In our organization at least, all of our “official” accounting is done in QBPro. I think that many accounting professionals have experience with QB and don’t want to transition to a new system - the potential consequences for accidentally missing something due to a new software solution for bookkeeping are much higher than in other areas.
That isn’t to say that ERPNext isn’t as good! It mostly just means people are very resistant to change something that they’ve used their entire career.
I think it will create more complex problem than create a solution. When implementing ERP most documents movement in a company it involves accounting entries. Every sales, stock transfer, inventory count etc. Every status of the document cancel, submitted and amended documents from ERP it involves changes to the accounting. For this its hard to maintain and reconcile if accounting is separates from ERP. For me If an organization is not ready to integrate all there system better not implement an ERP system because ERP system is costly and takes a lot of changes to the organization. If the organization is not ready to change its better to use specific software like if you need a software for customer used an open source CRM like sugarCRM,Vtiger or if you need project management you can use ProjectLibre etc. In short if the organization does not want to integrate there whole system better not invest in ERP. Just my to cents.
@ccfiel, I fully agree with you! But for migration purposes I believe that a solution is needed!
Agreed… most potential clients for us are already using Xero, Quickbooks, Reckon…
A solution which will allow for seamless migration from the above to ERPNext opens up potential new market share… particularly in migrating:
We would be interested in sponsoring this also, and happy to put an Australian localisation spin on it too if needed.
Paul
@alec_ruizramon @cattmy @max_morais_dmm
Team has initiated the campaign of Quickbooks connector for ERPNext. Your support will be appreciated.
The development is already underway, you can have a look at the Github Repository
Hi All,
Campaign page has been updated with all required information and current status of project. Refer “Updates” section for the same.
Feel free to share feedback and suggestions if any.
Thanks,
Kanhaiya Kale
They are completely different.
Some obvious ones would be:
Bank reconciliation- QBO connects directly to the banks, and the bank reconciliation is completely different
AP and cheque printing are completely different
Local payroll modules
Financial statements and GL reporting are completely different
Time tracking and billing are completely different
Sales tax reporting is completely different
The list goes on and on …
If you don’t want to use QBO, who is forcing you to?
I can’t understand why people would object to more choice
You can do whatever you want.
It seems that hundreds of other companies have figured out how to integrate:
https://apps.intuit.com/
I just submitted a payment on Indiegogo
The software has to be up to providing the same level capability that the solution you are looking to integrate with before you can make that argument. ERPNext quite simply isn’t there in respect of the accounting. By your argument anyone with a website should not be using ERPNext unless it is very simple. Even Frappe recognise their website solution is only for simpler businesses yet simple businesses tend not to use ERP because they have no need for them. Do you oppose the connector for Shopify? If not why is that different from Accounting?
As regards the integration it’s quite simple you should not be trying to ensure both are exactly the same. You chose one platform as your source of truth and the other merely is a repository for the info that platform provides. If Quickbooks is fully integrated and you use quickbooks as your Accounting platform then you don’t care what ERPnext shows so long as what it records is accurate and can be transferred to Quickbooks accurately. If I want to know anything related to accounting I use Quickbooks not ERPNext. This is no different to having multiple Ecommerce platforms. You have only have one place where everything is handled and realise that on any of the other platforms you get a partial view. Accounting is no different so long as what is provided is accurate.
Can you please enlighten us where does ERPNext fall short in accounting base on QB?
"The software has to be up to providing the same level capability that the solution you are looking to integrate with before you can make that argument. “”
Thanks @fblauer for your funding. Nice to see people coming from different geographies. Thanks to ERPNext and Team.
Regards,
Kanhaiya Kale
@ccfiel More than features, it is often just the comfort of using a familiar system! As devs, we should be agnostic to what the user wants to build.
Hi Fred, I am definitely not against integrations… or forcing people. I
know QB as an accounting package, but i EU (at least in NL) it by far not
as popular as in North America. I was just curious about the motivation…
Bank reconciliation- QBO connects directly to the banks That is a large
pro indeed. Pity that in ERPNEXT one cannot even important bank statements
to link to bank JV’s
rgds Robert
It’s not just about comfort it’s about having something that is built for your country and widely tested by Accountants throughout he country so you can have confidence in it’s ability to correctly handle your accounting needs, assuming of course you aren’t feeding it garbage to start with. Having that saves a huge amount of time in set up and tighter integration and proper reconciliation procedures for VAT having ongoing time saving benefits.
ERPNext lacks controls that normal accounting have as standard which helps to minimise time trying to track down errors.
As I’ve said before it’s not bad but just isn’t great either. It’s adequate. Nothing wrong with adequate so long as you are comfortable with the limitations and there’s nothing wrong with recognising those limitations and using something else to resolve them. I don’t accept the argument that you must go all in. If I can integrate say 6 systems down to 2 systems then I’d still consider that worthwhile endeavour. It would be great to get down to one but life isn’t always that simple.
