Comparison of the different industry editions
Comparison Chart
When you order the Enterprise Solution it comes with all industry editions except Accountants Edition
If you would like the Accountants Edition, be sure to mention that with your order.
During installation, you will choose between the industry-specific versions.
ALL the benefits of each of the industries
| QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions is Available in generic or industry-specific editions | Accountants Edition | Professional Services | Contractors | Nonprofit | Retail | Mfg Wholesale |
Create Professional financial GAAP statements and supporting documents using familiar spreadsheet-like tools. Create title pages, compilation letters, footnotes. Start with over 20 layouts and customize each client’s financial statements | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Working Trial Balance with workpaper reference column | x | |||||
| Customized set-up including Chart of accounts developed for your industry, forms, and reports for your industry | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Specific Help topics written by an industry expert | all help topics for all industries | x | x | x | x | x |
| Same Customized reports that appear in QuickBooks Premier – Industry-specific Editions | all industry-specific reports | read more | read more | read more | read more | read more |
| A sample company file with two years of data | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Prevent prior period changes | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Track and print change orders | x | x | ||||
| Create invoices in letter format using Microsoft Word | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Integrated fixed asset manager- calculates depreciation | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Special AJE function provides traditional Adjusted Trial balance & an AJE report. Works with add-on Financial statement reporter software | x | |||||
| Closing Date Exception report listing all changes made prior to the closing date | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Toggle between all Enterprise industry-specific editions. Easily see features of all | x | |||||
| Review in one window how much of an inventory item is on hand, how much has been committed to customers, amt expected on POs, and how much is pending for builds (also included in Retail Edition) See what’s new in QuickBooks for more info | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| An improved bill of materials that includes (total cost to produce) with the ability to factor in overhead costs such as labor, supplies, and depreciation (also included in Retail edition) | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Purchase and sell the same item in different units of measure. Pricing for the multiple units of measure is based on the base item price which is the smallest unit of measure. | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Backordered functions for sales orders and purchase orders (also included in Retail) See what’s new in QuickBooks for more info | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sales order fulfillment worksheet (window) shows all open orders based on criteria important to you such as oldest orders, shippable dollar amount, or by customer. Customize whether you want to allow partial shipments or only complete orders. Select the orders you want to ship, then batch-print pick lists, packing slips or invoices. (also included in Retail) See what’s new in QuickBooks for more info | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Accountants Review – Tremendous tool to find and correct QuickBooks Users data entry mistakes | x |