QuickBooks Pro 2012 software free Download

As a small business owner, your to-do list is a mile long. It’s stressful enough handling customer demands or vendor requests, but then there’s day-to-day administrative tasks that must be completed as well. While accounting software programs can’t keep tabs on your new competitor down the street, they can at least make one part of your job a little easier.

Sage Peachtree and Intuit QuickBooks own the lion’s share of the small business accounting software market. They both provide excellent solutions to many, if not all of a small business’s bookkeeping conundrums. QuickBooks is usually considered the easiest accounting software to implement for someone without an accounting background. Since many of you probably wake with nightmares about double-entry bookkeeping or cringe at words like ledger, you might assume that this is the best product for you.

But with the recently released Sage Peachtree Pro Accounting 2012, Sage has taken major strides in usability. They now offer intuitive features like Setup Advisor and Sage Advisor, a tool that follows user activity while explaining how the software can handle different tasks (sort of like Microsoft Word’s Clippy, but without those irritating questions).

Head-to-Head: A Cost Comparison

At the Pro level both products come in at the same price: $229. The difference in cost comes another rung up the ladder. Peachtree Complete for a single user is $299, whereas QuickBooks Premier is $399. When multiple users are added to Peachtree Complete (up to 5) the price jumps to $699. On the other hand, QuickBooks Premier’s multiple-user pricing increases per person. Add a second user, and it is $749; add a third and it hits $999.