Intuit Quicken Home & Business 2008

• Reviewed by: markandmarinaredfern

  Strengths: Sounds like it would be really cool if my bank used it.

  Weaknesses: My bank uses old versions of Quicken. I assumed that since I was getting a new version that old versions would have no trouble downloading my bank information into it. It's useless.

  Overall: I either have to transfer all my business to a different bank that uses up to date Quicken or enter all my banking manually. The whole point was to use the auto update feature. I can manually enter my banking into a spreadsheet.

• Reviewed by: david238

  Strengths: Ease of use. Way it uses transaction "flags" to identify business transactions made from personal checking & credit card accounts. I have always liked the way the Quicken registers look just like a paper checkbook register.

  Weaknesses: I haven't found any yet.

  Overall: I've used Quicken since the late 1980's when Intuit had less than 20 employees. I haven't found any software that's better. I recently upgraded to Home & Business from Deluxe 2004, partly because Intuit quit supporting 2004 versions and partly because my wife recently started a home-based business. So far Home & Business does everything I expected it to do and more. I track self-directed IRAs, stock transactions and other retirement accounts as well as the business transactions.I think Home & Business will work great for our relatively simple business with no inventory or employees. For a more complex business with lots of assets (equipment, vehicles), employees, inventory and lines of credit, etc. Quickbooks would probably be a better choice.

• Reviewed by: chadduppong

  Strengths: Easy

  Weaknesses: Not much

  Overall: Quicken is a great tool to get your business off on the right foot. The software does what it needs to do without much of an effort on your part.

• Reviewed by: bobfrank

  Strengths: easy to learn and use.

  Weaknesses: lack some flexibility in file placing.

  Overall: Excellent product. 8th or 9th yearly version I have used in the last 10 years. Continues to help my finances run smoothly. Works well with my bank and credit card accounts. Really helps at tax time.

• Reviewed by: ckjoyce

  Strengths: Great for a small business owner who needs simple invoicing. Better reports available.

  Weaknesses: Don't like the NEW tag system as register is now too cluttered.

  Overall: Forced to upgrade to this 2008 program in order to receive updates. Have not found any of the new features to be needed. "New" features not worth the price unless you are forced to upgrade.