IntegrationsQuickBooks Online

Using QuickBooks Online? Know where your projects are heading.

Connect ProfitTracker with QuickBooks Online to bring project budgets, purchase orders and forecast profitability together. Spot potential overruns before they appear in your accounting figures.

No credit card required. Keep using QuickBooks Online.

  • Keep QuickBooks Online
  • Daily sync
  • Free onboarding

Costs happen before invoices arrive. Your visibility should too.

ProfitTracker combines actual costs with committed and planned costs, so you can follow forecast profit while the project is running.

Looking only at actual costs, the budget line is 114,000 under budget.Add committed and planned costs, and it ends up 20,000 over.
4120Ductwork and partson the sample project P-24112
Actual costsCosts so far
186,000
Committed costsPurchase orders sent, not billed yet
96,000
Planned costsPlanned purchases, not ordered yet
38,000
= Forecast total320,000Budget variance −20,000

The budget line as it appears in ProfitTracker, with figures from the demo project.

Full project control. Same QuickBooks Online.

Know your expected project profitability

Combine project budgets with actual, committed and planned costs.

Spot budget overruns earlier

See how purchasing and labour costs affect project performance before the full impact reaches the accounts.

Keep QuickBooks Online as your accounting system

Use ProfitTracker for project financial control while continuing to manage your accounting in QuickBooks Online.

See forecast profit on your own projects.

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QuickBooks Online

Customers, suppliers and products both ways, invoices out, hours in

Connected
SynchronisationSynchronise now

Fetched from QuickBooks Online once a day and when you press Synchronise now.

Two connected systems. One clearer view of project finances.

In ProfitTracker

Project budgets, purchase orders, sales orders, customer invoicing, stock products, project profitability and cash flow.

In QuickBooks Online

Your bookkeeping and the accounting tasks QuickBooks Online is responsible for, as before.

Data is synchronised with QuickBooks Online automatically once a day, and you can start a sync manually whenever you need fresh figures.

Get started in three steps

  1. Start your free trial

    14 days free, no credit card required.

  2. Connect QuickBooks Online

    You connect from within ProfitTracker and sign in to QuickBooks to approve it.

  3. Get a clearer view of your projects

    Set up projects and budgets, track purchasing and invoicing, and monitor forecast profitability.

Free onboarding. We help you with the connection and setup, so you can get started quickly.

Prefer a walkthrough? Request a demo.

What data is synchronised between ProfitTracker and QuickBooks Online?

A summary first, then the full overview.

ProfitTracker onlyHandled in ProfitTracker

Sales orders, Purchase orders, Supplier items, Contact persons

ProfitTracker → QuickBooks OnlineTransferred to QuickBooks Online

Projects, Customer invoices, Credit notes

Both waysSynchronised both ways

Customers, Suppliers, Products, Payments

QuickBooks Online → ProfitTrackerFetched from QuickBooks Online

Hours

DataDirectionExplanation
Sales ordersProfitTracker onlyCreated and managed in ProfitTracker. Not sent to QuickBooks Online.
Purchase ordersProfitTracker onlyCreated and managed in ProfitTracker. Not sent to QuickBooks Online.
Supplier itemsProfitTracker onlyProfitTracker keeps its own supplier items, because not every accounting system has an equivalent.
Contact personsProfitTracker onlyQuickBooks Online has no contact persons, so they live in ProfitTracker only.
ProjectsProfitTracker → QuickBooks OnlineProfitTracker is the source of truth. The project is also created in QuickBooks Online.
Customer invoicesProfitTracker → QuickBooks OnlineProfitTracker is the source of truth. The invoice is created in ProfitTracker and transferred to QuickBooks Online.
Credit notesProfitTracker → QuickBooks OnlineProfitTracker is the source of truth. The credit note is transferred to QuickBooks Online.
CustomersBoth waysSynchronised both ways. Users can create new customers in ProfitTracker. Editing and deleting in ProfitTracker requires an administrator.
SuppliersBoth waysSynchronised both ways. Users can create new suppliers in ProfitTracker. Editing and deleting in ProfitTracker requires an administrator.
ProductsBoth waysItem number, name, unit, price and whether it is a stock item. Quantities on hand are not synchronised.
PaymentsBoth waysPayments on invoices are fetched, and payments you record in ProfitTracker are sent to QuickBooks Online.
HoursQuickBooks Online → ProfitTrackerQuickBooks Online is the source of truth. ProfitTracker fetches the hours but does not send changes back.

“ProfitTracker only” means the object type itself is managed in ProfitTracker. Data is synchronised automatically once a day, and you can also start a sync manually.

Questions about ProfitTracker and QuickBooks Online

Do I need to replace QuickBooks Online?

No. QuickBooks Online remains your accounting software. ProfitTracker works alongside it and handles project finances.

What does ProfitTracker add?

Project budgets, purchase orders, sales orders and customer invoicing in one workflow. You follow forecast profitability and cash flow based on actual, committed and planned costs.

How do I connect the systems?

You connect from within ProfitTracker and sign in to QuickBooks to approve it. Onboarding is free, and we are happy to walk you through the setup.

What data is synchronised?

Customers, suppliers, products and payments sync both ways. Projects, customer invoices and credit notes are transferred to QuickBooks Online, and hours are fetched from QuickBooks Online. Contact persons are kept in ProfitTracker only. See the full overview above.

How often is data synchronised with QuickBooks Online?

Automatically once a day, and whenever you press Synchronise now. What you enter in ProfitTracker shows in your project overview straight away.

Can I get help getting started?

Yes. Onboarding is free, and we will go through the connection and setup with you.

How does the free trial work?

You can try ProfitTracker free for 14 days, with no credit card required. After the trial, you decide whether you want to continue.

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Take control of project profitability.

No credit card required. Keep using QuickBooks Online.