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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BILL

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ABILL is an online service for SMBs which provides a central dashboard for managing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and cash flow management. It syncs with all major accounting systems like QuickBooks, Sage, Intaact, and NetSuite.

    $45

    per month

    QuickBooks Desktop Pro

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AQuickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.N/A
    Pricing
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $45
    per user/per month
    Team
    $55
    per user/per month
    Corporate
    $79
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Considered Both Products
    BILL
    Chose BILL
    I will say Bill is a solid solution in comparison to other solutions used.
    Incentivized
    Chose BILL
    We looked at software called Connect Booster that would have integrated with another piece of software we use (ConnectWise). We selected Bill.com over Connect Booster because it was much more cost-effective. I wish there was a way to integrate credit card payments as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose BILL
    QuickBooks is very expensive and hard to learn, but does everything we need it to do.
    Incentivized
    Intuit
    Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    QuickBooks is way cheaper and easier to use than FinancialForce. You don't need the integration with Salesforce that many people want. Accounting staff only need QB. You don't need Bill.com either if you have an accounting staff. He/she should be able to learn how to print …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    66%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    66%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    66%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    Features
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    7% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer6.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    5.9
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vendor Management9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    9.3
    65 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.961 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.835 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.953 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.949 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.350 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    7.9
    39 Ratings
    3% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.836 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    10.0
    94 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.076 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.089 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    10.0
    109 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.094 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.0109 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.0107 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    9.5
    113 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings10.0108 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings10.0110 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings10.098 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings10.0109 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings10.0100 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings8.747 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings10.065 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings10.053 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings7.239 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings10.051 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings9.738 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.837 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings10.066 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings10.042 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings10.049 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.7
    56 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings6.453 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings6.132 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings6.229 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of BILL and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    BILL
    -
    Ratings
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.3
    71 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings10.051 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings10.059 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings3.216 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (66 ratings)
    9.9
    (125 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (32 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (17 ratings)
    1.2
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (22 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BILLQuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BILL
    It depends, Bill.com certainly has a strong reputation and I agree it can be a great solution in the right scenario but I think the implementation and initial setup are critical and need to be well thought out based on the setup of the organization you are a part of.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    What I think the QuickBooks Desktop Pro is well suited: 1) Easy to use and effective to navigate while satisfying our financial and accounting functions' needs 2) We upgraded the version from the QuickBooks Desktop to Desktop Pro for its advanced functions and the ability to track the different projects/programs that are essential to organization.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    BILL
    • The fact that bill.com automatically processes most information on the invoice is really helpful - leads to quicker processing
    • The "to do list" feature ensures you see the tasks that need to be completed ASAP
    • The reports section is very helpful in year end prepping for audits
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    • It is easy to manage and adjust inventory on hand.
    • It is easy to make reports and customize them to your needs.
    • We also use it to pay our employees directly.
    • It is easy to make year-to-year comparisons to see where we can make improvements and the current financial situation.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    BILL
    • Currently, our company uses a different platform to submit expenses, we only use bill.com to receive them. So perhaps this isn't actually a place where bill.com could improve, but the expense submission process may not have been robust enough for our company.
    • The bill.com platform wasn't the most beautiful or pleasing to use, but this is a minor fault.
    • I'd love a way to set up recurring payments (e.g., my phone bill is reimbursed each month).
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro has been around for a few years and after an update[,] they force you to look at the changes/updates before you can use [them] after updating.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro does not have 2FA.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro should offer a way to store backups to a personal cloud without having to map a local network drive.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BILL
    While our firm does not use Bill.com internally, we know many customers that use Bill.com and are very happy with it. Based on the feedback from current users, I would say that the product should have a strong renewal forecast. Once customers move their AP to the cloud, they would be unlikely to move it back given a choice.
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    Intuit
    I'd love to keep using it, and do intend to - though we've not been pleased with price increases over the past several years. In fact, we used to subscribe to the payroll service, but QuickBooks priced themselves out of reach for us, so we discontinued that. Currently, pricing would be the primary reason for NOT renewing, if we didn't.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    BILL
    Bill.com continues to raise the bar with new features and improved interface. The Fast Pay option is another innovation that reduces administrative time when you have to get an overnight check out. The new Chat Support interface, powered by Zopim, which is world-class, adds to the responsiveness of Bill.com's support team and makes getting real-time answers that much easier.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    It is a great software that does everything a small business needs it to do, but there are just a few bugs and quirks that make additional software necessary. The slowness of the software occasionally might eventually be overshadowed by the quickness of cloud-based software though.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    BILL
    The only time Bill.com was ever "unavailable" was then the Sync to Quickbooks function failed. That happened a time or two but was usually quickly remedied. I'm not sure if that's an issue with newer online versions of Quickbooks Enterprise -- at the time we were using a remotely hosted Quickbooks instance accessed via terminal server (vs a cloud offering like Bill.com is)
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    Intuit
    I haven't experienced a time when QuickBooks Pro was unavailable when I needed it in the entire 20 years of using the software
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    BILL
    Load times can be slow after long use.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    BILL
    I could not explain to them how I was trying to remove an old email account from my company page while granting the new email account access to the bank account that the first email account had added. The "set a bank account as inactive" button is labeled delete, but they don't seem to recognize that. I requested my Bill.com account be deleted on Wednesday so I could start all over with a fresh account; this seemed to be completed Wednesday night, but when I tried to create a new Bill.com account from the same email, it took me to my old bill.com account.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    They are awful. Intuit doesn't spend real money on support. They appear to have typically said, first-level script readers who are sending messages to the senior people for anything even a little bit difficult. Many of them don't speak particularly good English. Considering that they recently doubled (or, if you are paying annually, tripled) their pricing, and touted as one of the benefits that it includes [..] support, it's a real ripoff. However, we have to use the product because it is ubiquitous. I look forward to the day a competitor comes up with something good enough, which has excellent support, that matches all the features QuickBooks Desktop Pro currently has [...] or at least gives us a way to have all the functionality we currently have without excessive sacrifice [...] so that we can switch. I was very satisfied with QuickBooks for many years. This latest [rise] in price, and their sheer gall at touting the benefit of the 100 to 200% increase as being [the] inclusion of support, is what turned me so far against them.
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    In-Person Training
    BILL
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    Best thing I ever did was to attend a two day training seminar on QuickBooks, I learned an immense amount in a short time with hands on training by experts. I strongly recommend such training for anyone using any part of the software. It will pay for itself in the first month.
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    Online Training
    BILL
    The online training provided by Bill.com is concise and since the firm consistently improves the platform functionality, users are able to select the training for the modules they specifically need.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    BILL
    I heard from my leadership that it went very well.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    We implemented the software ourselves. The training we received on the software was done by taking a community course teaching us how to use QuickBooks. It allowed me to get started with some basics of how to use the program and have not needed much assistance since completing the course work.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    BILL
    1. Automation & Workflow Efficiency.2. Integration Capabilities with other softwaresWe needed a centralized, automated, and scalable solution for managing both payables and receivables. The strong integration with our existing accounting software was a key factor.The platform gave us better visibility and control over cash flow and approval processes.
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    Intuit
    Zoho had great end-user support and it was almost as simple to learn and was as easy to use. But its reports were not as [customizable] as QuickBooks Desktop Pro, and its job cost and department accounting [were] more cumbersome than QuickBooks Desktop Pro was. In addition, while I like an underdog (Zoho) the fact is that it is easier to find staff that [is] comfortable with QuickBooks Desktop Pro than anything else on the market.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BILL
    None, all good.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    BILL
    We have multiple locations, and everything works fine.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    BILL
    • After receiving an offer to 'finance' outstanding invoices, I was enticed by the promise of a 3% total cost for a 60-day period, with the possibility of extending the financing for an additional 10 months (for an additional fee). Eager to access funds, I decided to finance an invoice worth $17,160.00. Within 24 hours, BILL deposited $16,645.20 (97% of the invoice amount) into my account.
    • However, when the customer paid their $17,160 invoice four days later, instead of the funds being deposited into my checking account as I expected, BILL chose to retire the loan and retain my $514.80 fee for the 4 day advance period. This unexpected turn of events resulted in an effective interest rate of a staggering 273.75%. It was clear that this arrangement was far from what I had initially understood, and the financial impact was outrageously high.
    • Frustratingly, my attempts to resolve this issue through customer service were in vain, as I spoke with three agents who provided no satisfactory solutions. To anyone contemplating using BILL's services, I strongly urge you to carefully scrutinize the fine print and consider opting for a more reputable finance company."
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    Intuit
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro is a no hassle accounting solution that ticks a lot of boxes. It almost never disappoints and organizations will usually keep using it for many years. If anything, the only time I've seen an organization migrate away from it is if they have specific accounting needs, or if the organization has grown to the point that they need a more robust accounting solution. Even then, QuickBooks can usually be maintained within another accounting software system for specific functions, like A/R & A/P for example.
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    ScreenShots

    BILL Screenshots

    Screenshot of BILL’s central dashboard, which displays upcoming bills, invoices, and ingoing and outgoing payments.Screenshot of BILL automatically pulls in bills via email and automatically starts the process. It also checks for duplicate invoices by looking at the invoice numbers and payment amounts to flag questionable invoices.Screenshot of BILL's desktop and mobile applications so users' teams can review invoices and send payments on-the-go.Screenshot of BILL’s mobile app, which can be used to review invoices, add comments, and approve from anywhere.Screenshot of The overview screen, where the status of invoices can be reviewed to get a bird’s eye view of tasks.