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.
4120Ductwork and partson the sample project P-24112The 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.
Try ProfitTracker freeCustomers, suppliers and products both ways, invoices out, hours in
Fetched from QuickBooks Online once a day and when you press Synchronise now.
Two connected systems. One clearer view of project finances.
Project budgets, purchase orders, sales orders, customer invoicing, stock products, project profitability and cash flow.
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
Start your free trial
14 days free, no credit card required.
Connect QuickBooks Online
You connect from within ProfitTracker and sign in to QuickBooks to approve it.
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.
Sales orders, Purchase orders, Supplier items, Contact persons
Projects, Customer invoices, Credit notes
Customers, Suppliers, Products, Payments
Hours
| Data | Direction | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Sales orders | ProfitTracker only | Created and managed in ProfitTracker. Not sent to QuickBooks Online. |
| Purchase orders | ProfitTracker only | Created and managed in ProfitTracker. Not sent to QuickBooks Online. |
| Supplier items | ProfitTracker only | ProfitTracker keeps its own supplier items, because not every accounting system has an equivalent. |
| Contact persons | ProfitTracker only | QuickBooks Online has no contact persons, so they live in ProfitTracker only. |
| Projects | ProfitTracker → QuickBooks Online | ProfitTracker is the source of truth. The project is also created in QuickBooks Online. |
| Customer invoices | ProfitTracker → QuickBooks Online | ProfitTracker is the source of truth. The invoice is created in ProfitTracker and transferred to QuickBooks Online. |
| Credit notes | ProfitTracker → QuickBooks Online | ProfitTracker is the source of truth. The credit note is transferred to QuickBooks Online. |
| Customers | Both ways | Synchronised both ways. Users can create new customers in ProfitTracker. Editing and deleting in ProfitTracker requires an administrator. |
| Suppliers | Both ways | Synchronised both ways. Users can create new suppliers in ProfitTracker. Editing and deleting in ProfitTracker requires an administrator. |
| Products | Both ways | Item number, name, unit, price and whether it is a stock item. Quantities on hand are not synchronised. |
| Payments | Both ways | Payments on invoices are fetched, and payments you record in ProfitTracker are sent to QuickBooks Online. |
| Hours | QuickBooks Online → ProfitTracker | QuickBooks 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.
Take control of project profitability.
No credit card required. Keep using QuickBooks Online.