AccountEdge is desktop accounting software for small businesses — invoicing, banking, payroll, inventory, and reporting, all in one company file that lives on your computer (or on a cloud desktop, if you use AccountEdge Hosted). It's been around for decades, and many of our customers have run their businesses on it for just as long.
If you're brand new, here's the honest version of what the learning curve looks like: the first week is mostly setup, and the order you do things in matters more than you'd expect. Get the foundation right and everything after it — invoicing, paying bills, payroll — clicks into place. Rush past it, and you'll find yourself backtracking. That's why we built this help center around your journey.
How this help center is organized
New to AccountEdge? (you're here) — orientation, plus guided paths if you're coming from QuickBooks, starting as a bookkeeper, or setting up in Canada.
Getting Started — installation, your free trial, and the setup sequence itself. Start with Setting Up AccountEdge in the Right Order.
Running Your Business — the daily work: invoicing, payments, purchases, inventory, banking.
Payroll — its own world, with its own setup path: Setting Up Payroll for the First Time.
Troubleshooting — symptom-first titles, so you can search what you're seeing on screen.
Where to start
Trying before buying? → Your AccountEdge Free Trial
Ready to set up? → Setting Up AccountEdge in the Right Order
Switching from QuickBooks? → Switching to AccountEdge collection
Stuck on something specific? → Search the exact words on your screen — most error messages have their own article.
And if you can't find what you need, our support team is real people who know this product deeply. Getting Help — How AccountEdge Support Works explains every way to reach them.
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