For growing businesses, managing time and people effectively is essential to staying productive and profitable. From tracking employee hours to managing approvals, payroll, and project labor costs, the right tools can simplify complex processes and keep operations running smoothly.
QuickBooks provides basic time tracking and employee management features that meet the needs of many small businesses — especially those focused on straightforward payroll and billing. But as your team expands, or as projects and roles become more specialized, you may find QuickBooks’ tools lack the flexibility and integration you need.
That’s where aACE comes in. With built-in time tracking and employee management features that connect directly to accounting, projects, and operations, aACE helps businesses streamline workflows, improve accuracy, and gain real-time visibility into labor performance and costs.
We recognize that we’re hardly an unbiased source when it comes to comparing aACE with its competitors. That’s why we asked independent software reviewers at MihaelCacic.com to compare aACE and QuickBooks head-to-head. In this excerpt from aACE vs. QuickBooks: A Comparative Report, the MihaelCacic.com team takes a close look at how aACE and QuickBooks’ time-tracking and employee management tools stack up in key areas like time entry, approvals, scheduling, and integration — helping you to decide which platform best supports your team and your company’s growth. Here’s what they found:
At a Glance: QuickBooks Time offers comprehensive standalone time tracking with robust mobile capabilities, while aACE integrates time tracking directly into project and production workflows.
QuickBooks offers QuickBooks Time that seamlessly integrates with QuickBooks accounting, automatically flowing employee hours to payroll and project accounting.
It supports project-based tracking and enables employees to switch between job codes throughout the day, with mobile apps providing GPS tracking, offline functionality, and manager approval capabilities from any location. You can log billable and non-billable time.
Integration with QuickBooks Payroll Premium and Elite enables automated compensation calculations and client billing with detailed hour breakdowns, creating seamless workflows from time entry to payment.
aACE also integrates time tracking throughout the ERP system, connecting it directly to jobs, tasks, and operational workflows.
Mobile time entry through the iOS app enables field workers to track time against specific projects, with all entries automatically updating job costs and resource utilization across the system.
While aACE doesn’t process payroll internally (requiring integration with external providers), its strength lies in connecting time to broader operational contexts, showing how labor hours impact production schedules, project profitability, and resource allocation in real-time.
Time Tracking Assessment: QuickBooks Time wins for comprehensive time tracking, with mobile flexibility and seamless payroll integration. aACE excels when time tracking must integrate with production schedules and operational workflows where time is one component of larger business processes.
Still on the fence about whether QuickBooks or aACE is right for your business? Download aACE vs QuickBooks: A Comparative Report today to learn more about how the two solutions match up.
