QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
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QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
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Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#2Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#3Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
What are the best alternatives?
Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#4It kind-of already was for all practical purposes. Businesses had to keep buying to keep the payments integrations and stuff. At least my perception.
Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#5Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
What are the best alternatives?
GnuCash is free, and can do most of what quickbooks does. https://www.gnucash.org/
Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#6Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
Have you tried getting a bookkeeper to use GnuCash? Xero has a following as does SAGE/peachtree but not the good open source options. I did and it failed. No reason except everyone in the CPA and bookkeeper business uses and knows QuickBooks. I have up and use and pay the kings transom for QBO so i can focus on my business and not play transaction level bookkeeper myself.
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#7Re: QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model
#8Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
What are the best alternatives?
I use - https://www.waveapps.com/
My accountant has access to all the data I put in there. Mostly feature parity with Quickbooks.
Mostly free to use (I have never paid a dollar for the expense tracking part)
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#10Good. Hopefully this will cause more people to leave Intuit and search out alternatives. This is just one more reason to add to the list.
It is the network effect. Inuit is very aggressive in killing any competition and they are widely used by CPAs and accounting firms. My CPA told me flat that if I don't go with Quickbooks, she would have a harder time playing with a more "fancy" system. So unless the CPAs and accountants are onboard, it is tough to kill Intuit.