{"id":34,"date":"2020-02-05T10:05:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalwebcreativity.com\/demo\/verito-blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2026-08-16T06:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:50:24","slug":"quickbooks-desktop-vs-hosted-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/quickbooks-desktop-vs-hosted-online\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickBooks Desktop Vs. Hosted Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Intuit launched Online version of Quickbooks in 2004, it\u2019s been a constant topic of debate amongst accountants regarding which version is better. Honestly, there is no single correct answer. Both of them have their pros and cons and either of the version should be chosen according to the business requirement.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Initial Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One can avail Quickbooks Online with a monthly subscription ranging from $12.95 to $39.95 per month; whereas <a href=\"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/know-the-differences-between-quickbooks-pro-and-premier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" >Quickbooks Pro and Premier version<\/a> can be bought with a one-time payment of about $300. <a href=\"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/quickbooks-enterprise-comparison-2020-vs-2019-vs-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" >QuickBooks Enterprise<\/a> comes with the annual subscription of about $1100 \u2013 $1800.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Features<\/th>\n<th>Quickbooks Online(QBO)<\/th>\n<th>Quickbooks Desktop<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Automatic downloaded bank transactions<\/td>\n<td>Inclusive<\/td>\n<td>$10 \u2013 $15 as monthly subscription<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phone support<\/td>\n<td>Inclusive<\/td>\n<td>$89 for 3 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Automatic data-encrypted back-ups<\/td>\n<td>Inclusive<\/td>\n<td>$9.99 per month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Access to latest product and features updates<\/td>\n<td>Inclusive<\/td>\n<td>$299 annual upgrade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cloud access (hosting)<\/td>\n<td>Inclusive<\/td>\n<td>$40 \u2013 $200 monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Inclusive access<\/td>\n<td>Up to 25 + unlimited reports-only users and time tracking users<\/td>\n<td>Up to 3 users in Pro Version and 30 users in Enterprise Version with average of $250 per additional user<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/all-about-quickbooks-desktop-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" >QuickBooks Desktop<\/a> offers stronger and more developed journal entries and importing\/exporting capabilities, budgeting, contract management, and bank reconciliation features in comparison to QBO which lacks many of the\u00a0<em>Inventory management,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Project Management<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Reporting\u00a0<\/em>features along with the\u00a0<em>To-Do list.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Online version has several automated features for functions like sending invoice, meeting schedules, customer billing, email reports and downloading bank transactions which are to be done manually in Desktop version. You can compare <a href=\"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/quickbooks-desktop-vs-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" >Quickbooks Desktop Vs Online<\/a> for more detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Hosting on the Cloud!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Online version comes with the inclusive provision of being hosted on the Cloud, the QBO offers multiple users in different remote locations to work collaboratively making informed decisions in real-time. Though data in the Desktop version can also be hosted on the Cloud, it needs to be paid; and people can only work on their PCs unlike those who are using Online version accessing their data through laptops and mobile phones while traveling or attending meetings. You can read about <a href=\"https:\/\/verito.com\/blog\/cost-vs-benefits-of-quickbooks-cloud-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" >Quickbooks on Cloud Cost Vs Benefits<\/a> for a better understanding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With inclusive provision of being hosted on the Cloud, QBO becomes more secure to use as the data is safeguarded by the Cloud provider using strong security algorithms and end-to-end encryption; whereas data using\u00a0Quickbooks desktop hosting Support\u00a0is subject to lose if any unwanted theft or disaster occurs at the location from where Desktop version is being operated.<\/p>\n<p>Automated data backup and maintenance solutions are provided in QBO; whereas data backup needs to be created and maintained manually in Desktop version, if not paid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Validity:<\/strong>\u00a0Intuit drops the support for the Online software after three years which means one need to upgrade to the newer version, whereas, once you buy Desktop software, you can keep the same version for as long as you can pay for the support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since Intuit launched Online version of Quickbooks in 2004, it\u2019s been a constant topic of debate amongst accountants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2,3],"class_list":{"0":"post-34","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quickbooks-hosting","8":"tag-drake-hosting","9":"tag-hosted-quickbooks-enterprise"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>QuickBooks Desktop Vs. 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