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Comment by diogenes_atx | Hacker News Reader

Do you need to run Quicken locally on your PC? Can you just use the cloud version of Quicken?

At my work we use quickbooks enterprise (which is a desktop app) for some clients and another (not Intuit) online/cloud app for other clients. I have extensive experience using both. The cloud apps are slow, buggy, lacking features, immature UI/UX, and not as open.

The principal limitation of qbe is lack of multi-location support. The main advantage of cloud is the ability to provide direct access (though the role/permission models I’ve experienced have other downsides).

It’s a mixed bag, but the advantages of qbe outweigh the aggravations of windows—for now.

I was unaware that there is a cloud version and will investigate, thanks!

IIUC the cloud solution provides cloud-based storage|copies of the quicken file and accessibility through a less-functional web-based tool and Simplifi isn't compatible.

So, thanks again for the suggestion but these solutions won't work for me.

Yeah, you're right. It is astonishing that Quicken's web app does not offer the same features and functionality as the desktop version. Having worked for many years as an SRE, I would have imagined that the opposite would be true - that Quicken would want to migrate its users to its online version, precisely so that customers could use the software from any client, be it Mac, Linux, WinBlows, or whatever.

I agree and I would pay for this service!

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