Compared with
Steda Registers compared with QuickBooks Online Advanced fixed assets
QuickBooks Online Advanced carries a fixed asset feature that creates a schedule and posts book depreciation every month on its own. It is genuinely useful and it is already in a plan some companies pay for. The gap is the tax book.
What QuickBooks Online Advanced does today
Intuit documents four calculation methods for the fixed asset feature in QuickBooks Online Advanced: straight line, declining balance, double declining balance and units of production. It builds the schedule from the purchase price, the useful life, the start date and the accumulated depreciation you enter, then records book depreciation at the start of each month without being asked.
That covers the book side of a simple register. It does not calculate a tax book, so the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System, the mid-quarter convention, Section 179 and bonus depreciation are still worked out somewhere else, which for most companies means the spreadsheet is still open.
Row by row
The comparison
| Steda Registers | QuickBooks Online Advanced | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book depreciation | Straight line, declining balance at 150 and 200 percent, sum of the years digits, and units of production. | Straight line, declining balance, double declining balance and units of production. | Comparable |
| Tax depreciation | A separate tax book: Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System, mid-quarter convention, Section 179, bonus depreciation. | Not calculated. | Steda |
| Two books side by side | Book and tax on one register, with their own methods and lives, and the difference reported. | One book. | Steda |
| Posting the entry | You close the month, review the entry, then post it. | Posted automatically at the start of each month. | They lead |
| QuickBooks Desktop | Connects to Desktop, including Enterprise, through the Web Connector. | QuickBooks Online only. | Steda |
| Construction in progress | Projects accumulate cost and are placed in service when they are ready. | Not covered. | Steda |
| Disposals | Full and partial disposals, transfers and impairments, with the gain or loss calculated. | An asset can be marked as sold or disposed. | Steda |
| Period close | Months close in order and lock, across four registers at once. | The QuickBooks closing date applies to the books, not to a register close. | Steda |
| Prepaid, leases, loans, property tax | Three more registers on the same close. | Not covered. | Steda |
| Price | $199 a month for the first entity, 1,000 assets included, on any QuickBooks plan. | Included in QuickBooks Online Advanced, which Intuit prices as a whole platform. | Comparable |
Read from the other product’s own documentation in September 2026. The sources are listed at the foot of this page. Tell us if something here has changed and we will correct it.
The other side of it
Where QuickBooks Online Advanced is the better answer
- It is already in the plan. If you pay for Advanced for the other reasons, the fixed asset feature costs nothing more.
- It posts the entry on its own every month, with nothing to remember.
- There is no second system, no second sign-in and no connection to keep alive.
- For a company that only ever needed book depreciation on a handful of assets, that is the whole job done.
Do not buy this if
When Steda Registers is the wrong purchase
- You have no tax book to keep, no prepaid schedule, no leases and no rendition. One register with book depreciation is what Advanced already does.
- Your auditor has never asked how the register is controlled.
- You are on QuickBooks Online Advanced and buying Steda only for fixed assets. Look at the whole of Registers first, because the price is for four registers.
If one of those is you, say so on the call and we will tell you so. A customer who did not need this is worse for us than a customer we never had.
Questions
Does Steda replace QuickBooks Online Advanced?
No. Steda is not a general ledger. It keeps the registers and posts the journal entries into whichever QuickBooks you run, Online on any plan or Desktop including Enterprise.
Can we keep using the Advanced fixed asset feature alongside Steda?
You can, but two registers for the same assets will disagree within a quarter. Pick one. If Steda is the register, turn the automatic monthly depreciation off in QuickBooks so the entry is not posted twice.
Does Steda calculate Section 179 and bonus depreciation?
Yes, on the tax book, alongside the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System and the mid-quarter convention. Book and tax sit on the same register with their own methods and lives, and the difference between them is reported.
Do we need QuickBooks Online Advanced to use Steda?
No. Steda connects to QuickBooks Online on any plan, and to QuickBooks Desktop through the Web Connector. If Advanced was on the list only for the fixed asset feature, that is worth pricing again.
Sources
- Add and manage fixed assets in QuickBooks Online Advanced (Intuit)
- How to manage fixed assets in QuickBooks Online Advanced (Intuit)
Steda is not affiliated with Intuit. QuickBooks is Intuit’s trademark and is used here to say what Steda works with and what it is being compared against.
Other comparisons
Steda Registers and Fixed Asset Manager →
Fixed Asset Manager ships inside QuickBooks Desktop Premier Accountant and Enterprise at no extra cost, and it calculates depreciation on six bases. If it is working for you, keep it. This page is for the shops where it is not, and it says which ones those are.
Steda Receivables and QuickBooks reminders →
QuickBooks sends reminders already, and for a small ledger that is enough. The question is what happens when the list is long enough that the same three emails go to the customer who always pays and the customer who never does.
The Steda portal and QuickBooks Payments →
Both let a customer pay an invoice online. The differences worth knowing are whose account the money lands in, whose branding the payer sees, and what a large bank payment costs.