16 Difference Between Quickbooks Online And Desktop

1. Online offers a free 30-day trial so there is no initial fee to try it. Desktop requires the purchase of the software up front. 2. Automatically schedule and send invoices: Quickbooks Online: Yes Quickbooks Desktop: No 3. Online requires no installation on a computer and Desktop does.  4. QuickBooks is officially promoting the online version as their main offering. 5. Quickbooks Online: No Need to Transfer Data or Share Computer Time. 6. Because it is cloud-based, an Internet connection is required to use QBO. QuickBooks Desktop can only be accessed from the computer it is installed on regardless of Internet connection. 7. Connect to 300+ cloud-based apps: Quickbooks Online: Yes Quickbooks Desktop: No