QuickBooks® Point of Sale v18 Features | Basic | Pro | Multi-Store |
NEW Save time with Faster Performance: 10 x faster startup time & faster workflows | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW Allows better screen readability with improved visual design | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW Improved Keyboard Shortcuts | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW Multi-Task by working on different parts of the program (i.e. sales receipt, purchase order, etc.) | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW Sorting in Key Workflows such as: Ring a Sale, Received Items, Returned Items | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW Support for backing up files with sizes greater than 4 GB | Χ | Χ | Χ |
NEW EMV Chip Card Ready8 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Answer a few simple questions to start | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Use a bar code scanner to ring sales | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Set up a payments account (Merchant Account) that lets you accept credit cards right in your software2 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Includes over 50 built-in sales, customer and inventory reports | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Create and save customized reports quickly | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Ring up sales on your smartphone or tablet (iPad®, iPhone®, Android™) 3 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Sync sales & Inventory information from mobile device with QuickBooks® Point of Sale software | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Transfer sales data to QuickBooks® Financial software6,7 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Automatically track inventory as you sell and receive items | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Import inventory items from Microsoft® Excel®1 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Track customer contact and purchase info | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Import customers’ files from Microsoft Excel1 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Create customer letters easily with Microsoft Word® integration4 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Synch customer data and accounts receivable with QuickBooks® Financial software6 | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Use data from the Customer Center to improve your business decisions | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Import vendor information from Microsoft® Excel® | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Create and manage staff access to Point of Sale system | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Allows discounts, returns, store credit and gift receipts | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Track petty cash payouts | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Access built-in tutorials for common tasks | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Includes practice file for exploring without affecting your own business data | Χ | Χ | Χ |
Track work and sales orders | | Χ | Χ |
Include pictures of inventory items | | Χ | Χ |
Track multiple vendors, UPC codes and serial numbers | | Χ | Χ |
Track employee hours and sales commissions | | Χ | Χ |
Send time cards to QuickBooks® Financial software for payroll processing 5,6 | | Χ | Χ |
Customize price tags, receipts and more | | Χ | Χ |
Generate purchase orders automatically at pre-set inventory levels | | Χ | Χ |
Built-in tools to update prices and create discounts across products and departments | | Χ | Χ |
Track layaways | | Χ | Χ |
Increase traffic and sales by using built-in tools to create promotional pricing of specific items | | Χ | Χ |
Capture “ship-to” addresses for creating mailing lists and labels | | Χ | Χ |
Ship and track packages using Shipping Manager 5 | | Χ | Χ |
Set up a Rewards Program to increase sales and reward customer loyalty | | Χ | Χ |
Drill-down capability for sales and inventory by store location | | | Χ |
Access to sales and inventory reports for each store location and at the “Company” level | | | Χ |
Consolidate multi-store data into one file | | | Χ |
Track inventory transfers between stores | | | Χ |