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CommonBoard vs QuickBooks
Lots of treasurers keep HOA books in QuickBooks. It's good accounting software, made for businesses. HOA work that isn't accounting (owner balances by unit, dues notices, owner payments, violations, state notice rules) happens elsewhere or by hand.
Side by side
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Price
- CommonBoard
- $39.00 a month for 24 units (sample price)
- QuickBooks
- Simple Start lists at $38 a month for 1 usersource
More users
- CommonBoard
- Every board member, the owners and your CPA, at no extra cost
- QuickBooks
- Essentials lists at $85 a month for 3 userssource
Built for
- CommonBoard
- HOAs and condo associations run by volunteers
- QuickBooks
- Small businesses
Owner balances by unit and dues billing
- CommonBoard
- Built in, with statements and late fees from your rules
- QuickBooks
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Owner portal and online dues
- CommonBoard
- Built in
- QuickBooks
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AI
- CommonBoard
- Included: rules answers that quote your documents, letter and minutes drafts, bank matching. A board member approves everything.
- QuickBooks
- AI features under the name Intuit Intelligencesource
Fund accounting (operating and reserve)
- CommonBoard
- Built in, with interfund transfers
- QuickBooks
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Moving over
- CommonBoard
- Imports QuickBooks Online and Desktop files, checked to the penny
- QuickBooks
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A dash means we couldn't confirm it on the vendor's own site, so we left it out.
Sources
- QuickBooks Online Simple Start lists at $38 a month for 1 user. QuickBooks® Online Pricing & Free Trial | Official Site, checked November 1, 2026.
- QuickBooks Online Essentials lists at $85 a month for 3 users. QuickBooks® Online Pricing & Free Trial | Official Site, checked November 1, 2026.
- QuickBooks Online includes AI features under the name Intuit Intelligence. QuickBooks® Online Pricing & Free Trial | Official Site, checked November 1, 2026.
Which one fits you
Pick CommonBoard if
- You want owner balances, dues, payments and the books in one place without a bookkeeper.
- You want to bring your QuickBooks history with you: our import checks every balance to the penny.
QuickBooks may fit better if
- Your association is run like a business with a paid bookkeeper who already knows QuickBooks.
Switching? CommonBoard imports your QuickBooks export and checks every owner and bank balance to the penny before anything posts. You can also run both side by side for up to 60 days in shadow mode. See pricing