@MrTom4 wrote:
"Their QB Pro Plus (1-year subscription model) is now the same price ($150) QB Desktop used to be a few years back. Sure you can still pay the price you used to, but now you can't use it for 11+ years unless you pay $400. If you stick with Pro Plus they want you to pay $1,650 to use it for 11 years. It's mind-boggling when you do the math. Now QB with payroll is a whole other money grab."
Actually, it is way worse than this. QB Pro Desktop costs $379.99 (Desktop download). You can use 99% of the program as long as you want, but certain online features have a sunset features that stop working after three years. Most people do not need the sunset features, but let's just call this a 36-month subscription for the sake of argument.
There really is not an online version that can match QB Pro Desktop, but let's just say that QB Plus Online is the online equivalent. QB Plus Online costs $70 a month. $70 x 36-month = $2,520. That is almost EIGHT times the price!
Intuit is going to do everything in its power to push you towards the online version because they can rape your wallet for thousands. They know nobody would pay $2,500 for their crappy Desktop program, so they try to fool you with that "LOW MONTHLY PAYMENT" for their Online version, which is way worse than their Desktop version. It is a sleazy car salesman technique.
