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(More customer reviews)Amazing how the 'downloadable' verision costs more than the box, huh? I rated this product in the standard media and gave it five stars. I took one away here for 1.) the price should be less 2.) you also have to download a download management program from Amazon --I did this for Turbo Tax and it worked well, however, it, the proprietay nature of that beast is a little disturbing to me, especially the size of that program.
Also, if you are in a hurry for this -i.e.,you want to download it- you probably want to read the bottom of my review about quicken.com.
I have a SMALL business and have been using Quicken for years. Along the way I have noticed how a few years back that Quicken (Intuit) let their product slide and also introduced hype each year to entice you to buy something that wasn't much more valuable than the previous version. (During those years I tried MS Money, etc., but Quicken still had the edge IMHO in spite of the decline in quality)
When the business grew a little last year I also bought Quickbooks 2008 (I also fell into a hype trap about Payroll addition which was nothing but a service. . .but that is another story) Last year I used it a lot but found that Quickbooks was too cumbersome for a business of my size. So, that caused me to look around for a good product again.
Yes, I was VERY hesitant to buy this product; was planning on returning it if it didn't live up to its claims. . . but surprisingly, IT DOES. I have been using it about four months now.
The primary feature is the ability to separate your business and personal trasactions on one screen. Being a techie I understand that there was a signficant amount of database work to accomplish this -and they did it- and in such a way it is very convenient to use, even for business transactions that may be in accounts that are normally 'personal.' This product is a breeze to use for a business my size and to also keep up with personal finances. Probably if I had as many as five-ten employees I would use Quickbooks.
2009 also offers several other bells and whistles above Quicken 2008: The ease of adding new accounts, the reports, the way it imports data is better and some features I seldom use, i.e., 'Quicken Picks' which produces coupons from stores you use. Even these make it worth the price.
But again, it is the Business and Personal data that are easy to seperate, but managable together on single screens that does it for me --it is a signficant advancement along with these additional bells and whistles.
You may want to shop around. I looked at it here but then bought it from Intuit who was bundling it with WillMaker, etc., and etc. And their websites are also improving, e.g., when my computer crashed all I had to do was log back in to quicken.com and reload ALL that software. Intuit is definitely trying to do better, this product was well worth it for me.
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Quicken Home and Business makes it simple to manage all your personal and business finances in one place— so you can see how your business is doing.
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