TurboCASH vs. Commercial Software

Features	TurboCASH Open Source	Quickbooks	Sage	Pastel
Cost	Free	$499	£499	R6500
Number of Users	Unlimited	1-5	1-5	1-20
Number of Companies	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Number of Financial Years	2	N/A	2	2
User Defined Language Tags	Yes	No	No	No
General Ledger	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cash Books	Unlimited	N/A	Unlimited	30
Customers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quotations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Invoices	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Suppliers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Purchase Orders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inventory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Integrated direct stock import from Excel or Open Office	Yes	No	No	No
Project Tracking/Cost Centres	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Report Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stationery Customisation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Receipting (Cash & Bank Manager)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Download Bank-Statements for quick reconciliation	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Point-of-Sale Standard	Yes	No	No	Yes*
Multi-State VATUSA Compliance eg	Yes	Yes	No	No
Serial Number Tracking	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Multi-Branch	Yes*	No	Yes	Yes*
Job Costing	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bill of Materials	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Manufacturing	No	Yes	Yes	No
Fixed Assets Module	No	No	Yes*	Yes*
Payroll	Yes***	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Annuity Billing	Yes	No	Yes*	No
Ecommerce (Oscommerce) Website integration	Yes**	Yes	No	No
* Available as a purchased add on ** Free download with DIY user configuration or as a webservice for a fee *** A simple integration for Payroll is available via a user contribution