QuickBooks
QuickBooks combines AI automation, certified bookkeepers, and tax experts to handle your accounting so you can focus on running your business.
Overview
QuickBooks Online gives small business owners one place to manage invoices, expenses, payroll, inventory, and taxes. The software learns how you categorize income and expenses and automatically matches transactions going forward. Customers can pay invoices online with card, PayPal, Venmo, or Apple Pay. AI tools categorize expenses, reconcile books, surface profit and loss insights, and flag anomalies for your review. Every plan includes access to human experts for setup and ongoing guidance. QuickBooks holds a 4.3 out of 5 rating across more than 6,700 customer reviews on Capterra and has served small businesses for 28 years. Users who combine accounting, payroll, and time tracking save an average of 3.95 hours per week. Plans start at $19 per month and scale up to $137.50 per month, with no annual contract required and the option to cancel at any time.
Features
- AI automatically categorizes expenses and reconciles your books each month
- Send invoices customers can pay online with card, PayPal, Venmo, or Apple Pay
- Full-service payroll calculates, files, and pays payroll taxes automatically
- Track inventory, create purchase orders, and monitor cost of goods across plans
- Over 800 third-party app integrations including Shopify, Square, PayPal, and HubSpot
Best for
QuickBooks works best for small business owners who want accounting, payroll, invoicing, and tax preparation managed inside one platform. It suits owners with 1 to 25 users who want AI automation backed by access to certified bookkeepers and tax experts.
Why this SMB score
QuickBooks earns an 8 out of 10 because it covers nearly every core financial task a small business owner needs in one platform, but the cost of adding payroll and accessing key features like inventory and project tracking pushes the monthly total higher than budget-conscious owners may expect.