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QuickBooks pricing
QuickBooks publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, QuickBooks pricing is $30/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $30/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
QuickBooks plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Start | $30/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Essentials | $60/month | 5 | +$30/month, 5 more features |
| Plus | $90/month | 5 | +$30/month, 5 more features |
| Advanced | $200/month | 5 | +$110/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Simple Start
$30/monthThe entry tier. It covers income & expense tracking, invoice & payments, tax deductions, receipt capture, 1 user.
Essentials
$60/monthOver Simple Start, this tier adds:
- Everything in Simple Start
- Bill management
- Time tracking
- 3 users
- Enhanced reports
Plus
$90/monthOver Essentials, this tier adds:
- Everything in Essentials
- Inventory tracking
- Project profitability
- 5 users
- Budgeting
Advanced
$200/monthOver Plus, this tier adds:
- Everything in Plus
- Dedicated account team
- 25 users
- Advanced analytics
- Workflow automation
What the product covers
The full QuickBooks feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- General ledger
- Bank feeds
- Reconciliation
- Sales invoicing
- Bills and expenses
- Sales tax and value added tax
- Multi currency
- Inventory
- Projects and job costing
- Classes and locations
- Budgets
- Accountant access
- Payroll
- Time tracking
- Payments
- App marketplace
- Reporting
- Mobile app
- Receipt capture
- Audit log
People bring QuickBooks in for a small business whose accountant works in quickbooks and can take a free access seat rather than being sent exports, an owner who wants to be able to replace their bookkeeper without also replacing the accounting system, a service business needing project level profitability without buying a separate job costing tool, a company that wants a large third party app ecosystem to fill gaps rather than a system that must do everything itself. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to QuickBooks are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Accounting
Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month. QuickBooks starts at $30/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks (this page) | $30/month | subscription | - | |
| Rydoo | $10/month | Per user per month | - | vs QuickBooks |
| Happay | On request | quote | - | vs QuickBooks |
| Moss | On request | quote | - | vs QuickBooks |
| Mesh Payments | Free, then $13/month | Per user per month | - | vs QuickBooks |
| Medius Expense | On request | quote | - | vs QuickBooks |
| Ottimate | On request | quote | - | vs QuickBooks |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the QuickBooks badges page.
Before you pay for QuickBooks
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $30/month and $200/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare QuickBooks against the tools that do have one before committing.
QuickBooks runs on web, ios, android, api, and is published by Intuit Inc of Mountain View, CA. The full record is on the QuickBooks review, and the rest of the category is under best accounting tools.
QuickBooks pricing questions
- How much does QuickBooks cost?
- QuickBooks publishes 4 tiers, from $30/month for Simple Start up to $200/month for Advanced. The cheapest paid tier is $30/month.
- Does QuickBooks have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: QuickBooks is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Simple Start and Essentials on QuickBooks?
- Essentials costs $60/month against $30/month, and adds everything in simple start, bill management, time tracking, 3 users.
- Is the Advanced plan on QuickBooks worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in plus, dedicated account team, 25 users, advanced analytics. It costs $200/month against $30/month for Simple Start. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is QuickBooks expensive for a accounting tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month; QuickBooks starts at $30/month.
- Which accounting tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 accounting tools listed alongside QuickBooks have a free tier: Mesh Payments.
- What am I actually paying for with QuickBooks?
- The record lists 20 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a small business whose accountant works in quickbooks and can take a free access seat rather than being sent exports, an owner who wants to be able to replace their bookkeeper without also replacing the accounting system, a service business needing project level profitability without buying a separate job costing tool.
- Does QuickBooks charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these QuickBooks prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare QuickBooks against before paying?
- The closest accounting tools in this directory are Rydoo, Happay, Moss, Mesh Payments. Each has a side-by-side comparison with QuickBooks covering price, platforms and features.