Hello,

I am in the process of finalizing a Small Business Software Solution for my client. After some research I have narrowed down the list to two: Quickbooks Enterprise Solution 6.0 and Peachtree Premium Accounting for Manufacturing 2006. Both these versions are relatively new and I do not have a Real feedback from customers who use them on a daily basis.

Somewhere on this forum I came across the thread Peachtree to QuickBooks. After reading the thread, I am curious to know why one would change the accounting system and if it has something to do with the quality of the product? Is it because Peachtree has problems or is it that QuickBooks Enterprise really good? Or something totally different?

As per our needs, we are looking for a package with solid Inventory solution with bar-coding /tracking/Bill Of Materials/PO/SO as well as Core Accounting features. The basic criteria are system should be user-friendly and must have good support (implementation and all).

I am aware that we might need to buy some third party Add-ons like Bar-coding (which is not included in both the solutions). Then again how well they integrate with the solution? If we decide to buy something like Fishbowl as Add-On, (which is more expensive than QuickBooks itself) it takes over the entire inventory part, the question is then do we need the enterprise solution or just the core accounting from QuickBooks?

Peachtree told us that we do not need any third party add on except bar-coding wizard.
QuickBooks advised us to get Enterprise version even if we add on Inventory module.
Fishbowl insisted that we need only core accounting from QuickBooks to go with fishbowl!

Your feed back about these softwares and their performance with Add -ons is highly appreciated.

Thank you,

InfoTechSpl.