Xero, QuickBooks Online and other cloud offerings

Xero, QuickBooks Online and other cloud offerings

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I have been looking at moving my bookkeeping clients to the cloud from Sage 50 and the main shortcoming still seems to be the lack of a batch data entry option. I recall a client from many years ago using Liberty Accounts which had the same issue...............I had hoped the latest offerings would have addressed this.

Are there any cloud solutions suitable for bookkeeping where a client simply drops in 50 plus sales and purchase invoices weekly i.e. fast batch data entry?

The idea is to use the cloud to 'share' real time financial data with clients who would have no input in terms of data entry.

I am slighlty put off Xero and Quickbooks and the endless 'app' add ons that are offered as solutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By Manchester_man
01st Sep 2016 04:29

Xero has become too expensive too quickly.

I now recommended Quickbooks

I have used lots of them and one of my favourites is Quickfile which coincidentally is free! Free bank feeds and I have an affiliate account (also free) so I have it white labeled aswell. So far I've not found anything it doesn't do that the likes of QB and Xero don't do.

I agree they are all lacking a rapid entry batch processing function. VT rules the roost in that respect and always has done.

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By chatman
01st Sep 2016 16:47

Manchester_man wrote:

So far I've not found anything it doesn't do that the likes of QB and Xero don't do

Do you mean you have "not found anything it doesn't do that the likes of QB and Xero do"?

If so, have you found out how to export more than 50 transactions at at time from QuickFile? I ask because I haven't.

I like some things about it. It is the only programme I have seen to post the VAT journal for you after completing an FRS return.

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By Paul Scholes
01st Sep 2016 15:52

Hi CW (if you don't mind familiarity) ClearBooks has a batch entry screen for sales & purchases, where you just bang out the lines on a grid, alternatively, as with most other cloud systems you can bang them out on a spreadsheet and import them.

Hope you don't mind me adding this but, the most valuable benefit of working with cloud accounting is collaboration, meaning that you get the client as involved as they are willing and able to be. Using cloud accounting purely as a bookkeeper can work out an expensive option to your current deskbound stuff.

If, for example the clients are preparing and sending out invoices to their customers, then sending you the data to manually input (even in batches), it makes far more sense to let the client invoice in the cloud themselves, emailing out the invoices and using the credit control automation.

Whilst I have my own practice and use several of the cloud apps, I am Clear Book's consultant accountant.

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By Brunel
01st Sep 2016 21:44

I have heard that Kashflow has an addon program called RapidFire intended for offline bookkeeping. I haven't used it myself so can't comment on it's efficacy.
But I also received the price hike email from Kashflow today, apparently a firm called Iris bought them recently...

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