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Comparison

One company fits QuickBooks Online. Several companies are where Enterprise Suite starts to earn its cost.

QuickBooks Online Advanced is Intuit's top single-company plan. Intuit Enterprise Suite sits above it, built for businesses with several entities, intercompany activity and reporting by project or location. The deciding question is how your business is structured, and revenue alone rarely answers it.

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What differs

The Differences That Matter

QuickBooks Online AdvancedIntuit Enterprise Suite
EntitiesOne company per subscriptionSeveral entities in one environment
Group reportingAssembled outside the productConsolidated statements built in
IntercompanyEntered in each file separatelyRecorded across entities, with both sides kept in step
Reporting structureClasses and locationsDimensions for department, project, location and more
ProjectsProject trackingProject profitability, with construction job costing
PricingPublished monthly priceQuoted by Intuit

Both run QuickBooks Workforce for payroll and HR, and both connect to the QuickBooks app ecosystem.

Signals

Signals It Is Time to Move

Any two of these usually mean the business has outgrown separate QuickBooks Online files.

  • The group report is a spreadsheet. Someone exports each file every month and adds them up, and the result arrives days after the close.
  • Intercompany balances rarely agree. Each side was entered by a different person at a different time, and the difference is investigated at year end.
  • Classes are carrying too much. You need to report by department and project and location at once.
  • A new entity is coming. Adding a fourth or fifth company to a manual consolidation multiplies the work.
  • Project margins are guesswork. Labor and costs do not reach the projects they belong to.

The other side

When QuickBooks Online Is Enough

A single company, even a fast-growing one, is usually well served by QuickBooks Online Advanced. So is a group with two entities and little activity between them, where the consolidation takes an hour. Moving to Enterprise Suite adds cost and a migration, and those need a structural problem to solve.

If the real problem is a file that is behind or wrong, a new product will not fix it. Catch-up and clean-up comes first, whichever product follows.

Migration

What a Move Involves

Intuit carries charts of accounts, classes and vendor lists across. The preparation decides whether the first consolidation is right.

Stage 1

Clean each file

Every entity reconciled, holding accounts cleared.

Stage 2

Align the structure

One chart of accounts and one dimension design for the group.

Stage 3

Agree intercompany

Balances between entities matched at the cutover date.

Stage 4

Prove the opening

Each entity agreed to its source file, then the first consolidation reviewed.

Our position

Where We Sit

Ten members of our team hold Intuit Enterprise Suite certification, and ten hold QuickBooks Online Level 1 and Level 2 certification. We run the monthly close in both, so the recommendation follows your structure. Our Intuit Enterprise Suite page covers how we run a multi-entity close.

Questions

Commonly Asked

What is the difference between QuickBooks Online and Intuit Enterprise Suite?
QuickBooks Online runs one company per subscription, with classes and locations for reporting. Intuit Enterprise Suite runs several entities in one environment, with consolidated reporting, intercompany transactions, dimensions and project profitability built in.
When should I upgrade from QuickBooks Online Advanced to Intuit Enterprise Suite?
When you run several entities and consolidate them in a spreadsheet, when intercompany balances need regular investigation, or when your reporting needs more than classes and locations can hold. A single company is usually well served by QuickBooks Online Advanced.
How much does Intuit Enterprise Suite cost compared with QuickBooks Online?
QuickBooks Online Advanced has a published monthly price. Intuit prices Enterprise Suite by quote, so the subscription depends on your business and the number of entities.
Can I move my QuickBooks Online files into Intuit Enterprise Suite?
Yes. Intuit carries charts of accounts, classes and vendor lists across. Clean and reconcile each file first, align the charts of accounts and dimensions across entities, and agree intercompany balances at the cutover date.
Does Intuit Enterprise Suite include payroll?
It connects to QuickBooks Workforce, Intuit's payroll and HR product, which is also available to QuickBooks Online customers.
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Next

Where to Go Next

Service Intuit Enterprise Suite How we run a multi-entity close. Service Monthly Bookkeeping in QuickBooks The monthly close for a single QuickBooks Online company. Platform QuickBooks at Logiframe Our ProAdvisor credentials and the products we work in.

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