Cheqbook

Cheqbook

cheqbook.com
Wave Accounting

Wave Accounting

Wave Financial
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About

Cheqbook is fast and easy to pick up for business owners while having the pro features that accountants and bookkeepers need. We can save business owners two weeks a year through our patent-pending import and smart categorization. We designed Cheqbook to be as simple and easy to use as we could, but like all accounting software you do have a bit of work to do when you first set it up. Before you start you should connect to the online bank and credits cards that you’re going to sync. Especially if you haven’t connected in awhile to make sure you still have access. Add a company. For personal accounts go ahead and name it after yourself, like “John & Mary Smith”. We typically refer to a set of books as a company but it can just as easily be your personal finances. Sync your first bank account by selecting the bank and securely entering your login name and password for that financial institution. You may be prompted for security questions as Cheqbook establishes a connection.

About

Powerful, free accounting software. Wave’s easy-to-use accounting software can connect your bank accounts, sync your expenses, balance your books, and get you ready for tax time. Start taking control of your finances today. We designed Wave for small business owners. No jargon, just easy software that makes sense. After creating your account, everything's set up so you can get started right away. Access it anywhere, any time. Your data is always available, and it’s backed up for extra peace of mind. Connect your bank accounts in seconds. The transactions will appear in your bookkeeping automatically, and you can say goodbye to manual receipt entry. Have an eye on the big picture so you can make better business decisions. Our robust reports are easy to use and show month-to-month or year-to-year comparisons so you can easily identify cash flow trends. When everything is neatly where it belongs, tax time is simple.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Professionals and beginners seeking a bookkeeping and accounting software solution

Audience

Small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers that need a powerful but free or low-cost accounting system

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$9.90 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$35 per month
Free Plan, Pay-per-use Plan, and Monthly plan all offered.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.3 / 5
ease 3.7 / 5
features 3.7 / 5
design 4.1 / 5
support 3.1 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Cheqbook is not overly complicated, but very powerful when it comes to categorizing transactions. It uses your own history and "community" history to pre-categorize transactions to speed up the process. Our business does alot of "Split" transactions and Cheqbook excels at splits. We've used Quickbook desktop and web based software, Wave accounting, Mint and Tiller (as an avid google sheets user). Quickbooks was "too much" for our small business and having to buy their software every 2 years basically turned it into a subscription model software. You can also import transactions from a csv file into different accounts, one of my biggest beefs with other platforms was the inability to import.

Cons

  • While the reporting system is pretty robust, my biggest issue is the inability to do "Comparisons" to prior periods, you have to export and do your own comparisons. I'd also like to also see a budgeting module added.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Ease, look, my older business accounts are still free, even though my newest one I have to pay for, imports from bank back to 365 days! I honestly can't say anything else good about Wave.
  • It is free easy to use. It takes a lot to set it up but the invoicing and ease of payment for clients is great.
  • This is probably the best self-employed, low budget accounting solution available on the market because you can't beat the price (FREE).
  • We could manage the accounting for our small business until we couldn't. The software worked until it didn't.
  • What I love about Wave is that the accounting and reports, sending invoices, receipt scanning and email support all included for FREE. You cant beat that!

Cons

  • Disconnects from bank too often, updates crash account, and recently last update messed up all my accounts so badly that I am now forced to look for a different company bcuz Wave blames it on my bank and won't assist me. Customer Service is horrible and all of it is online, chat which makes it virtually impossible to get anything done - why can't a company get access to my computer to assist, or just have free phone technical support? With this last update, they added Tags and Perks. All my bank accounts disconnected in all three of my business accounts (not my credit card accounts thought). When I reconnected, one: none of my bank accounts are showing the last 3-4 digits so I have no idea which ones to connect now to which business w/out much, much effort, two: when I did import the bank accounts Wave is now combining all transactions between both bank accounts and not in the correct one, and not showing the correct balance in all of them, three: I deleted the bank accounts and reconnected over and over and over and over again, different ways without success to the point I decided to delete the incorrect transactions in the different accounts, only now, when I deleted those transactions, then deleted the bank account to reconnect in hopes with would work, now ALL these deleted transactions won't even transport now - EVEN THOUGH Wave is still showing the correct balances! Fourth: Now with a company bank connection, Wave is asking for a Company ID number - what the heck is this, where can I find it, and if you don't have a Company ID number Wave does not allow the connection!
  • This year this software has disappointed me it has lost bank connections and then tripled the transactions I am not happy and am looking for something that works better. The financial statements are not very professional looking. It does not always remember the proper place to put things and so you really have to be careful reviewing process has to be intense. I am not sure that I will continue to use it after the mess this year still working on fixing the messes. If you have more than one person as admin it screws it up so bad.
  • The reports are not nuanced. You won't get a P&L detail or a P&L by month across multiple months...the rules are not very dynamic.
  • Zero respect for the criticality of a businesses accounting systems and data
  • Well if you have to pick something to dislike about a FREE software I guess I'd have to say I dislike that Wave seemed so new and they are constantly updating and I'm always losing where things are kept. I have a terrible memory!

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

cheqbook.com
United States
cheqbook.com

Company Information

Wave Financial
Founded: 2009
Canada
www.waveapps.com/accounting

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Categories

Categories

Bookkeeping Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Billing & Invoicing
Cash Management
Collections
Expense Tracking
Fixed Asset Management
General Ledger
Payroll
Revenue Recognition
Spend Management
Tax Management

Bookkeeping Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Billing & Invoicing
Cash Management
Collections
Expense Tracking
Fixed Asset Management
General Ledger
Payroll
Revenue Recognition
Spend Management
Tax Management

Accounting Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Billing & Invoicing
Cash Management
CPA Firms
Cryptocurrency Support
Expense Tracking
Fixed Asset Management
Fund Accounting
General Ledger
Government
Multi-Currency
Nonprofits
Payroll Management
Project Accounting
Purchase Orders
Tax Management

Accounts Receivable Features

ACH Payment Processing
Billing & Invoicing
Check Processing
Collections Management
Online Payment Processing
Overpayment Processing
Partial Payments
Receivables Ledger
Recurring Billing

Billing and Invoicing Features

Billing Portal
Contact Database
Contingency Billing
Customer Portal
Customizable Invoices
Dunning Management
Hourly Billing
Invoice History
Mobile Payments
Multi-Currency
Online Invoicing
Online Payments
Payment Processing
Project Billing
Recurring/Subscription Billing
Service Ticket Billing
Tax Calculator

Real Estate Accounting Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Commission Management
Contract Management
General Ledger
Mobile Access
Payroll
Property Development Management
Reporting / Analytics
Work Order Management

Integrations

PayPal
APIANT
CartonCloud
Contractbook
Dubb
Ema
Everlance
Google Drive
HubSpot CRM
Maintenance Care
Make
Metric.ai
North One
Pabbly Connect
Paycove
Peaka
Revamp CRM
Stripe
Sunflower Lab IDP
taxomate

Integrations

PayPal
APIANT
CartonCloud
Contractbook
Dubb
Ema
Everlance
Google Drive
HubSpot CRM
Maintenance Care
Make
Metric.ai
North One
Pabbly Connect
Paycove
Peaka
Revamp CRM
Stripe
Sunflower Lab IDP
taxomate
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