All QuickBooks Self-Employed Reviews
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Holly
Mental Health Care, 2 - 10 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed March 2022
Your Business Needs This
Waldo
Verified reviewer
Arts and Crafts, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Business Accounting Made Simple
It is extremely useful that this software integrates banking, car/fuel usage in the internal structure. The fact that income/expense entires can be custom-automated makes for an easy and intuitive workflow. Also, that filing of taxes become super easy as the software guides one through an intuitive process and does the filing at the end! This software is a money-saver and give true peace of mind.
CONSAt this time there are no features that the developers have not thought of!
Vendor Response
Hi, Waldo. We're thrilled to hear QuickBooks has helped you take care of your business needs. Whether you're creating invoices or ordering products, you can count on our software to get the job done. For tips and tricks on getting the most out of your software, be sure to check out our Community page: (http://community.intuit.com/). Best wishes! -Kristina, The QuickBooks Team
Replied August 2022
Peggy
Apparel & Fashion, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
Very Useful Software
Excellent. I love this software! It has really made my job easier!!
PROSI love the Transaction processing. I can quickly snap a photo of a receipt and then categorize it. It has helped me keep up to date on all my receipts, income, etc.
CONSI found this software to be very easy to use. I don't have anything to add here that I don't like
Reason for choosing QuickBooks Self-Employed
Based on a recommendation from a colleague and a short demonstration that he gave me.
Reasons for switching to QuickBooks Self-Employed
Recommendation from a colleague
Brooks
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed July 2022
This program is an absolute nightmare
Truly hate it
PROSThere is nothing to like about INCONSISTENT software that can delay/hurt your business at any random moment.
CONSThe software is barely supported. Talking to a live technical agent is virtually impossible. Some minor glitches are constant and go on unfixed, but the major glitches come without warning and can literally bankrupt a small business, costing thousands of dollars in hassle. One glitch last year would deduct the GST amount owing from ONLY the customer's end of the invoice. It's not hard to imagine how quickly that damage adds up. This year I cannot send receipts. All receipts show up in the form of an invoice, an obvious disaster. Today, I can't even send invoices. They simply aren't getting to the clients. So today I'm left having to reach out to every client, troubleshooting. My business needs me to operate so that is an entire day's revenue lost. These are only a few examples, I could write a book on why to avoid this software. All I can do is hope a day will come when I have the time to transfer every single piece of customer data manually into different, more reliable software, because that's literally the only option this piece of trash software has once your already in.
Carly
Music, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2022
Perfect For Self Employed Accounting!
Overall I definitely would recommend this to anyone who is self employed or has a simple one person business. It's definitely geared toward beginners so don't expect all the bells and whistles that you'd get with the more advanced versions of Quickbooks, but it's perfect to track your finances as a self employed person. There's a good reason Intuit is the leader in this space!
PROSI love the interface, design and layout of QuickBooks Self-Employed! I use the online version and they've really designed it exactly for people who are self employed like myself. It makes tax time super easy and makes it easy to budget and keep track of expenses. You can also make invoices cleanly and quickly. Overall I love that it's geared for self employed individuals, as the name suggests!
CONSWhile I do love how simple it is, it's sometimes even a little too basic or user friendly. I can't fault it too much for this since that's also what make it so great, but don't expect this to be as in depth as regular Qiuckbooks as it really is just geared for self employed folks, and I would even as it's for beginners.
Reasons for switching to QuickBooks Self-Employed
I made the switch because I was looking for something simpler, and this is it! They also had a 50% off the first 3 months, which I have to say enticed me to try it!
Mark
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2021
Great product that saves a lot of time
I'm very happy with the software and it almost suits all of my needs bar the lack of quotations.
PROSQBSE is very easy to setup and use. It links directly to any bank accounts that you use so it's always pulling through transactions for you to check and allocate as necessary. You can customise the invoices easily and use your own branding. It quickly and easily calculates your taxes and estimates your year end liability. I use the app on my android phone as well as the desktop version and both are very good. It's great to be able to raise invoices whilst with a client.
CONSThe one thing that bothers me is that you can't raise quotations in the software without upgrading the package to a tier that's overkill for what I need.
Reasons for switching to QuickBooks Self-Employed
Took advantage of a discount to trial it alongside Sage and found that I much preferred QBSE.
Jessie
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Useful, but expensive.
Overall a good experience. This software prevents me from losing receipts and having to do a ton of work on my taxes at the end of the year.
PROSThe most obvious pros are the receipt tracking and the integration with TurboTax. You can snap pictures of receipts or upload screenshots for those online and record the biller, amount, date, and any notes. There's also a category feature I find helpful. At the end of the year, QuickBooks will send it all to TurboTax, which makes self-employed taxes way easier.
CONSIt's expensive. For the tax package, it's $25/month, or $300 by the end of the year.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, Jessie. We're happy to hear you've been able to use QuickBooks to get the job done easily. To continue learning about the software, we recommend checking out our video tutorials: (https://quickbooks.intuit.com/tutorials/). All the best. -Kristina, The Quick Books Team
Replied July 2022
Red
Verified reviewer
Consumer Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2022
It's an ok software, but there are better
My overall experience was satisfactory. It's a well-known name, which may have played a part in my choosing the software. But, as I've stated above, I switched to a more robust and more affordable software. You can view my comparison of QB: SE and my current software, and why I switched, here:https://redconradswellnessalternatives.com/2021/04/05/tools-for-the-self-employed-independent-contractor-small-business-owner-gig-worker/
PROSIt has many features needed to stay on top things.
CONSI found it to be a little pricey, especially compared to the software I currently use. The free version of my current software alone blows QB: SE out of the water, paid version is split into tiers that is both more affordable and more robust then QB.
Kevin
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2020
Intuitive User Interface
Overall, definitely worth using when it comes free with TurboTax.
PROSThis comes free when filing with TurboTax Self Employed, so it did not cost anything to set up. It's pretty intuitive and makes it easy to categorize transactions and spending.
CONSInvoicing is not the greatest. It's difficult to configure it and make any changes. Customizing your invoices can be a real pain.
Nasser
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2019
Great app with a few glitches
This is a great tool for people starting their small business. A few more features would make it the perfect choice.
PROS-Links to bank accounts and credit cards and categorizes transactions automatically. -Milage tracking is a great feature. -Send invoices to clients.
CONS- When the milage tracking is turned on, it kills my phones battery and drains it in less than 10 hours. I turned it off and the result is shocking. - Invoice processing takes up to 3-4 day, and then I have to wait for the bank processing for another 2 days.
Rebecca
Verified reviewer
Cosmetics, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2023
Not as Effective as Desktop
While I love the mileage tracking and the lonks to banks, it is really frustrating when i spend 20 minutes categorizing mileage as personal or business, only to discover that thw changes have not been saved
PROSLove the mileage tracking and that it links to my bank and credit card accounts
CONSDifficult to categorize entries and correct reports. Categories are not customizable. If the app does not connect to the internet, changes made do not save.
Ishtiaq
Design, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed December 2021
Needs a lot of improvement and better customer service
It helps me do billing, accounting, and sending invoices to clients.
CONSThe website times out before you can save an invoice. This happened many times and I lost hours of work. There is no way to change it! My invoices have many items and it takes me time to go through my notes and my calendar to compile it. If the designers of the software did billing, they would actually know that. Please add a feature to not get timed out. Also their customer service is not available on weekends. Like many self employed I do my billing on weekends and I cannot get any help. However their homepage has customer service available for new customers 24/7. It seems new business is more important that paying customers.
Reason for choosing QuickBooks Self-Employed
I chose it to help with billing but frankly I have lost a lot of time being timed out of work. I am very disappointed.
Vendor Response
Hi there, Ishtiaq. Thank you for leaving us a review. We'd love to lend a hand to help the time out issues you're experiencing. If you haven't already try signing into your Self Employed app. Then, tap the top-left corner and swipe down. Tap "Touch ID and Passcode". Assuming the TouchID is toggled on, there'll be a "Require" setting. Tap on it to adjust this to a longer timeframe to cut down on sign-outs. Hope this helps! -Kristina, The QuickBooks Team
Replied December 2021
Caren
Music, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed July 2023
New Beta format is almost un usable! Full of problems and errors. Unprofessional.
It was fine until they revamped the format. They put it out too early while it was and IS still full of problems.Why pay a monthly fee for garbage like this? They should have taken the time and hired quality programmers to present their existing clients with an improvement, not a liability in terms of time and efficiency. The program doesn't even put dates in order.
PROSI liked the flow of the program and how it saved previous client entries so I didn't have to enter particulars every single invoice. That no longer exists.
CONSNew Beta format is almost un usable! Full of problems and errors. Unprofessional.
Colleen
Design, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2021
Highly recommend for all small business owners
Great. Very happy I am using it. QB SE is a trusted and affordable resource for keeping my business and tax items in check.
PROSI love the different features QB Self-Employed has: Auto-mileage tracking, invoicing, tax checklist, it tells you when an invoice has been viewed and payed, transaction tracking, business reports, and it syncs with TurboTax
CONSI wish the invoicing feature was more sophisticated. For example, I wish I could send estimates instead of an "invoice" at times, but I have another program I use outside of QB that can do that for me. It's probably in a more expensive QB service but I wish it were available for Self-Employed.
Reason for choosing QuickBooks Self-Employed
Price, features, user-friendly
Sam
Online Media, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed October 2023
Avoid at all costs!
Abysmal in every sense. A hopeless product that you cannot trust, coupled with a support team who don't hellp in any way at all, and a complaints department that won't listen or offer any sort of recompense. Do not use this company for anything, ever!
PROSSeemed fine initially but then realised it was duplicating hundreds of transactions and totally skewing the data. When asked to fix it, almost one year later I had to go through and manually delete all of the entries myself which took over 2 days - worst software ever? And the support team just ignore, lie and avoid
CONSEverything! The whole experience has been probably the worst as a customer I have ever had and I would never ever use any of their products or services again, even if you paid me!
Andrew
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2018
QuickBooks for the Win!
I highly recommend QuickBooks Self-Employed!
PROSI absolutely LOVE QuickBooks self-employed. It is convenient, easy to use and even tracks mileage! That’s huge as most of my business is conducted on the road. I also love how I can invoice and accept payment right from the mobile app.
CONSOne of the reasons I selected QuickBooks was its integration with TurboTax. However, I was disappointed to realize that it only adjusted for Federal Taxes, not State. I would love to see State taxes added in future versions.
Tina Marie
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2019
QuickBooks Self-Employed is a star!
I love they have so many options and ways of showing users to add transactions.
PROSExtremely easy to use. As all of intuit's products, Self-Employed guides you through the uses. Self-Employed is so accurate and easy to use.
CONSI don't have a con about this one. It's saved me so much on my taxes. I'm blown away on how intuitiveness.
John
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Quick books self employed saves me so much time.
I love the simple workflow for most things invoices, quotes, expenses, time, etc. I hate accounting, and book keeping so to be able to add these rapid fire with little effort makes me very happy. It also is very handy come tax time b/c I can easily grab all the information and hand it off to turbo tax or an accountant for them to deal with. I also really like the dashboard so I can quickly view the status of my freelance accounts.
CONSSomethings feel almost buried. I wish there was some customization for more commonly used tasks. I'm more inclined to generate a bunch of quotes versus invoices so I wish I had a way to remove some drill down for more commonly used tasks.
Caroline
Retail, 1 employee
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed February 2021
There’s better out there.
I’ve stopped using it and switch to another brand of accounting software and service, and I will be sticking with the new service.
PROSWell I was using QuickBooks self-employed, I did like that it would automatically add transactions from my business debit card, my PayPal account, and my Etsy account.
CONSWell I was using QuickBooks self-employed, I did like that it would automatically add transactions from my business debit card, my PayPal account, and my Etsy account. I did not like that QuickBooks self-employed was very generalized and I was not able to tweak it or customize it to fit my business and my specific expenses and day-to-day transactions.
Christopher
Fund-Raising, 1 employee
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed February 2020
Continues to have holes
Frustrating. Thankful for at least something to invoice my clients, but this is a limited program that doesn't do some very common, basic things.
PROSIt gives me a template to enter line item invoices and get instant calculations.
CONSHoles in basic needs, such as counter-intuitive button functions -- it's easy to send a premature invoice, inadvertently erase work, and you can't easily, or sometimes at all, send a copy of your invoice to another email address. Sometimes it glitches and won't send. If you want to re-invoice someone due to late payment, there's no way to write your client a note--the program just sends the same invoice with no explanation to your client. It's just a badly conceived program.
Reason for choosing QuickBooks Self-Employed
I didn't know it would be this poorly constructed. Bad assumption.
Mackenzie
Human Resources, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Expensive But Worth It
Very straightforward setup. Handles invoicing, time keeping and spending itself.
PROSConnects directly to TurboTax if you are a pass-through LLC. Makes sending and re-sending invoices very easy. A better spending tracker than my bank has!
CONSThe mobile app is very expensive - $15 per month just to have it on your phone.
Holly
Mental Health Care, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2021
Your Business Needs This
It really keeps me organized so I see exactly where my money goes and taxes owed.
PROSEasy to access and store a lot of information in the app. I love how I can snap pictures of my receipts and instantly see purchases.
CONSI hate that I have to use the desktop to look at breakdowns for specific months or quarters. I hate how the app logs expenses and incomes twice so I have constantly delete the double entry in the app.
Ryan
Retail, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed September 2022
Limited features for a low price
Quickbooks self-employed offers the essential tools needed such as mileage tracking and tax estimates.
CONSAfter covering the essentials Quickbooks self-employed has no other features. It is very bare-bones and doesn’t allow budgeting, time tracking, inventory, or other useful features other accounting systems have.
Cayla
Photography, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2021
The #1 Software to Elevate and Simplify My Business
Overall, my experience with QuickBooks Self-Employed software has been positive, as it provides a systematic way for me to make my time spent on business more efficient and easy. Using the app on my cell phone has been a game changer as well.
PROSQuickBooks Self-Employed software includes an incredible simple and easy to use interface to classify expenses between personal and business, including tags to denote certain features of the expense, and even provides a way to auto-classify transactions that regularly come from the same source. I also appreciate the mileage tracking feature to this softward.
CONSSometimes there is a small lag in depositing checks into my business account and reflection onto the software in order to classify the expense, delaying my efficiency, but otherwise I have yet to find a feature of QuickBooks Self-Employed that is specifically negative.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Great software for small biz owners
Keeping employee records and printing payroll checks.
CONSCan be difficult to run annual reports at tax time.