Pilot vs QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Pilot
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| Figure | Pilot | QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $62.50/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 3 |
| Spec score · Bookkeeping Software | 8.8 (#17) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Accountant access | Yes | Yes |
| Automated reconciliation | Yes | Yes |
| Bank feeds | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | LinkedIn lists Pilot’s founding year as 2016. | 1983 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Integrations | Pilot says it connects with more than 10,000 banks, payment processors, payroll systems, and business tools. | Official integrations include Microsoft Word/Excel, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Gmail, Outlook.com, Quicken, QuickBooks Mac, QuickBooks POS and more than 200 industry apps. |
| Inventory tracking | No | Yes |
| Mobile platforms | web only | ios and android |
| Rating on G2 | 4.7 out of 5 from 143 reviews. | 4.3 out of 5 from 1,061 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.9 out of 5 from 29 reviews. | 4.5 out of 5 from 20,687 reviews |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 2.9 out of 5 from 20 reviews. | 1 out of 5 from about 2,000 reviews |
| What it does | Pilot combines bookkeeping software and finance professionals to provide bookkeeping, tax, and advisory services for startups and small businesses. | QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is Intuit’s desktop business-management system combining accounting, inventory, payroll, payments, reporting and industry workflows. |
Plans
Pilot
- Essentials$99 a month
- CoreFree
- CustomPrice not published
- Essentials (bookkeeping)$99 a month
- Starter (tax)$750 a year
- Basic (CFO)$1,750 a month
- Essentials (tax)$2,450 a year
- Essentials (CFO)$3,150 a month
- Standard (tax)$5,400 a year
- Core (bookkeeping)Priced on request
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
- Gold$19 a month
- Platinum$19 a month
- Diamond$19 a month
In their own words
Pilot
Pilot is web-based accounting software with bank feeds, automated reconciliation, and accountant access. It does not provide inventory tracking, and web is the only listed platform. The free Core plan is listed at free, billed annually, with $0 in monthly expenses and up to 10 vendor bills per month. Essentials costs $99 a month, billed monthly, and supports up to $100,000 in monthly expenses. A Custom plan has no listed price and is described for complex business structures, custom workflows and reporting, full accounts receivable, full accounts payable, payroll administration, and CFO advisory. Pilot’s pricing note states that a 15-day trial is available and paid plans start from $99/mo. The maker is Pilot, founded in 2017, with headquarters in San Francisco, California, and Nashville, Tennessee. Access is through a browser rather than a listed mobile application.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.