Small Business - Purchase order & Invoicing Software

[AMDZen]

Preferably one piece of software for both purchasing and invoicing. If not, let me know what's best at creating PO's and/or invoices for a small business.

THanks

 

[bruceb]

Quickbooks Pro or Premier (has more features) can do all that and even provide records for your tax accountant. It can even handle your payroll, tax with holding, print checks, etc.

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/pro/features/

 

[Emulex]

mas90
then
dynamics nav or GP

are the next step up - real accounting apps.

I wonder if i can sell my old copy of MAS90. lol never thought of that. very powerful application. very simple to maintain.

 

[rasczak]

are there any freeware options for someone running a very small business? small as in 1 customer

 

[AMDZen]

Thanks for all of the replies guys. Keep them coming if you can. I will definitely look into Quickbooks for an interim but - if all goes as planned, we will need something more robust in the future.

mas90
then
dynamics nav or GP

are the next step up - real accounting apps.

I wonder if i can sell my old copy of MAS90. lol never thought of that. very powerful application. very simple to maintain.

I will look into this. If you decide you want to sell it, and you can of course, please shoot me a PM - let me know how much.

 

[Emulex]

oh no those recommendations for smb space. 5-100 employees 5-500 million revenue.

sage makes a lower end product i know its popular in UK i think its sage 50.

for single user its easier to use a simple database (non-sql) as its alot easier to move around and backup.

sql based solutions have quite a bit more complexity to manage, log files, vss-aware backups, shutting down and starting up properly.

not to say a file based database isn't as fragile; its just hella easier to restore When you need to.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Check out SourceForge.Net for options.

Excel has some nice PO/invoice layouts

 

[The Stigenator]

Quickbooks simple start free edition.

That's what I use. Works for tracking and invoicing.

 

[Diz2K2]

Microsoft Accounting Express 2009 - http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Office-Accounting-Express/3000-2066_4-10599757.html

It is discontinued, but it is free and very easy to setup and use. I use it for my business.

Also here is the latest Service Pack for it:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f6-2d9e-408d-bf19-5053873e44d9&displaylang=en

 

[AMDZen]

Microsoft Accounting Express 2009 - http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Office-Accounting-Express/3000-2066_4-10599757.html

It is discontinued, but it is free and very easy to setup and use. I use it for my business.

Also here is the latest Service Pack for it:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f6-2d9e-408d-bf19-5053873e44d9&displaylang=en

Very intriguing, thank you