Re: replacement for QuickBooks?

On Wed, 2007-28-03 at 12:14 +0200, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> Thanks. Since I've never seen QuickBooks, how would you compare the two,
> GnuCash and QuickBooks?

I know GnuCash but not QuickBooks so I can't really compare. But judging
from the Wikipedia page, this is my guess:

* Both are focused on the same market: small business.

* They appear to have similar functionality with perhaps a slight lead
for GnuCash. GnuCash can handle multiple currencies, and AFAIK
QuickBooks doesn't. This is important to me because I regularly deal in
three currencies (e.g. making a transfer from my UK bank to my Canadian
bank might be difficult with QuickBooks).

* Both use double-entry bookkeeping, but it looks like QuickBooks hides
it more than GnuCash.

Both try to shield the user from some details. In GnuCash you don't need
to know the difference between a debit and a credit. It uses common
terms like "deposit" and "withdrawal". But judging from the Wikipedia
article, it looks like QuickBooks might hide it a bit more.

* The visual layout looks different. QuickBooks looks a lot more "GUI".

If your friend understands the very basics of double-entry bookkeeping
he'll be fine with GnuCash (and really, he should if he wants to run a
small business).

But all this is from someone who has never used QuickBooks. I just read
a Wikipedia article and saw some screenshots.

Daniel.
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