In a February 1, 2024, QuickBooks Blog article titled QuickBooks
Desktop to stop selling to new U.S. subscribers, Intuit published its
public announcement concerning its policy it would no longer sell
new subscriptions to several QuickBooks Desktop products after July
31, 2024.
Needless to say, this came as a shock to the tens-of-thousands, if not
hundreds-of-thousands of small businesses who maintain their
bookkeeping records using QuickBooks Pro or QuickBooks Premier.
While Intuit stated that existing subscribers could renew their
subscriptions after July 31, 2024*, many QuickBooks users were
concerned by the * (asterisk) that annotates Intuit's Disclaimer about
customer subscription renewals. "Availability, terms, conditions,
pricing, special features, and service support options subject to
change without notice.“
Intuit also announced the Sunset of the 2021 versions of QuickBooks
Pro and Premier (as well as other products in the desktop lineup) for
May 31, 2024. And since, QuickBooks Desktop users have been
continually messaged by Intuit in a variety of ways that then need to
'migrate to QuickBooks Online.’
It became obvious users needed an independent review of various
accounting apps suitable for small businesses currently using QB
Desktop Pro/Premier. Over the last few months, we’ve been evaluating a variety of Apps on
the market that I feel are likely to meet the needs of QB Desktop
Pro/Premier users.
In order to do this, we identified a variety of features, functions and
capabilities offered by QuickBooks Desktop Pro/Premier. I then
identified the apps that were comparable to each of the desktop
products based on my set of features. We've examined forty-eight
criteria in evaluating each of these accounting apps and have boiled
down today’s presentation to the eighteen most important features
representing the major differences.
We will also review the Pros and Cons in terms of those features for
each of the products compared with QBDT Pro/Pro-plus.
Then we will discuss migration pathways available for the various
software apps so you will know what to expect. We will tell you which
products have tools to help you, which offer migration assistance, and
which offer little if any conversion help. We will even give you some
migration methodology and potential 'help-mates’ to assist in the
process of conversion to the various apps you choose.
While we will identify, based on the data and the Goldilocks
methodology, the solution that is ‘most right’ (aka: “just right in the
Goldilocks story), we want you to know that we are not trying to sell
you any particular software.
Our goal is to give you the information you need to choose the best
solution and migration path for yourselves and/or your clients.
Therefore, this Blue Paper (aka: White Paper) is the result of our review
of alternatives to Desktop Pro…