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Quick File vs Wave: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 8th, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 8,810 reviews from Accounting users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Income & Balance Sheet
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Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
NA
Billing & Invoicing
4.6
Third-Party Integrations
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% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Income & Balance Sheet
4.5
Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
4.5
Billing & Invoicing
4.6
Third-Party Integrations
3.3
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews14
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.9
Customer support
4.7
4.4
User reviews1,633
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.0
Price starts from
/user
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

QuickFile is aimed at small to medium sized UK businesses. We empower you to manage their own bookkeeping, saving you money and providing new insights into your business.

Wave has helped more than 300,000 small business owners, freelancers, solopreneurs, and consultants in the US and Canada manage their money.

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Matthew C
CEO
5.0

Matthew: My name's Matthew. My title is CEO/Founder. Company of one, and for rating for Wave Accounting, I would give it five stars. I really like it. For Wave, it's specifically for accounting and invoices and payroll. I had tried to do all of that stuff manually, but I had never used any other software before. So that's the first and only one that I've used. Basically, it was a recommendation from a former coworker that he had used it for his consulting business in the past and basically said you should look at it because it's a good value, it's good for small businesses, it's good to keep track of payments and invoices, and it doesn't really cost of a lot, so it's something you should research. And based off that research, I went ahead and signed up and I've been using it ever since. For me, it was pretty easy. I don't think there was anything too complicated. I guess it really just depends on what you're looking to get out of it. Like I said, I use mine for invoices primarily and keeping track of payments from clients. So there's a few other different features that you can utilize on there, but because those are my two main priorities, it was really easy just to get everything set up with the account, play around with all the different features, and at least get a few invoices written up. So I would say pretty easy. I would say if you're a small, medium business, it's definitely something that you should look into. It might not make sense for large corporate clients because maybe you have a lot more users or something like that. But for small, medium business, it's definitely something to look into. I mean, I would say especially also, the other thing is if you're not necessarily very knowledgeable about accounting practices or managing your books or keeping track of the ledger and invoices and stuff like that, payroll, this is a good way to help with that because they are able to walk you through each step-by-step part of the process. So I found that part to be helpful as well. So yeah, I would say it doesn't hurt for a small and medium business size owner to look at that and just consider it. But I've really enjoyed using it so far and I don't anticipate changing anytime soon.

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Important

Quick File

Top Features
23/43
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Compliance Management
  • Currency Conversion
  • Data Security
  • Document Management
  • Encryption
  • Financial Consolidation & Close Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Multi-Location
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Workflow Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • API
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Expense Tracking
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Project Accounting
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
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Wave

7/43
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Quick File
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Wave
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Quick File
  • By Quick File
  • Located in United Kingdom
  • Founded in 2009
Wave
  • By Wave
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2009
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