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QuickBooks Enterprise vs FOUNDATION Comparison (2026)

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FOUNDATION

Overview

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is an accounting software for small businesses which provides users with real-time access to customer, employee, and vendor information. The software includes tools for managing inventory, shipping, sales orders, pricing, tasks, invoicing, reporting, and more.

FOUNDATION is a construction accounting software designed to help businesses track financial statements and handle job costing operations. It enables organizations to capture and store various construction related documents like subcontracts, retainage, and wage rates in a centralized repository.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

2210

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

20.6K

5

4

3

2

1

12.5K

6.5K

1.1K

197

159

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
78%
would recommend this app

4.3

418

5

4

3

2

1

239

117

35

14

13

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The customizable reports provide valuable insights into our business performance, and the inventory management tools are especially helpful for keeping track of stock accurately.”
DC

Diva C.

Administrative

“It is user-friendly, making daily accounting tasks more manageable, while its billing and billing administration tools help businesses create invoices, organize invoices, and track invoices efficiently.”
MZ

Muhammad Z.

Talent Acquisition Officer

“You can tailor permissions by user role, build custom reports, and set up workflows that match how your business actually operates instead of adapting your process to the software.”
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Kamal H.

Clinical Psychologist

Pros

“The payroll module handles union rates and varying wage determinations with ease, and their support team actually understands construction, not just generic accounting.”
AS

Angie S.

Partner

“You need to be willing to submit a ticket via a portal without any external confirmation or record of the ticket and then sit by your phone waiting for a response that may take days to come. ”
JL

Jason L.

Controller

“The reporting features are robust, and the software is designed with the construction industry in mind rather than trying to force a generic accounting system to fit our needs.”
HG

Heather G.

Business Operations

Cons

“For a financial management platform, accuracy and support are critical. When you cannot fully trust your financial reports and cannot get meaningful assistance when problems arise, it becomes difficult to rely on the software for day-to-day business operations.”
CS

Clara S.

Director of Operations

“For accounting software, accurate financial data is essential, and these issues significantly impacted our operations. When we sought assistance, customer support was unable to provide a satisfactory resolution.”
CS

Clara S.

Director of Operations

“Furthermore, the customer support experience is consistently frustrating, as the automated systems and representatives often lack the technical expertise required to assist with advanced accounting configurations.”
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Marquita V.

SALES MANAGER

Cons

“I don't like that you can't edit an invoice's basic information like description or accounting date without having to void the entire transaction.”
LG

Lisa G.

Director of Finance

“Outdated technology that is not up to par with industry standards, very limited integration capabilities with other systems, awkward and cumbersome user interface.”
CB

Cody B.

Controller

“I also do not like the format they use to make the actual invoices/statements designs in the Data Genies. ”
MA

Melissa A.

Office Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 days ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Validation
  • Aging Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automatic Billing
  • BIM Modeling
  • BOM Creation
  • Backorder Management
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Barcoding/RFID
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Bills of Material
  • Bookkeeping Services Integration
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Check Printing
  • Check Processing
  • Check Writing
  • Check-in/Check-out
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commercial
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Construction Breakdowns
  • Consumer Use Tax
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contractor Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Management
  • Cost Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Debit/Credit Card Processing
  • Delivery Management
  • Discount Management
  • Dispatch Management
  • Distribution Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dunning Management
  • Duplicate Payment Alert
  • Electrical Estimating
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Templates
  • Enterprise Asset Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Estimating
  • Exemption Management
  • Expense Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Accountants
  • For Higher Education
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Real Estate
  • For Residential
  • For Schools
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • Forecasting
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • GPS
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Grant Management
  • HVAC Estimating
  • Historical Database
  • Hourly Billing
  • In-Person Payments
  • Incident Reporting
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Integrated Business Operations
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Item Management
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • K-12
  • Label Printing
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Manufacturing Inventory Management
  • Manufacturing Planning
  • Materials Management
  • Mileage Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Projects
  • Offline Access
  • Online Banking
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Order Entry
  • Order Fulfillment
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Overpayment Processing
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Partial Payments
  • Partnership Accounting
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Permit Management
  • Plumbing Estimating
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Product Identification
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Progress Reports
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Property Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • RFI & Submittals
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Rescheduling
  • Scheduling
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Subcontractor Monitoring
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Total features63
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Validation
  • Aging Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automatic Billing
  • BIM Modeling
  • BOM Creation
  • Backorder Management
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Barcoding/RFID
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Bills of Material
  • Bookkeeping Services Integration
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Check Printing
  • Check Processing
  • Check Writing
  • Check-in/Check-out
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commercial
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Construction Breakdowns
  • Consumer Use Tax
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contractor Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Management
  • Cost Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Debit/Credit Card Processing
  • Delivery Management
  • Discount Management
  • Dispatch Management
  • Distribution Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dunning Management
  • Duplicate Payment Alert
  • Electrical Estimating
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Templates
  • Enterprise Asset Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Estimating
  • Exemption Management
  • Expense Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Accountants
  • For Higher Education
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Real Estate
  • For Residential
  • For Schools
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • Forecasting
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • GPS
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Grant Management
  • HVAC Estimating
  • Historical Database
  • Hourly Billing
  • In-Person Payments
  • Incident Reporting
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Integrated Business Operations
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Item Management
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • K-12
  • Label Printing
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Manufacturing Inventory Management
  • Manufacturing Planning
  • Materials Management
  • Mileage Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Projects
  • Offline Access
  • Online Banking
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Order Entry
  • Order Fulfillment
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Overpayment Processing
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Partial Payments
  • Partnership Accounting
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Permit Management
  • Plumbing Estimating
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Product Identification
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Progress Reports
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Property Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • RFI & Submittals
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Rescheduling
  • Scheduling
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Subcontractor Monitoring
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Work Order Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations20
  • Agiliron
  • Arcoro
  • AvidXchange
  • B2W Estimate
  • B2W Schedule
  • Beiing Human
  • Biller Genie
  • BusyBusy
  • CashFlowTool
  • ChargeOver
  • CrewHQ
  • CrewTracks
  • ExakTime
  • Field Materials AI
  • FollowUp CRM
  • HCSS Plans
  • InEight
  • InSite Elevation Pro
  • Kojo
  • LoanAssistant
  • McCormick
  • McCormick Electrical Estimating
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Payroll4Construction
  • PlanSwift
  • ProEst
  • Procore
  • Procore Estimating
  • ProjectHQ
  • Qbox
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Quicken
  • QuoteSoft
  • RAKEN
  • Ramp
  • Recur360
  • RedTeam Go
  • Rhumbix
  • SafetyHQ
  • Service Fusion
  • ServiceBox
  • ServiceTrade
  • Siteline
  • SubBase
  • Tenna
  • The EDGE
  • TimeRewards
  • Vergo
  • Webgility
  • WorkMax
  • Workyard
  • Zoho Expense
  • eSUB
  • hh2 Document Flow
  • hh2 Remote Payroll
  • Total integrations38
  • Agiliron
  • Arcoro
  • AvidXchange
  • B2W Estimate
  • B2W Schedule
  • Beiing Human
  • Biller Genie
  • BusyBusy
  • CashFlowTool
  • ChargeOver
  • CrewHQ
  • CrewTracks
  • ExakTime
  • Field Materials AI
  • FollowUp CRM
  • HCSS Plans
  • InEight
  • InSite Elevation Pro
  • Kojo
  • LoanAssistant
  • McCormick
  • McCormick Electrical Estimating
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Payroll4Construction
  • PlanSwift
  • ProEst
  • Procore
  • Procore Estimating
  • ProjectHQ
  • Qbox
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Quicken
  • QuoteSoft
  • RAKEN
  • Ramp
  • Recur360
  • RedTeam Go
  • Rhumbix
  • SafetyHQ
  • Service Fusion
  • ServiceBox
  • ServiceTrade
  • Siteline
  • SubBase
  • Tenna
  • The EDGE
  • TimeRewards
  • Vergo
  • Webgility
  • WorkMax
  • Workyard
  • Zoho Expense
  • eSUB
  • hh2 Document Flow
  • hh2 Remote Payroll