Zoho Books vs Quicken: Which is a better fit?

Patrick S.: Hi, I'm Patrick. I'm the owner of this business. I've been using Zoho Books for about five years, and I give it five out of five stars. It's a fantastic product and I highly recommend it. For more reviews, click here. I use Zoho Books to help me run my business and monitor the day-to-day financials of money coming in and money going out. Helps me be more productive. What I like most about Zoho Books is its ease of use and it seamlessly integrates with my other Zoho products, like my Zoho CRM. What I dislike, there's not really much to dislike, other than doing your financials is not the most fun thing about running a business. But I guess everybody else can say the same thing.

Speaker 1: My name is Michael. I'm a small business owner. I'm giving Quicken a five out of five. For more reviews, click below. I've been using Quicken for probably close to 15 years. It's actually the first software I used to keep track of finances for myself and my business. Definitely has the name brand, so it's probably the first thing a lot of people think of when they think of personal finance or small business software. And it was super easy to use, to start off with. I have, since then, used a couple of other different products, but I still continue to use Quicken as well. I continue to use Quicken because of simply how easy it is to use. I'm not a bookkeeper or a professional finance person at all. I'm just a small business owner. And it allows me to keep track of everything I need for tax time and also just to know all the ins and outs of the finances of the business and being self-employed. Quicken's really strong when it comes to tracking for budgets as well. Whether it's just for personal finances or for small business, it's really effective and easy to use. I've used a couple different versions of Quicken over the years, I think starting in maybe 2007 or so, using that software, which it's only improved since then. But even then, it was very easy to onboard. I use the desktop version, which is just an application. Very easy to install and get it going. Small learning curve, if you're new to personal finance or something like that, just in learning all the different terminology, stuff like that. But once you get the hang of it, it's really easy to use and keep track of everything you might need in the finance world. If you're a small business owner or self-employed or anybody that just needs to keep track of their expenses, deductions, stuff like that, Quicken is definitely the best in its class. It can go really in depth. It goes more in depth than I've really ever needed it for, but for using the basic budgeting and tracking, stuff like that, it's super easy to use. I would really recommend it for anybody who's, especially, just getting started with finances and wanting to be more on top of their finances or needing it for tax purposes or something like that. Quicken is incredibly easy to use, and you'll actually learn a lot using it.