Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010

by Sage

Product Features

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010 is a comprehensive solution that provides premium features like multicompany consolidations,
• All of the features found in Peachtree Complete Accounting, plus Advanced Budgeting and Financial Analysis, Serialized Inventory,
• Save time with simplified navigation, integration with Microsoft Excel, multi-tasking screens, and comparative budgeting;
• Provides advanced analysis tools, and 140+ customizable reports and financial statements
• Designed for the owners and managers of growing businesses who want a premium accounting solution to handle complex business management needs
• Audit Trail helps you track errors and deter fraud
• Cash Flow Forecasting, Employee Compensation Tracking, Terminal Services, and Industry-Specific Versions Available

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0027ELOIE
• Item model number: PPA2010RT
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 9, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,382 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010 is a comprehensive solution that provides premium features like multi-company consolidations, advanced budgeting, serialized inventory, and Crystal Reports 2010.* It provides a multi-user option* for improved productivity with screen-level access control, plus analysis tools, and 140+ customizable reports and financial statements. (*See www.peachtree.com/disclosures for details.)

Easily and quickly view all history related to a particular customer or vendor transaction. Click to enlarge.

Use Business Analytics to help improve your business' financial health and make critical decisions. Click to enlarge.

View the details you need all in one place with the Customer Management Center. Click to enlarge.

Open and work in multiple companies within Peachtree at the same time. Click to enlarge.

Store a virtually unlimited number of contacts for every customer in Peachtree. Click to enlarge.

Product Features

All of the features found in Peachtree Complete Accounting, plus:

• Advanced Budgeting and Financial Analysis
• Serialized Inventory
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• Employee Compensation Tracking
• Terminal Services*
• Industry-Specific Versions Available

(*See www.peachtree.com/disclosures for details.)

New and Improved Features for 2010

Transaction History

• Easily and quickly view all history related to a particular customer or vendor transaction throughout the entire chain of events at any point in the sales or purchase process.
• View forward from a purchase order to a payment or backwards from a receipt to a quote.
• Save time getting to the information you need to take action!

Business Analytics*

• See how your company is performing compared to other companies in your industry or geographic region with the new customizable company dashboard!
• Get instant access to view up-to date key financial trends in order to compare items such as Total Revenue, Gross Margin %, Days Sales Outstanding, and much more.
• Use this tool to help improve your business' financial health and make critical decisions.

* Internet access required. Service is embedded within Peachtree 2010, however is also available for Peachtree 2008 and 2009 products via a separate application download from www.peachtree.com.

Customer Management Center

• Save time by viewing the details you need all in one place to better manage and service your customers without missing a beat.
• Create a customizable dashboard view of your customers' information such as their converted and unconverted quotes, invoices, receipts, time tickets, aged balances, items and services sold, and much more. Drill down to the detail and quickly take action too.
• Save time by looking up customers quickly based on their ID, phone number or any of their contact information, and filter further based on date ranges. Utilize the Recent Selections link to quickly pull up customers you have already viewed.
• Easily export customer information to Microsoft Excel or PDF, or launch an e-mail from the Customer Management Center.

Open Multiple Companies*

• Get your work done faster by being able to open and work in multiple companies within Peachtree at the same time!
• Open all of your companies at the same time and toggle in just one click to the company you need without closing your current company.
• If you would rather work in only one company at a time, now you can save time by not having to re-enter your login information when switching between companies. Enter your user id & password once and Peachtree will remember it until you close Peachtree.

* When opening more than one company, performance is not impacted; however, you will experience reduced product functionality in those companies opened after the first one.

Multiple Contacts*

• Store a virtually unlimited number of contacts for every customer in Peachtree!
• The new "Contacts" tab in the Customers screen allows you to keep track of many specific details you need to maintain your relationships for each of your customers.
• Track more details like contacts' titles, phone numbers, e-mail address, and specify the ship-to addresses.
• A new Notes field allows you to track unique information about each contact, like shipping instructions.

*There is a maximum of 20 ship to addresses and 1 billing address per customer. Only 2 contacts per customer can be synced with Outlook.

Employee Management

• Save time and reduce errors by keeping track of employees' information all in one place!
• Store additional employee data within Peachtree such as emergency contact, performance reviews, employment details like hiring date and I-9 verification, additional phone numbers and much more.
• Easily stay on top of your employees' records by receiving alerts and reminders for key tasks coming up such as review dates.

Automatic Backup

• No more hassles or worries about safeguarding data in Peachtree. Automate your backup process for any time that is convenient for you and your company!
• With Peachtree Automatic Backup, set up your schedule once, and the rest is taken care of for you. Peachtree doesn't even have to be running to make the scheduled backup.
• Notify users to log out, or automatically log them off in order to run your backup (Peachtree Quantum only).

Password Security

• Secure your company's data from unauthorized access with increased password security options.
• Strengthen your password security with new customizable options such as automatic password expiration, multiple incorrect password attempts lockout, no repeat passwords, and masking passwords from other users in Peachtree.
• Maintenance is easier giving users the ability to change their own passwords without relying on the admin, and requiring strong password compliance.

In-Product Advisor

• Learn the best way to work within Peachtree by leveraging our in-product user tips. These tips will help you discover functions or features that will assist you in learning other areas of the product quicker.
• The Advisor will assist you in pointing out better ways to accomplish common tasks in the program, in areas such as Sales/Invoicing, Inventory, Vendors, Receipts and General Journal Entries.
• Set your experience with Peachtree to maximize the effectiveness of assistance you might require, and set the length of time that each message will be displayed.

Inventory Enhancements

• See what your customers are buying with the new Item Sales History by Customer onscreen view and report.
• Now you don't need to know the official name of an item, or the number, to find it quickly. Search for items by words you've typed into other description or notes fields.
• Streamline your data entry when setting up new items with the ability to set the Item Class default based on your most common inventory type such as Stock, Non-Stock, Service, etc.

Peachtree by Sage 2010 Product Family Feature Comparison Chart

Feature	Peachtree First Accounting	Peachtree Pro Accounting	Peachtree Complete Accounting	Peachtree Premium Accounting	Peachtree Quantum
Easy Start-up and Use	X	X	X	X	X
Accounts Payable: Check Writing, Bill Payment, Purchases	X	X	X	X	X
Accounts Receivable:Invoicing, Receive Payments	X	X	X	X	X
Customizable Reports	35+	100+	125+	140+	140+
Conversion from QuickBooks1		X	X	X	X
E-mail Alerts, Forms, Reports and Financial Statements2		X	X	X	X
Internal Accounting Review3		X	X	X	X
Inventory: Assemblies, Average/LIFO/FIFO Costing Methods, Back Orders		Basic	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced
IMPROVED! Password Security		Module Level	Screen Level	Screen Level	Screen Level
Attach documents to transactions and records		X	X	X	X
NEW! Business Analytics4		X	X	X	X
Comparative Budget Spreadsheet Creator--track 4 years		X	X	X	X
Integration with Microsoft Excel and Word5		X	X	X	X
Payroll Solutions6		X	X	X	X
NEW! Customer Management Center			X	X	X
NEW! Track Multiple Contacts7			X	X	X
NEW! View Transaction History			X	X	X
Electronic Bill Payment through Peachtree Bill Pay8			X	X	X
Integration with UPS9			X	X	X
NEW! Open Multiple Companies10			X	X	X
Sync your Outlook Contacts11			X	X	X
Auto Creation of Purchase Orders			X	X	X
Audit Trail			X	X	X
Fixed Assets12			X	X	X
Job Costing--Phase and Cost Level			X	X	X
Advanced Budgeting				Included	Included
Archive Company Data				X	X
Company Consolidation Wizard				X	X
Crystal Reports 200813				X	X
Departmentalized Financial Statements				X	X
Serialized Inventory				X	X
Developed to handle large data requirements14					X
Exclusive SmartPosting Technology					X
NEW! My Dashboard					X
NEW! Order Process Workflow					X
Product updates and software upgrades for 1 year15					X
Role based security					X
Support for 10, 15, 20 or 30 named users16					X
Unlimited17 access to support for 1 year					X
Includes all industry solution functionality (Manufacturing, Construction, Distribution and Nonprofits					X

Disclaimers:
1. Versions 2006-2009. Excludes conversion of QuickBooks individual payroll transactions. For additional information on conversion limitations, please visit www.peachtree.com/qb
2. Requires Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003 or 2007; Outlook Express 5 or 6; other MAPI compliant e-mail programs.
3. Sage is not liable or responsible for any fines or penalties that may result from errors in your company accounting records. The Internal Accounting Review is not intended to uncover all questionable transactions.
4. Internet access required. Service is embedded within Peachtree 2010, however is also available for Peachtree 2008 and 2009 products via a separate application download from www.peachtree.com.
5. Requires Microsoft Excel, Word or Outlook 2002, 2003, or 2007.
6. Compliant tax forms and tax tables require a subscription to Peachtree Simple Payroll. For details see www.peachtreepayroll.com or call 877-231-3761.
7. There is a maximum of 20 ship to addresses and 1 billing address per customer.
8. Subject to approval and to Sage terms of service. Additional fees, internet access and checking account required.
9. UPS functionality is subject to UPS terms and conditions. Internet access required.
10. When opening more than one company, you will experience reduced product functionality in those companies opened after the first one.
11. Outlook Sync supported in Exchange 2000 SP2, 2003 and 2007.
12. Regulatory compliance requires paid subscription. Additional fees apply for more than 200 assets.
13. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Server 2000 not supported.
14. Peachtree does not impose a hard limit on database capacity, however, individual performance will vary depending on actual number of transactions, database size, and number of concurrent users. Data management efficiencies are also realized in the Peachtree 2010 products.
15. The Peachtree Business Care Plan (which includes product upgrades, updates, and customer support) will be renewed automatically each year on the anniversary date of your purchase unless you terminate your agreement prior to that date. Renewal is not required to continued access to product updates for supported versions.
16. Multi User licenses available in of packs of 10, 15, 20 or 30. A maximum of 30 licensed, named users is allowed. Only the first 30 named users selected in the user maintenance screen are considered licensed, named users.
17. Support Specialists are available from 8:30 am until 8:30 pm ET Monday-Friday, and reserve the right to limit calls to 1 hour or 1 incident.

Product Description

Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010 is a comprehensive solution that provides premium features like multi-company consolidations, advanced budgeting, serialized inventory, and Crystal Reports® 2008*. Its multi-user option* helps improve productivity, while providing screen-level security and a clear audit trail. Save time with simplified navigation, integration with Microsoft® Excel®*, multi-tasking screens, and comparative budgeting. Audit Trail helps you track errors and deter fraud. Peachtree Premium Accounting provides advanced analysis tools, and 140+ customizable reports and financial statements. Helping you to manage your business with Secure, Accurate Accounting that You Control ¿ Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Torn! Love and Disappointment! Needs polishing., October 28, 2011

By 

Eric West "Don Quijotee" (Utah, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 (CD-ROM)

I'm torn! I love it and hate it. I'm giving a third star because the programs powerful features and depth deserve much credit. The design is flexible and capable, still, there remain some nagging technical issues which on several occasions have made me seriously reconsider my purchase and some user experiences could be improved upon. Still, this software deserves serious consideration.

Some knowledge of advanced accounting principles are required to effectively use this program.

This is good software. It is powerful, well rounded and solid in design. It has a broad scope of features giving it broad appeal and effectiveness. I don't believe there is anyone who will use all its features to their full potential. Premium is one of few that offer serial number tracking. The automatic save feature is reassuring. Peachtree's parent company SAGE is a market leader and their continued support and improvement of their products make this product a good investment.

This is a good choice, but ...

The software is occasionally unstable. Once or twice a year I have to reload the software. Typically, the program opens but does not recognize my company data and will not allow transaction processing. SAVE YOUR DATA! But, beware your automatic save settings (2010 New feature). Incorrect settings filled 500GB in two weeks and crashed my system. Customer service is helpful, but you pay after 30 days.

There is no upgrade pricing. Software improvements are routine but require purchase of a complete new license. No credit recieved for your previous investment(s). I originally purchased 'Complete' version and after one month realized I needed serial number tracking only found in 'Premium'. I paid twice!

Upgrades (new versions) are not seamless. Integrating previously purchased add-ons can be complicated. My FAS client/customer tracking stopped working after updating my software from 2007 to 2010. Integration should be "push button" instead of requiring me to become a low level computer programmer or pay for assistance.

User experience is not sufficiently customizable. Fonts are small and there is no resize functionality for work surfaces common many other software. Navigation feels tedious in comparison to others. One is forced resize screens and fonts through the operating system which is laborious when frequently switching between screens which is typical. Ease of use (art and utility) is somewhat behind others. Accounting is complicated enough without making the navigation more difficult or the experience more uncomfortable.

Help/Index menus are not as well developed as I expected.

Peachtree markets constantly. Repeat offers fill my trash and my email is routinely solicited. It comes in waves but be prepared for the unwanted attention after your purchase.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peachtree 2010, February 27, 2011

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Carolynn - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 (CD-ROM)

Excellent service and delivery time. Product was all I expected, and I recommend this purchase to Peachtree users wanting to upgrade.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars mejorar, March 2, 2011

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Quiteño - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 (CD-ROM)

Yo quisiera que Peachtree 10 sea mas facil de insertar direcciones de vendido a, y tambien el poder separar las ventas de acuerdo a zona de venta por ejemplo una venta a cuenta 40000, otra para 40001 etc. Por lo demàs estoy muy contento con esta verciòn