Comparing the three versions of QuickBooks 2020, 2019 and 2018

Comparing QuickBooks 2020, 2019 and 2018 Versions: Which Is the Best for Your Business?

​September is one of the most special and most awaited months for QuickBooks users as, during this month, Intuit releases a new versions QB every year.

Intuit has been following the tradition of releasing a new version of QB in September from a very long period of time and the same thing happened in 2019 as well.  Recently, Intuit released the latest QuickBooks 2020 which is an improved and enhanced version of the QB 2019.

The QuickBooks 2020 release added many new feature and additions to all the three editions Pro, Premier, and Enterprise. Every year, there is a certain section of QB on which Intuit focuses while working on the latest version. For example, in QuickBooks 2019 version, intuit focused on overhauling the already available features while in QB 2020, the focus shifted to quick payment and fast work.

Throughout the years, the team at Intuit keeps on working on the new version by analyzing; what users are demanding? What pro advisors are saying? What are the flaws coming out during the test process? On the basis of all these things, Intuit starts working on the improvements and features of the new version.
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So, in this blog post, we will go through a detailed comparison of the last three versions of QB: 2020, 2019 and 2020. This will help you to know the journey of Intuit from 2018 to 2019 in terms of new additions and improvements in QuickBooks. 

First of all, we will go through the new additions of each version

​​​​New additions	2020	2019	2018
Add PO in the subject line of email​	Yes	No ​	No ​
Send multiple invoices in one email ​	Yes	No ​	No ​
Find a company file button	​​   Yes	No ​	No ​
​Collapse or Expand columns	​​   Yes	No ​	No ​
​Landed cost calculation(exclusive to Enterprise only)	​   Yes	No ​	No ​
​Alternative vendors(exclusive to Enterprise only)	Yes	No	No ​
​Customer invoice history tracker	​   Yes	Yes	No ​
Option of employee pay adjustment history	​   Yes	​   Yes	No ​
Sales order worksheet for pick, pack and ship process	​   Yes	​   Yes	No ​
Inactive items and inventory reports	​   Yes	​   Yes	No ​
New prompt to create a bill payment while using the write check	​   Yes	​   Yes	No ​
​Availability of inactive items in report totals	​   Yes	​   Yes	No ​
Payroll liability payment reminder ​	​   Yes	​   Yes	Yes
​Multi monitor support	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
​Past due stamp on invoices	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
Option to merge vendors record	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
​Shortcuts for copy line and past line	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
Cash/Accrual toggle on reports	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
Mobile inventory scanning	​   Yes	​   Yes	​Yes
Sales order fulfillment workflow	​   Yes	Yes	​​Yes

Now, let’s look at the improvement in each versio

Improvements	2020	2019	2018
Seamless QB version upgrade	​Yes	No	​No
Employees self setup	​Yes	​No	​No
More easy to file company file	​Yes	​No	​No
Centralized pick and pack	​Yes	​No	​No
Easy sick and vacation pay tracking	​Yes	​Yes	​No
Accurate imported data with IIF import	​Yes	​Yes	No
Accessibility enhancement	​Yes	​Yes	​No
Improved data file optimization	​Yes	​Yes	​No
Sensitive payroll permission	Yes	​Yes	​No
Intuit data protect	Yes	​Yes	​No
Improved inventory management	​Yes	Yes	​No
Seamless search chart of accounts	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
Improved email security	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
Easy customization of inventory reports	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
Improved sales order management (Exclusive to Enterprise only)	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
Webmail enhancement	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
Smart Help	Yes	No	No

​The QuickBooks 2020 is being considered as one of the best releases by Intuit as it contains various improvements and features which will help both SMEs and accountants to improve the speed of their accounting operation and simplify the payment system. The choice of whether to upgrade to a new version or stick to the older version is a matter of personal preference.