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NOTE: Products were tested based on the most current versions available in April 2006. Ratings are subjective opinion based on Sage Software's review of the relevant software and documentation. All products include additional features that may not be listed here.

Construction
Distribution
Manufacturing
Nonprofits

For the capabilities the construction industry needs most, Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction 2009 is your best choice!
Features and Services	Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction 2009	QuickBooks Premier Contractor Edition 2007
Standard Accounting
General ledger	+	+
AP / AR	+	+
Construction chart of accounts	+	+
Construction sample company	+	+
Payroll solutions	+¹	+
Create quotes	+	+
Archive data	+	<
Business Management Tools
Accumulate depreciation	+	<
Online bank reconciliation	+²	+
Reconcile G/L with bank statements	+	+
Credit card authorization & processing	+³	+
Integration with UPS^®	+⁴	+
Microsoft® Outlook® Contact Synchronization	+⁵	+
Create alerts for activities or events	+	<
Assign access rights to users	+	<
Create customer credit hold warnings	+	<
# of ship to / remit to addresses	20 / 20	unlimited / 0
Interactive lists with drill-down, filter and search capabilities	+	<
Broadcast Invoices	+
Real-time posting	+	+
Batch posting	+
Business Status Center highlighting key business performance indicators	+
Set different default decimal places for unit price and quantity fields	+
Purchase &sell using vendor part number or UPC	+
Add attachments to Maintenance and Transaction records	+
Store customer URL and access website from within product	+
Run up to 15 reviews to alert for possible errors and suspicious transactions	+⁶
Jobs
Track job start / end dates	+	+
Breakdown jobs into phases	+
Apply cost codes	+
Create a phase one time and then select whether or not a job uses phases	+
Percent complete	+
Apply labor burden	+	<
Progress billing	+	+
% of Completion billing format	+
% of Contract billing format	+
Record a customer PO number to a job	+	+
Track retainage owed to you as an accounts receivable	+⁷
Track retainage owed by you as an accounts payable	+⁷
Track subcontractor insurance expiration dates	+
Receive a vendor insurance expiration warning	+
Reporting
Number of Reports	+140	+120
Customize reports / financial statements	+	+
Drill-down reports	+	+
Industry specific reports	+	+
Run key reports from the screens you use most	+	+
Switch between summary and detail report views	+	+
Crystal Reports® for Peachtree for virtually unlimited report creation	+⁸
KEY
+ Feature present and robust
< Feature present, but low-level
Blank Feature not present

For the capabilities distributors need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Distribution 2009 is your best choice!
Features and Services	Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Distribution 2009	QuickBooks® Premier Manufacturing & Wholesale Edition 2007
Standard Accounting
General ledger	+	+
AP / AR	+	+
Distribution chart of accounts	+	+
Distribution sample company	+	+
Payroll solutions	+¹	+
Create quotes	+	+
Archive data	+	<
Business Management Tools
Accumulate depreciation	+	<
Online bank reconciliation	+²	+
Reconcile G/L with bank statements	+	+
Credit card authorization & processing	+³	+
Integration with UPS^®	+⁴	+
Microsoft® Outlook® Contact Synchronization	+⁵	+
Create alerts for activities or events	+	<
Assign access rights to users	+	<
Create customer credit hold warnings	+	<
# of ship to / remit to addresses	20 / 20	unlimited / 0
Interactive lists with drill-down, filter and search capabilities	+	<
Broadcast invoices	+
Real-time posting	+	+
Batch posting	+
Business Status Center highlighting key business performance indicators	+
Set different default decimal places for unit price and quantity fields	+
Purchase & sell using vendor part number or UPC	+	<
Add attachments to Maintenance and Transaction records	+
Store customer URL and access website from within product	+
Run up to 15 reviews to alert for possible errors and suspicious transactions⁶	+
Assemblies
Number of BOM components	300	100
Track Bill of Materials revision history	+
Create work tickets	+
Apply labor or service cost on assemblies	+	+
Print BOM components on invoices	+
Inventory Management
Assign minimum stock / reorder amounts	+	<
List where item is stocked in facility	+	<
Assign type field to similar items	+	<
Value inventory using Average Cost	+	+
Value inventory using LIFO, FIFO, Specific Unit	+
Buy & sell in different quantities	+
Apply quantity discounts	+
Automatically generate purchase orders based on minimum stock and reorder quantities	+	<
Print UPC/SKU or vendor number on sales and purchase forms	+	<
Create a description-only item which can be added to a sale or purchase transaction	+
Create serialized inventory	+
Automatically create sub-stock items	+
Track the total quantity of an item available for sale	+	+
Print the weight of an item on an invoice	+
Jobs
Track job start / end dates	+	+
Breakdown jobs into phases	+
Apply cost codes	+
Create a phase one time and then select whether or not a job uses phases	+
Record a customer PO number to a job	+	+
Reporting
Number of Reports	+140	+120
Customize reports / financial statements	+	+
Drill-down reports	+	+
Industry specific reports	+	+
Run key reports from the screens you use most	+	+
Switch between summary and detail report views	+	+
Crystal Reports® for Peachtree for virtually unlimited report creation	+⁸
KEY
+ Feature present and robust
< Feature present, but low-level
Blank Feature not present

For the capabilities manufacturers need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Manufacturing 2009 is your best choice!
Features and Services	Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Manufacturing 2009	QuickBooks Premier Manufacturing & Wholesale Edition 2007
Standard Accounting
General ledger	+	+
AP / AR	+	+
Manufacturing chart of accounts	+	+
Manufacturing sample company	+	+
Payroll solutions	+¹	+
Create quotes	+	+
Archive data	+	<
Business Management Tools
Accumulate depreciation	+	<
Online bank reconciliation	+²	+
Reconcile G/L with bank statements	+	+
Credit card authorization & processing	+³	+
Integration with UPS®	+⁴	+
Microsoft® Outlook® Contact Synchronization	+⁵	+
Create alerts for activities or events	+	<
Assign access rights to users	+	<
Create customer credit hold warnings	+	<
# of ship to / remit to addresses	20 / 20	unlimited / 0
Interactive lists with drill-down, filter and search capabilities	+	<
Broadcast invoices	+
Real-time posting	+	+
Batch posting	+
Business Status Center highlighting key business performance indicators	+
Set different default decimal places for unit price and quantity fields	+
Purchase &sell using vendor part number or UPC	+	<
Add attachments to Maintenance and Transaction records	+
Store customer URL and access website from within product	+
Run up to 15 reviews to alert for possible errors and suspicious transactions⁶	+
Assemblies
Number of BOM components	300	100
Track Bill of Materials revision history	+
Create work tickets	+
Apply labor or service cost on assemblies	+	+
Print BOM components on invoices	+
Inventory Management
Assign minimum stock / reorder amounts	+	<
List where item is stocked in facility	+	<
Assign type field to similar items	+	<
Value inventory using Average Cost	+	+
Value inventory using LIFO, FIFO, Specific Unit	+
Buy & sell in different quantities	+
Apply quantity discounts	+
Automatically generate purchase orders based on minimum stock and reorder quantities	+	<
Print UPC/SKU or vendor number on sales and purchase forms	+	<
Create a description-only item which can be added to a sale or purchase transaction	+
Create serialized inventory	+
Automatically create sub-stock items	+
Track the total quantity of an item available for sale	+	+
Print the weight of an item on an invoice	+
Jobs
Track job start / end dates	+	+
Breakdown jobs into phases	+
Apply cost codes	+
Create a phase one time and then select whether or not a job uses phases	+
Record a customer PO number to a job	+	+
Reporting
Number of Reports	+140	+120
Customize reports / financial statements	+	+
Drill-down reports	+	+
Industry specific reports	+	+
Run key reports from the screens you use most	+	+
Switch between summary and detail report views	+	+
Crystal Reports® for Peachtree for virtually unlimited report creation	+⁸
KEY
+ Feature present and robust
< Feature present, but low-level
Blank Feature not present

For the capabilities need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Nonprofits 2009 is your best choice!
Features and Services	Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Nonprofits 2009	QuickBooks Premier Nonprofit Edition 2007
Standard Accounting
General ledger	+	+
AP / AR	+	+
Nonprofit chart of accounts	+	+
Nonprofit sample company	+	+
Payroll solutions	+¹	+
Create quotes	+	+
Archive data	+	<
Business Management Tools
Accumulate depreciation	+	<
Online bank reconciliation	+²	+
Reconcile G/L with bank statements	+	+
Credit card authorization & processing	+³	+
Microsoft® Outlook® Contact Synchronization⁴	+	+
Create alerts for activities or events	+	<
Assign access rights to users	+	<
Create customer credit hold warnings	+	<
# of ship to / remit to addresses	20 / 20	unlimited / 0
Interactive lists with drill-down, filter and search capabilities	+	<
Broadcast invoices	+
Real-time posting	+	+
Batch posting	+
Business Status Center highlighting key business performance indicators	+
Add attachments to Maintenance and Transaction records	+
Store customer URL and access website from within product	+
Run up to 15 reviews to alert for possible errors and suspicious transactions⁵	+
Jobs
Track job start / end dates	+	+
Breakdown jobs into phases	+
Apply cost codes	+
Create a phase one time and then select whether or not a job uses phases	+
Record a customer PO number to a job	+	+
Reporting
Number of Reports	+140	+120
Customize reports / financial statements	+	+
Drill-down reports	+	+
Industry specific reports	+	+
Run key reports from the screens you use most	+	+
Define formatting styles for standard reports	+
Statement of Financial Position	+
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures	+
Budgeted Statement of Revenues and Expenditures	+
Customizable letter templates	+	+
Switch between summary and detail report views	+	+
Crystal Reports® for Peachtree for virtually unlimited report creation.	+⁸
KEY
+ Feature present and robust
< Feature present, but low-level
Blank Feature not present

1 Additional fees may be required. See www.peachtreepayroll.com or call 1-877-231-3761 for more details.

2 Internet access required. See www.peachtree.com/banks for a current list of supported banks, which is subject to change. Your bank may charge a fee to download statements.

3 Subject to approval and to third-party terms and conditions. Additional fees (including purchasing of credit card swipe terminal for card present transactions), internet access and credit card required.

4 UPS functionality is subject to UPS terms and conditions. Internet access required.

5 Outlook® integration requires Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 or 2003. Outlook Sync supported in Exchange 5.5 SP4, 2000 SP2, and 2003.

6 Sage Software is not liable or responsible for any fines or penalties that may result from errors in your company accounting records. The Internal Accounting Review is not intended to uncover all questionable transactions.

7 Retainage is available only in companies using accrual based accounting.

8 Not compatible with Windows Vista.™

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Industry Solution Comparison

For the capabilities the construction industry needs most, Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction 2009 is your best choice!

For the capabilities distributors need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Distribution 2009 is your best choice!

For the capabilities manufacturers need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Manufacturing 2009 is your best choice!

For the capabilities need most Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Nonprofits 2009 is your best choice!