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Data Quadrant Awards 2022

Accounting - Small Business


SoftwareReviews names Wave, FreshBooks, TallyPrime, and Zoho Books as Accounting - Small Business Data Quadrant Award Winners.


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Accounting - Small Business

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Accounting - Small Business Data Quadrant

Note Software product placement is based on the scores provided by users, recency of the reviews, and review volume. Axes are dynamically adjusted based on the minimum and maximum values in the data set.

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Software Experience

When distilled down, the software experience is shaped by both the experience with the software and the relationship with the vendor. Evaluating enterprise software along these two dimensions provides a comprehensive understanding of the product and helps identify vendors that can deliver on both.

Product Features and Satisfaction

The satisfaction is captured in the overall satisfaction score, which is driven by the likelihood of users to recommend the software, combined with user satisfaction across top product features.

Vendor Experience and Capabilities

The vendor relationship is calculated in a weighted average of the satisfaction scores tied to vendor capabilities (e.g. software implementation, training, customer support, product roadmap) as well as emotional response ratings toward the vendor (e.g. trustworthy, respectful, fair).

Gold Medalists


Wave

Wave

Wave makes it easy to be your own boss. Focus on what you love, and lean on Wave's intuitive online software to manage your financial and organizational needs. Wave Apps makes your money-related tasks easy with: • Unlimited invoicing, 100% free! • Unlimited accounting, 100% free!

9.2

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+97

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

92%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
45Reviews

FreshBooks

FreshBooks

FreshBooks is changing the way business owners manage their books. Its owner-first accounting platform, loved by businesses in over 160 countries, takes an easy-to-use approach to managing finances, billing, payments, and client engagement. FreshBooks, known for its 10x Stevie award winning customer support, serves customers of all sizes from offices in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, Netherlands, and the US.

8.8

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+92

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

89%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
39Reviews

TallyPrime

TallyPrime

TallyPrime enables you to manage multiple companies and incrementally add features such as multiple go-downs, multi-currency, order process, cost centres etc. This helps you get rid of complexities, and in turn, focus on business growth. Tally is designed to be used by people from non-IT and non-accounts background as well. Ease of discovering information, consistent options, navigating without the need to remembering the paths and much more makes you start using TallyPrime right away.

8.7

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+95

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

90%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
28Reviews

Zoho

Zoho Books

Zoho Books is a powerful financial platform designed to help businesses streamline their finances, automate business workflows, and help them securely collaborate with accountants online. It simplifies day-to-day business transactions, provides real-time financial reporting and ensures compliance with local tax laws. With its intuitive UI and fully functional mobile apps, Zoho Books will help businesses grow faster, smarter and scale more efficiently.

8.7

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+92

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

86%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
37Reviews

Vendor Capability Awards


Availability and Quality of Training

Wave

Badge Winner

Breadth of Features

Zoho Books

Badge Winner

Business Value Created

Wave

Badge Winner

Ease of Customization

Wave

Badge Winner

Ease of Data Integration

Wave

Badge Winner

Ease of IT Administration

Wave

Badge Winner

Ease of Implementation

Wave

Badge Winner

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

FreshBooks

Badge Winner

Quality of Features

Xero

Badge Winner

Usability and Intuitiveness

Wave

Badge Winner

Vendor Support

Adagio Accounting

Badge Winner

Vendor Capability Awards


Availability and Quality of Training

Wave


Breadth of Features

Zoho Books


Business Value Created

Wave


Ease of Customization

Wave


Ease of Data Integration

Wave


Ease of IT Administration

Wave


Ease of Implementation

Wave


Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

FreshBooks


Quality of Features

Xero


Usability and Intuitiveness

Wave


Vendor Support

Adagio Accounting


Other Evaluated Vendors


SAP

SAP Business One

SAP Business One is a world class award winning business management software product created by the German multinational software corporation SAP SE. It allows small and medium sized companies to automate their sales, purchase, financial, CRM, banking, production and service processes, including project and resource management. All the areas are tightly integrated and easy to use, complemented by deep industry solution capability from SAP partners and leveraging the revolutionary SAP HANA database as an in-memory platform for users to be competitive and innovative in the digital economy.

8.6

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+90

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

92%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

11Reviews

Xero Limited

Xero

Xero is a global online accounting system for small businesses and their advisors.

8.4

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+88

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

82%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

65Reviews

Softrak Systems

Adagio Accounting

Adagio Accounting is an award-winning accounting system designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. Adagio enables high-volume transaction entry, provides robust financial reporting, and allows for management of large inventories of goods. For companies that find they are impacted by limitations in their entry-level accounting package.

8.0

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+78

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

82%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

14Reviews

Intuit

Quickbooks Online

Freedom to work across all your devices. Access QuickBooks from PC, Mac, smartphone, and tablet.

7.9

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+77

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

80%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

68Reviews

Sage Group

Sage 50cloud

Sage Business Cloud will change the way you do business forever. Sage 50cloud is the perfect choice if you want the power and productivity of desktop accounting software, with the freedom and security of the cloud.

7.6

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+71

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

79%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

13Reviews

Sage Group

Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Sage Accounting makes small business easy. Now send invoices, receive payments and use our mobile app. to utilize powerful essential capabilities to drive your business.

7.4

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+78

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

78%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

18Reviews

Sage Group

Sage 100cloud

Sage Business Cloud will change the way you do business forever. Sage 100cloud is the perfect choice if you want the power and productivity of desktop business management software, with the freedom and security of the cloud. Sage 100cloud includes all the enhancements of the latest release of Sage 100, plus it has new smart cloud connected features with a modernized look and feel, customization capabilities, integration enhancements, and more.

7.4

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+57

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

87%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

17Reviews

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