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Accounting Software
Accounting software automates finance management processes, ensuring accuracy of financial transactions and facilitating reconciliation. Modules include, at a minimum, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

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Latest Research
Xero squanders its advantage of being one of the very few collaboration tools with financial application know-how by simply offering an alternative to a well-established online accounting tool incumbent.
Accounting Software Products


FreshBooks
FreshBooks
Create a new invoice using FreshBooks and have tracking and data entry done for you.
8.7
Composite Score
9.0
CX Score
+93
Emotional Footprint
89%
Likeliness to Recommend
49
Reviews


Zoho
Zoho Books
Zoho Books is an intuitive accounting software designed for small businesses to manage their finances and to stay on top of their cash flow.
8.3
Composite Score
8.8
CX Score
+90
Emotional Footprint
84%
Likeliness to Recommend
32
Reviews


AccountMate
AccountMate Enterprise
AccountMate has provided customers with powerful and flexible accounting and business management software that meets the exact needs of their businesses.
8.3
Composite Score
8.5
CX Score
+88
Emotional Footprint
82%
Likeliness to Recommend
11
Reviews

Intuit
Quickbooks Online
Freedom to work across all your devices. Access QuickBooks from PC, Mac, smartphone, and tablet.
8.3
Composite Score
8.5
CX Score
+87
Emotional Footprint
84%
Likeliness to Recommend
53
Reviews


Sage Group
Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct helps CFO’s access integrated management and financial reports across their business entities—in minutes not days—to grow and drive their business. Sage Intacct is the AICPA preferred Financial Management Solution that allows your growing mid-sized business to go further, faster with the core financials you need to automate your most important processes, reduce your reliance on spreadsheets, and give you greater visibility into your business performance.
8.2
Composite Score
8.6
CX Score
+87
Emotional Footprint
83%
Likeliness to Recommend
27
Reviews
7.9
Composite Score
8.7
CX Score
+89
Emotional Footprint
77%
Likeliness to Recommend
18
Reviews
7.8
Composite Score
7.6
CX Score
+72
Emotional Footprint
84%
Likeliness to Recommend
32
Reviews

Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed is a full accrual accounting application powered by Salesforce. Our application tracks financial data through the entire business lifecycle; from marketing, project implementation, product sales, back office accounting, to producing financial statements designed by you. It is the complete finance solution.
7.5
Composite Score
7.6
CX Score
+72
Emotional Footprint
79%
Likeliness to Recommend
83
Reviews
Oracle
Oracle PeopleSoft
Oracle's PeopleSoft Financial Management reduces costs by automating, centralizing, and standardizing global transactional processes. Manage risk and reduce compliance costs with end-to-end processes for governance, risk, and compliance. Make the right investments in the business with integrated performance management and business intelligence.
7.4
Composite Score
7.8
CX Score
+76
Emotional Footprint
75%
Likeliness to Recommend
103
Reviews
Sage Group
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
Sage Accounting makes small business easy. Now send invoices, receive payments and use our mobile app. to utilize powerful essential capabilities to drive your business.
7.2
Composite Score
7.3
CX Score
+74
Emotional Footprint
72%
Likeliness to Recommend
13
Reviews
NetSuite
Netsuite Accounting
NetSuite cloud financials and accounting software helps finance leaders design, transform and streamline their processes and operations. NetSuite seamlessly couples core finance and accounting functions with strong compliance management, which improves business performance and increases financial close efficiency while reducing back-office costs
7.2
Composite Score
7.6
CX Score
+70
Emotional Footprint
74%
Likeliness to Recommend
19
Reviews
Sage Group
Sage 100cloud
Sage Business Cloud will change the way you do business forever. Sage 100cloud is the perfect choice if you want the power and productivity of desktop business management software, with the freedom and security of the cloud. Sage 100cloud includes all the enhancements of the latest release of Sage 100, plus it has new smart cloud connected features with a modernized look and feel, customization capabilities, integration enhancements, and more.
8.8
Composite Score
9.1
CX Score
+99
Emotional Footprint
96%
Likeliness to Recommend
5
Reviews
Wave App Accounting
Wave Accounting
Wave makes it easy to be your own boss. Focus on what you love, and lean on Wave's intuitive online software to manage your financial and organizational needs. Wave Apps makes your money-related tasks easy with: • Unlimited invoicing, 100% free! • Unlimited accounting, 100% free!
8.6
Composite Score
8.9
CX Score
+93
Emotional Footprint
88%
Likeliness to Recommend
8
Reviews
Softrak Systems Inc.
Adagio Accounting
Adagio Accounting is an award-winning accounting system designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. Adagio enables high-volume transaction entry, provides robust financial reporting, and allows for management of large inventories of goods. For companies that find they are impacted by limitations in their entry-level accounting package.
8.6
Composite Score
9.2
CX Score
+93
Emotional Footprint
90%
Likeliness to Recommend
8
Reviews
KashFlow
KashFlow Accounting
KashFlow is award-winning online accounting software, designed for small business owners. It simplifies bookkeeping, invoicing and keeping track of accounts and, with its integration into IRIS Accounts Production, accountants become the business advisor - rather than the number cruncher
8.4
Composite Score
9.1
CX Score
+93
Emotional Footprint
74%
Likeliness to Recommend
5
Reviews
Sage Group
Sage 50cloud
Sage Business Cloud will change the way you do business forever. Sage 50cloud is the perfect choice if you want the power and productivity of desktop accounting software, with the freedom and security of the cloud.
7.6
Composite Score
7.3
CX Score
+70
Emotional Footprint
82%
Likeliness to Recommend
8
Reviews
Clearview Software
Clearview InFocus
InFocus is an AE-specific solution that contains fully integrated ERP capabilities including project-based planning, accounting, and billing.
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--
CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
Epicor Software
Epicor ERP
Epicor Software Corporation provides industry-specific business software designed around the needs of manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services organizations. More than 40 years of experience with our customers’ unique business processes and operational requirements is built into every solution―in the cloud, hosted, or on premises.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle E-Business Suite is the a comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that enable organizations to make better decisions, reduce costs, and increase performance.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
Ramco Systems
Ramco ERP Suite
Ramco ERP is a comprehensive cloud ERP solution catering to the needs of fast growing enterprises embarked on digital transformation. Ramco's cognitive and post-modern ERP helps optimize complex business processes and enables organizations thrive digitally. Ramco ERP offers unified solution with flexible workflow based approach, bundled with In-memory based real-time optimization engine and powerful analytics. Ramco ERP is scalable and can be deployed on cloud or on premise. It supports integration with most of the existing business applications.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
SAP
SAP Business One
SAP Business One is a world class award winning business management software product created by the German multinational software corporation SAP SE. It allows small and medium sized companies to automate their sales, purchase, financial, CRM, banking, production and service processes, including project and resource management. All the areas are tightly integrated and easy to use, complemented by deep industry solution capability from SAP partners and leveraging the revolutionary SAP HANA database as an in-memory platform for users to be competitive and innovative in the digital economy.
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CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
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Acumatica
Acumatica Financial Accounting Software
Financial management software provides businesses with a full suite of accounting functions to track daily financial operations and generate quarterly and annual financial statements. In addition, it provides tools for reporting, analysis, budgeting, and planning.
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CX Score
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Emotional Footprint
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Likeliness to Recommend
0
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Financial Force
Financial Force Accounting
Meet a cloud accounting application that’s powerful yet elegant. Tackle routine tasks in a few clicks while generating real time financial analysis, modeling and impeccable compliance reports. It’s easy to implement, straightforward to learn, and trouble-free to maintain.
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CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
inDinero Inc.
inDinero Accounting
inDinero provides the cloud accounting and bookkeeping software to grow your small business.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
+85
Emotional Footprint
78%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
Kashoo
Kashoo Invoice and Accounting Software
Kashoo is online accounting software for small businesses that you can use for invoicing, tracking bills and expenses, and generating reports to monitor the financial health of your business.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
+85
Emotional Footprint
78%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
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Latest Research
Xero squanders its advantage of being one of the very few collaboration tools with financial application know-how by simply offering an alternative to a well-established online accounting tool incumbent.
Latest Research
Small businesses will likely see little change in the short term from the acquisition of Wave by tax giant H&R Block. Wave will continue to operate independently and will report into H&R Block.