The QuickBooks ecosystem: a successful bet on interoperability
The interoperability of different applications centralised in a single tool is the basis of an open ecosystem (API). This model, like the Android and Apple environments, is being adopted by more and more application developers and publishers.
Like QuickBooks, which offers high-performance collaborative management and accounting solutions that can be connected to other applications free of charge, providing entrepreneurs with simple, comprehensive and ever more effective ecosystems!
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QuickBooks, a successful ecosystem of applications
💡 An ecosystem of applications
An API (Applications Programming Interface) is an open library used to create a genuine "application ecosystem". It enables various tools and applications to be imported and the interface to be customised according to users' needs.
QuickBooks is the world's No. 1 management and accounting solution for entrepreneurs, and at every stage of its development it has endeavoured to create an open application ecosystem. Designed to centralise the workflows of all the tools used by entrepreneurs and chartered accountants, the QuickBooks ecosystem is now a complete solution that can be adapted to their specific needs.
QuickBooks enables users to connect their favourite applications and centralise them on a single platform. It can connect with :
- PayPal and Stripe, for online payment once invoices have been generated with QuickBooks ;
- Receipt Bank or Expensya, to import receipts into QuickBooks without manual input;
- iScanner for scanning documents via the app and finding them in QuickBooks;
- erplain for managing stock and orders for your very small business;
- NoCRM for an advanced CRM interface.
Centred on the user, the QuickBooks ecosystem philosophy is based on taking account of business issues. Self-employed entrepreneurs, chartered accountants and VSE/SME managers will find a user-centric environment that is resolutely business-oriented and interconnected. The QuickBooks ecosystem is as easy to use as the App Store or Google Play Store!
💡 What is interoperability?
It is the ability of a system to work with other systems or programmes, existing or future, without limitations (access, implementation).
QuickBooks, the fruit of collaboration between developers, entrepreneurs and chartered accountants
Facilitating the work of programmers and developers
QuickBooks offers resources to help developers integrate their apps into its environment. The QuickBooks ecosystem is open to all software publishers, free of charge. In keeping with the brand's universe, the programmes must offer a service to entrepreneurs, chartered accountants or managers of very small businesses.
Whether the service is online payment, office automation, data security or any other business module, all can find their place within the QuickBooks ecosystem.
Today, there are some fifteen applications in this ecosystem, which is constantly expanding. They all meet QuickBooks' primary objective: to make life easier for its users.
Gathering feedback from users
Many entrepreneurs and chartered accountants have described the day-to-day problems they encounter, enabling QuickBooks to create practical solutions that save them precious time. It is thanks to the active listening of its partners and customers that QuickBooks has been able to grow and enhance its offering. Collaboration with developers who are experts in the field has also always been at the heart of the ecosystem's development.
See the list of applications that can be connected to QuickBooks. You'll also find detailed information about their functions.
The features of the QuickBooks ecosystem today... and tomorrow
QuickBooks enables entrepreneurs, VSE/SME managers and chartered accountants to manage their accounting online, facilitate collaboration and monitor their business activity in real time.
The QuickBooks ecosystem also gives them access to the following functions:
- Online payments with PayPal and Stripe, collections with EasyTransac ;
- Import of purchase receipts with Receipt Bank, and expense reports with Expensya;
- Office automation, document scanning and importing with iScanner and Business Importer;
- BtoB order management with Pepperi, small business order and stock management with erplain;
- Interface and data sharing between chartered accountants and entrepreneurs with Loop, data import and modification with SaasAnt;
- Sales contact and lead management with noCRM.io ;
- Collections management with LegalCity and Upflow, financing on unpaid customer invoices with Finexkap.
Managing stocks, orders and accounting entries, automating the entry of expenses - everything in the QuickBooks ecosystem is designed to save time for entrepreneurs, chartered accountants and small business managers.
The document import and export functions also enable users to stay in touch with their professional world. Any document produced in QuickBooks, such as an invoice, can be fully customised in the colours of the user's company.
The evolution of QuickBooks
A major feature of the QuickBooks ecosystem is its scalability. It adapts to the problems encountered by its users on a daily basis and to the resources available to them.
Each user can provide feedback on any suggestions they may have, as well as ideas for improvements. QuickBooks is an ecosystem built on this feedback and on real problems. This active collaboration between developers, business experts and VSE/SME users will even enable QuickBooks to welcome new applications into its environment in the very near future.
Open, interconnected and scalable, the QuickBooks ecosystem is focused on the day-to-day issues faced by entrepreneurs, chartered accountants and VSE/SME managers. It's this successful interoperability and user-centric approach that have made it such a success! And it won't stop there... The ecosystem is aiming for continuous improvement: more applications, and ever more functions to make management, accounting and invoicing easier for entrepreneurs, in direct collaboration with their chartered accountants!
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Article translated from French