Renewal price

@NotACPA There is indeed a Starter subscription level for Quicken Mac — although finding the web page offering Starter (for Mac or Windows) can be a challenge.

Most pages on Quicken's website show only Deluxe, Premier and Business and Personal levels, and omit mentioning Starter.

For my modest needs, I think I'll move from Quicken Starter to Moneydance. It's a one time purchase and $4 a month only to sync with bank and CC accounts.

@d.gerety. So you'd save about $14 a year: $53.88/year for Quicken Starter versus $40.00 for Moneydance Plus connectivity. But you have to purchase Moneydance ($65), so you don't come out ahead in cost until your fifth year. And somewhere along the way, you'll likely need to re-purchase a newer version of Moneydance to keep up with changes in macOS technology or their connectivity security. So I'm saying to just consider if this is worth the hassle of moving to a new platform. Also, check whether there's a path to move your existing Quicken data to Moneydance. I'm pretty sure it only imports from QIF files, and Quicken Mac does not export data in QIF format. There might be a way to do it with a QMTF export from Quicken Mac, but I'm not sure whether that works.

If the Quicken renewal is $53.88 as you suggest, it will make that path more attractive. However, if it's $90 as I've seen elsewhere, or even close, I'm packing my bags and moving to Moneydance.

I was basing that on the not-easy-to-find page on the Quicken website which shows Quicken Classic Starter subscriptions selling for $4.49/month = $53.88/year.

I'd also note that Quicken Deluxe, which is sold both directly by Quicken and by retailers, is often on sale for little more — and sometimes even less — than Starter. For instance, I just did a quick search and found Quicken Deluxe in a retail box (not marked only for new subscribers) for $44.99 from Walmart.