Small business bank / accounting combo
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I have exactly that combo. My thoughts:
Starling - superb, flawless integration and easy to set up, really like it.
Xero - slightly tricky to set up, getting expensive if you do more than a few invoices a month and have any staff, but does everything you need pretty well.
My only regret is that after using Quickbooks on another business I recently purchased, I think Quickbooks is more user-friendly and in hindsight would have been a better choice. Thing is I can't be ar$ed to unpick it all and switch now, so I am using both!
Starling - superb, flawless integration and easy to set up, really like it.
Xero - slightly tricky to set up, getting expensive if you do more than a few invoices a month and have any staff, but does everything you need pretty well.
My only regret is that after using Quickbooks on another business I recently purchased, I think Quickbooks is more user-friendly and in hindsight would have been a better choice. Thing is I can't be ar$ed to unpick it all and switch now, so I am using both!
I'm Starling + Quick Books
Starling - No issues whatsoever. On the two occasions I've had to call them, the phone was answered almost immediately and the problems (of my own making) were solved there and then.
Quick Books - My only gripe is that it's all things to all men and not that easy to customise to my particular need. This means I have to navigate through much superfluous stuff. I'd imagine Xero and others to be the same though.
Starling - No issues whatsoever. On the two occasions I've had to call them, the phone was answered almost immediately and the problems (of my own making) were solved there and then.
Quick Books - My only gripe is that it's all things to all men and not that easy to customise to my particular need. This means I have to navigate through much superfluous stuff. I'd imagine Xero and others to be the same though.
FlyingPanda said:
I have exactly that combo. My thoughts:
Starling - superb, flawless integration and easy to set up, really like it.
Xero - slightly tricky to set up, getting expensive if you do more than a few invoices a month and have any staff, but does everything you need pretty well.
My only regret is that after using Quickbooks on another business I recently purchased, I think Quickbooks is more user-friendly and in hindsight would have been a better choice. Thing is I can't be ar$ed to unpick it all and switch now, so I am using both!
Most accountancy firms avoid Quickbooks like the plague.Starling - superb, flawless integration and easy to set up, really like it.
Xero - slightly tricky to set up, getting expensive if you do more than a few invoices a month and have any staff, but does everything you need pretty well.
My only regret is that after using Quickbooks on another business I recently purchased, I think Quickbooks is more user-friendly and in hindsight would have been a better choice. Thing is I can't be ar$ed to unpick it all and switch now, so I am using both!
I have found many issues with QBO, including it having the ability to make illegal changes to an invoice after issue.
At this time I am in the process of moving the company accounts from QBO to Xero.
Use Starling + Xero on one business appears to work seamlessly, really quick at updating Xero.
Use Metro + Xero on another business appears to work fine, transactions can take a while to update in Xero.
Prefer Starling to Metro for ease of use.
Two different accountants, both suggested they preferred Xero so went with that so cannot compare to Quickbooks.
I'd suggest have a word with your accountant and see which they prefer.
Use Metro + Xero on another business appears to work fine, transactions can take a while to update in Xero.
Prefer Starling to Metro for ease of use.
Two different accountants, both suggested they preferred Xero so went with that so cannot compare to Quickbooks.
I'd suggest have a word with your accountant and see which they prefer.
MaxFromage said:
MustangGT said:
Most accountancy firms avoid Quickbooks like the plague.
Yes it's gone downhill fast. We would advise a client that we'd have to charge more if we were going to have to interact with it on a significant basis.Absolutely useless. I have been working with small and mid-tier ERPs for 35 years or so, never not had this functionality before!
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