Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Does QuickBooks Desktop Really Save You Money?

29 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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Lynda Artesani and others argue QuickBooks Desktop doesn't actually save money once you add up software licenses, labor, and time fixing mistakes. Recent price hikes and the product's phase-out are pushing users toward costlier alternatives.

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So if you add collectively all the software you're paying plus the admin time, are you actually saving money?
Right.
No, no, you're not, because you're doing— and the mistakes. I can tell you hands down on one file type that we're doing, the exposure of mistakes and the amount of time it takes for somebody to come in, because at that point it's paper-centric office at this point that we're working with. It's a lot of money and time spent. That's unfortunate. It's already been spent. You thought it was right. It's not. Penny wise and pound foolish. Yep. Yes. We don't see any desktop file that truly does. I'll be honest with you, never has balanced on the trust side ever.
Yeah.
Unless we're doing the work because we know what we're doing. But I've never seen it.
So. Well, great conversation and very timely because, you know, as you said, Lynda, it's, it's being phased out very soon. So it's here. I can remember when they first brought it up, we're all like, oh my God. And it's here.
Then they cranked the price up and got most of them to move on. I know.
Yeah. The Big Bird Steve voice came out. I love it.
Oh my God, Becky.