Comments on: Review of TurboCASH

By: Tushita

Tushita — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:46:51 +0000

The only reason I went with Turbocash was that it was free and open source. Big mistake. This software has been built for the accountants and/or developers who support it, not the small business user (no other business could even consider using it). Developers have not even considered their users when building this software.
Support is non-existent even if you’ve paid for it. Because thr produce is “free”, there is nothing you can do about poor service or performance. There is nothing free about it – these people make their money off the support. And, once you’ve invested endless time and money getting set up in Turbocash it’s not that easy to just repeat the process with another vendor.
Much to my own dismay, I’m probably going to have to go with Pastel. I’ll pay a small fortune but at least if something doesn’t work or if the staff behave unprofessionally there is something I can do about it.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:39:46 +0000

This review is now neatly 5 years old. Has TurboCash improved in that time?

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:25:07 +0000

must add my ‘me too’. Thanks for saving me a few hours. So what is the best OSS accounting software. I looked at GNU CASH but it didn’t bowl me over.

By: Max - The IT Pro

Max - The IT Pro — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:26:19 +0000

Nice review! I think the holy grail in FREE accounting packages lies in a program like SQL-Ledger and it’s forked offshot LedgerSMB, webERP, etc.
I’m a big fan of intranets (internal webs) and the fact that you can put your app on a reliable machine, lock it up and do accounting from your web browser is very appealing on a lot of levels.

And your precious data is stored in either super-reliable PostgreSQL or MySQL running on super-stable Linux (or Windows if ya want). This, to me, is fantabulous.
So I say to everyone here, take a peek at web-based accounting software that you install on your PC (not running off someone’s server) which is running via Apache web server & a rock solid relational database (RDBMS).

By: Ajay

Ajay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:09:54 +0000

I will echo the thanks above for taking the time to review this software, which has saved me some time.

EasyAs Accounting Software is one I have looked at – simply put, it is horrible.

I am keeping an open mind about Adminsoft Accounting Suite, but my initial thoughts are that it is not very flexible.

My Quickbooks v8 file has errors which can’t be repaired and it has caused me to look around. I don’t want to get into the upgrade cycle that Quickbooks and MYOB try to enforce. Quickbooks v8 is very effective, flexible and easy to use. I have tried the demos for later versions and fail to find a difference (10 years later!) that would make it imperative to upgrade (apart from the tax tables).

By: Cornel

Cornel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:08:40 +0000

Thank you for saving me the time and frustration of finding all of this out on my own. Your review answered all my questions very well. Much appreciated.

By: Gproc

Gproc — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:11:07 +0000

Great review. Stumbled on this trying to find some OSS accounting software that didn’t suck. Looks TurboCash isn’t it.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:32:19 +0000

I agree with all of you. Turbo is the worst accounting package on the market. Learning how to use it takes ages and the graphics are aweful. Nevertherless, it’s free and is no doubt attractive to new and small companies.

However, investing in a good computerised accounting is a good investment and will provide tangible ROI. I would stay clear of Turbocash if I was you and would use Sage, Quickbooks or Peachtree instead.

By: Jay Webler

Jay Webler — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:57:46 +0000

Thank you for this review. I have spent hours on Turbo Cash trying to figure it out. I couldn’t believe how hard it was just to get a payment received into books and I’m still not sure where the money went. I have been trying to get away from the Quickbooks treadmill because I am an extremely small business and don’t feel that I need to upgrade just because Quickbooks decides to disable emailing of invoices for 2004 edition. Turbo Cash has caused me to question my intelligence, seeing this review has restored my confidence. Thanks.

By: max

max — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:00:47 +0000

Thank you for the time saving review of Turbocash. As the discussion notes, there are no other real reviews, only multiple copy-pastes of the developer’s advertising.