Here are 10 accounting alternatives to QuickBooks, all of which have a reputation for being user friendly, relatively inexpensive and geared toward small business. Are there enough different accounting software options to make it worth your time and effort to evaluate them before making a decision? The industry has expanded in recent years, creating more options for businesses of all sizes. Originally posted at http://blog.capterra.com/top-ten-quickbooks-alternatives-small-business-accounting/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=slideshare&utm_source=linkedin

1. Top Ten QuickBooks
Alternatives for Small Business
Accounting

2. Are there enough different accounting software options to make
it worth your time and effort to evaluate them before making a
decision?
The industry has expanded in recent years, creating more
options for businesses of all sizes.

3. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the most popular
alternatives to QuickBooks:

4. Originally published by Michael Ortner in Capterra’s Finance
Blog

5. Sage 50

6. If you prefer an on-premises solution – which you may if you
ever perform work without a great Internet connection – then
Sage 50 Pro is a viable alternative for a one-time fee of $300 for
one user.
That compares to $500 for QuickBooks Pro or $400
for QuickBooks Premier.

7. QuickBooks and Sage 50 are the two main options left for
inexpensive, on-premises accounting, and they’re both worth a
demo since their reported features are very similar, but their
user experiences are known to be quite different.

8. Sage One

9. Yep, Sage makes more than one product, and they’re both good
options. Sage One is geared more toward the one-man shops
and small start-ups.
Sage One is a web-based solution that is free for one user and
five invoices per month. For $10 per month, you get unlimited
users and invoices, the ability to invoice in multiple currencies,
and your accountant can log in. A great option for tiny
businesses.

10. FreshBooks

11. FreshBooks is generally regarded as the #1 web-based
competitor to QuickBooks Online.
Packages start at $10 per month with limited clients. For $30,
you can get unlimited clients and an additional user, which is
more than double the $13 you would pay for the entry level
version of QuickBooks Online.
What do you get with that? A product that is extremely focused
on invoicing for small service-based businesses.

12. QuickBooks is known for managing all accounting-related tasks,
whether you’re a small business or have hundreds of employees,
which means it can be cumbersome.
FreshBooks is known for being very simple-to-use, which means
fewer headaches for the busy, small business owner who’s still
doing invoicing. Never underestimate ease of use.

13. Time is precious, and any time saved learning and dealing with
your billing software is more time you can spend on your
customers. It also integrates easily with Basecamp
Classic, Zendesk, Salesforce,MailChimp, Constant Contact and
many others.

14. LessAccounting

15. For $20/month and unlimited users and transactions,
LessAccounting gives companies spending less than $10,000 per
month an easy-to-use accounting system that automates
bookkeeping, proposals, expense tracking, invoicing and even
contact management.
It integrates with Basecamp, Shopify, Zencash, and a few other
products.

16. Xero

17. Xero focuses on ease of use, especially when it comes to
importing bank transactions on a daily basis. It also integrates
with third party applications such as CRM, payroll, and other
critical software products.
While Xero offers a starting price point of $9/month, that only
includes up to five invoices. After five, the price climbs to
$30/month, and that allows for unlimited users. Very
reasonable.

18. Zoho Books

19. Zoho Book is part of the Zoho collection of software packages.
At the middle, $20 per month tier, you get three users and 500
clients.
You can also log project time using a mobile app and give your
clients a place to login with the client portal.
PC Magazine gave it an Editors’ Choice award, saying it would
have won outright if you could integrate payroll services.

20. Wave Accounting

21. Wave is 100% free regardless of number of users. It targets
companies with less than 10 employees, and includes
bookkeeping, invoicing, expense tracking and payroll.

22. The catch is that you’ll be exposed to ads while you’re in the
system. I’ve seen this model with a few other successful
software companies – Spiceworks for network monitoring
and Practice Fusion for electronic medical records – and of
course, those of us who use Google Apps are somewhat used to
it, although I imagine the promotional offers in Wave are a little
more difficult to ignore.
Doesn’t seem like a bad catch!

23. FreeAgent

24. Very targeted toward freelancers and small business owners,
FreeAgent is $24/month, and that includes unlimited invoicing
and users.
It integrates with Basecamp, Capsule CRM, RightSignature and
quite a few other products. It is known for being user friendly.

25. Yendo

26. Based out of Ireland, Yendo offers accounting software that
includes basic CRM functionality for $19/month for one user.
Pricing moves to $49/month for 2-5 users and $99/month
beyond 5 users.
I believe this could be an interesting tool for the
founder/owner who wears multiple hats, but I have a hard time
imagining much use for combining accounting and CRM for that
many users.
Kashoo

27. Kashoo

28. Kashoo places a strong emphasis on their ease of use, even
claiming that they save users 5-10 hours per month – a very
compelling value proposition. They focus on invoicing and offer
multi-currency capabilities, all for one simple price of
$13/month.

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