Comments on: The Elusive All-In-One Financial Package http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/04/06/the-elusive-all-in-one-financial-package/ Random Thoughts of a Techno-Hermit Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennette Skaggs http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/04/06/the-elusive-all-in-one-financial-package/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Jennette Skaggs Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:12:31 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=176#comment-205 Thanks for the suggestion. I had not heard of FreeAgent, but just took a quick look after your comment. FreeAgent is a bit more price wise than Clarity, but that really wouldn't make my decision. I also needed something to track payroll for me since we are incorporated. Clarity will track it even if it won't "do payroll" for me. Our bank has an easy system that I use for that. We had looked at xero.com and decided that it just wasn't what we wanted. I will keep FreeAgent in mind if this trio doesn't work out. Thanks for the suggestion. I had not heard of FreeAgent, but just took a quick look after your comment. FreeAgent is a bit more price wise than Clarity, but that really wouldn’t make my decision. I also needed something to track payroll for me since we are incorporated. Clarity will track it even if it won’t “do payroll” for me. Our bank has an easy system that I use for that. We had looked at xero.com and decided that it just wasn’t what we wanted.
I will keep FreeAgent in mind if this trio doesn’t work out.

]]> By: Jennette Skaggs http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/04/06/the-elusive-all-in-one-financial-package/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Jennette Skaggs Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:56:34 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=176#comment-204 The switch from Quickbooks to Clarity had a lot to do with OS environment. The online version of Quickbooks was great, but it is IE only. The Mac version was local which meant that Dan couldn't access it when he was at a client site. We really needed the flexibility of accessing financials no matter where we were. I am unsure about Freshbooks working well with Quickbooks. I would think that it wouldn't be necessary unless the PC - Mac, online - local app is the issue. The switch from Quickbooks to Clarity had a lot to do with OS environment. The online version of Quickbooks was great, but it is IE only. The Mac version was local which meant that Dan couldn’t access it when he was at a client site. We really needed the flexibility of accessing financials no matter where we were. I am unsure about Freshbooks working well with Quickbooks. I would think that it wouldn’t be necessary unless the PC – Mac, online – local app is the issue.

]]> By: Chuck Mason http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/04/06/the-elusive-all-in-one-financial-package/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Chuck Mason Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:18:45 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=176#comment-203 Freshbooks plus iPhone app sounds nice. Why the switch from Quickbooks to Clarity Accounting? Am wondering if Freshbooks works well with Quickbooks? Freshbooks plus iPhone app sounds nice.

Why the switch from Quickbooks to Clarity Accounting? Am wondering if Freshbooks works well with Quickbooks?

]]> By: Richard Butler http://www.tntechnohermit.com/2009/04/06/the-elusive-all-in-one-financial-package/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Richard Butler Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:15:32 +0000 http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/?p=176#comment-202 Might not be a better solution, but a godsend for us has been FreeAgent (freeagentcentral.com) - it handles timesheeting, invoicing and accounting. It also has a freely-available API, so building a simple AIR app to track time would be a walk in the park. Of course, there is also xero.com, which I believe is more popular among larger business, but it doesn't appear to have time tracking. Shame. Might not be a better solution, but a godsend for us has been FreeAgent (freeagentcentral.com) – it handles timesheeting, invoicing and accounting. It also has a freely-available API, so building a simple AIR app to track time would be a walk in the park.

Of course, there is also xero.com, which I believe is more popular among larger business, but it doesn’t appear to have time tracking. Shame.

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