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You may opt-out by clicking here Edit Story Jun 15, 2015, 10:11am EDT The Worst-Kept Secret About QuickBooks Online Gene Marks Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Small Business Strategy I write about technology developments for small business owners. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Once upon a time, not very long ago, it was a different experience buying software. Take QuickBooks, the popular small business accounting system, for example. Set Up Reim Group In Qb Install The SoftwareYou would install the software on your desktop computer or on your server. You could purchase QuickBooks Premier for about 300 and install it on just about any Windows 7 or 8 machine. Like Intuits other desktop products, QuickBooks Premier is now all the way at the bottom of the products page, overshadowed by its QuickBooks Online offerings. Main Stage keynote spotlighting the Intuit Bold Commitment to local Boulder small business owners during the QuickBooks Connect Boulder event at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, May 21, 2015 in Boulder, Colo. QBConnect (Photo by Jack DempseyInvision for QuickBooksAP Images). Intuit is no different than any other large software manufacturer intent on growing profits. And small businesses, like it or not, are definitely migrating to the cloud. He expects that to increase to 78 of small businesses by 2020. It relieves us of the burden of maintaining a network or an IT guy, were told. Cloud applications allow us to access our data now from anywhere, using just about any mobile device. Support for the software can be offered more economically because everythings being maintained by the manufacturer. Security is better. Integration with other cloud based applications is easier. And, were told, monthly software payments help us with our cash flow. The real reason is also the worst-kept secret about the cloud: software companies like Intuit make lots more money from cloud applications. A monthly subscription for QuickBooks Online Essentials (the most popular choice, according to Intuit) lists for 26.95 per month. The application compares closely to the 300 version of QuickBooks Premier. Doing the math In just one year youre paying 323 for QuickBooks Online Essentials. Thats every year. Compared to the one-time 300 payment you wouldve made for QuickBooks Premier.
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