I am in the same position. Quickbooks online is nowhere near as good or versatile as the desktop version. I am looking for an alternative too.
I bet this discontinuation of the desktop version will not stop QB from continuing their request for monthly fees and I doubt if the fees will be reduced to cover the loss of support or updates.
Seems like Sage might be the next step ?
@cop97 wrote:
Now QB Desktop is going to be discontinued we need to start looking at an alternative.
QB Online seems to be the next logical step, however several features we used in Desktop are not available with the Online version, but these are a must for us:
- sales orders (using estimates and renaming 'sales orders' is NOT an option)
- need to have price level lists available which is very important to us (not available in the Online version)
- multiple customs fields (only 3 available in the Online version)
- assign jobs to customers
- unable to assign a VAT code to a customer in the Online version (currently you have to manually change the VAT code for each order line)
Does anyone know of an alternative package or the best bolt on app with QB online?
