Quicken alternatives - what are you using

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Quicken alternatives - what are you using

Post by jturning » Sat May 05, 2007 5:02 pm

My Quicken 2004 went out of support, and I started using Gnucash. It has a strange way of doing things coming from Quciken. I've been able to get it working for my needs. What are the rest of you guys using?

Anyone using Moneydance?

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Post by Patrick » Sat May 05, 2007 5:09 pm

jturning wrote:Anyone using Moneydance?Bugz
I've been wanting to try out Moneydance for some time now. In fact I'm in the process of lining up the developer of Moneydance for an interview. I'll try to get him to offer some coupon codes for the listeners.
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Post by jturning » Sat May 05, 2007 5:21 pm

Cool. I did download it and play with it briefly, but there were some initial things about it I didn't like for a pay app. Unfortunately, as a pay app it's getting a harder comparison to Quicken. Maybe hearing him explain it in detail will spark me to give it a longer try. Tell him potential customers hang in the balance of him doing the show, :).

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Post by Chess » Sat May 05, 2007 6:09 pm

I have been using Moneydance for almost 4 years now without issue. It's a fantastic product -- very Quicken-like. I can download my transactions directly into the program, and I can pay bills directly from the program as well. Be sure to contact their support email about setting up your bank. Their support guys are super nice and very, very helpful. They have the connection info on many, many banks and can walk you through it.

It's an A+ application for me.
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Post by Karl » Sun May 06, 2007 11:42 am

I also use MoneyDance and have been very happy with it.
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Post by elgordo123 » Tue May 08, 2007 2:41 pm

I have my own small business and use gnucash to keep track of all my finances, customers, invoices, etc. It does a great job. I've been using it for quite a few years now. Probably a bit overkill for personal use though.
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Re: Quicken alternatives - what are you using

Post by Gomer_X » Thu May 10, 2007 8:45 am

jturning wrote:My Quicken 2004 went out of support, and I started using Gnucash. It has a strange way of doing things coming from Quciken. I've been able to get it working for my needs. What are the rest of you guys using?
I've used Gnucash for a few years an it works fine. Once the accounts are set up, I just download updates from the bank's web site in Quicken format and import them.

It takes a bit of getting used to, but the manual and tutorial are good. It uses real accounting principles, so it's a bit different than Quicken.

I also do some custom stuff with spreadsheets.
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