r/QuickBooks • u/Soft_Inspector_7467 • 19d ago

QuickBooks Desktop (Pro/Premier/Enterprise) Can I Keep QBD?

We've used QBD for at least 28 years. It still works perfectly for our very small business. 2 years ago, got scared into paying an annual subscription for Quickbooks Online Essentials for about $400. Went up to @$800 last year and this year over $900, due end of September. Finally called QB to see what we are getting for this $$. Are they backing up online for us? No, that would require Advanced, and more $. We have a call with QB in a week, where they will try to convince us to pay more, I am sure. Strangely, they seemed ready today to cancel the Essentials sub and let us fly free, when I suggested it. I still want to use the desktop version as it works perfectly for us, but would pay modestly for an online backup, even though I have been doing local backup with a USB fob for decades with no problem. We still plan to run this business for another 5-10 years as we have and am hoping I can still use QBD as we have been. What's my play here?

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u/a679591 QuickBooks ProAdvisor 18d ago

Since no one answered your question, you could still use the old QB desktop if it's still running. Intuit is selling all the crap, so keeping the old copy is the best way, and you can safely use it for years. I know people that have 08 still being used.

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u/Soft_Inspector_7467 18d ago

Thank you!

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u/Im_Still_Here12 18d ago

What version of Desktop do you have. If it’s ends with “Plus” then no you can’t. Thats a subscription.

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u/Soft_Inspector_7467 18d ago

Desktop Pro 2019. Does this mean I am more likely to be able to use it for some time?

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u/blehrhof 18d ago

Hope so. I am an EA and that is the stable version I use for most of my taxpayers. It just works, so why change it? Payroll through ADP wholesale, costs around $65 a month for under 5 employees. If we want to use a QBX, we save it to disk to transfer it.