Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero
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@coliver said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
Is there any premise based software that is equivalent to Xero or QB, or is there only Cloud now?
I'm looking at helping someone migrate to Xero, but they also may do an RDSH install. So having an app and is data in that install wouldn't be bad. He uses Qb now.
Just surprised there is no viable option for hosting your own data and accounting package.
Just seems odd that someone would want to for me
No different than hosting your own Nextdrive server vs using Dropbox is it?
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@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
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A big downside to Wave is you can’t print checks. No experience with Xero but I assume you can with them.
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@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
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@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
And Domino/Websphere. What superior technology honestly replaced Notes? When I was in my early 20's I spent a lot of time getting certified.
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@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
And Domino/Websphere. What superior technology honestly replaced Notes? When I was in my early 20's I spent a lot of time getting certified.
I spent a lot of time getting certified on Novell Netware 4.11 at the time... guess how much good that did me, even at the time.
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@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
And Domino/Websphere. What superior technology honestly replaced Notes? When I was in my early 20's I spent a lot of time getting certified.
I spent a lot of time getting certified on Novell Netware 4.11 at the time... guess how much good that did me, even at the time.
I guess I think of all the things we did with it, with 30,000 employees around the world, and what replaced it. We even had SAP and still regularly rolled Domino apps and databases for department needs.
We also were Netware, used it to control Active Directory. I remember decommissioning a netware server that hadn't been rebooted for over 5 years. Took a pic of it. LOL
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@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@travisdh1 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear also, where have all the terminal windows, AS/400 based accounting apps gone. The auto dealers still all run this way.
And Domino/Websphere. What superior technology honestly replaced Notes? When I was in my early 20's I spent a lot of time getting certified.
I spent a lot of time getting certified on Novell Netware 4.11 at the time... guess how much good that did me, even at the time.
I guess I think of all the things we did with it, with 30,000 employees around the world, and what replaced it. We even had SAP and still regularly rolled Domino apps and databases for department needs.
We also were Netware, used it to control Active Directory. I remember decommissioning a netware server that hadn't been rebooted for over 5 years. Took a pic of it. LOL
Those apps changed to web apps, get out from under the IBM/Domino licensing.
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The vendor trend is moving to SAAS, however, there are still some clients who do not/or cannot trust SAAS providers for whatever reason. Maybe they prefer air-gaped systems.
Sage still has some on premise solutions, like the re-branded MAS line-up like Sage 50. A lesser known on premise solution worth considering could be PostBooks - https://xtuple.com/products/postbooks/get-started-with-postbooks
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I went ahead and recommended Xero after reviewing new features. Now the fun part will be migrating Quicbooks history.
Anyone done this yet?
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@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
Anyone done this yet?
No, but I would really like to hear how it goes for you.
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@mike-davis said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
Anyone done this yet?
No, but I would really like to hear how it goes for you.
Will definitely take notes and screen shots.
He asked me to help with his accounting and IT. Was actually the owner of a roofing company that just replaced my parents roof and also owns an auto parts store. So there is inventory.
I told him I don't do that if he'd switch his phones over to me I'd help him migrate for free.
It remains to be seen who is getting the better deal.
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@bigbear - Just curious are you planning on using the Xero conversion tool or another method?
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@syko24 said in Bookkeeping Showdown: Wave vs Xero:
@bigbear - Just curious are you planning on using the Xero conversion tool or another method?
I looked at it, but it assumes a large Quickbooks file with all your history.
Quickbooks is so terrible that most people archive it annually and start a new file, even in the $4,000 premium versions with the database server.
I was definitely planning to give it a try, but more likely to export pertinent data from archive and current files to csv and import that way.
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Now that I'm setting up an LLC I should probably start looking into this kind of thing.
