QuickBooks Online
VerifiedCloud-based accounting software with integrated payroll, invoicing, and employee time tracking
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- Starting price $0/month
- Free trial Available
- Best for Freelancers, SMEs, Startups
What is QuickBooks Online?
QuickBooks Online is Intuit's cloud-based accounting platform used by small and mid-sized businesses to manage bookkeeping, invoicing, expenses, and financial reporting. Within the payroll and workforce category, QuickBooks Online connects to QuickBooks Payroll and QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets), letting businesses track employee hours, manage timesheets, approve time for payroll, and run payroll runs that sync directly with the company's books. Time tracking is available on the Essentials, Plus, and Advanced plans, or bundled when a QuickBooks Payroll subscription is added.
The platform supports employee clock in/out via web dashboard or mobile app, job and customer-based time tracking, break tracking, and time-off requests, with approved hours flowing into payroll runs, invoicing, and project reporting. QuickBooks Online is offered in multiple tiered plans that scale from single-user basic bookkeeping up to multi-user plans with advanced reporting, batch invoicing, and role-based permissions, with payroll and time tracking available as add-on or bundled services depending on the plan.
Key Features of QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks Online lists 10 documented features, including Employee time tracking via QuickBooks Time (clock in/out, mobile app, web dashboard), Timesheets that flow directly into payroll runs and invoicing and Job, customer, and project-based time tracking. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- Employee time tracking via QuickBooks Time (clock in/out, mobile app, web dashboard)
- Timesheets that flow directly into payroll runs and invoicing
- Job, customer, and project-based time tracking
- Payroll processing with direct deposit (via QuickBooks Payroll add-on)
- Automated payroll tax calculations and filings (on supported payroll tiers)
- Invoicing and estimates
- Expense and receipt tracking
- Financial reporting (profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Multi-user access with role-based permissions (on higher-tier plans)
- Bank and credit card transaction syncing
QuickBooks Online Pricing
QuickBooks Online lists 5 plans, starting free and running to $275.
Simple Start
$38/month
1 user
Basic bookkeeping, invoicing, expense tracking. List price; frequent promotional discounts (e.g. 50% off for 3 months) are commonly advertised on top of this.
Essentials
$75/month
3 users
Adds bill management and time tracking. List price; promotional discounts commonly advertised.
Plus
$115/month
5 users
Adds inventory tracking and project profitability. List price; promotional discounts commonly advertised.
Advanced
$275/month
25 users
Adds advanced reporting, batch invoicing, dedicated support. List price; promotional discounts commonly advertised.
QuickBooks Online Specifications
QuickBooks Online is available on web app and has iOS and Android apps. It offers an API, has a free trial and has a free plan.
- Deployment
- Cloud Based
- Billing cycle
- Monthly
- Desktop
- Web App
- Mobile
- iOS
- Android
- Languages
- English
- Built for
- Freelancers
- SMEs
- Startups
- Agencies
- Support
- Phone
- Live Support
- Tickets
- Integrations
- QuickBooks Online integrates with QuickBooks Payroll, QuickBooks Time, and a broad third-party app ecosystem including payment processors, e-commerce platforms, and CRM tools via the QuickBooks App Store.
- Public API
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs in browser
- Yes
- Customisable
- Yes
- Website
- quickbooks.intuit.com
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