What is the most widely used small to medium sized business accounting software brand?

Question

What is the accounting software most small to medium sized accounting firms use?

Answer 1

In my experience there are two accounting programs used widely by small to mid-sized businesses.

The first is QuickBooks http://quickbooks.intuit.com and
the second is
BS/1 Professional http://www.dbsonline.com/purchase.

I have my own bookkeeping business and use QuickBooks. I find the program very good for small businesses and easy enough to learn. Intuit has training CD's that can be purchased to help learn the program.
I would recommend BS/1 Professional for the mid size business. This company has various programs that can be better customized for the larger business.

Answer 2

Sage is the most advocated accounting programme but it is hard to use and expensive annual costs. It is pushed hard by accountants who get a fee for introducing it. By far the most effective and straightforward product is Quickbooks but do not have the version pushed by Barclays otherwise you get tied in to them.

Answer 3

For small companies, it's Quickbooks. Peachtree is also common for small companies. As you get a little larger, Great Plains (owned by Microsoft) starts being common.

Answer 4

Look into Quickbooks & peachtree, do your homework, check the web-sites & trials for all of them listed in your answers, also call the companies w/ questions, let them know you are shopping for a software, they will dicount it for you if you buy theirs, win win. Best of Luck

Answer 5

Best one & its user friendly. Visit http://averiware.com/

Answer 6

Have you looked at Tallia - www.tallia.co.uk.

I am using it at the moment.

Answer 7

sage is very user friendly