QuickBooks Desktop moves to subscription model

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(USA small business accounting centric post) Just got this email from QuickBooks – this notice is for QuickBooks Pro Advisors but you can already see
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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We just discovered this and it has been plaguing all our clients who are now just moving to Windows 10 and need the new version of their Quickbooks Desktop software.

Quickbooks online is a major fail both it the fact the implementation is quite poor and the performance is abysmal.  And most users simply don’t want their financial data on someone else’s server.  Add in the costly nature of cloud pricing versus the desktop software, and Quickbooks online is simply not viable.

Now, Intuit has decided to bring that same financial penalty to their desktop offerings by doubling or tripling the  cost and rendering the desktop software unusable after the subscription period unless you renew.  Renewal costs are not known, nor is there any guaranty they will even allow renewal after 3 years, which is the average lifespan as per Intuit.  Most desktop Quickbooks users will use a version of the software well past 3 years.

So, we need a new accounting solution and it can’t be in the cloud.  That leaves…  (crickets)…  maybe Sage 50.  But, there are not a whole lot of viable choices.

 

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We’ve been happily using GnuCash for more than a decade.  I run it standalone on a laptop, but for larger installations, it supports a shared PostgreSQL server backend.

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Tom-R

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Makes you wonder how long it will be before Microsoft changes its business model so that Windows users must pay monthly tribute to keep their systems functioning.

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Cybertooth

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It’s coming. They have to unload Win7/8.1 first.

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Cybertooth, wavy

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Suddenly, the year of the linux desktop might be a real possibility after all!

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Cannot find any single Quickbooks Pro (one-time purchase) to buy any where. Local or Internet.
Any luck anyone?

Edwin

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https://www.amazon.com/QuickBooks-Accounting-Software-Business-Shortcut/dp/B08FRTZJ55/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=quickbooks+2021&qid=1631117383&sr=8-4   Or if you look up a QuickBooks pro advisor they can sell it to you.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Hi Susan,

I saw those $399 copies too in my first search but not the $150 cost per copy before. I will try to ping some pro advisor and see.

Thanks,

Edwin

 

 

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this one ?

QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus 2021 Accounting Software for Small Business 1-Year Subscription

https://www.amazon.com/QuickBooks-Accounting-Software-Business-Subscription/dp/B08FRS5DJ8/ref=pd_sim_8/132-6605887-4810533?pd_rd_w=cbHm2&pf_rd_p=ea42550a-52fb-452a-9122-64982b5c71ca&pf_rd_r=KQ0F3EKW3JN0GX2R4E6N&pd_rd_r=aa037995-ae2e-43c1-bc43-b90a4b00cbc3&pd_rd_wg=VTcTE&pd_rd_i=B08FRS5DJ8&psc=1

Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.

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No. this is still a subscription not the perpetual license that I am looking to get.

Thx,

Edwin

 

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Anytime the price is $150 that’s subscription.  Look for one that is $300 or more – that’s the non subscription version.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Bought it from here a few months back $360 https://www.fourlane.com/

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This is off-topic, but maybe someone here has the answer.

A family member hasn’t used QuickBooks or any of its competitors because none of them deals directly with consignment.  She is in the jewelry business, and her inventory is delivered to retailers on consignment.  She is consignor, and each retailer is a consignee.

QuickBooks does not have any tools for directly tracking consignment deliveries and inventory and then later turning a sold consignment item into a sale, with an automatic update as to remaining consigned inventory.  Nor any utilities for doing a consigned inventory check and seeing what’s missing (sold or lost).  Instead there are workarounds which are too clumsy too use.

If any of you QB fans has a suggestion, we’re all thumbs.  Thanks.

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