Granite with QuickBooks: royalties calculated in Granite, books kept in QuickBooks.
QuickBooks is accounting and invoicing software, with invoice creation, payment options and reminders. Collecting each franchise’s sales report and calculating the royalty from its agreement happen before an invoice reaches it.
Keep QuickBooks for the general ledger and use Granite for everything before it: the sales report, the royalty calculation, the invoice and the follow-up. Granite is not a general ledger; it syncs issued invoices and payments to QuickBooks Desktop and Enterprise.
How QuickBooks and Granite handle the work.
| Topic | QuickBooks | Granite |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Accounting and invoicing for businesses. | Franchise sales reporting, royalty and fee billing, and collections. |
| Before the invoice | The franchise’s sales and royalty are worked out before the invoice is entered. | Franchisees upload reports; Granite calculates royalties and fees from your rules. |
| Working together | Receives the invoices and payments in your company file. | Syncs issued invoices and payments to QuickBooks Desktop and Enterprise through Intuit Web Connector, at no add-on fee. QuickBooks Online is not supported. |
Source: QuickBooks invoicing overview, reviewed September 14, 2026. Confirm current editions, modules and pricing with the vendor.
Questions to ask before you choose.
- Where are franchise sales reports collected and checked today?
- Who calculates each royalty, and who checks the calculation?
- How do approved invoices and payments reach our QuickBooks company file?
Test Granite against your real reports and royalty terms.
Bring a recent sales report and your royalty terms. We will walk through the calculation, the invoice and the payment with you.