OneSource vs. Quickbooks vs. Peachtree

Have you ever considered the difference between the PRICE of software vs. the overall cost to your business to pay your personnel to use it?

APPLES TO APPLES...inexpensive, off-the-shelf software may have have a slightly lower initial PRICE...However, as this comparison illustrates--OneSource has a SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST (which will save your company many thousands of dollars over the long run) due to the many employee/process AUTOMATION features included in OneSource.
OneSource Version 3.0
QuickBooks Premier 2003
Peachtree Complete Accounting 2003
Automated Customer Relationship Management (CRM)   
  Place to enter Customer information
x
x
x
  Ability to schedule (non-linked) events & to-do's
x
x
x
  Ability to enter an unlimited number of Individual Contacts for each organization, including individual phone numbers, e-mail address, activities, correspondence, notes, etc.
x
   
  Integrated Activity and Correspondence creation & tracking.
x
   
  One-Click messaging (to printer, PC, e-mail or alpha numeric pager)
x
   
  One-Click Form Letters / Mail Merging
x
   
  One-Click e-mail's
x
   
  One-Click Fax Covers
x
   
  Automated faxing of one or more sales letters, memo's, etc.
*
   
  View or print a summary of all scheduled activities/correspondence or one screen or report--sorted and grouped to your exact specifications.
x
   
  One-Click MapQuest integration (requires Internet access)
x
   
  Salesperson mailing & automation tools.
x
   
  Automatic exporting of each activity scheduled into Outlook
x
   
  One screen to view all customer details, including: customer information, all contacts, activities/correspondence, jobs/projects, quotes, sales orders, invoices, notes, etc.
x
   
  Multiple Activity Tracking & CRM reports
x
   
         
Automated Sales Tools
OneSource
QuickBooks
Peachtree
  Quotes/Estimates
x
x
x
  Sales Orders
x
x
x
  Invoices
x
x
x
  Back Order tracking

Automated

Manual

Manual
  Progress Invoicing
x
x
x
  Automated e-mailing of Invoices
x
x
 
  Automated faxing of one or more Invoices
*
   
  Standard Pricing: One-Price Fits All by Markup or Discount
x
x
 
  Automated Pricing - Per Item & Per Customer: By Multiplier
x
   
  Automated Pricing - Per Item & Per Customer: Depending on Qty Sold
x
   
  Automated Pricing - Per Item & Per Customer: By Cost Markup
x
   
  Automated Pricing - Per Item & Per Customer: By Code (A,B,C�)
x
   
  Automated Group Pricing: Ability to define--PER CUSTOMER--groups of prices for one item or a group of items, based on virtually any combination of Multipliers, Qty Sold, Cost Markup, Discount, Code, Exact Price, etc.
x
   
  Automated display of Costs, (based on Average, FIFO, LIFO), for each item sold.
x
   
  Automated Purchasing: One-Click Purchase Orders for all Special Order items.
x
   
  Special Orders: No need to add new item to create individually priced & costed special order items.
x
   
  Automated Information Display: View inventory details on same screen, for each item, including: Picture of item, Qty in Stock, Qty on Back Order, Qty on Order, Next Delivery Date, etc.�
x
   
  Automated Information Display: View inventory details on same screen, for each item, including: Picture of item, Qty in Stock, Qty on Back Order, Qty on Order, Next Delivery Date, etc.�      
  Automated Information Display: View company gross profit margin per item or for entire sale, view sales person commission, etc.
x
   
  Automated Information Display: View summary of customer credit standing, including total credit limit, available credit, total $ past due, # invoices past due, # of days of oldest invoice, etc.
x
   
  Automated credit status checking
x
   
  Ability to prevent sale/shipment of items if on Administrative credit hold
x
   
  Dynamic linking (from Quote, Sales Order, Invoice) to Customer, Job, Inventory Item, Credit History, PO's for each line item, etc.�)
x
   
  Post cash, check, Visa payments on same Invoice screen
x
   
  Schedule follow-up activities, manually or automatically from Quote, Sales Order or Invoice screen.
x
   
  Auto merge billable time into an Invoice
x
x
x
  Quick location of item number with bar-code scanner
x
   
  Multiple Sales related reports.
x
x
x
         
Automated Purchasing Tools
OneSource
QuickBooks
Peachtree
  Purchase Orders
x
x
x
  Unlimited Alternate suppliers with separate item numbers, costs, lead times, etc.
x
   
  One-Click Purchase Order Creation based on one or more Special Order items on one or more Sales Orders.
x
   
  One-Click Purchase Order Creation for restocking inventory based on Past Sales or Min/Max Levels (including auto calculation & display of all inventory levels, all items on open PO's, all items on back order, supplier case quantity requirements, supplier discounts for minimum
x
   
  EDI capabilities to send electronic orders to trading partners
*
   
  Automated Purchase Order back-ordering
x
   
  Automated faxing of one or more PO's
*
   
  Dynamic linking of Sales Orders items to Purchase Order items.
x
   
  Auto Bill Creation from Purchase Orders
x
x
x
  Auto re-costing of pre-sold items
x
   
  Multiple Purchasing reports
x
x
x
         
Automated Inventory Tracking
OneSource
QuickBooks
Peachtree
  Inventory Tracking
x
x
x
  Average, FIFO or LIFO costing methods
x
 
x
  Track/sell inventory "special order" items.
x
   
  Track/sell inventory items from multiple locations/warehouses
x
   
  Track/sell inventory "serialized" inventory items.
x
   
  Track/sell inventory items with multiple styles or colors.
x
 
x
  Track/sell assemblies/finished goods (assemble several items into a new item)
x
x
x
  Automatically create one or more finished goods "on the fly" at the time of sale.
x
   
  Dynamically add/edit/delete items within an assembly/finished good
x
   
  Auto receive and track each receipt of inventory items as a separate entry
x
   
  Automated inventory counting process with ability to store same item in several locations.
x
   
  Automate inventory counting/updating process by auto calculating and creating adjusting entries, simply by entering each "count" (so the system can do the rest)
x
   
  Matrix pricing of inventory items, based on Code, Quantity sold, etc.�
x
   
  Bar-coding capabilities
x
   
  Multiple Inventory Tracking reports
x
x
x
         
Automated Accounting Functions
OneSource
QuickBooks
Peachtree
  Accounts Receivable
x
x
x
  Accounts Payable
x
x
x
  Customer Statements

More flexible
x
x
  Assessing and creating finance charge invoices

More flexible
x
x
  Computerized Checking Account / Check Creation
x
x
x
  Check Reconciliation
x
x
x
  Recurring Payments
x
x
x
  On-line banking  
x
x
  On-line bill paying  
x
x
  General Ledger
x
x
x
  Chart of Accounts, Budgets, General Journal
x
x
x
  Financial Reports
x
x
x
  Fixed Asset Tracking
x