: between Mac and Windows).
4 Requires paid MobileMe account available separately from Apple, Inc.
5 AddressBook and iCal are included in Mac OS X from Apple, Inc.
6 Requires Apple Mail®; Microsoft® Entourage® 2004 or 2008 for Mac.
7 Templates customized in prior versions of QuickBooks for Mac will be available but not editable. QuickBooks
for Windows templates are not transferable to QuickBooks for Mac.
8 Requires Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks for Mac (sold separately); subject to application approval and debit card transactions are processed as Signature Debit which does not require entering a PIN code. See http://payments.intuit.com/legal.jsp for details.
9 Online services vary by participating financial institutions and may be subject to application approval,
and additional terms, conditions and fees. We authenticate your account with your financial institution, and then use
secure data transmissions between your financial institution and Intuit.
10 Requires Excel 2004 or 2008 for Mac.
11 Requires paid subscription (sold separately), EIN and Internet access. QuickBooks 2010 for Mac works with QuickBooks Payroll for Mac.
12 My Time can be installed on one machine and will track time for a single user. It does not need to be installed on the same machine as QuickBooks for Mac. Data can be imported into QuickBooks 2010 for Mac or higher. Terms, conditions, pricing, features, service and support are subject to change without notice.
