QuickBooks Point of Sale Basic,Pro and Multi-Store Edition Comparison (feature)

QuickBooks Point of Sale Editions	Basic	Pro	Multi-Store
NEW Save time with Faster Performance: 10 x faster startup time & faster workflows9	✓	✓	✓
NEW Allows better screen readability with improved visual design	✓	✓	✓
NEW Improved Keyboard Shortcuts	✓	✓	✓
NEW Multi-Task by working on different parts of the program (i.e. sales receipt, checking reports, etc.)	✓	✓	✓
NEW Sorting in Key Workflows such as: Ring a Sale, Received Items, Returned Items	✓	✓	✓
NEW Support for backing up files with sizes greater than 4 GB	✓	✓	✓
Seamless credit card processing with QuickBooks Payments8	✓	✓	✓
Answer a few simple questions to start	✓	✓	✓
Use a bar code scanner to ring sales	✓	✓	✓
Set up a payments account (Merchant Account) that lets you accept credit cards right in your software2	✓	✓	✓
Includes over 50 built-in sales, customer and inventory reports	✓	✓	✓
Create and save customized reports quickly	✓	✓	✓
Ring up sales on your smartphone or tablet (iPad®, iPhone®, Android™) 3	✓	✓	✓
Sync sales & Inventory information from mobile device with QuickBooks Point of Sale software	✓	✓	✓
Transfer sales data to QuickBooks Financial software6,7	✓	✓	✓
Automatically track inventory as you sell and receive items	✓	✓	✓
Import inventory items from Microsoft® Excel®1	✓	✓	✓
Track customer contact and purchase info	✓	✓	✓
Import customers' files from Microsoft Excel1	✓	✓	✓
Create customer letters easily with Microsoft Word® integration4	✓	✓	✓
Synch customer data and accounts receivable with QuickBooks Financial software6	✓	✓	✓
Use data from the Customer Center to improve your business decisions	✓	✓	✓
Import vendor information from Microsoft® Excel®	✓	✓	✓
Create and manage staff access to Point of Sale system	✓	✓	✓
Allows discounts, returns, store credit and gift receipts	✓	✓	✓
Track petty cash payouts	✓	✓	✓
Access built-in tutorials for common tasks	✓	✓	✓
Includes practice file for exploring without affecting your own business data	✓	✓	✓
Track work and sales orders		✓	✓
Include pictures of inventory items		✓	✓
Track multiple vendors, UPC codes and serial numbers		✓	✓
Track employee hours and sales commissions		✓	✓
Send time cards to QuickBooks Financial software for payroll processing 5,6		✓	✓
Customize price tags, receipts and more		✓	✓
Generate purchase orders automatically at pre-set inventory levels		✓	✓
Built-in tools to update prices and create discounts across products and departments		✓	✓
Track layaways		✓	✓
Increase traffic and sales by using built-in tools to create promotional pricing of specific items		✓	✓
Capture “ship-to” addresses for creating mailing lists and labels		✓	✓
Ship and track packages using Shipping Manager 5		✓	✓
Set up a Rewards Program to increase sales and reward customer loyalty		✓	✓
Drill-down capability for sales and inventory by store location			✓
Access to sales and inventory reports for each store location and at the “Company” level			✓
Consolidate multi-store data into one file			✓
Track inventory transfers between stores			✓

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