{"id":6875,"date":"2020-03-02T02:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T07:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:39:44","slug":"reduce-the-anxiety-of-moving-to-a-quickbooks-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/reduce-the-anxiety-of-moving-to-a-quickbooks-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce the anxiety of moving to a QuickBooks Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/category\/strategy-legal-operations\/business-planning\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Business planning<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to reduce the anxiety of moving to a QuickBooks Alternative\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2020-03-02T02:44:31-05:00\">March 2, 2020<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"How to reduce the anxiety of moving to a QuickBooks Alternative\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/reduce-the-anxiety-of-moving-to-a-quickbooks-alternative\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/author\/owen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/fr-ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Owen_sage-advice-002.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Owen Sweeney<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Moving your home, much like moving your organization to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/sage-business-cloud\/intacct\/quickbooks-alternative\/\">alternatives to&nbsp;QuickBooks<\/a>, can be stressful. Everything must be packed, transported, unloaded, and put away. It&#8217;s time-consuming, plus there&#8217;s always the risk of something (like a set of plates or a chair) getting broken or going missing, even after the last box has been unpacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar &#8220;moving anxiety&#8221; looms large in SMB accounting, with many businesses sticking with legacy solutions or QuickBooks despite the obvious risks, costs, and impediments to growth that these outdated and insufficient tools present. Most people probably wouldn&#8217;t nix a planned move to a different city or home just because the process was too intimidating, but this is essentially what happens when grappling with the shortcomings of QuickBooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the most common sticking points during migration to a QuickBooks alternative are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Data errors: It is common for accountants and IT teams to encounter a messy QuickBooks ledger whenever they start preparing for a move. Key items may be duplicated, incomplete or wrongly formatted, creating a discouraging roadblock when attempting to move to a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Familiarity: Similar to living in an old home, using QuickBooks can become second nature for teams that rely on it for a while. This familiarity may keep them in the QuickBooks fold, despite the numerous troubles the application can cause, such as the lack of real-time tracking and the constant need to perform manual consolidations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As an SMB expands, though, the unstoppable force of its revenue and customer growth often runs into the immovable object of QuickBooks and its limitations. What can an organization do to ensure a successful migration to cloud ERP QuickBooks alternative, given all the anxieties and technical hurdles to overcome? Having a well-designed data-cleansing plan is a good place to start.<br>\nData cleansing: An overlooked solution to a common QuickBooks problem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disorganized QuickBooks ledgers usually do not receive the attention they deserve, unless a major cleanup of them is needed in advance of a mid-year financial statement or tax filing. Problems with incorrect or mangled data are intrinsic to QuickBooks, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-moving-data-out-of-quickbooks-can-be-challenging\">Moving data out of QuickBooks can be challenging.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brute force techniques, Excel formulas, and other manual processes are commonly used to supplement QuickBooks, creating a recipe for errors in data entry and categorization. This mess has both short- and long-term consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the short term, it slows accountants down and saddles them with busy work that saps energy that could have been put toward more productive tasks. In the long term, it adversely affects a firm&#8217;s ability to obtain financing, pass audits, and move on to a superior system with all its key information intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving to cloud ERP is undoubtedly a step up from the QuickBooks\/Excel duo, but it might not produce the desired effects if your master data is corrupt and non-standardized before and after the migration. Dealing with the inconsistencies of such a QuickBooks ledger can be tough, requiring a well-thought-out process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloud ERP vendors might not be willing to assist with data cleansing, i.e. the correction of mistakes and the overall standardization of your records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The same can be said of ERP solutions, which may not have any automatic cleanup functionality for data imported from QuickBooks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doing it yourself can be a slog, with tons of manual data entry and time-consuming tasks better left to data-cleansing experts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The goal is to standardize data, thoroughly test it and then ultimately integrate it with your new ERP system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A trusted implementation partner can help you plan out your migration, including what to do with your old QuickBooks data and how everything will be integrated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Discover Sage Intacct<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get to know the new cloud accounting and financial management solutions for your industry\u2019s specific needs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/sage-business-cloud\/intacct\/quickbooks-alternative\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"cta-id-6876\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-button-location=\"cta_box\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Learn more about Sage Intacct<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1331173398-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1331173398-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-better-tools-beyond-quickbooks\">The light at the end of the tunnel: Better tools beyond QuickBooks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Migrating away from QuickBooks can take a bit of time and planning to get right, but the reward is worth this effort. 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