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CS Professional Suite vs FreshBooks: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 17th, 2025
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Features selected based on 9,335 reviews from Accounting users.
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Feature ratings
Income & Balance Sheet
NA
Document Management
2.5
Financial Reporting
4.0
Financial Management
NA
Billing & Invoicing
NA
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Feature ratings
Income & Balance Sheet
4.4
Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
4.5
Financial Management
4.7
Billing & Invoicing
4.6
User satisfaction
3.8
User reviews41
Ease of use
3.6
Functionality
3.8
Value for money
3.3
Customer support
3.6
4.5
User reviews4,484
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.4
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Cloud-based & on-premise accounting solution that helps businesses of all sizes manage operations, taxes, auditing, documents, payroll, workflow and more via a self-service portal.

FreshBooks is cloud based accounting designed exclusively for the self employed. Spend less time on frustrating paperwork and more time doing the work that gets you paid!

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Andrew T. S
Chief Executive Officer
4.0

Andrew T.: Hi, my name is Andrew. I'm the Chief Executive Officer at ATS Group. I give FreshBooks a rating of four. All right, so we used quite a lot of different softwares, FreshBooks being one of those softwares. Before we moved to FreshBooks, we were using a software known as Ways. We moved to FreshBooks because FreshBooks was designed to be for clients who want to do their own bookkeeping with us. Just providing them with guidance on doing so. It was more ideal for those kind of clients. FreshBooks is a pretty easy software to use. That's one of the reasons why we decided to use it for our clients who wanted to do their own bookkeeping. It's a very simple, very user-friendly. It allows for our clients to be able to do their books with little or no assistance from us, and it's quite ideal for entrepreneurs or business owners that wish to do their own accounting. Plus, they get very great support from the FreshBooks team. The process to get started using with FreshBooks was pretty simple. First of all, we were contacted by one of the reps at FreshBooks. They gave us a tutorial on the product, how it's used, the benefits of the product, and things like that. And then they guided us in setting up the product and they offer a lot of training. Their portal provides you with ongoing training and ongoing support. So the setup and use of the FreshBooks was quite easy and simple. So my advice to anybody looking for any new software, FreshBooks, or any other software out there is first of all, do your research. Read reviews such as this one right now so you can compare. Not every software is ideal for everyone, so what's ideal for me may not necessarily ideal for you, but once you compare the software, see what they offer, know the advantages, disadvantages, the pros and the cons, and that's one of the most important things to do. Then of course, all of these companies, FreshBooks included, normally give you a trial period. So you can actually try the software out. So you can do a test run and you can do side-by-side trials. So you can be using FreshBooks on one side, another accounting software on the other side. Compare both of them to see which one works best for you. And then after that you can go ahead and make a decision as to which one you want to move forward with.

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CS Professional Suite

5/43
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Currency Conversion
  • Data Security
  • Encryption
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Consolidation & Close Management
  • Financial Management
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Project Accounting
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Workflow Management
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Compliance Management
  • Document Management
  • Financial Reporting
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FreshBooks

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24/43
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CS Professional Suite
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
FreshBooks
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
CS Professional Suite
  • By Thomson Reuters
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2008
FreshBooks
  • By FreshBooks
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2004
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