Sage Timeslips vs QuickBooks Online: Which is a better fit?

Paul: Hi, my name is Paul. I'm an attorney, a solo attorney in Los Angeles, California. I have been using Timeslips since 1992, and I would give it the highest rating possible, which is a five. Over the years, I have looked at virtually every law firm software, both just the timekeeping function software and the overall software that gets marketed to lawyers all the time. I don't think anything comes close to the functionality and the usability of Timeslips. I am loyal to Timeslips because obviously it's something I've been used to using my entire legal career, at least since computers. Before computers, you kept track of your time manually of course, and that's how I started back in the 1980s, but as soon as computers started to be used by lawyers, I jumped on board and got the almost first version of Timeslips and have been using it ever since. Over the years, like I said, I've compared it to other products that are out there, and I don't think anything else comes close. Back in 1992, Timeslips was almost the only game in town. I remember evaluating a couple of other products, but again, even then, nothing came close and its ability to... Back then, there were various levels of Timeslips. There was a Timeslips for a solo lawyer like me, and then there was a Timeslips version for a small firm and larger firms, et cetera, which is one of the many things that I liked about it, because it was adaptable. If I ever wanted to expand my law firm and take on or partner with other lawyers, I could do that, but it served my purpose very well, kept track of my clients. It was one, or it is one common database of client information, name, address, phone numbers, all the contact information, et cetera and of course, enables me to keep track of the time that I spend on each client's matter and also, yes, the ability to have various matters for a given client by using client name dot matter was something that I haven't seen elsewhere and that's great because I have lots of clients who have asked me to do various things over the years and sometimes even simultaneously and so the ability to keep track of each matter for a given client separately and then also combine all of those matters for the one client is unique to Timeslips as far as I know. For a first time user of Timeslips, Timeslips makes it very easy. There are tutorials, there are user notes. The support for installing and setting it up is very, very good. You can get as sophisticated or as simple as you want. I often think of Timeslips as one of those old fashioned pigeonhole things. I'm not sure what they're called, little boxes on a wall where you put slips of paper in each of the boxes. Timeslips is a very elaborate version of that, but if you think of it that way, it makes Timeslips easy to use. So for starting out lawyers, for lawyers who are dissatisfied with whatever timekeeping software they've been using, et cetera, again, Timeslips is easy to set up and use. Their resources both on the website and on the phone from support are extraordinarily good. There's also a Timeslips user group, et cetera. Virtually any issue that you encounter can be handled easily and like I said, the functionality and the way it's set up is very easy and user-friendly.

Speaker 1: My name is Alex. I'm the COO for Made By WiFi. We're a boutique IT firm based out of New York City with under 10 employees. I would rate QuickBooks Online a 5/5. I use QuickBooks Online for bookkeeping, invoice management, accounts receivables, payment processing, as well as the reporting capabilities which are very rich. I like how easy it was to pick up and learn. I've never used QuickBooks before. We were managing our company's finances through Google Sheets prior to QBO. The learning curve was basically a day, we got it all figured out. It's very easy to navigate and it's very easy to find what you need as well as streamline financial operations. Just making it easier to get paid, essentially. I'd like to see more consistent monthly billing from QBO. I feel like our monthly billing increased almost by 50% since we signed up without really getting more features. I'm not sure how quickly or why they raised their prices so aggressively, but they have, and I wish there was just more of a locked-in rate for a period of time that we could have agreed to.