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HOSTING SYSTEMS: REVIEW
Abacus Private Cloud
AbacusNext has moved from the legal vertical and
into the accounting vertical to offering a number of
hosting options for small and medium size accounting
firms. AbacusNext has expanded its market considerably in recent years with the acquisition of several
applications including Office Tools, Results CRM and
Cloudnine Realtime, seeking to provide a full depth
of solutions to accounting firms using this solution.
Firms that are already using another AbacusNext
program within their practice will be more comfort-

Cetrom Hosting
Cetrom is one of the premiere cloud hosting
providers in the accounting vertical for firms of all
sizes looking for a full-service IT hosting provider to
handle all server, applications, and desktops. Cetrom
is one of long-standing cloud hosting providers serving
the accounting industry. It claims to be predominately
focused on service to accounting and CPA firms with
full-service IT hosting and support. In essence, an
accounting firm of almost any size could contact
Cetrom, and it would tailor a service and support
program to host, manage and support your accounting

Cloudvara Hosting
Cloudvara offers value in its simplicity. This is a
very straightforward move to the cloud, putting all
your favorite desktop applications on a virtual desktop
in the cloud.
The shift to Cloudvara is ideal for small firms
looking for a virtual desktop for their key accounting
applications, like QuickBooks as well as various tax
software options. Smaller firms, whose tech stacks
center on their tax software, will find this to be a
solution that fits their needs, implements quickly and
simply, relatively speaking.

Right Networks
No matter your firm's size, if you are looking for
a company that specializes in QuickBooks cloudhosting, Right Networks is the top choice. Right
Networks claims to be Intuit's most comprehensive
cloud provider of QuickBooks Desktop. The company
is rated an Elite QuickBooks Solution Provider, and
Intuit promotes them on its own website.
Right Networks offers a growing range of solutions
for small-to-medium accounting practices. Generally,
the company divides these into two camps for you
to explore. One is their flagship QuickBooks Desktop

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able using AbacusNext's cloud services as AbacusNext
will provide the most assistance and support with
their own applications.
AbacusNext has two main offerings depending on
how fully you are looking to migrate into the cloud.
OfficeTools Cloud is offered with simple per user
pricing on the AbacusNext website, currently $49/
user per month. The OfficeTools WorkSpace pricing
may involve your choice of various integrations to
Office 365 and accounting software, so they ask you

2020 OVERALL RATING

4.75

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to contact them for pricing. OfficeTools WorkSpace
also provides integrations or plug-ins for a range of
other common apps and office hardware above and
beyond QuickBooks, Lacerte and the Abacus Payment
Exchange (APX) e-payment systems.

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software, any design tools, back office apps, reporting
or analytics programs, client portals, and your email
on the cloud.
The other good news is, they seem to have been
successful with this approach. Cetrom has been
named K2 Enterprises' Top Hosting Provider for six
consecutive years (2015-2020). If you are accustomed
to managing your systems, your way, Cetrom is
definitely the one to invite to the table. By moving
your firm 100% into the cloud and leveraging 100%
of the Cetrom support team, you could gain freedom

www.Cloudvara.com
For firms looking to migrate 100% of their programs and servers into the cloud, you will find that
other providers on our list are geared toward this
solution.
Cloudvara provides a multi-tiered pricing plan
based on users and a couple of basic options. How
many users do you need? Do you want SSL certificates
(and yes, you probably do if you don't understand the
question)? Do you want two-factor authentication
(again, yes, always say yes to security)? And lastly,
do you want a business disaster recovery plan?

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from the capital costs and headaches, yet capture that
custom-feel you currently enjoy-using the software
and routines to which you have grown accustomed.
Cetrom prides itself on implementation to guard
against that " crossing the chasm " leap many users feel
when changing systems.pecially as staff move around.

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4.5

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The Cloudvara virtual desktop can be accessed
from any device, including PC, Mac, and tablets as well
as iOS and Android devices. Cloudvara offers complete
migration assistance, and product updates, and can
host other applications upon client request.

www.RightNetworks.com
hosting, offered under their overall Accounting Solutions-which can be power-boasted with additional
business application hosting services alongside your
QuickBooks.
Then, Right Networks competes with other hosting
providers-in a sense, anyway-by offering an overall
cloud hosting service, Right Networks Cloud Premier.
But taken on its own merits, this is an undisputed
leader in quality turnkey hosting services to valueminded accounting firms of most any shape and size.
For those who use QuickBooks, Right Networks is a

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provider to consider when moving to the cloud.
Accounting firms looking for a cost-effective approach
to moving their local QuickBooks desktop files into the
cloud should consider Right Networks.

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