Program Name

Cost

Size Firm

How Old

Like Most

Like Least

Recommend

Enhancements

VPM

1,500

2,000

5

3 yrs

Ease of Use; Demand

Billing; Access based

Flexibility

Accounting Monthly

Retainers; Billing Text

Formatter; Access based

Flexibility

• Yes

Real word processing integrated with billing;

Prior year firm comparisons; and Give option

to eliminate info in WIP

15

4 yrs

50+

5 yrs

UniLink

2,800 Expensive

15

12 yrs

Ease of Use; Not Much

Restrictions; Cumbersome

Not Flexible

• No
• Yes

Window based searches as inputted from

printed reports

13 - 15

5+ yrs

Accountants' Partner

320

1

4 yrs

Ease of Use

Some Reports Difficult

to Access

• Yes

Would like more report options

PACS

1,700

3

14 yrs

Keeps time while you

work

Everything else; looking up

old info and mgt reports

awful

• No

Y2K problems

Ability to look up client history instantly; easier

reports

TPS

180

1

1 yr

Ease of use

Needs some fine tuning

• No - Needs Work

Print out multiple clients at once

Creative Solutions

1,200

4

15 yrs

Management billing reports

Too expensive

• Yes

Less expensive version for small companies

eliminate annual license fee

MAS90

700

7

5 yrs

Nothing

SAGE purchase MAS90, no longer

supports it, has creater link to Timeslips

no ready made conversion

• No

Ready made conversion

Timekeeper

1,200

3

12+ yrs

Paid For

Not Y2K

• No - No Longer Sold

Y2K, Windows, Use of hourly rates to

calculate bill

Quickbooks

150

1

1 yr

Ease of use; simplicity

Does not accept hourly rate to

calculate bill

• Yes

Use of hourly rate to calculate bill

1

3 yrs

Quickbooks Pro

200

1

3 yrs

Quick, Cheap, Handles Accounts

Well

No due date monitoring

• Yes
• No

Combine time tracking with due date

6 yrs

Timeslips

(8 Responses)

100 through 750

1 through 5

1 yr - 15 yrs

Use of Use; Accuracy, Extremely

Comprehensive; Produce bills

A/R Report Weak; Too complicated

for Basic Use; Difficult to change

Default Reports; Difficult to Enter

Bill on Retainer

• Yes (5)
• No (1)
• Maybe (1)

More Robust A/R Reports; Spell Checker;

Creak new client tasks on the fly; Wizard to

automate simple procedures; easier personal

invoices; allow changes to pre-bill worksheets

User-friendly interface; insert monthly retainers;

and putting in write off infor

Twenty- Four (24) responses had no billing program