Quicken 2003 VS Money 2003

[Maab]

I'm trying to decide which program to go with.
I read in the reviews that they're close, but that
Money finally has the advantage.

I have to admit that from what I've seen Money
seems to be easier to use and download statements
etc, even though supposedly this is one of the Quicken
advantages. However Quicken is supported by more banks/fin inst
etc, almost twice as many...1900 to 1000 for money. I also
am an avid Turbo Tax user, which would make integration easier
w/ another itnuit product, although Money 2003 says that
it integrates just fine with TT.

On the down side, the Quicken I have did not read the
downloaded bank stmts as they were in qfx format and
quicken told me that it needed qdf and a couple of others
it would read, but not qfx. How did this happen?

I'm really leaning toward Money at this point, but wonder
what the consensus (if there is a fair one on a Quicken site :))
is.

Anyone have any in-depth on both?

Thanks,

Mab

[FredBear]

mab992@post.com (Maab) wrote:
I also am an avid Turbo Tax user, which would make integration easierw/ another itnuit product, although Money 2003 says that it integrates just fine with TT.

Most people find the integration between TurboTax and Quicken to be far more
trouble than it's worth, unless you have a very simple tax situation.

It's far easier to print the appropriate tax reports from either finalcial
program and then enter the necessary numbers by hand into a tax program.

[Bob H]

"Maab" <mab992@post.com> wrote in message
news:f7994aef.0306230724.42585eec@posting.google.com... I'm trying to decide which program to go with. I read in the reviews that they're close, but that Money finally has the advantage. I have to admit that from what I've seen Money seems to be easier to use and download statements etc, even though supposedly this is one of the Quicken advantages. However Quicken is supported by more banks/fin inst etc, almost twice as many...1900 to 1000 for money. I also am an avid Turbo Tax user, which would make integration easier w/ another itnuit product, although Money 2003 says that it integrates just fine with TT. On the down side, the Quicken I have did not read the downloaded bank stmts as they were in qfx format and quicken told me that it needed qdf and a couple of others it would read, but not qfx. How did this happen? I'm really leaning toward Money at this point, but wonder what the consensus (if there is a fair one on a Quicken site :)) is. Anyone have any in-depth on both? Thanks, Mab

I was using Money basic 2002, upgrades along the way from Mny97. Well, a
month ago, it just decided to lock me out by not recognizing my password.
Nothing I tried worked. So I purchased Quicken 2003 Prem, and have been
using it since. Do I like Quicken better? It seems to do some stuff more
clumsily, like some aspects of 401k's. However, I find it completely
usable, and would rather send Intuit some $$ for their product rather than
reward MSoft.

Take your pick, they're both pretty good really. I think the MS product
might give you alot more features in their lower line versions than Quicken
provides, saving you money.

[Maab]

It sure appears that even on the Quicken NG that Money seems to
have the edge. Seems like the tide is turning.

MAB
I was using Money basic 2002, upgrades along the way from Mny97. Well, a month ago, it just decided to lock me out by not recognizing my password. Nothing I tried worked. So I purchased Quicken 2003 Prem, and have been using it since. Do I like Quicken better? It seems to do some stuff more clumsily, like some aspects of 401k's. However, I find it completely usable, and would rather send Intuit some $$ for their product rather than reward MSoft. Take your pick, they're both pretty good really. I think the MS product might give you alot more features in their lower line versions than Quicken provides, saving you money.

[Guest]

On 25 Jun 2003 12:58:04 -0700, mab992@post.com (Maab) wrote:
t sure appears that even on the Quicken NG that Money seems tohave the edge. Seems like the tide is turning.

I was VERY happy with Money. The only reason I switched to Quicken
was that it works better with my bank. That's probably an issue the
bank needs to resolve. Quicken does have some nice features, but all
in all I don't get the impression that Intuit considers its software a
revenue generator worth putting many support resources into.

[John Pollard]

bd@ola.moc wrote:
I was VERY happy with Money. The only reason I switched to Quicken was that it works better with my bank.

Are there one or two capabilities that you particularly liked better
about Money, or was it just an overall valuation.


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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:00:37 -0700, "John Pollard"
<willnotworkatall@hotmail.com> wrote:
bd@ola.moc wrote: The only reason I switched to Quicken was that it works better with my bank.Forgot to ask you if you can elaborate on this a bit? Howspecifically does Quicken work better with your bank?

With Quicken, I can cleanly maintain the list of payees with the bank.
With MS Money, I was only able to add a payee with the same account
number once and I wasn't able to delete it. If the payee's address
changed, I was SOL.

What I liked better about MS Money was:

1. Price - MSM Deluxe was much cheaper than Quicken 2003 Deluxe.
2. Support - Every issue I had was either answered in a newsgroup or
in the MS knowledge base.
3. The interface was cleaner and even MS gave the option of turning
off all of the ads.
4. More customizable than Quicken 2003 Deluxe.
5. Investments page seemed more user-friendly.
6. MS Money was seemlessly integrated with MSN.
7. When I went to update stock prices, they updated the first time
almost every time.
8. I liked the monthly summary report option.

Things I like better about Quicken 2003 Deluxe:

1. If I have a scheduled payment that I enter, but make a mistake, I
can delete the payment and it is put back on the schedule for the same
time slot. In MSM, once you enter the payment it's off the list until
its next scheduled date.

2. It's easier to move around among my accounts.

3. The payee list shows me right away who is a 0, 2, and 4 day payee.

4. When I try to update twice in one day, the software will tell me
such and such an account won't be giving me any new data and ask if I
want to skip it.

5. I can cancel an update session in progress if I think it has
stalled out. MSM kind of hung there.

[John Pollard]

bd@ola.moc wrote:

Thank you; well thought out and described.


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