Fiserv Prologue Financials vs. QuickBooks Online

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Prologue Financials
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
Prologue Financials from Fiserv, a fully integrated accounting solution, features enhanced, built-in automation and controls and a newly designed user interface, enabling users to increase the efficiency of financial accounting processes.N/A
QuickBooks Online
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.
$38
per month
Pricing
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Editions & Modules
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Simple Start
$38
per month
Essentials
$75
per month
Plus
$115
per month
Advanced
$275
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.4
Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation9.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
API for custom integration9.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Plug-ins9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
QuickBooks Online
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
13% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.1
Ratings
3% above category average
Dashboards9.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Standard reports9.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Custom reports9.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.6
Ratings
10% above category average
Accounts payable9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Cash management9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Bank reconciliation9.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Expense management9.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Time tracking9.00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Fixed asset management9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Multi-currency support9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Multi-division support9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Regulations compliance9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Self-service portal9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Localizations9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework9.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
20% above category average
QuickBooks Online
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Inventory tracking9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Automatic reordering9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Location management9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Manufacturing module9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Fiserv Prologue Financials
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
QuickBooks Online
8.4
Ratings
8% above category average
Pricing9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Order entry9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Credit card processing9.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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1.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.8
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Availability
-
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2.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
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1.0
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Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
1.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
1.3
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Fiserv Prologue FinancialsQuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend
If I could give this program a zero I would. In my experience, it is horrible to work on and it has caused my staff to lose productivity rather than improve it.
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I appreciate the ability to auto-generate invoices for recurring transactions, which saves time, as well as the option to set up auto-generated transactions. The report option is super helpful when reviewing information, as you can click to view the details in the report without having to go back and forth.
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Pros
  • In my opinion, nothing is done well. I hate this program with an extreme passion.
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  • It enables me to do a P&L for each specific program as requested by the county for the grant money that they give us.
  • It enables me to do [an] organizational budget as well as a budget for each specific program
  • It enables the accountant and the auditor access at any time for transparency
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Cons
  • Support is only available within business hours.
  • No free trials.
  • Takes time to implement during initial stages.
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  • Purchase Orders cannot be linked to multiple bill payments which makes tracking purchase orders in QuickBooks Online obsolete. Without the function we have to track this within a different more manual spreadsheet.
  • Would be helpful if you could "split" bank transactions directly from the "review" downloads from the bank. Currently, to split transactions to multiple accounts we need to first categorize, then review after assigning to 1 account.
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Likelihood to Renew
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QBO needs better integration with non-Intuit products and developers need to use Intuit's open API to develop better add-ons. Clients are having a great deal of problems with their data importing from the bank and this takes time away from better revenue producing activities. Although the efficiencies are there, they are outweighted by the shortcomings of the product. When we ran a parallel of QBO versus other cloud accounting products, we had more issues with the QBO product than any other
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Usability
Powerful tool that helps us to automate and to streamline our accounting processes and helps to deliver reliable and accurate accessible information that is crucial to the performance of our organization. Its easy to customize and to create financial reports of any kind from the GL and its ability to manipulate data through the system is amazing.
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I had very little trouble setting up the program and migrating from our old accounting system. The daily usage is also very intuitive and easy. Anytime we run into minor trouble with the program, there are always tons of help available on YouTube, so we don't even look up the online manual anymore.
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Reliability and Availability
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We have rarely had outages in the last 10 years. I can only recall 2 times in the last 10 years where we were not able to access our client files.
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Performance
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Everything process has its bugs lately with the new interface. Nothing has worked smoothly since this all began last month.
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Support Rating
It provides us with a fully integrated accounting management solution with effective account payables and investment portfolio accounting. It helps us to automate and to streamline our accounting processes and it allows us to create custom financial reports easily enabling faster reports with accurate financial accounting data.
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In my experience, most representatives keep me on the phone for hours, literally, for a single issue and then usually cannot resolve it satisfactorily. I have 10 open cases that need resolution and, in my experience, there has been NO follow-up communication on any of them.
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Implementation Rating
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The person in charge of QB needs to be very accurate with record keeping and is recommended to stay on top of tasks. The biggest issue we have is reconciliation, and those issues occur only when too much time has occurred between reconciliations
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Alternatives Considered
Fiserv Prologue Financials is easily available and deployed in Mac and Windows and allows our financial controllers to create simple custom reports that enable them to report faster with accurate financial data. Great product that provides us with excellent cash management and payment management processes.
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QuickBooks Online is an accounting software package that allows companies to use a cost-effective and efficient software package. QuickBooks Online allows companies to prepare their balance sheets and income statements. It connects with a variety of other applications, which allows you to be efficient. We are very pleased with QuickBooks Online, and we would highly recommend it.
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Scalability
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As we have grown along our professional path, we have also expanded our use of QB. The scalability is easy and features seem to be waiting for you until you need them. We have increased profits by over 10x from our first year in business to the current and have yet to find a reason to look elsewhere
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Return on Investment
  • Instant correction to errors.
  • Real-time financial data.
  • Automatic journal entry reversals.
  • Detailed audit trails that allows effective tracking.
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  • I think the help function is cumbersome and hard to use. When I go to refresh myself on a function, say quarterly, I feel like I have to cast about just looking for it.
  • The account reconciliation works, but in this place that could benefit from messaging, there are no easy helping functions flagging things like amounts that fit the discrepancy.
  • Even styling invoices and documents is more cumbersome than it should be.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of the accounting and bank transactions interfaceScreenshot of an overview of the accounting inventoryScreenshot of book marksScreenshot of the business tax overviewScreenshot of the customer hubScreenshot of the dashboard