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Rise vs QuickBooks Online: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 18th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 18,792 reviews from Payroll users.
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
NA
Payroll Management
4.3
Direct Deposit
5.0
Tax Compliance
4.8
W-2 Preparation
NA
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Tax Calculation
4.2
Payroll Management
4.3
Direct Deposit
4.6
Tax Compliance
4.5
W-2 Preparation
4.5
User satisfaction
4.1
User reviews130
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
3.9
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.2
4.3
User reviews7,878
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.0
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Free version
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Best for

Rise is designed for companies with 20 to 250 employees in Canada.

QuickBooks Online is perfect for small and medium businesses, offering smart tools to manage finances, track expenses & streamline processes. Save 50% off for 3 months!

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
Michael L
RM&R Operations - Technical Lead
5.0

Michael: My name's Michael, I'm an IT consultant. I give Rise of five out of five. For more reviews like this, click below. Before Rise, we had multiple disparate systems including spreadsheets. That was not working for us. The reason we chose Rise is it was useful for aggregating all of our different information, processes and data into one application and allowed us to access through single sign-on. Rise was pretty easy to get started with. The data going in there is fairly simple and the user interface was pretty easy to use to get the data in and get going pretty quickly. For anyone looking to use Rise, I recommend to have a good plan of knowing what's all the data you want to get in there before you start onboarding and to have a plan to get it in there consistently.

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Alex Y
COO
5.0

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.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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1099 Preparation
207
Important
401(k) Tracking
388
Important

Rise

16/39
  • 1099 Preparation
  • 401(k) Tracking
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Audit Management
  • Auto Update
  • Calendar Management
  • Check Printing
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-State
  • Payroll Outsourcing
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Tax Calculation
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Approval Process Control
  • Benefits Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Direct Deposit
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Profiles
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Tax Compliance
  • Time & Attendance
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
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QuickBooks Online

Top Features
26/39
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Rise
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
QuickBooks Online
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
Rise
  • By Rise
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2010
QuickBooks Online
  • By Intuit
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1983
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