QuickBooks Desktop vs. QuickBooks online will discuss some of the pros and cons between the two major QuickBooks categories. When choosing accounting software there are many options. If we have narrowed down the field to QuickBooks we need to keep narrowing. QuickBooks has two major categories, QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. Within each category we have more options to consider.
Many of the differences between the two QuickBooks software packages stem from one being cloud based and one being installed on the computer. QuickBooks Desktop has a one time fee while QuickBooks online is paid with a subscription. QuickBooks Pro can handle multiple user with one QuickBooks program while we wee to set up new accounts for each new company when using QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks Desktop allows for static backups to be made while QhiclBooks online is stored on the Intuit servers. The look and feel of the two QuickBooks packages are much different.
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