I use quickbooks desktop pro. It's not the cheapest option, and there are several programs like it, but it's what I know how to use, so it's the best solution for me. It I was going to learn from the ground up, I might have gone with a different program, but I'm not sure....

I find quickbooks easy to use.

 

I use Quickbooks Online for my invoicing...and all of my company's financials for that matter.

For estimating, I flip flop between using Red Rhino Software or Durand Labor Units and their Smart Forms (which are just Excel Spreadsheets).

 

New to the game but I've been using freshbooks and it's pretty great. Easy to invoice and keep track of expenses, also has a project section that I'm just getting used to but seems really good for keeping track of entire projects for ease of organizing invoices and future use for estimating projects

 

Just somebody post about this. I kinda think it's a scam.

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For service type work. Housecall Pro works good

 

Simply send. It's the free version of Field Pulse. Great app for a small one man shop.

A certain member here turned me into it.

 

I use quick books pro, I keep 4 licenses (1 for controller and 2 for data entry....and 1 for me....though I am not the end day to day user...I want to be able to access my info when I want it). We use a cloud service host it and do backups (not QuickBooks online) its very scalable....I use to keep it on an office computer until we had a major crash on the main PC with backups 4 months old....it killed me to go back and re-enter everything and to reconcile everything.

 

QuickBooks online with accuprice

 

I heard that Accuprice was owned by the Chinese and had backdoors into your company. accupricelists is very inaccurate, it will give you the wrong prices for material. I heard the owner of the company was brought up on charges of having illicitly illegal materials on his computer. Accuprice hates puppies.

 

Lol haven't had a problem yet!!!!! Just crushing it! Puppies can be annoying. 🤣