Comparing feature availability in QuickBooks Online vs. Desktop
| Feature List | QuickBooks Online Plus | QuickBooks Desktop Pro | QuickBooks Desktop Premier/Accountant | QuickBooks Enterprise Silver/Gold | QuickBooks Enterprise Platinum/Accountant |
| Add/Edit Multiple Items in batch (with excel copy/paste) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Change Item Prices in Bulk | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Credit Limit Warnings | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Default Classes based on Payee, Account, or Item | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Delayed Charges and Credits | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Disallow Sales to Overdue Customers | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Disallow user from entering beginning balances on new Items | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Group Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory, Noninventory and Service Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Optimal for large data files with high volume | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Other Charges and Payment Items | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited Data | Yes | No, Limited to 14,500 items/names | No, Limited to 14,500 items/names | No Data limits, but corruption is common on large files | No Data limits, but corruption is common on large files |
| Assembly Shortage Reports | No** | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Auto Markup/Margin adjusting sales price | No** | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic PO creation | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode Tracking | No** | No | No | No | Yes |
| Current Availability (QTY on Hand vs. QTY on Sales Order / Pending Build) | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery Date Tracking on Transactions | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Disallow Negative Inventory | No** | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Drop Ship – Automatic Ship-to Address from SO to PO | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Editable Bill of Materials on Builds | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced Inventory Receiving (separate Item Receipt from Bill) | No** | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| FIFO Valuation of Inventory | Yes | No, uses AVG Cost | No, uses AVG Cost | No, uses AVG Cost | Inventory is Avg. Cost FIFO with Platinum Subscription |
| Find and Select Items in forms | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory Assembly / Bill of Materials | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory Center (Central screen for all inventory-related activities) | No | v | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Item Images on item list | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Lot Number or Serial Tracking | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Location/Bin Inventory Tracking | No** | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multiple Shipping Addresses per customer | No** | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Units of Measure | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile App/Barcode Sales Order Fulfilment (Advanced Picking) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Partial Receive PO’s and Vendor Backorders | Yes, for Partial Receive, but no BO tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pictures on Inventory Items for reference (but not includable within Invoices) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Price Levels | Yes | Percentage only | Percentage and Item Level Price Levels | No | Yes with Advanced Pricing |
| Purchase Orders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reorder Points | Yes, Max Only | Min only on Pro | Min and Max | Min and Max | Min and Max |
| Sales Order Fulfillment Worksheet and Batch Picklist Print | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sales Orders dropship to PO workflow | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sales Orders with backorders | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UPS/USPS/FEDEX Integration | No** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Reporting | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Detail Reports | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Fields on Forms | 3 on Header | 5 on header + 7 on items/columns | 5 on header + 7 on items/columns | 10 on header + 15 on items/columns | 10 on header + 15 on items/columns |
| Custom fields on Item and Name Lists | No | 5 and 7 | 5 and 7 | 15 | 15 |
| Custom List Report | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Summary Reports | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customer/Vendor Types | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Filters on Custom Items | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show Account or Item Descriptions on Reports | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Highly Customizable Forms | Limited | Highly Customizable | Highly Customizable | Highly Customizable | Highly Customizable |
| Drop Down Custom Fields | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mark Invoices or Credit Memos as Pending | No, But see Delayed Charges and Delayed Credits | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Sales Tax in transactions and Sales Tax grouping Reports | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rep and Ship Via Tracking | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show Cost + Markup in Forms | No | In estimates only | In estimates only | Yes | Yes |
| Subtotal Columns in Transactions | Amounts only | Amounts Only | Amounts Only | Amounts, Qty, and custom fields | Amounts, Qty, and custom fields |
| Copy/Paste Line Items in forms | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
