Quickbooks Online vs HoneyBook Comparison

Quickbooks has been around forever. Great support, ease of use, strait to the point, and integrates with my Honeybook CRM software.

My only con is that Quickbooks has not moved to what other CRM software's include.

I love the ability to use Honeybook in place of standard email. It makes the process of searching for specifics discussions significantly easier. I also really love the proposal templates, ease of invoicing, and the ability for my proposals to double as contracts. I LOVE the app!

I wasn't able to easily use connect to Quickbooks online.

I like the auto saving, the lead capture and how it embeds in my Squarespace website, and the ability to integrate with Quickbooks. Oh and the online contract signing! 🙌🏼

The fact that it feels like it’s for wedding photographers only

I love the pre made templates the the fact I can create my own, a lot of my videos are priced and templates and saves me a ton of time.

The quickbooks is a little iffy, for example if I put a discount it quickbooks doesn’t account for that and says they still owe money.

I like that they have a team that sets up your files for you .

It doesn’t fully merge quickbooks so sometimes you have double entries.

I moved away from Quickbooks online because they didn't have an easy way to send customers automatic recurring invoices. Honeybook had pre-built service agreements along with the automated recurring payments feature I needed for my business. It was appealing to work with them because set up was very easy to get what we needed up and running

After a client pays their invoice, it usually takes 12-24 hours for Honeybook to send me a confirmation email saying they've paid. This is (I don't use this word often) absurd. With Quickbooks, I know payment confirmation comes in within 10 minutes. Especially if I am going to start work with a client right as they pay, this hurdle in their platform stops me from getting to work right away. It usually leads to me emailing my customer "Did you pay the invoice?" then them replying "I did!" then me looking into Honeybook wondering why the heck it hasn't come in and making me look foolish to my client... Then I finally get the notification the next day. It's the #1 feature request they need to get updated.

We use the tasks feature daily to organize our leads - being able to track where they come from is essential, as is the ability to customize the workflow to schedule follow-up messages and email templates. The integration with our accounting software (QuickBooks Online) was seamless and has made bookkeeping much easier. Having all of our project data in one place is also huge for us!

With larger brochures and projects with more messages, it can take some time for everything to load. There are some limited features in the mobile app but neither has been significantly disruptive.

Easily sending out contracts and enabling the clients to sign them electronically

The cost of transitions when collecting online payments from clients

This software is easy to use, even for someone as technically challenged as I am. It is easy to set up and even allows you to “test run” things before going live. Templates make it easy to create everything from emails to brochures to invoices and more! And it integrates with our online marketing so well. We love it!

I wish it offered an online gallery and store for photographers.

Welcome to the HoneyBook family Doyle! Thank you for sharing your feedback. We love hearing that you love it!

popular business tools, including Google Calendar, Zapier, and Quickbooks. These integrations make it easy for businesses to connect their various tools and streamline their operations.

that it may not be the best fit for larger businesses with more complex operations.

- Managing all data about a project in one place - Ease of creating proposals and getting contracts signed - Customer support is good

- Refunds don’t sync to QuickBooks - 3% payment processing fee is too expensive - Delay in funds being deposited into bank account - Inability to charge different sales tax rates for different items.

the ease of use and cloud based service I could access anywhere. The CRM aspect allowed easy lead tracking

There were limited automations available to base upon events in the system. There is no accounts payable or expense tracking to tie to projects or even in general which forces you to use something like Quickbooks as well.

I have been searching for a CRM that was intuitive and HoneyBook FINALLY fit the bill!

The only thing that is missing for me right now is that there are no integrations with other accounting programs besides quickbooks, and that the task management portion isn't quite as robust as I would like it to be.

The ease of use for sending invoices, contracts, and online brochures (PDF documents).

I wish there was a reward system to offer my clients. Something that would give them a discount on their next purchase with me once they’ve spent a certain amount with our business. It would be nice if HoneyBook could integrate that option.

The BEST feature of HoneyBook is transitioning from paper and emails to a completely online system.

Maybe if we could go back to old proposals to duplicate them? I know when you start a new proposal, the last few pop up to duplicate... I would like to be able to duplicate any. I have return customers and though it's minimal, it would save time entering their data.

No other invoicing software that I've used compares to HoneyBook. I get paid quickly and without any issues.

Some of my clients were hesitant to switch from paper copies to online, but that is a generational issue. There is nothing about the software that I dislike!

I use the online form to brochure to proposal/contract. All very easy to use and learn

All is great and hope to learn about more tools that I am not using

I love that I can keep track of multiple customers and send custom reply’s with a click of a button. Easy to collect money and send payment schedules.

If I absolutely had to say something I didn’t like. It would be that I wish I could upload bigger pictures so that I could make better brochures/ contracts.

Ease of use, basic setup and easy to navigate with robust options for integrations and connecting all of my online tools.

I wish the software would automatically create a project once i change the stage to Booked. It would cut down on time of double entering a client for a contact and then for the project.

It's easy to use, and has helped me keep my projects flowing smoothly, and on schedule. I especially enjoy the invoice and email templates.

I wish there were a few more design options for the inquiry form that's integrated into my website. I'd love for the fonts to match!

How organized it is and also all the features! Follow up reminders, pie charts, automated payment reminders, online payment scheduling, brochures.. seriously everything!

The one thing I would love would be to swipe right on the projects (Like in the gmail app on emails) or some feature that would make it super easy to mark the project as complete and it disappears from the home but goes somewhere else so it can still be reviewed and is still being accounted for in the income. Or maybe there is a feature like this already and I just haven't figured it out yet lol

HoneyBook literally organizes your entire business workflow. It simplifies the tasks that used to stress me out like crazy and ensures that everything is run perfectly and professionally.

the only con is that the application has a bug. one in particular where I cannot send my new brochures to my client. they won't pop up in the app. I have to send them online.

Absolutely love the interface, setup and ease of use of HoneyBook! Great tutorials available to help get set up! If you are considering it, by all means take the chance..... you will absolutely LOVE IT!!!

There are so many options and tools available that it can seem overwhelming to set up and Ford take some time l, but you will be so glad you did once the setup is over!

I just love that everything that is needed for a online service business is there, The contact form right until the feedback request can be automated and processed.

I am not too crazy about not being able to have one client on multiple workflows and the calendar feature is not as robust.

Honeybook is my first CRM product and it has been a simple process to learn. The tools and templates are great, especially the ability to have customers pay online.

I would like to be able to creatively name and automate each step in my overall flow.

Being able to send invoices and contracts to clients, they sign and pay online. This is all done is such a professional and sleek manner - makes me look impressive.

Paying the 3 percent fee on client payments using credit cards.

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