FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion

Switch from FreshBooks to QuickBooks and get advanced inventory tracking options, user-friendly interface, seamless integration capabilities and reporting tools with eBetterBooks fast, secure and reliable data conversion services.

QuickBooks data conversion

Switch from FreshBooks to QuickBooks for Seamless Integration Options & Advanced Reporting Tools

QuickBooks is a top-notch accounting software best for small to mid-sized businesses, offering a variety of benefits to its users such as bookkeeping, invoicing, financial reporting, payroll management etc. It comes up with multiple versions like Pro, Premier, Enterprise or Online from which you can choose any that suits your business needs. QuickBooks can be easily installed on both Windows and iOS with different system requirements. 

Due to its worldwide popularity, QuickBooks provides seamless integration add-ons, cost-effective solutions, automated accounting features, user-friendly interface, enhanced reporting and analytics tools while FreshBooks has a limited user access and customization options with lowest-tier lite plan which doesn’t include basics like bank reconciliation tools or double-entry accounting fundamentals (i.e., a general ledger, chart of accounts and trial balance). 

The QB software also has different personalized features where you can get data privacy, on-demand access, invoice branding, payment reminders, regular data backups, financial reporting and bank synchronization to ensure the accuracy and consistency in your financial data. There are different in-built tools available for managing inventory, shipping, sales orders, pricing, tasks, invoicing, reporting, and identifying any error with QuickBooks, thus making it more reliable or convenient software for the users having less knowledge of accounting & bookkeeping.

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Migrate from FreshBooks to QuickBooks and Enjoy
Robust Accounting Features and Functionalities

  • User-friendly Interface

    With QuickBooks, you can enjoy the most intuitive user-friendly interface designed to tailor specific business needs and streamline your workflows more efficiently with its straightforward navigations and features including accounting, bookkeeping, time tracking, payroll, receipt management, and inventory tracking.

  • Highly Customizable & Scalable

    QuickBooks desktop offers different customization options and a range of plans that can be scaled up or down to accommodate the business growth as per your changing needs, making it a more flexible option for small to mid-sized business owners who want to customize their forms, templates and reports.

  • Enhanced Reporting Tools

    QuickBooks includes sophisticated reporting and analytics tools that help businesses to get better insights into their financial management, sales processes, and inventory status. You can apply filters, customize fields, generate reports, create dashboards and integrate third-party apps for accurate decision-making and analysis.

  • Flexible Hosting Options

    QuickBooks can be easily hosted on a local server, allowing businesses to handle their transactions and manage data with flexibility and convenience. It also provides full control over the software setup, configuration or migration in a more suitable and customized hosting environment.

  • Seamless Integration Capabilities

    QuickBooks allows you to integrate with more than 400 third-party apps categorized related to payroll, CRMs, e-commerce, banking and others for faster computing services, giving you best possible insight and control over the ongoing accounting processes and data.

  • Advanced Inventory Management

    QuickBooks Desktop helps you to scan your receipts and save the receipt data in the software with the warehouse management app for android, allowing you to track the current status of your orders and manage inventory tracking more efficiently and conveniently.

Which Info Can be Transferred from FreshBooks To QuickBooks

Our dedicated experts try their best to provide you with more flexible, faster and cost-effective QuickBooks data conversion services in just a few clicks. Here’s what we can migrate for you

Icon Customer Lists & Transactions

Icon Vendor Lists & Transactions

Icon Inventory Details

Icon Custom Templates & Forms

Icon Account Lists

Icon Employee Lists

Icon Account Balances

Icon Employee profile and contact info

Icon Invoices, Bills, Deposits

Icon Journal Entries

Icon Memorized Transactions

Icon Charts of Accounts 

Icon Company Information 

Icon Goods & Services 

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Which Info Cannot be Transferred from FreshBooks To QuickBooks

Our dedicated experts try their best to provide you with more flexible, faster and cost-effective QuickBooks data conversion services in just a few clicks. Here’s what we can migrate for you

Icon Vendor Bills and Bill Payments

Icon Inventory items

Icon Time Tracking data

Icon Estimates

Icon File attachments

Icon Memorized transactions

Icon Invoice templates and other templates

Icon Draft or unposted journals or transactions (ex. invoice not marked as sent) (to verify later)

Icon Deleted transactions

Icon Bank Reconciliation History

Icon Inventory Transaction History

FreshBooks to QuickBooks - Advanced Inventory Management, Scalability and Steeper Learning Curve

Sign up and move from FreshBooks to QuickBooks for user-friendly interface, create invoices and customized templates, scalability, advanced reporting & analytics tools, inventory tracking solutions and seamless integrations with payroll, CRMs, e-commerce, banking and others to get optimum visibility and control on your accounting data.

At eBetterBooks, we deliver fast & efficient QuickBooks data conversion service for FreshBooks:

Icon Assessing your needs

Icon Preparing your data

Icon Mapping old FreshBooks data to new QuickBooks fields

Icon QuickBooks configuration, verification, and testing

Make Informed Decision: FreshBooks to QuickBooks Desktop

Pros Cons

FreshBooks Pros:

  • Time Tracking options
  • Invoicing Capabilities 
  • Automated Payment Reminders
  • Client Management Tools
  • Highly Accessible and Collaborative

 

QuickBooks Pros:

  • User-Friendly Interface 
  • Robust Accounting features like invoicing, expense tracking and bank reconciliation 
  • Customized invoices, forms and Templates
  • Full Data Control 
  • Enhanced Reporting Capabilities 
  • Industry-specific versions such as retail, contractor or nonprofit organizations

FreshBooks Cons:

  • Limited Accounting features 
  • Complex Integration and Configuration
  • Less Scalable 
  • Internet Connection dependency 
  • Basic Customization Options

 

QuickBooks cons:

  • Required Additional setup for Multi-User Access
  • Lack of cloud-based Access
  • Manual Software Installation and Upgrades 
  • Limited Collaboration and Integration Add-ons

Unsure about QuickBooks Compatibility? Let’s Talk to Experts for Better Optimization

Choose QuickBooks Pro for small businesses with basic accounting needs, QuickBooks Premier for industry-specific solutions or advanced inventory management features, QuickBooks Enterprise to handle large data sets and high transaction values with customizable templates and forecasting tools or QuickBooks Online for more than 400 integration options related to payroll, CRMs, e-commerce  and others. 

Our dedicated conversion experts at eBetterBooks will help you to make the right choice for switching from FreshBooks to QuickBooks and work round the clock to perform the most accurate or precise transition.

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FreshBooks to QuickBooks: Access Historical Transactions with our Post-Conversion Support

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We conduct comprehensive training sessions to empower your team with all the capabilities required for the new software.

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Get 24*7 assistance from our support channels for any conversion related queries or concerns.

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Our dedicated experts promise you to provide speedy transition without any accidental data loss, disruption or inconsistencies.

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We offer complete documentations and resources to help users in navigating the new software more effectively.

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Our service providers prompt you to share post-conversion feedback and reviews to identify areas for better enhancement or frequent improvements.

Make your Move Easy with eBetterBooks QuickBooks
Data Conversion Services

Sit back and relax, our service providers will migrate your crucial data, keeping all your business requirements in mind. 

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Expertise in FreshBooks to QuickBooks data conversion sets us apart. With our dedicated team members, we guarantee thoroughness, precision and reliability in every aspect of your data conversion process.

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Accurate FreshBooks to QuickBooks data conversion is our speciality. We apply a comprehensive evaluation process to ensure every transaction is accurately mapped and transferred.

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Seamless FreshBooks to QuickBooks data conversion is our expertise. From evaluation to implementation, every step is carefully followed so that your data can never be compromised and you can get the best data conversion experience ever.

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Year-round FreshBooks to QuickBooks data conversion is our commitment. We work tirelessly to provide uninterrupted service and ensure a smooth and convenient data transition service to our clients.

Checklist: FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion

Things you do for your business!

Icon Check QuickBooks Desktop Variant or Version You Want to Convert to.

Icon Identify the number of users and stakeholders

Icon Any specific features/ requirements you are looking for?

Icon Make a note of the accounting system (accrual or cash-based) in use.

Icon Using multi-currency invoices.

Icon Linking bank accounts, credit cards, and payment gateways.

Icon Need to control authorizations for accessing accounting data.

Icon Switch to Single-user or Multi-user environments.

Icon Go for any QuickBooks integrations.

  • Payroll
  • Time tracking

Icon Is there any need for inventory management?

Icon Make a note of minimum system requirements (in case of QuickBooks Desktop)

14 Days Data Recovery Guarantee

At eBetterBooks, our team prioritizes the safety, security and integrity of your data as we understand how important it is for your business growth. In case of any unforeseen event if your data has been lost or missing during conversion, we ensure fast or smooth data recovery within 14 days and provide hassle-free data access from your server or workstation.

What you can Expect After FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion

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After the conversion, you will receive an email with the subject header “Your Conversion is Ready to Review.

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You have only 72 hours to review and approve your conversion.

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Match your data with the reports you exported earlier to our team. Once the transition is over, our dedicated experts will provide:

  • A QuickBooks backup file (.qbb) for easy restoration on your system. 
  • Verify all your transactions are marked up as reconciled. If any transaction is not supported in QuickBooks desktop/online, we’ll provide standard workarounds and post-conversion instructions. 
  • Get a detailed post-conversion checklist to make your transition faster or smoother. 
  • We ensure journal entries are linked to their respective invoices and bills so that your trial balance isn’t affected after the migration.  
  • Also, connect several data sources with QuickBooks to automate your cost and billing needs. 
QuickBooks Conversion Expectations

FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion Process

Let our experts assist you with making your migration smooth from one software to another. 

Phase 1:

Know your Business needs

Our QuickBooks data conversion specialists evaluate your FreshBooks data that needs to be converted, data structure, technical specifications, and your needs. This may include financial data such as general ledger accounts, inventory data, accounts payable and receivable and much more. We solve your doubts, identify data to be transferred, communicate with our clients to check your systems compatibility and set up scope and timeline. You’ll be in command at every stage.

Phase 2:

Prepare data for Migration

According to your business needs you can switch from FreshBooks to QuickBooks and we will help you to transfer information like Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable reports, P&L, monthly balance sheets, and any other data that needs to be converted to QuickBooks without any discrepancies, errors, and duplicate entries. Your data will be cleaned and backed up as a security measure before the conversion begins.

Phase 3:

Informed Decision Making

During FreshBooks to QuickBooks data migration if you’ve any doubt, our dedicated data conversion experts will help you to determine what advanced or customized features you get based on your changing business needs, team size, and future plans, single-user or multi-user, PC or networked, Payroll or POS, etc. Our service providers will assist you make an informed or right decision.

Phase 4:

Mapping data to QuickBooks Fields

Mapping the data from FreshBooks to the corresponding fields in QuickBooks software. The data that is identified to be transferred (Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Payroll Database, Invoices, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, expense reports, reconciliations, and any other data needed to be converted), will be sorted and experts will ensure that data categories align accurately to avoid discrepancies and redundancy.

Phase 5:

Conversion, Verification and Testing

Our in-house full-time programmers initiate and monitor the data conversion process and fix any issues or errors so that the system functions properly. We check the new system to ensure the integrity and accuracy of your financial transactions and reports. If any other data is required to be transferred or you want to add more, the process will be repeated for your satisfaction and scope.

Phase 6:

Team Trainings & Follow-ups

Our highly-skilled staff to shorten the learning curve for your team and make sure they know the functionalities, navigations, or features of your new system. For this, we conduct especial training sessions for them so they can help you to manage workflows, set up basic configurations, charts of accounts, integrations etc.and try to make your move complete and successful. We aim to make things work for you in an efficient manner.

Phase 7:

Post-Conversion Support & Optimization

Experts will review all your unresolved queries and optimize your workflow, system, software, etc. for improved efficiency. They’ll ensure that users are comfortable or happy with the new QuickBooks setup and they don’t have to encounter any problem meanwhile or after the migration process. We give our best to meet your expectations within the estimated turnaround time-frame.

FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion: Work Around

Convert from FreshBooks to QuickBooks for evaluating, implementing and optimizing the right QuickBooks solution for your business.

Icon Sub Accounts in FreshBooks become Independent Accounts in QuickBooks Desktop.

Icon Inactive Accounts in FreshBooks become Active in QB Enterprise during conversion.

Icon Open Receivable/Payable Invoices in QuickBooks Desktop show only unpaid balances.

Icon Custom Sales Tax Rates transform into standard rates with a separate “Tax Adjustment” entry in QuickBooks.

Icon Inter Bank Transfers convert via Clearing Account in QuickBooks Desktop.

Icon System Accounts like Retained Earnings, VAT Control Account are used in QuickBooks Desktop.

Icon Inventory Details import as “non-inventory” types in QuickBooks desktop; manually change to “Inventory” type post-migration.

Icon In multi-currency files, QuickBooks applies the same exchange rate for all accounts, potentially affecting trial balance.

Icon Rounding may differ between FreshBooks and QuickBooks desktop due to precision techniques.

Icon Dummy numbers (e.g., Bill1, Inv1) used for Blank Bill and Invoice reference numbers.

Icon In case of duplicate reference numbers, transaction numbers or unique characters are added.

Icon QuickBooks limits Reference numbers to 20 characters; longer numbers are trimmed.

Minimum System Requirements For FreshBooks to QuickBooks Data Conversion

Ensure your system meets minimum requirements for better compatibility and smooth transition from FreshBooks to QuickBooks

Operating System Compatibility

You are recommended to run your system on Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to support the conversion process.

Processor Requirement

Your system should have a minimum of 500 MHz Intel Pentium II processor to handle the conversion tasks efficiently.

Memory (RAM) Requirement

Maintain at least 512 MB of RAM to support the conversion process and prevent system slowdowns.

Microsoft .NET Framework

Check your system has Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 installed, as it is a minimum requirement for compatibility.

FreshBooks Version

Make sure you are using FreshBooks version 2013 or higher to facilitate the conversion process without any compatibility issues.

Hard Drive Space

Allocate a minimum 2.5 GB of free up space on your hard drive to accommodate the conversion files and ensure smooth transition.

FAQs

Yes, of course, you can export your data and list entries from FreshBooks to an Excel, CSV, or IIF file and import it into QuickBooks software, But if you get stuck when moving your transactions from one software to another, you are recommended to contact third-party applications like eBetterBooks. Here, we ensure the most convenient and smooth migration of your transaction data which contains the information related to your bills, purchases, client payments, sales etc. We create backups for security reasons and hire full-time programmers who help you to collaborate with your team members in a multi-user environment.

FreshBooks can be a great ERP solution for businesses in the finance, marketing or business industries. It helps you to set up automated invoicing, late payment reminders, and online payment options and provide the ability to improve team productivity with different project collaboration tools and time tracking options.

FreshBooks is ideal for freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses that offer services and don't intend to grow much. It offers time tracking, unlimited invoicing, basic project management, and basic reporting at a low price. QuickBooks is a robust accounting software suitable for small to mid-sized business owners who want to take their business to the next level by improving their efficiency. This software comes up with more comprehensive accounting and reporting features than FreshBooks and provides unique inventory management products as well as lots of automation opportunities.

FreshBooks is a subscription-based product that includes invoicing, accounts payable, expense tracking, time tracking, purchase orders, payroll integrations, mileage tracking, double-entry accounting, or industry-standard business and management reporting. This software stores all your financial data in the cloud on a single unified ledger, offering a free API enables customers and third-party software vendors to integrate external applications with FreshBooks.

You can use a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, Google Sheets, or an XLS/XLSX file to import information to QuickBooks software. Below we’ve discussed about the each format respectively: CSV file: A common file format used for text files having tabular data. In CSV files, each text field is separated by a comma, semicolon, or other special characters. XLS/XLSX file: XLS is the file format of Microsoft Excel 1997-2003. Microsoft Excel 2007 and newer use the XLSX file format. Google Sheets: A cloud-based spreadsheet created in Google Drive.

Yes, you can automatically sync your data with QuickBooks using the FreshBooks connector app introduced by Intuit and for this, no amount will be charged.