Xero accounting software
Discussion
Anyone using xero cloud accounting package yet. Comments welcome as thinking of swapping from quickbooks
http://www.xero.com/
http://www.xero.com/
I have not used it but have a client that does and they recommend it. It looks very good but Sage also now has a similar version using the online/cloud model. You may find the support from Sage is better as they are more established in the UK (Xero is based in AU). It will be a large step up from QuickBooks though.
Simon Brooks said:
Anyone using xero cloud accounting package yet. Comments welcome as thinking of swapping from quickbooks
http://www.xero.com/
I've been using it for 2 years and love it. Although they are NZ based they cover everything for a UK company, release updates on a very frequent basis and have a good API allowing you to integrate billing systems with it. I think it is good value for what it provides. http://www.xero.com/
A particular highlight is the bank reconciliation, which is really really easy.
The one thing I'd say is that you need a reasonably modern PC to get the most out of it, as it's very heavy on Javascript and older, slower PCs will make it less pleasant to lose.
They were doing a free trial, so maybe give it a try alongside Sage and see how it goes.
Switched to XERO about 4 months ago. Connects with all our bank accounts, credit cards and paypal. We are not a complicated business's and the automation rules are very useful.
Bits we like:
Can be used anywhere, don't have to drag the accounts laptop around with me.
My staff have access to the invoices, keep a track on what has been paid.
My accountant has access to make sure I am not cocking things up an more importantly, make better planning for tax and so forth.
Support has been good so far, better than Sage.
Give the trial ago, I tried it for about a month, carried out all my everyday tasks, found it no more painful than Sage/Quickbooks and of course, probably cheaper so I moved across.
Bits we like:
Can be used anywhere, don't have to drag the accounts laptop around with me.
My staff have access to the invoices, keep a track on what has been paid.
My accountant has access to make sure I am not cocking things up an more importantly, make better planning for tax and so forth.
Support has been good so far, better than Sage.
Give the trial ago, I tried it for about a month, carried out all my everyday tasks, found it no more painful than Sage/Quickbooks and of course, probably cheaper so I moved across.
plasticpig said:
My only concern about such packages is what happens if the company behind it goes bust? While there are some export options there does not appear to be a facility to automatically create a local backup of the data.
Fairly sure that our accountant can recover the data from Xero - it's a tiered access system, so many features are not enabled at user / business levels, but are reserved for accountants!There is such a large community of users & developers for Xero that I can't see the data being "lost" if their business fails either! (Blind optimism mode!)
If you sign up by next week you get 50% off a couple of months and free data migration help from Sage. I have signed up for the free trial anyway to have a play around with the system.
For detailed stock control (one of our main issues) I have come across http://dearsystems.com/inventory-software/xero-int... seems to get the best review of all the add-ons for this purpose.
For detailed stock control (one of our main issues) I have come across http://dearsystems.com/inventory-software/xero-int... seems to get the best review of all the add-ons for this purpose.
We have used it for the last 5 months with no problems, tech support replied quickly and effectively to any questions and we have quotient which feeds through to Xero. We are currently evaluating 88 mile for time logs and while advertised as complimentary with the associated feeds the reality is we are waiting for a patch to enable the integration.
I would recommend Xero, the mobile apps are only a light version but the bank, paypal feeds are welcome and work seamlessly.
I would recommend Xero, the mobile apps are only a light version but the bank, paypal feeds are welcome and work seamlessly.
Came across http://www.kashflow.com/about/ today. A UK based company and half the price of xero including payroll.
Any experiences?
Any experiences?
We were advised to move to it by our accountant a few years back but resisted until 15 months ago.
It's pretty good, it's got a lot better this past year but I still have some grips with it.
Being brutally honest the actual invoicing functionality still isn't as good as Sage. but as a complete package it's better.
They've made something which looks and sounds good but they've omitted certain tools which I think are just basic in a accountancy program.
However they keep improving it all the time so it should get there in the end.
If your a small/ small to medium company then it's worth a look.
It's pretty good, it's got a lot better this past year but I still have some grips with it.
Being brutally honest the actual invoicing functionality still isn't as good as Sage. but as a complete package it's better.
They've made something which looks and sounds good but they've omitted certain tools which I think are just basic in a accountancy program.
However they keep improving it all the time so it should get there in the end.
If your a small/ small to medium company then it's worth a look.
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