I want to purchase a accounting package which can be installed on a web server and can be accessed via browser. QuickBooks has a server version in the USA but not in UK and Sage says it is has one under development.
Does anyone know of package which is available now?
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Mahmood Ahson
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Try Nigel's reviews
A good place to start would be the Nigel Harris Online accounting services buyer's guide. In addition, you should try and look for the one's that have been designed for the web, rather than designed for Windows or Client/Server and then web-enabled.
David Terrar
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Mahmood,
IRIS provides the award winning Exchequer product as a web-enabled ledger system. Drop me an e-mail with your contact details and I'll give you a call to chat through.
Kind regards,
Michael Douglas
IRIS Enterprise Software
Why would you?
Why do this for an SME? Doesn't make a lot of economic sense. An alternative might be to consider a fully hosted solution. QB is crap in the UK - I've been banging on at them for a while. They're recruiting yet another MD at the moment and losing money here. No surprise.
Quick Books is a poor product
Dennis was absolutely correct - Quick Books is a very poor product in the UK. Multicurrency is for all intents and purposes almost useless.
The remote solution suggested is a mickey mouse answer. QB is not a good multiuser or multi location product. Cheap in this case is not synonymous with "Value".
Interprise Suite
Have a look at www.interprisesuite.com
The best of both worlds - integrated and affordable.
Available to selected organisations in UK Nov 06.
QuickBooks over the web
I don't think I agree with an earlier comment that "QB is crap in the UK". It's a very powerful package and represents good value for money. The multi-currency aspects of it are somewhat primitive.
Earlier versions were capable of running on terminal server, but current versions will not. If you want to access the package from no more than two locations at once (and I have one or two clients for whom we do this) then the answer is to dedicate a cheap PC to it at one location and run a VPN to that PC over the web. Multi-currency QB licenses then enable access to the same data from other PCs on the local network. The data can sit on that dedicated PC, or perhaps on a server where it stands some chance of being backed up on a regular basis.
This solution is very considerably cheaper than most of the more obvious alternative packages.
Ok but ....
David
Have read the interprisesuite details on their site.
Their difference is that are advocating a dual approach of lan/internet. In all other respects (i.e. WebServices, n-tiered data, concurrency (think, field level locking inherent in SQL server anyway), stored procs (questionnable benefit over parameterized queries), plugable etc) there is nothing revolutionary because it is all being done by current providers - mature products and probably at a cheaper rate.
Based on their own strategic market positioning how do they stack up against say NetSuite (Oracle based) in cost and functionality?
Furthermore their support charges seem steep compared to the market norm
John
On the QB front your explanation seems a remarkably hard way of achieving ones goals. It is questionable whether this approach is cheaper in ROI terms - taking account of personnel costs as well as pure IT & software can it compete with say £20 per month all in? Using redundant time expired pc's is probably not the solution and whilst VPN is secure it can be a straight jacket for 'Access Anywhere'.
Using a SaaS service there any no hidden costs over and above the monthly charge and data will in all probablility be backed up on a nightly basis anyway.
JC Comment
Have a look at www.interprise.co.uk
Interprise has greater functionality than any of the mature and immature lower mid range offerings in the UK including Sage MMS. Pegasus Op2.
Access, Iris, SapB1. It's technically light years ahead in terms of integration and amendability and cost of ownership is substantially less.
It compares well with Netsuite, and has better functionality in a number of areas but does not suffer from being a hosted only solution. It is also more competitive, particularly in year 2 where there are many examples of Netsuite doubling the cost.
DAVID PARSONAGE
I trust that you are not this David
David Parsonage, director at Sage VAR Apex Business System
are you a relation to Tony Parsonage a project consultant to Innterprise?
aah now i have it http://www.absonline.net/htmlsite/ CHECK UNDER COMPANY / ABOUT APEX
it would have been nice if you had declared an interest to go with your totally unbiased comments
SHAME ON YOU