Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucla-cs!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!ames!skipper!budd From: budd@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Gerry Budd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Need advice on accounting package Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 16:09:52 GMT References: <1991May2.203201.7737@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Distribution: usa Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 27 In-reply-to: thisted@galton.uchicago.edu's message of 2 May 91 20:32:01 GMT In article <1991May2.203201.7737@midway.uchicago.edu> thisted@galton.uchicago.edu (Ronald A. Thisted) writes: I am in the market for a good small-business accounting package that will handle payroll, general ledger, and accounts payable, with flexible reporting and automatic check writing. The setting is a... The two contenders seem to be atOnce and Accountant. The latter costs about 30% more than the former. Does anyone have any experience comparing the two (or comparing to other accounting packages)? I would like to set up a system and then have it run by a non-accounting person (possibly a volunteer). There are other programs to consider. I just received the most recent upgrade to MultiLedger and it looks like CheckMark Software does listen to its customers (i.e. significant upgrades). M.Y.O.B. has gotten good reviews in the magazines recently and is inexpensive <$200. I have a 1-1/2 year old demo disk for atOnce and probably would have purchased it except it didn't have any inventory control capability. I don't know what the program is like now that PeachTree Software is handling it. BTW, you can get a MultiLedger demo disk for free from CheckMark Software. E-Mail me if you need the Ph #. -- Jerry Budd budd@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov!budd