best software for Invoicing?

zynizen · #1 December 11th, 2006, 07:43 PM

Hello, quick question..

I need to know which software is the best for keeping track of business finances for the mac?

so far I have only seen quicken be able to do the job properly.
But when I was in the mac store the other day, they were using file maker pro, how is this achieved using filemaker, or which software is the best for keeping track of invoices, printing them, customer contact management, etc..

thanks for your help.

simbalala · #2 December 11th, 2006, 08:14 PM

“Best” is kind of subjective.

I’ve been using MYOB for about 15 years.

zynizen · #3 December 11th, 2006, 11:01 PM

well, by best I meant, for putting together invoices, doing every so often record keeping, really I have only been using it on my pc for making invoices, but I guess other programs are out there made specifically for mac that do that.

I have some accounts I use to charge to the clients I have, and it works out well for the pc, but I recently saw there is no "specific" quicken business product for the mac., like there is XG for the pc.

mgm_03 · #4 December 12th, 2006, 09:49 AM

checkout Billings2.

zynizen · #5 December 12th, 2006, 12:02 PM

thanks a lot. this software seems right for the job. I'll check it out.

mindbend · #6 December 12th, 2006, 12:17 PM

Well, Quickbooks for the Mac is the default Mac business software. I'm not saying it's the best, I'm just saying it's kind of the standard. I tried MYOB, but I was so used to QB, that I gave up.

QB for the Mac is not as full-featured as the PC version (shocking, I know). You have a fairly limited area of text where you can type indescriptions for your hourly work. There is no collaboration or user access option (like different user access levels).

I have since switched to QB online. This allows me to let my coworkers access my account and enter their own hours without seeing my registers. I run it through Parallels Desktop and it works great. I could have just run QB for PC via Parallels, but I wanted to be able to view my accounts from home or anywhere.

QB is a fairly substantial app, so if your needs are minimal, it may be overkill.

Natobasso · #7 December 12th, 2006, 03:26 PM

Too bad Billing 2 is only available for Tiger.

zynizen · #8 December 12th, 2006, 05:26 PM

yeh I realize the complexity of QB, but i also downloaded and tried out billings2, completely different.

You can use QB online? I'll stick with parallels and my pc version.. its easier that way.