3.8 Overall Score Quicken 2018 for Mac is now available and the big news is that it has officially moved to a subscription only pricing plan. If this is the last straw for you, check out our look at some of the excellent that exist nowadays such as the impressive free version of. MacHow2 was the that such a move was in the pipeline shortly after the release of the Canadian version of Quicken 2017 for Mac although Quicken Inc later denied any decision had been made about the US product. Now however, it’s official that all Quicken 2018 products are only available on a subscription basis.

Aug 21, 2014 - And, if you're a user of Quicken Essentials for Mac, Quicken Mac 2007, or Quicken 2010 for Windows or later, you can easily import your data.

In this review, we look at what this means for you and what’s new in Quicken 2018. What’s New in Quicken 2018 For Mac? For all Quicken for Mac users, the biggest changes in the 2018 version are.

Quicken for Mac is now subscription only – you can’t just make a one-off purchase anymore, you have to make an annual or bi-annual commitment to it. Note that 2 year subscriptions are only available from third-party retailers such as Amazon, Staples and Office Depot.

Quicken Inc only sells 1 year subscriptions at the moment. Quicken will now be available in 3 different versions that were previously only available on Windows: • Quicken Starter for Mac • Quicken Deluxe for Mac • Quicken Premier for Mac 3. In any subscription, you also get 5GB of Dropbox space to backup your accounts. Third parties such as Amazon are offering up to included in 2 year subscriptions. Dropbox backup support already existed in previous versions of Quicken but you now get more space. You can simply configure Quicken 2018 to for extra security. For Quicken Deluxe for Mac subscribers and above there are additional benefits: • You now get a customized investment portfolio with IRR and ROI.

This also includes Investment Lot tracking, Linked eBills and PDF statements. • You now get “What-if?” analysis for loans with ability to vary payment scenarios For Quicken Premier for Mac subscribers and above you also get: • Quicken Bill Pay for automatic payment of bills with 11,000 online billers now supported according to Quicken Inc • Priority Phone support.

It’s not exactly clear what this means because as yet, there’s no official Quicken Policy on it but presumably it’s the same as which previously was only available for Windows. Adobe. Quicken For Mac 2018 Pricing Subscriptions for Quicken 2018 are available on a one year or two-year basis. However, Quicken Inc is only selling one-year subscriptions – two-year subscriptions are only available via third-party vendors such as Amazon. Subscribing for two years at a time works out cheaper than just a one year subscription, plus Amazon is offering 3 months for free and an extra 15GB of Dropbox storage (more on this later). Subscriptions are tied to your Quicken ID and you can install Quicken on unlimited Macs or PCs with one subscription (more on this later). Note that there is no free trial although Quicken offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied (which is down from 60 days compared with previous versions). Smayer97 There are MANY features that are not same between the Mac and Windows versions.

With all its new features (including a few that do not exist in any previous versions of QMac), the core features still do not match some to the key functionality of QM2007, which itself was short of the QWin versionsJust take a look at the long list of items here: Short list of obstacles to transition from QM2007 or QWin to QM2018 (except lot assignment which has been addressed): Comprehensive list of items still missing: BTW, please add your votes to missing features. Your VOTES matter! That said, do not let the subscription model scare you: Only the Starter subscription requires annual renewal to continue to use your data file or it becomes read-only at expiration. Otherwise, all other versions can continue to be used in manual mode. Read about it here: NOTE: though auto-renewal is probably turned on by default, you can opt out and only renew when you want.

Which then makes it no different than previous versions. So now you will need to determine what renewal cycle gives you the best value at the new price points. Joe If you cancel your subscription, you can view, edit and export your datacan you still run reports within Quicken? Their website doesn’t explicitly say that you can, and I’d consider this the most practical way to retrieve old financial data (even with Quicken’s limited reporting). If it’s just the online functionality that is disabled, then this is basically what we had with Quicken 2017 and prior (but at double the price!).

If reporting is disabled when the subscription expires, that could be a pretty big deal. Other than that, I could probably live with the subscription model except the 100% price increase is going to be hard to swallow. Smayer97 A “new” aspect has come to light about how the subscription worksone is a benefit, the other a caveat and possible loss or hidden cost.