Compare Versions and Years (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) of QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, Pro, Premier & QuickBooks Online.
Features | QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise | QuickBooks Desktop Premier | QuickBooks Desktop Pro | QuickBooks Online Plus |
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Private SKYLINE Remote Desktop for all of your business files |
• | • | • | Not Compatible |
Monthly License Subscription | $65/month | $21.50/month | $17.10/month | $40/month |
Maximum number of simultaneous users. | Available in 1-10 or 30 users | Up to 5 | Up to 3 | Up to 5 |
Bring Your Own License | $5 per User | $5 per User | $5 per User | |
Track sales, sales taxes, and customer payments. | • | • | • | • |
Accept credit card payments right in QuickBooks. | • | • | • | • |
Access to product experts, unlimited technical support, and upgrades. | • | • | • | • |
Online backup and protection of your QuickBooks data. | • | • | • | • |
Anywhere, anytime, on any device access. | • | • | • | • |
Invoice multiple customers at once with Batch Invoicing. | • | • | • | • |
Set individual user permissions to control access to sensitive information. | Up to 115 different activities | • | • | • |
Create customized financial reports with Intuit Statement Writer. | • | Accountant Edition | Accountant Edition | |
Track fixed assets such as computers and other office equipment with Fixed Asset Manager. | • | Accountant Edition | Accountant Edition | • |
Work in two company files at the same time. | • | |||
Expanded list limits allows you to track 100,000+ customers, vendors and inventory items and employees. | 100,000+ | |||
Leverage 14 predefined user roles to help you set up new users quickly. | • | |||
Complete more activities in multi-user mode. | • | • | • | • |
One-click financial, sales & tax reports. | 150+ Industry Specific |
150+ Industry Specific |
100+ | 65+ |
Import data from Excel, Quicken, Microsoft Office Accounting & prior QuickBooks versions. | • | • | • | Excel & QuickBooks |
Download or import your bank & credit transactions into QuickBooks. | • | • | • | • |
Get a consolidated view into your business with Company Snapshot. | • | • | • | • |
Industry-specific reports, sample files, menus & chart of accounts. | • | • | • | Limited |
See all your key customer information at a glance with the Customer Snapshot. | • | • | • | |
Track international sales & expenses in multiple currencies. | • | • | ||
Forecast sales & expenses. Easily create a business plan. | • | • | ||
Access all of your QuickBooks data to create any report you need with Advanced Reporting.13 | • | |||
Consolidate reports from multiple company files. | • | |||
Create custom reports with ODBC-compliant applications using a direct connection to the QuickBooks database. | • | |||
Track & manage inventory & create purchase orders. | • | • | • | • |
Set and manage inventory reorder points. | • | • | • | |
Easily find and locate inventory tasks all in one place with the Inventory Center. | Attach Inventory Images | • | • | |
Manage inventory using bin location tracking, bar code scanning, serial number or lot tracking, FIFO costing and multiple location inventory.16 | • | |||
Control, customize and automate your pricing right inside QuickBooks. | • |
Key Feature |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
Smart Search - Save time with faster searching. Begin typing a name and QB automatically fills in the rest. | New! | |||
Reports filters - Now one click is all it takes to see which filters have been applied to a report. | New! | |||
Automated Reports in Single User mode(*) - Set up and schedule customized reports. -- (*) Scheduled reports is not available in Multi-User mode, in hosted deployments, or when there are multiple versions of QuickBooks 2017 installed. | New! | |||
Improved Multi-User experience - QuickBooks 2017 makes it easier than ever to work with multiple users. | New! | |||
Remind users of undeposited funds - Clearly see what deposits require action with a new badge. | New! | |||
Deleted user names continue to appear in audit reports - Track transactions by deleted users with better accuracy. | New! | |||
Vendor and Customer Type filter - Find the information you need faster with the ability to filter by vendor type and customer type. | New! | |||
Cleared Flag on credit card charges - Easily see if a credit card charge is reconciled. | New! | |||
Copy and paste in time sheets - Save time when entering time sheet information by copying and pasting data from one line to the next. | New! | |||
Support for higher resolution monitors - Make QB comfortable and delightful on higher resolution computers. | New! | |||
New “Bill Tracker” – Allows you to see important details about the “money out” side of your business. | • | • | ||
Improved verify and rebuild process – Better information in an easier-to-read format. | • | • | ||
Bulk clear of Send Forms window – Clear out any and all e-mail forms that are still sitting to be sent. | • | • | ||
Auto copy of ship-to address on purchase orders – No need to manually type in your customer address when creating a PO. | • | • | ||
Filter for custom fields in item-based reports – These filters now work properly. | • | • | • | |
Continuous label feed printer support – Allows for printing from Zebra compatible printers. | • | • | • | |
E-invoicing – Get paid electronically via a link in your invoices (separate fees apply). | • | • | • | |
Add the customer PO number to the Customer Center – A highly requested feature to tie the customer PO to the sales order and/or invoice. | • | • | • | |
Select specific lines when converting from sales order to invoice – A new “check box” simplifies this process for you. | • | • | • | |
New “Insights” tab on the Home Page – Key financial metrics in a cleaner, easier-to-use screen than the Company Snapshot (which is still included). | • | • | • | |
New “Time and Expenses” tab within the Income Tracker – Quickly see time and/or expenses that have not been billed to a customer. | • | • | • | |
Pin a “master note” for customers, vendors or items – Prominently see this “master note” in the upper portion of the customer, vendor or inventory centers. | • | • | • | |
Send multiple reports in a single e-mail – Another highly requested feature to enhance productivity. | • | • | ||
“Flags” on billable time and costs – Quickly see how many entries are in each of the time, expenses, mileage and items tabs when billing for time/costs. | • | • | ||
Update to Reminders window – A much cleaner look to this area of QuickBooks. | • | • | ||
Warning when inactivating items with quantity on hand – Nice new feature that alerts you to this so you can zero out the quantity first. | • | • | • | • |
Estimates automatically closed when invoiced – No more need to manually mark your estimates as closed with this new feature. | • | • | • | • |
Easier to read reports on–screen – Shading and other visual cues to improve readability. | • | • | • | • |
Add comments directly to reports – A great way to quickly and easily share thoughts and insights directly inside the report. | • | • | • | • |
Report filters are now sorted alphabetically and searchable – Finally! | • | • | • | • |
Add Manufacturers Part Number (MPN) to sales transactions – Finally! | • | • | • | • |
Add “Other1” and “Other2” to reports – You can now integrate data from these fields into various transaction detail reports. | • | • | • | • |
Kick users out – Now you can boot a user, even if they are in the middle of a transaction. | • | • | • | • |
Maintenance alerts and other notifications – Now these are displayed right on the home screen for easy reference. | • | • | • | • |
Customize the “view balances” area of the home screen – Add or remove accounts to this area as you prefer. | • | • | • | |
E-mail tracking – The Customer Center now tracks all sent e-mails so you have a record of them. | • | • | • | |
Send a customer payment receipt via e-mail – Many businesses have been asking for this. | • | • | • | |
Tag sales reps to jobs, not just customers | • | • | • | |
Filter many reports by job status – See reports by open, in process, closed and other status levels. | • | • | • | |
Copy and paste entire lines, not just fields within a line | • | • | • | • |
Online Banking is now called Bank Feeds – See the improvements to streamline the flow of bank and credit card information into your QuickBooks. | • | • | • | |
New “income tracker” replaces the collections center – See unbilled and unpaid balances at a glance. | • | • | • | • |
Create multiple e-mail templates for each form you send (invoices, quotes, etc.) | • | • | • | • |
Attach additional documents to web mail based e-mails – Include drawings, pictures and any other type of digital document you like. | • | • | • | • |
Auto suggestions provided as you search for information – Find information faster in QuickBooks. | • | • | • | • |
Print Vendor Bills – Now it is easy to print the bill screen just as you enter it. | • | • | • | • |
Bill Credits Print on Check Stubs and Bill Payment Stubs – Finally! | • | • | • | • |
Improved Navigation – Simplified and improved navigation helps you get to the information you need, more quickly and easily. | • | • | • | • |
Centers Customization - Expanded contact information fields in the Employee, Customer and Vendor Centers are now more customizable, allowing up to 8 contact fields and multiple notes per contact. | • | • | • | • |
Ribbon and Layout Updates – Invoices, Estimates, Sales Orders and other forms now have a simplified layout, providing easier access to actions that were previously hidden or required several clicks to execute. | • | • | • | • |
Lead Center – Manage leads/prospects in QuickBooks before they become customers. | • | • | • | • |
Inventory Center – Built just like the customer and vendor centers, but for inventory and inventory assembly items. | • | • | • | • |
QuickBooks Calendar – Calendar-like view of important and overdue transactions, and tasks that need to be done. | • | • | • | • |
Batch invoicing for time and expenses – Reduces the time spent invoicing your customers. | • | • | • | • |
Batch timesheet creation – Batch capability for entering the same timesheet information for multiple employees or vendors. | • | • | • | • |
Simplified Excel integration – Update data in existing Excel worksheets and preserve formulas and formats. | • | • | • | • |
Batch Invoicing – Create a template once and invoice many customers at once. | • | • | • | • |
Customer Snapshot – Allows users to quickly prioritize customers. | • | • | • | • |
Easy Access to Information – Convenient access to customer or vendor balances and transaction history. | • | • | • | • |
Collection Center – Stay on top of receivables and email collection notices. | • | • | • | • |
Yahoo!, Gmail and Hotmail – Send invoices and estimates right from business Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail account. | • | • | • | • |
Vendor Remittance Addresses – Keep track of these addresses with a convenient new field. | • | • | • | • |
Paid Date Stamp – Mark which invoices have been paid with the Paid Date stamp. | • | • | • | • |
Document Management – Attach files of any type to the appropriate QuickBooks record (names, items, accounts, etc.). | • | • | • | • |
Rapid List Entry – Allows users to enter, edit and save multiple list items (customer, vendor, etc.) all in one table. | • | • | • | • |
Favorites Menu – Users can configure this menu to centralize favorite, commonly-used and hard-to-find menu items. | • | • | • | • |
Check Signatures – Electronically print signatures on checks and paychecks from signature image files. | • | • | • | • |
Electronic Check Processing – Check scanning service offering through QuickBooks Merchant Service accounts. | • | • | • | • |
Forms Customization – Easier and faster to make QuickBooks forms looks more professional. | • | • | • | • |
Company Snapshot – Allows users to customize what widgets they want to see and provides additional widgets for insight into the business. | • | • | • | • |
Condense/Archive – Improved logic to more reliably reduce the amount of data in the company file. | • | • | • | • |
Quick Filter – Save time with customer, vendor and item lists – find information quickly. | • | • | • | • |
E-mail directly from QuickBooks using Outlook | • | • | • | • |
Multiple unit of measure feature – Easily handles the need to purchase in one unit and sell in another. | • | • | • | • |
Track international sales and expenses with multiple currency support | • | • | • | • |
Dashboard – Get a real-time snapshot of your business in one central location. | • | • | • | • |
Backup Data in Multi-User Mode – Allows others to work while you back up the data. | • | • | • | • |
QuickBooks Messenger – Instantly communicate with others using your QuickBooks file. | • | • | • | • |
Instant View – See any customer balance, transaction history and contact information in the Customer Center. | • | • | • | • |
View your balance with any vendor – See a list of POs, bills, and payments in the Vendor Center. | • | • | • | • |
Upgrade data from prior versions of QuickBooks | • | • | • | • |
Batch void/delete transactions – Bulk delete or void of select transactions in QB. Admin account only. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | ||
Enterprise Only Sort on various columnsin receive payment screen – Simplify the payment posting process. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | ||
Enterprise Only Improvements in Advanced Reporting user interface – Drag and drop capabilities in certain areas. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | ||
Don’t allow items to ship negative to create negative on-hand balances – This is probably one of the most desired enhancements to QuickBooks in over a decade. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | ||
Disallow selling to clients that have overdue balances – You may or may not like the implementation of this new feature. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | ||
Full access to new Advanced Reporting module – Build your own reports with this new feature in Enterprise. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only |
See costs on sales forms – Compare your selling prices to item cost field (not the average cost field) when creating estimates, sales orders or invoices. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only |
Negative item list and assembly shortage reports – Quickly and easily see which items have negative on hand values or where shortages exist for assemblies. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only |
Add totals to most columns on forms – Need a total quantity of items shipped? Need a total of some custom field on an invoice? Now you can with the additional checkboxes for subtotal items. | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only | Enterprise Only |