1flux runs stock across warehouses, purchasing, receiving and sales orders for B2B traders on one AI-native platform, and keeps the books, with VAT returns and e-invoicing built in.
If QuickBooks keeps your books but stock, purchasing and deliveries have moved to spreadsheets, 1flux is a QuickBooks alternative that runs inventory, the operations around it and the books in one system. 1flux is operations-first: quotations, sales orders, purchasing, receiving and multi-warehouse stock post their own journals, and 1flux Accounting adds supplier payments, a profit and loss and balance sheet for each legal entity, bank reconciliation, VAT returns and e-invoicing. AI works on the same records: Import PO with AI drafts quotations from a customer's PO.
An operations-first platform that keeps the books from the same documents, compared with small-business bookkeeping that adds inventory on higher plans.
| 1flux | QuickBooks Online | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s built | One platform, operations first: CRM, Inventory (with purchasing, receiving and the warehouse) and Accounting on one login and one data model | Bookkeeping software, with inventory and purchase orders on the Plus and Advanced plans1, and more through marketplace apps2 |
| From PO to paid | One record from the customer’s PO to payment: each document creates the next and posts its own journal through one posting gateway | Estimates convert to invoices3; stock is received when you record the supplier’s bill against the purchase order4 |
| Several companies | Every legal entity in one workspace, each with its own currency, registrations, numbering, warehouses and books; a consolidation run combines the group | Each company needs its own subscription, and data stays separate5 |
1flux treats stock as an operation that sales, purchasing and the warehouse share, not as a quantity column on an invoice. Every movement posts to the ledger in the same step, and the books live in the same system.
1flux Inventory shows On hand, Reserved, Available and Awaiting receipt for every item in every warehouse, store or van. Activating a sales order reserves its stock, so you only promise what you can deliver.
Each legal entity chooses weighted average, FIFO or standard cost. Order now and agree the price later: receipts carry a provisional cost until the price is agreed.
Buyers send RFQs, compare supplier quotes side by side and award each line with a reason. Stores check goods in on a goods received note (GRN), and a separate goods receipt report posts stock and the journal.
1flux's AI works on the same structured, connected and permissioned records as your team. Import PO with AI drafts quotation lines from a customer's PO, and once the customer's PO is attached, the order reaches operations. Each dispatch creates a delivery note that reduces stock and posts cost of goods sold.
Each legal entity has its own currency, tax registration, warehouses and books, and its own document sequences. People can be limited to specific entities when you invite them, and a consolidation run combines the group.
Multi-entity in 1flux1flux Accounting covers the bookkeeping for each legal entity, posted from the same documents your sales, purchasing and warehouse teams create.
Each 1flux cell describes what 1flux does as standard. Some QuickBooks features depend on the plan.
| Area | 1flux | QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|
| CRM | YesCompanies and contacts, deal pipeline, projects, daily sales reports, collections forecast and CRM reports | Customer and supplier lists; CRM through marketplace apps2 |
| Quotations | YesApprovals by amount band, locked PDFs, revisions, email, WhatsApp sharing, a secure accept link, Arabic/English layouts and AI PO import | YesEstimates that convert to invoices3 |
| Sales orders and fulfilment | YesCustomer PO hand-off, stock reservation, a warehouse board, partial dispatch, delivery notes and invoicing of delivered quantities | Estimates convert to invoices3; check sales order and delivery workflows by plan with Intuit |
| Purchasing | YesRequisitions, RFQ PDFs, quote comparison and award with reasons, LPRs, priced or unpriced purchase orders with revisions, and supplier payments | YesPurchase orders on Plus and Advanced, emailed to suppliers4 |
| Receiving | YesGRN check-in, then a goods receipt report that posts stock and the journal, with a reason for every variance; blind receiving; a rejected goods register | Stock is received when you record the supplier’s bill against the purchase order4 |
| Inventory | YesOn hand, reserved, available and awaiting receipt per item and warehouse; warehouses, stores and vans; transfers, blind counts and write-offs with reasons; weighted average, FIFO or standard cost per entity; barcodes and label sheets; valuation and cost audit reports | YesQuantity tracking with FIFO costing on Plus and Advanced6 |
| Accounting | YesBooks per legal entity, posted automatically by every receipt, delivery, invoice and payment; receivables, supplier payments, profit and loss and balance sheet, bank reconciliation and UAE and Saudi VAT returns | YesBills, financial reports and UAE VAT returns37 |
| E-invoicing | YesZATCA e-invoicing for Saudi Arabia (Phase 1 and Phase 2) and UAE e-invoicing under the Federal Tax Authority’s programme | Check Saudi and UAE e-invoicing with Intuit or a third-party app |
You move the books on one cutover date, usually the end of a month or a year. QuickBooks keeps your history up to that date, and 1flux runs operations and the books from it.
1flux's import tools are built for a data migration that starts on a clean cutover date. Each import is validated before anything is saved, and errors come back in a downloadable file.
QuickBooks Online exports lists and reports, including customers, suppliers and the trial balance, to Excel.
Choose the UAE, Saudi Arabia or India for each. The country pack seeds tax codes and registration fields.
Start from the one-click 25-account trading template, or import your own by CSV.
Companies and contacts up to 5,000 rows and 10 MB per file; items up to 10,000 rows, matched on code or barcode.
Opening stock (up to 10,000 rows, validated all-or-nothing) and the opening trial balance post once, on the cutover date.
Suppliers are created in 1flux or copied from your CRM companies in one step. Read more about planning the move in data import and migration.
Reviewed 10 October 2026
We compared 1flux with QuickBooks Online using Intuit’s own public website and help pages, listed below. Plans, features and prices change and vary by country, so check Intuit’s site for current details before you decide, and tell us if anything here is out of date. 1flux details come from the product itself.
Intuit and QuickBooks are trademarks of Intuit Inc. 1flux isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Intuit.
Yes. 1flux tracks stock on hand, reserved, available and awaiting receipt for every item in every warehouse. Sales orders reserve stock, transfers move it between warehouses, and counts and write-offs post their variances at cost. Each legal entity chooses weighted average, FIFO or standard costing. Every stock movement writes a balanced journal in the same step, and a Stock vs ledger check flags any difference.
Yes. 1flux runs quotations, sales orders, purchasing, receiving and stock, and keeps the books: automatic posting, receivables, supplier payments, a profit and loss and balance sheet for each legal entity, bank reconciliation, UAE and Saudi VAT returns, and ZATCA and UAE e-invoicing. Operations and accounting work on the same records, so stock and the ledger stay in step.
Yes. 1flux prepares VAT returns for the UAE and Saudi Arabia from the input and output VAT already posted. It supports UAE e-invoicing under the Federal Tax Authority's programme, ready for the 2027 go-live dates, and issues ZATCA-compliant e-invoices for Saudi Arabia, covering Phase 1 and Phase 2. See e-invoicing in 1flux.
Yes. One 1flux workspace holds several legal entities, each with its own base currency, tax registration, letterhead, warehouses and books, and its own sequence for orders, invoices and journals. People can be limited to specific entities when you invite them, and a consolidation run combines the group into one currency. Legal entities can be registered in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India.
1flux moves you on one cutover date. Export your lists and trial balance from QuickBooks to Excel, then bring in companies and contacts (up to 5,000 rows per file), items (up to 10,000 rows) and opening stock with the import workbench. Every file is validated before anything is saved, and the opening trial balance posts once, on the cutover date.
Yes. 1flux is a responsive web app that works in any phone or tablet browser, with nothing to install, and drawer navigation and bottom-sheet switchers on small screens. Your team can check stock or orders on the move, and customers can open a quotation link on their phone and accept or decline it online by typing their name.
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Stock per warehouse and company, reservations, a price-free pick board and delivery notes.
Check deliveries in on a GRN, then post stock and the journal on a goods receipt report.
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