Quicken

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You are able to setup Quicken to sync transactions with your various bank and financial institutions. If you have the skills and proper data entered, you are able to run reports with valuable information.

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Quicken isn't always user friendly. I'm an accountant who has worked with many financial software, so I can work my way through it, but it isn't always user friendly. I also do not love how Quicken treats transfers between accounts as income and expense.

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The value for the price. Compared to other accounting software - it is much more cost effective.

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For a small business it was missing some key components like payroll. Only have 1 employee but payroll is a must.

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Was easy now difficult especially after updates

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The value has gone out the window, I think this happened when they were bought

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It is extremely easy to use and has very simple and understandable reports

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It is only single entry accounting so it is limited

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The features and functionality of Quicken meet many of my business. The reporting is simple and easy to apply and access.

I think managing multiple businesses is good with this system. It has more of a scaleable feature.

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there are times when making entries or correcting entries that I think the steps could be simplified. I also think creating custom reports could be easier in terms of formatting them report and customzing to logo and branding

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ability to easily integrate both personal and business into one solution

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The time we spent setting up and establishing rules was somewhat laborious

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Quicken allows me to track my income, expenses and net worth of my small business. This is great as tax time is no longer a dreaded event.

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Only con is that it is not mobile friendly. I would like to be able to just take a picture of a receipt on my phone and it upload into Quicken automatically.

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I love how user friendly it is, been using it at home for years, great at the office now too!!

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Nothing really, can't complain.it suits all our needs.

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It's easy to use & you can categorize your expenses with relative ease.

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I didn't have any major issues that I'm aware of.

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It's a good bookkeeping service to use on the computer

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Some limit in options but still solid definitely efficient

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Quicken has everything needs for a small business. You won't get confused with unnecessary tabs and areas and you will find evet daily that is needed to track your business finances from cost to profit

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If you are a mid or larger size business, quicken is not for you.

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It's very easy to self learn this program. It is equally as easy to teach to others too because it's simple to understand

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I have no complaints. It was easy to set up, it was easy to convert info from the prior program we were using. It was easy to learn and easy to teach to others. 10 out of 10 far as I'm concerned!

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The software is efficient, easy, and works very well.

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I am overall very satisfied. There is nothing I can think of that needs improvement.

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Web-based allows me to work off an iPad or iPhone instead of carrying my laptop around when I am on the road or abroad on vacation.

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There is little that I dislike about it.

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The financial reports I can generate is very flexible.

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The program is becoming very expensive to use. There are glitches with some of the updates which messes up the check register. Many problems with connecting with my Wells Fargo accounts.

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Ease of use year after year makes the long term utility of this software amazing

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Expensive. The recent price hikes have made us reconsider.

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I have always liked how easy it was to learn and use Quicken. Getting started is easy.

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In the last year Quicken changed their product so it only works on one computer. I have used Quicken for over a decade with OneDrive as the main storage for the database and more recently my own personal server. This made using Quicken essential for travel between my office, my home and on my laptop during travel outside the country or on family vacation.Quicken no longer allows this type of functionality and only allows you to store the main database on a local 'C' drive. Yes, you can copy and paste the database onto another computer (if you remember to do so before leaving), but then you need to re-sign into all your financial institutions. Unfortunately, the product is no longer business friendly and has rolled back to twentieth century technology when people only had one computer to use.Why programmers made this horrible decision is beyond me since almost everything has moved to cloud based programming or allows you to store and use a database from an online storage platform.

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Ease of use. Easy to download data from bank sites.

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Very poor customer support. Had to use US number to call and had to pay a big bill. Very poorly supported for Canadians.

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Quicken is easy to use and updating from a previous version went well.

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It drives me crazy that you can't sync information between computers. I'm no expert, but I can't see why you can't have information from the Quicken cloud update information on the computer.I use Quicken at work and at home. If I could just sync information that I added at home to my work computer and vice versa, it would be perfect.I don't know why this feature can't be added.

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I like that it keeps me on track with all of my accounting for my business. It’s an easy way to bill my customers and keep up with orders. I love the receipt feature.

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I’m not very “techy” but Quicken was easy to install. I had to watch a. Few tutorials before I understood how to use it.

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It keeps up with my rental expenses as well as my business

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It takes a while to figure out but customer service is helpful

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Able to keep tax records weekly for my small business.

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Quicken arbitrarily changed the rules after purchasing this software. I have used this software for 8 years and purchased the program in 2016. After purchasing a new computer this week, and being unable to transfer my program to it, I was told I had to now pay for a yearly subscription of $60/year. Initially, I was given the option of purchase vs subscription and chose purchase. I now am told I have to pay for subscription yearly. If I had known this at the intial purchase time, I would have chosen another software or set up my own on excell. This is poor business practice by this company and I would never recommend them to anyone. I was never notified of any changes with my initial purchase. This would be considered malpractice by most other businesses. They should honor past agreements.

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The software is great when it works but it is so rare that when I do an update, that things update easily! It is awful!

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One Stop Update just doesn't work. Every single time I update I run into problems with multiple accounts and it takes FOREVER to get stuff uploaded.

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The program is user friendly and can be used for home, business, or rental accounting. The program is frequently updated and current.

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It is not a double entry program and items can be too easily erased and cause problems recovering when needed.

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Quicken provides all the tools that many small businesses and most small nonprofits would need to track their expenses and to provide reporting to different departments. It's very user-friendly and easy to learn, but can get quite messed up if the data going in is not entered appropriately. Trust me on that one!The reports are simple to run, and provide all of the information that I have needed in a small nonprofit.

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I really don't have complaints about Quicken for the youth and the reports that I need it for. I'm sure that a larger company would not find it appropriate but for a smaller one it is perfect because the price is right, it's easy to use, and it's easy for reporting.

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Quicken is a versatile personal finance application that covers something as simple as checking and savings account record keeping to more complex accounts such as credit card, investment and mortgage accounts. It can generate reports and graphs to provide a complete picture of one's personal finances.

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To the best of my knowledge Quicken is only available on a subscription basis. In the past one could purchase upgrades as they were released or wait a year to purchase when more features were available.

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Quicken is my memory of pretty much everything I have spent money on since 1995. The reporting capabilities are excellent!

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I wish it handled multiple currencies better (eg. Canadian and US dollars)

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Easy to download transactions. Specialized report save fuction. Cloud sync to view on other devices.

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Every once in a while it auto catorgories something worong.

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My favorite feature is the ability to connect and download transactions from banks, brokerages, and credit cards. These updates make it so easy to keep up with my personal finances.

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The program is so robust that it can be a little complicated sometimes. But the truth is, that is a strength that is worth the time to learn to use.

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Being able to edit and change my spreadsheet is unlimited. The ease and simplicity of Quicken is very inviting.

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Not enough advanced features. The overall look of Quicken is outdated.

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Easy setup, highly customizable, versatile and stable

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None really. I've used it for business, taxes and investments for over 40 years

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All of the investing tools plus the ability to manage all of your traditional checking and savings accounts.

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Can't think of anything I would add.

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It is highly evolved for tracking personal expenditures, and the performance of personal investments.

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The smallest price point at which I can get it, is rather high. I wish it had more tailored pricing based upon the features you need.

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The hope that I could transfer my decades of data from "Quicken for the Mac 2007" to Quicken Classic Premier, for which I still have a subscription until Jul 2025.

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Unlike Quicken for the Mac 2007, there is no pop-up window to show presently downloaded transactions before they are entered into the register. There is no practical way that I can match scheduled or other transactions already entered into my register with downloaded ones. Duplicate transactions are the result, and we are expected to regularly review our registers to combine duplicate transactions. That is time consuming and impractical.

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For $80 Cdn / year this is a fantastic program for blended families with multiple sources of income and complicated expenditures that require organizing. As a lay financial planner, with a rental property and a second marriage, I have spent way too much time trying to organize the finances. What has taken me literally days to do on a spreadsheet has taken me 3 or 4 hours on Quicken. Monthly expenditures and small business management will likely take me 2 to 3 hours a month now, at most. Once you organize your Transaction Payees into Categories (a few hours the first time) you never need to do that step again! Spending charts / pie graphs are clear and 'quickly' ... you know where the money is going, almost to the moment. The program was super easy to show my wife how it works and unnecessary stressors have been eliminated.

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I say almost because transactions from the bank are not simultaneously dropped into your application. Even if you update the account (refresh) it can take time for the new transactions to show up. Apparently the web app doesn't have this issue but the downloaded desk top version does. For me, no issue, but for someone who requires immediate updates it might be a problem.

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Quicken is very user friendly. I enjoy the ease of separating our money into the different budget categories and the convenience of being able to search for expenditures based on the category they were put in.

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I have occasionally had trouble when a check is written incorrectly and needs to be reprinted. I feel that there could be an easier process for voiding and reprinting checks.

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Quicken as reasonably priced and linked fairly easily to my bank account and credit card account.

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I did not like how the naming of charges in my bank account and cards did not line up very cleanly with the Quicken import data. It seemed like I was always scrubbing the data.

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that i can balance my checkbook and also not make a mistake

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not anything i have use it forever and love it

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Quicken does so much more than your standard budgeting and financial keeping. It has helped streamline our business and has been so efficient in our accounting needs

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it was definitley hard to use at first. it took some time and asking lots of questions to really understand it. customer support has been great though

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relatively inexpensive as compared to other options.

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DOES NOT WORK. Even when I did all it asked and upgraded - it is not able to use multiple files I provide.

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It compared to Mint in function. And I was able to import my data.

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The user interface is less appealing than Mint.

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I like the ability to organize and ease of us. I like the connectivity to other websites, accessibility from many platforms, and simply layout. Quicken is ideal for transaction management.

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Quicken provides information but generating taxes, tracking capital equipment, really anything beyond the bare bones - is another investment in different software or an accountant.

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Quicken is great at helping businesses and families keep track of finances and help them budget their money better. It's very easy to use and customer service has been amazing. We were given help setting up a budget that worked for us and helped us start saving for retirement. Even though that's a long way away.

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I wouldn't call this a con but I thought Quicken was only used for business finances and not for personal finances.

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Quicken allows me to keep track of my personal expenses and income.

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I don't have any cons for this product as it has met my needs.

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Pricing was convenient for a small business.

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Not easy to download credit card statements.

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Easy to use platform for keeping track of personal finance.

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Takes a little bit to get your views the way you want them and the process of labeling charges into correct categories is a bit manual.

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Quicken has a very user friendly platform that makes managing our accounting simple.

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I can't think of anything that we do not like.

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I use Quicken for bookkeeping. One of the biggest advantages is how easy it is to copy and paste previous entries—it saves a lot of time on entering similar repetitive expenses. I also appreciate the ability to set up recurring monthly payments, bills, and expenses, which simplifies my workflow significantly. There’s also a good amount of customization options.

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the software does feel a bit dated. The version we’re using looks and operates like something from the early 2000s, which can make it feel clunky compared to newer software. Despite this, I like QuickBooks overall—it’s nothing fancy, but it gets the job done in a straightforward way.

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pretty easy to use for budgeting and data

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The Quicken app is very limited and at times can be very complex to use

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Quicken is better suited for personal use, but we have been using it for our company for over a decade and it does what we need.

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Payroll options are expensive, and not all the options are available.

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