I have been using Peachtree Pro 2008 since April. I love the software and find it easy to use. By implementing an automated accounting and billing product I have streamlined my operations and have gained much more time to grow my business.
Just this week, I upgraded to Peachtree Complete 2009. I opted to upgrade to 2009 so that I would have the ability to run reports from any year range that I wanted instead of only a two year period. I opted to upgrade from Pro to Complete because with the $140 discount I got from Staples on the Complete version I was within dollars of just upgrading to Peachtree Pro 2009.
The reason for this post is to let you know what a time saver for me one of the features that Peachtree Complete has that Pro does not – Time Billing. Now I can track, notate, document, and bill my time without using a timer, a log sheet, or even creating a new invoice. I can do it all from the Time Billing interface.
I have to tell you that for my business web services – which is built around billing customers for time I expend on projects, this is a huge time saving improvement. I believe that I will be able to even increase my profitability by accurately logging my time on phone calls and email correspondence for clients with the integrate timer. But it is the integrated time logging and then customer billing that really has me going. Wow, I just cannot begin to state how effective this will be for again streamlining my business billing processes.
If you are like me, the majority of your income comes from time you bill clients, you need to automate this very important part of your business. As for me implementing Peachtree Accounting software was one of the very best things that I did this year. Not only do I have a better handle on my business and its profitability, but I have been able to minimize the time I spend on accounting and paperwork to run my business to doing the things I love which are selling and providing my services.
One quick note, I am not being paid for this review in fact Peachtree doesn’t even know I am writing it. I just wanted to share with you one of the great features that I have found and why I am so glad that I upgraded from Peachtree Pro to Peachtree Complete 2009.
That would be illegal. But you can download the product for a trial for free. That is what I did before I bought it.
Nancy
I replied offline with some suggestions to this commenter. I am not having any problems sending out invoices via Peachtree and I am using Vista as well.
I am having difficulty emailing from Peachtree complete 2009. I was told it’s because I’m running in Vista. I too have office outlook 2009. Can you help me with this problem?
Correction I mean to say 2009 Version. I did buy 2009 lastnight so we shall see.
Nancy thank you for your reply. I have been searching online and there dosent seem to be any mention of that problem. I had downloaded a free trial of Quickbooks to play with and had no problem Emailing invoices. I Just like some of the features Peachtree offers and was really hoping 2008 version would not have that issue with Emailing.
Yes I have been able to successfully email invoices directly from Peachtree 2009. I am using Vista Ultimate, Office 2007, and Outlook 2009.
I was wondering with 2009 and running on vista are you able to Email invoices. I know there was a known issue with 2007 and vista and there hasnt been a fix or update.
We have been supporting small businesses like yours on Peachtree and DacEasy since 1986. It is so rewarding to see people like yourself utilize the wonderful features of Peachtree to help them grow their business. Peachtree is our fav also.
Nancy, as a Peachtree Product Manager I love finding blogs like this. We try hard to understand the needs of business owners like you, so I’m happy to learn that the time and billing enhancements we made are working for you.
You’re right, we didn’t pay you for this review — in fact we just now discovered it! But here’s a free resource that might help you get the most out of your software. Our recently launched Peachtree User Community (http://community.peachtree.com/peachtree/) has message boards, blogs and a link to our monthly Peachtree newsletters. I hope you find some useful tips and info. And thanks again for the great review.
Shari Willman, Peachtree Product Manager