Generally, when companies RAISE prices, they do so from a position of strength. A quick trip onto the Quicken support forums shows that the 2017 version is riddled with issues ranging from lockups to data file corruption to continued lack of connectivity to financial institutions. Against this, Quicken as a product, has become more and more buggy. To make matters worse, the 2018 version comes with really no new features other than some minor improvements to reporting and a more consolidated bill paying window. Cost tripledīottom line, Quicken has more than TRIPLED the cost of its software overnight. A to Quicken Home & Business now costs $99/year where I used to be able to buy the 3-year sunset version for $89 at Costco. The problem is, both plans are basically priced the same as buying ONE three-year sunset version each year. Instead of buying a version every three years, now you are forced to buy a one or two year “membership plan”. After looking further, the new ownership has indeed changed the way Quicken is being sold from now on. Uh, “membership plan” sounds like subscription to me. (And yes, that’s exactly how they worded it: a complete sentence with period followed by a fragment.) With the convenience of our new membership plan”. On opening it up, the headline says “The new 2018 release of Quicken is here. About 3 days ago, I received a CD-ROM in the mail gleefully announcing my invitation to upgrade to Quicken 2018 (we are currently using Quicken 2016 Home & Business). About a year ago, Intuit, the owners of Quicken, decided to sell off its consumer products (Quicken) to private equity firm, HIG Capital which put the product’s future in limbo. After 3 years, the product would no longer function for downloading (or importing) transactions and it wouldn’t receive any bug or security fixes. Maybe a little more than a decade ago, Quicken moved to a planned “sunset” product lifecycle model where each new version now had a lifespan of 3 years. The most significant and important update to Quicken came when it started supporting direct transaction downloads from financial institutions making it a lot simpler to balance, categorize and see snapshots of financial health. Most of the time I’ve upgraded either when significant new features were added or when it was required due to a new OS. I have long been a user of Quicken products ever since the very first DOS-based versions came out.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |