Comments on: Should Google Buy Intuit or Freshbooks?

By: invoicera.com

invoicera.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:42:01 +0000

It just doesn’t sound good. Google buying either Intuit or freshbooks. I think Google is actually too big for both of them. Moreover, these applications are small (I am not questioning their importance) and cater to small and medium enterprises, freelancers etc. whereas Google caters to the masses and for completely different reasons. So, I think It will be a flop deal for both the parties if at all this happens. Though I am sure it won’t.

By: Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:07:20 +0000

As a Freshbooks user for two years I think you are missing the point. I also use sage. Just like intuit you are not comparing like with like. I use freshbooks for the easy of electronic invoicing, online payment, automated debt chasing.

Web 2.0 or not, 37 signals rip off or not – I don’t care – It provides a very important service for me that compliments my accounting package.

See http://www.businessinsites.co.uk/freshbooks-accounting-with-automatic- debt-chasing/

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By: Patrick ALlmond

Patrick ALlmond — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:06:43 +0000

To me this is a no brainer. Intuit all of the way. Comparing Intuits products and Freshbooks are like comparing apples and oranges. One is a full blown accounting package while the other does a very small bit of the accounting piece.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:28:29 +0000

Re: Freshbooks website. Is anyone else starting to get sick of the 37signals rip offs with the oversized fonts and highlighted text?

Or is this just a sign of more to come?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:59:31 +0000

Freshbooks is not exactly innovative. The UI is so Web 1.0 it’s not funny, even though they are making all these claims about being very chic and Web 2.0. Also, my guess is that the majority of their users are free users, not paid. That said, you may need to adjust your $400M price tag.

On the other hand, Intuit is a complete pig. With their hand in everything, you’re only really buying a piece of what Google would find useful — an outdated online accounting app. This one is circa 1996. MAN….

By: Mike Mothner

Mike Mothner — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:41:09 +0000

Google acquiring Intuit would be a dramatic departure from it’s purchases so far.

Yes, it would in one fell swoop get them into the business software game, but I think it would be an ugly purchase from a logistical perspective, with Intuit far too big to see an assimilation into the Google umbrella. Intuit has 7500 employees and would cost $10 billion. My call is that Google does not do this deal.