# Simple Accounting software recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-accounting-software-recommendations/464183 "2008-09-18T18:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-accounting-software-recommendations/464183/1 "2008-09-18T18:27:41Z")
I am in need of software to perform simple accounting - basically at this time all I need is payroll. What software have you used and what would you recommend? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-accounting-software-recommendations/464183/2 "2008-09-18T20:51:21Z")
QuickBooks has three levels of P/R packages and if you decide to expand what you do with it later, of course it has the whole suite. I think it’s pretty good for interfacing with others’ systems since it’s so widely used. I’ve worked with it a few years ago and it was relatively straightforward to set up your company and chart, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-accounting-software-recommendations/464183/3 "2008-09-19T17:51:24Z")
Thanks Gigi. Anyone else? I was hoping to get some good comparisons. I am aware of course of PeachTree and QuickBooks. I checked Amazon and found a few others. Can anyone tell me about their experiences?