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Switch from QuickBooks

QuickBooks was built for accountants. You're not an accountant.

You need to track time, invoice clients, pay team members, and see profitability — with a general ledger that handles the accounting automatically. That's the whole job. We built it.

Why firms switch from QuickBooks

Every one of these is something QuickBooks can't do — or makes painfully hard.

QuickBooks charges per user

CherryWorks Pro includes unlimited users on every plan. A 15-person firm saves $2,000+/year in seat fees alone.

No payout tracking

Auto-created payouts when you send an invoice. Track ACH, Zelle, wire — and export 1099 totals at year end.

Weak project profitability

Revenue minus labor cost minus expense cost per project. Bill rate and cost rate per team member per project.

Not built for services firms

Purpose-built for agencies and consultancies managing 1099, W-2, and Corp-to-Corp teams in one platform.

Overcomplicated for what you need

QuickBooks is a general-purpose accounting tool. CherryWorks Pro is a focused operating system: time → invoice → collect → pay.

Timesheet approvals don't exist

Full Submit → Approve → Lock workflow. Approved hours lock automatically. Rejection with mandatory reasons. Audit trail.

Feature comparison

Where CherryWorks Pro wins — and where QuickBooks still has the edge.

Feature
CherryWorks Pro
QuickBooks

Unlimited users (no per-seat fees)

1099 + W-2 + Corp-to-Corp support

Payout tracking

Timesheet approval workflow

Auto-reimbursement payouts

Project profitability (labor + expenses)

Client portal with overdue alerts

Import wizard (8 platforms)

Multi-currency invoicing (33)

Bank reconciliation

Full general ledger accounting

Payroll processing

Inventory management

Estimates & proposals

Resource planning

Enterprise audit logging

QuickBooks excels at general accounting. CherryWorks Pro excels at running a services firm. They solve different problems.

* Some features require Professional or Business plans. See pricing for details.

Migration timeline

Three steps. Five minutes. Zero downtime.

Step 1

Export from QuickBooks

Export your clients, invoices, and chart of accounts as CSV files from QuickBooks Online.

Step 2

Import & preview

Upload CSVs to CherryWorks Pro. Preview every record with dry-run. Fix any issues before committing.

Step 3

Go live

Execute the import with one click. Your team starts working immediately. Roll back anytime if needed.

What you won't miss

Native time tracking

Week, month, and day views with a floating timer widget. No add-on or integration needed.

Timesheet approvals

Submit → Approve → Lock workflow. Rejection with mandatory reasons. Full audit trail.

Unlimited users

No per-user fees, ever. Add your entire team on any plan.

19 built-in reports

Project profitability, team utilization, AR aging, and expense analytics — purpose-built for services firms.

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Included in Business plan

One more thing no competitor offers

Marketing Hub adds a full prospect-to-client layer on top of CherryWorks Pro — included in the Business plan, with no cross-contamination between marketing and billing records.

Contacts & Companies CRM

Track prospects and companies in their own tables, completely separate from billing clients. Tags, custom fields, activity timeline.

Campaigns & Sequences

Broadcast to a segment, or run multi-step automated outreach. Stops the moment a prospect replies or is promoted to a client.

Prospect / Client Separation

Marketing data lives in dedicated database tables — no foreign keys to your books, no cross-contamination between marketing and billing records.