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Clear Books vs QuickBooks Desktop: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 16th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,174 reviews from Accounting users.
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Chart of Accounts
NA
Income & Balance Sheet
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Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
5.0
Financial Management
5.0
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Chart of Accounts
NA
Income & Balance Sheet
4.6
Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
4.6
Financial Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews34
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.3
4.4
User reviews2,458
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
3.9
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Accounting solution designed for small businesses and accountants in the UK that helps with VAT taxation, verification, and more.

QuickBooks Desktop caters to businesses across multiple industries.

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Kaitlin H
General Manager
5.0

Kaity H.: Hi, I'm Kaity. I'm the general manager at a small company, we have less than 15 employees, and I give QuickBooks Desktop a five. We use QuickBooks Desktop for invoicing, billing, keeping track of the bills we owe everybody else. Anything that has to do with money at our company, that's what we use QuickBooks for. Keeping track of our bank accounts, that's really important. So we use it for a lot of things. I like that QuickBooks Desktop is easy to use. It's very clear. It has all the buttons. "I want to do billing." Oh, you click on the billing button. "I need to check on a customer." There's the customer button. It's very straightforward. "We need a report." There's a reports list. So it's very straightforward to use. It would be nice if QuickBooks Desktop could be linked to more specific softwares. I know we are a landscape company, so we use certain landscapes. I'm sure electricians and plumbers, they have all different softwares, and if you could link those softwares to QuickBooks, I think that would be awesome. So maybe expand who they partner with to use everybody's different softwares that they need to run their specific companies.

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Access Controls/Permissions
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Important
Accounts Payable
388
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Clear Books

Top Features
27/43
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Compliance Management
  • Currency Conversion
  • Data Security
  • Document Management
  • Encryption
  • Financial Consolidation & Close Management
  • Fund Accounting
  • Multi-Location
  • Payment Processing
  • Status Tracking
  • Workflow Management
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • API
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Payroll Management
  • 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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QuickBooks Desktop

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Clear Books

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Clear Books
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 Desktop
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
Clear Books
  • By Clear Books
  • Located in United Kingdom
  • Founded in 2009
QuickBooks Desktop
  • By Intuit
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1983
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