Quickbooks desktop alternative

Hello there, lamcgrath.

I heard your sentiments about the interface or how the system works in QuickBooks. Your opinion is important for us to help improve our products.

In the QuickBooks Community, we're unable to suggest or provide other alternative non-cloud-based products. Although, you can visit our website for other QuickBooks products that will suit your business. Otherwise, you'll want to look for a third-party app in our QuickBooks Desktop app store or other accounting software of your choice that meets your business needs.

I've also added this article where you can find helpful articles, video tutorials, and more on managing your QuickBooks account: Learn QuickBooks.

Keep me posted if you have other QuickBooks-related concerns. I'm always here to help you.

@lamcgrath 

Do you and other 50 friends have QB Desktop Pro Plus?

Why do you “hate” them? Any specific concerns?

We may share an alternative to consider.

I'm also interested in an alternative to QB's blatant money grab.  I want a desktop version that I can purchase for a reasonable price, much as I have been able to do in the past.

Right there with the group on planning to move to an Intuit competitor if that company gets rid of QuickBooks Desktop in an attempt for force people to accept QuickBooks Online that is an inferior product for my needs. A lot of my fellow business owners, their CPAs, and others are also looking to do the same. It is amazing this Intuit completely ignore what their customers actually want. Fine if some people prefer QuickBooks Online but do not push that product on everyone else that does not want it and will leave for products by Intuit competitors.

I'm leaving quickbooks after close to thirty years of using the desktop version. The price hike and forcible transition to online is a blatant money grab for a less versatile product. I always worried that this day would come because of the hassle of transitioning to a competitors software. But now I'm so pissed off, the transition is going to be a pleasure.

Yes - if anyone has recommendations for another software company that doesn't hate its customers I'd love to hear it.  I would also like to find one that provides adequate, trained tech support like quickbooks used to before they shut it all down and moved to outsourced, untrained teenagers.  

Literally any other software but intuit would be great to hear about.  I've never seen a company eff up something so much - it's like that lady that ran yahoo into the ground bought intuit or something.  

Me too. My version is already expired but I refuse to be pushed online, want a perfect example of why not? The Texas Spectrum internet outage... How's that? I am continously looking for an alternative to QB, will not be forced to take my company file online. 

Did you find a alternative? It sounds like it would need a data conversion script!

Hi, I'm also here exploring alternatives. We are a small bookkeeping firm with about 20 current clients, most of which also have payroll. Several also use direct deposit for some employees.  We currently use Desktop Accountant 2024 and have Enhanced Payroll for Accountants sub. The price doubled for payroll between 2022 & 2023 and will be doubling once again in October. The price is also increasing $200 more for the software. We just can't afford these continuous increases year after year. What alternatives could you (Fiat Lux) recommend for someone in our situation?

Me, too!