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Questions before purchasing Quicken 2018 Starter (upgrading from 2006)

I'm getting ready to purchase Quicken 20185 Starter and have a few questions (1) Does Quicken 2018 Starter support multiple users of the one database? (2) Is there different levels of security limiting multiple users access to data or functions? (3) Is the user of the mobile app tied to the user of the desktop software? Meaning could I be the primary user on the desktop and my husband access the software through the mobile app?

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  • splashersplasher SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2018
    #1 Anybody with access to the computer can use Quicken.  Financial records for different people can be kept in different files and each file have their own password to restrict access.  There is only one Quicken Id (QID) associated with a subscription, so using features like QMobile, Credit Score & Investing.Quicken.com will have same QID and therefore everyone using that subscription of Quicken will have equal access to those features.

    #2 No, once in, everyone has same access

    #3 QMobile is tied to a Quicken data file of which you can have multiple files, but they are all accessible since they are all tied to the same Quicken Id.

    Further about QMobile, it is an app that allows you to display the accounts synced to the Quicken Cloud Account (QCA).  Along with displaying, you can enter transactions, but you have to have internet connectivity since the data is kept in the QCA and not the mobile device.  QMobile is very limited in what can be done.

    About Starter Edition, it only deals with banking, credit accounts and budgets, NO investment or loans.  If the subscription lapses, SE goes into READ-ONLY mode and does NOT allow entry of any new information by ANY means.
    -splasher  using Q since 1996 -  Subscription  -  Win10
    -also older versions as needed for testing
    -Questions? Check out the  Quicken Windows FAQ list

  • MarcelMarcel Member ✭✭
    edited October 2018
    I am too using Quicken H&B 2016 Canadian version which will expires on May 2019. I have noticed that on the US site, two weeks ago, it was possible to purchase a two years subscription with a 40% discount !!!
    Knowing that I have no choice than switching to an annual subscription model, I would like to have the best price possible to convince me to upgrade.

    My question is "Why there is no two years subscription option for the Canadian version of Quicken H&B 2018?". Is there such discount as 40% offered for Canadian customers and, if so, how can we be notified about it?

  • splashersplasher SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2019

    I am too using Quicken H&B 2016 Canadian version which will expires on May 2019. I have noticed that on the US site, two weeks ago, it was possible to purchase a two years subscription with a 40% discount !!!
    Knowing that I have no choice than switching to an annual subscription model, I would like to have the best price possible to convince me to upgrade.

    My question is "Why there is no two years subscription option for the Canadian version of Quicken H&B 2018?". Is there such discount as 40% offered for Canadian customers and, if so, how can we be notified about it?

    Those deals are not available to users that are renewing.  A user would have to have an expired subscription of more than 30 days to get the 40% off price.

    I don't know if you can buy Quicken at third party retailers, Amazon, etc, but shop around for the best $/month price.
    -splasher  using Q since 1996 -  Subscription  -  Win10
    -also older versions as needed for testing
    -Questions? Check out the  Quicken Windows FAQ list

  • MarcelMarcel Member ✭✭
    edited December 2019

    I am too using Quicken H&B 2016 Canadian version which will expires on May 2019. I have noticed that on the US site, two weeks ago, it was possible to purchase a two years subscription with a 40% discount !!!
    Knowing that I have no choice than switching to an annual subscription model, I would like to have the best price possible to convince me to upgrade.

    My question is "Why there is no two years subscription option for the Canadian version of Quicken H&B 2018?". Is there such discount as 40% offered for Canadian customers and, if so, how can we be notified about it?

    Thanks.
    Unfortunately, Amazon sells only the US Version subscription. With 3 free additional months for a 2 years subscription (total 27 months), it would be interesting.

    But at least Quicken should offer the same 2 years choice to Canadian clients unless they also promote the "Buy America First" policy so popular these days!

    IMHO, As a long time Quicken client, I find that not being able to save $100 on a 2 years subscription is not fear.
  • splashersplasher SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2019

    I am too using Quicken H&B 2016 Canadian version which will expires on May 2019. I have noticed that on the US site, two weeks ago, it was possible to purchase a two years subscription with a 40% discount !!!
    Knowing that I have no choice than switching to an annual subscription model, I would like to have the best price possible to convince me to upgrade.

    My question is "Why there is no two years subscription option for the Canadian version of Quicken H&B 2018?". Is there such discount as 40% offered for Canadian customers and, if so, how can we be notified about it?

    I may be real wrong, but I believe that they are looking at market size and the costs to modify US to CDN and pricing it based on that.

    Personally, I think they should make the Windows version dual country like the Mac version and then make the same deals available to both groups.
    -splasher  using Q since 1996 -  Subscription  -  Win10
    -also older versions as needed for testing
    -Questions? Check out the  Quicken Windows FAQ list

  • jacobsjacobs SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2018
    Marcel, Quicken has different promotions which tend to come and go pretty quickly. I don't know if they offer any to Canadian customers, but the absence of one right now doesn't necessarily mean there are never any; you might try checking back periodically to see if one is available to you. (And if so, be prepared to buy it then, because it could disappear just as quickly, and not return.) Around the holidays/year-end is a popular promotion time, as is the spring when the old 2016 versions is about to expire. 
    QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
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