Quicken vs Quickbooks? Which program is recommended?
1105991
DO NOT use Quickbooks unless you absolutely have to. I tried it, read 2 books, watched video training, and hired a Quickbooks trainer for 2 sessions to help me set up the software and STILL could not keep track of finances properly. Dual column accounting is nice if you are an accountant. If you are a regular human being, just use Quicken Home and Business. I have 3 employees plus myself. Quicken Home and Business does EVERYTHING I need it to do, and is a breeze to learn and use.
965401
There was only one real difference for me and that was it included Outlook. If you go to the microsoft web page they have a chart that shows a comparison of all their Office products. It may help you make your decision on which one to buy. Also, I chose to buy the Office Suite instead of doing the Office 365. It may be cheaper for the first 2 yeas, but, after that you are loosing money, at least that is the way I figured it. If you do buy I suggest that you get the disk s it is always available and you have a less time consuming process than doing it on line. Especially, if you have a slow internet connection. I did my first attempt using a hotel internet, which ended up with an error. I went to the Apple Store, took a workshop and used their internet to download the Yosemite upgrade in 45 minutes.
2131941
I bought Quicken 2013, but I did not use it because it would not load data from my 2001 Quicken. I bought the 2002 version instead and found it very satisfactory.
1099009
I upgraded to MS Money 2007 a few years ago primarily because I was considering the new Quicken software. My thinking was that Quicken might not convert files from one of the older generation Money programs. After trying Quicken I was very dissatisfied with it and stayed with the Money 2007. Conversion of older version information was no problem. I use this software on two computers, one with XP and the other with Vista. Works fine on both and I email myself the backup file from one to the other each time I update on one or the other computer. Good thing, because I have noticed that on occasion Money 2007 reverts back to the new user state and I don't know why. The emailed file updates come in handy when this happens because I can do a file restore from the emailed copy of the saved file. I wish Microsoft would reconsider getting back into this market as they had a superior product. No Quicken fan.
1642650
I don't think Quicken Home Business maintains basic inventory, I believe you would have to get QUICKBOOKS PRO for that. To find out for sure, if you go on line for QUICKBOOKS official site under Intuit, there is a chat line. You might want to talk to them.
321191
yes you can. you have to order the checks that are made for Quicken. Are you planning to use Quicken for personal or for business? If you want it for business I recommend QuickBooks instead. It does a better job with reports.
1094628
As an S-Corp with only myself, I do need to run a payroll but also find the subscription costs out of line with my need. As such, I continue to use QB4.0 for the Mac - which has and continues to run payroll with no additional costs since 1997. Although the tax table service is discontinued, I do update the tables manually to maintain current tax percentages. The 940 and 941 forms are now out of date, but the information is still correct. I transfer the numbers to the new forms manually. W2's and W3's I do online with SSA. Only runs in classic though. Hasn't been a problem until OSX 10.5. Now I'm researching options. Note: I have bought all QB upgrades through current versions for both the PC and the MAC. I have reverted back to QB4 Mac however every time because the payroll options there were just great for my needs - and have been stripped from all subsequent versions of QB since regardless of platform. Too Bad!
660518
My recommendation would be to stay away from Quicken altogether. I had nothing but problems with both the desktop and mobile apps. To answer your question, it looks a lot like Mint, which I've never been crazy about either.
686177
Read the reviews on the 2012 vs. and I think you will see that the 2011 vs. may not have the issues that the newer vs. does. I have used QuickBooks Pro in the past, beginning in 2002 and the last year was 2008. I was very impressed with the ease of use and the ability to make corrections to posting without having to do journal entries, ie. just fix the posting. The payroll, when I was doing it came with the annual upgrade for free, so I upgraded annually. There was no limit on the number of employees, or if there was we never reached it. Our highest employee count was probably twenty. But having read the reviews for 2012 I am wondering if I want to install for my new start-up company. Maybe the 2011 for now and see what else is out there before we have employees.
1193721
Both windows are 1" x 3-1/2". They are perfectly formatted for Quicken checks. I assume since they're billed as Quickbooks checks that the same applies for QuickBooks, eh?
2091764
Quick books is an over simplified spread sheet. Where Quicken for one and business will give you a complete accounting interaction for your home and small business. You will be able to create tax documents for your tax preparer and have complete profit and loss statements. You are able to have the system write checks and figure payroll and payroll taxes. It's the only way to go when you want to do it right.
1552386
It works. I bought a surface which runs WINDOWS 8 and I use Quicken with that. I don't know if you are familiar with Surface but it is the size of a tablet. Using Quicken on that computer is horrible. The font was way to small (increasing the font made things worst). Also, I continually had problems with Quicken not being able to connect with my financial institutions, or the information being outdated. I finally got so frustrated that I quit using Quicken all together.
2128530
No, this is not a money management tool in that sense. But it does one thing well, better than Quicken or any other app: records who you owe, when it's due, and when and how much was paid, with alerts and reminders and such as needed. Frankly that's the only thing that was missing in my money management arsenal. Nothing else gives me-quickly, with no fuss-a snapshot of exactly how much needs to be paid out. A great app.
1253250
Just make sure you get the right QuickBooks version (Windows) and it will run it just fine. For a low-priced machine, I like it.
375199
The Deluxe version definitely does, I just looked. I initially had Quicken Starter, but I never did a file import. ... because after I had it for a couple of weeks I received a great update offer from Quicken to the Deluxe version. I know this does not answer your question directly, but I can say this software package is incredible. I do a lot with the Deluxe version.
600337
Not sure. I don't use quickbooks. Is that something I can access with a download so I can try it out and get back to you?
1397446
I really don't know. I tried Quicken but prefer Microsoft Money. I went back to using Money, although now I use MS Money Sunset, which can be downloaded from Microsoft at no charge and requires no activation.