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Braintree vs Quicken

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Braintree

E-commerce

End-to-end checkout experiences for businesses, from PayPal

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Quicken logo

Quicken

Personal Finance

Take control of your finances

From
$3.99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Braintree vendor overview page names no transaction fee percentage or fixed charge, requiring a separate signup flow to see pricing; Quicken quicken Simplifi (cloud version) costs $3.99 annually if billed yearly, but renews at full price $6.99/month unless cancelled before renewal

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Braintree and Quicken actually diverge.

Attributes where Braintree and Quicken differ
AttributeBraintreeQuicken
Starting priceOn request$3.99/month
Pricing modeltransactionsubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS
CategoryE-commercePersonal Finance
FoundedUnknown1983

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Braintree

Nothing recorded that Quicken does not also cover.

Only in Quicken

  • Budget creation
  • Bill management
  • Investment tracking
  • Tax planning
  • Bank accounts
  • Investment accounts
  • Credit cards
  • Windows support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Braintree

No use cases recorded yet. See the Braintree review.

Quicken

  • Individuals managing personal finances via Quicken Simplifi cloud app for budgeting and savings trackingnot Braintree
  • Freelancers and self-employed managing business and personal finances via Quicken Business & Personal plannot Braintree
  • Users preferring local data storage via Classic desktop editionsnot Braintree

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Braintree

  • Vendor overview page names no transaction fee percentage or fixed charge, requiring a separate signup flow to see pricing
  • Now marketed and hosted directly under the PayPal brand at paypal.com rather than a standalone braintreepayments.com site, which now redirects

Quicken

  • Quicken Simplifi (cloud version) costs $3.99 annually if billed yearly, but renews at full price $6.99/month unless cancelled before renewal
  • Renewal pricing significantly higher than introductory rate; annual cost jumps from $47.88 (promotional) to $83.88 (regular renewal)

Pricing, plan by plan

Braintree

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Braintree review.

Quicken

$3.99/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Quicken review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Braintree if

Nothing in the data separates Braintree from Quicken on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Braintree review

Choose Quicken if

  • You need budget creation.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS.
  • You also want bill management.
Quicken review

Questions people ask

Is Braintree or Quicken better?
Neither clearly leads. Braintree starts at On request and Quicken at $3.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Braintree or Quicken?
Braintree starts at On request and Quicken at $3.99/month.
Does Braintree or Quicken run on more platforms?
Braintree runs on Web. Quicken runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS.
What can Braintree do that Quicken cannot?
Quicken covers Budget creation, Bill management, Investment tracking, Tax planning.
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