Quicken Starter vs. Deluxe (and Premier)

Posted by Walt Bilofsky on January 3, 2009, 4:29 pm

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I need to update my Quicken this year, and am womdering which version
to get.

According to the comparison chart at
http://quicken.intuit.com/compare_products.jsp , Premier is required
in order to "Monitor your investments."

Another poster said that Deluxe is enough to download stock quotes.
Does it also download from investment accounts?

Does Starter do these things? What's missing in Starter?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Posted by Oilcan on January 3, 2009, 5:25 pm

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Starter is like a bicycle with training wheels, Deluxe will handle all
investment needs (10 speed bike), Premium has more planning tools
(racing bike). I downgraded from Premium this year to Deluxe and do not
miss any of the added bells and whistles that I never used in Premium.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Bilofsky [mailto:bilofsky@toolworks.com]
Posted At: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:29 PM
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Conversation: Quicken Starter vs. Deluxe (and Premier)
Subject: Quicken Starter vs. Deluxe (and Premier)

I need to update my Quicken this year, and am womdering which version
to get.

According to the comparison chart at
http://quicken.intuit.com/compare_products.jsp , Premier is required
in order to "Monitor your investments."

Another poster said that Deluxe is enough to download stock quotes.
Does it also download from investment accounts?

Does Starter do these things? What's missing in Starter?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Posted by Ken Blake on January 3, 2009, 6:27 pm

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> Starter is like a bicycle with training wheels, Deluxe will handle all

> investment needs (10 speed bike), Premium has more planning tools

> (racing bike). I downgraded from Premium this year to Deluxe and do not

> miss any of the added bells and whistles that I never used in Premium.

And I went in the other direction--from Deluxe to Premium--this year.
As far as I'm concerned, it tuned out to be a waste of the extra
dollars Premium cost. On the other hand, the difference in price
wasn't terribly great and it didn't hurt me badly.

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Walt Bilofsky [mailto:bilofsky@toolworks.com]

> Posted At: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:29 PM

> Posted To: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken

> Conversation: Quicken Starter vs. Deluxe (and Premier)

> Subject: Quicken Starter vs. Deluxe (and Premier)

> I need to update my Quicken this year, and am womdering which version

> to get.

> According to the comparison chart at

> http://quicken.intuit.com/compare_products.jsp , Premier is required

> in order to "Monitor your investments."

> Another poster said that Deluxe is enough to download stock quotes.

> Does it also download from investment accounts?

> Does Starter do these things? What's missing in Starter?

> Thanks in advance for any info.

--
Ken Blake
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Posted by John Pollard on January 3, 2009, 9:01 pm

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Oilcan wrote:

> Starter is like a bicycle with training wheels, Deluxe will handle all

> investment needs (10 speed bike), Premium has more planning tools

> (racing bike). I downgraded from Premium this year to Deluxe and do

> not miss any of the added bells and whistles that I never used in

> Premium.

And "Starter" will not convert from any other version except a "Starter"
version (if that) ... so it's not even an option here.

Posted by Walt Bilofsky on January 4, 2009, 6:52 pm

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>Oilcan wrote:

>> Starter is like a bicycle with training wheels, Deluxe will handle all

>> investment needs (10 speed bike), Premium has more planning tools

>> (racing bike). I downgraded from Premium this year to Deluxe and do

>> not miss any of the added bells and whistles that I never used in

>> Premium.

>And "Starter" will not convert from any other version except a "Starter"=

=20

>version (if that) ... so it's not even an option here.=20

John, thanks for that helpful piece of information.

This week at Staples I can get Turbo Tax Deluxe with State, Quicken
Deluxe, and Norton Internet Security 2009 for 3 machines, for a total
of $100, after several mail-in and one Staples on-line rebate. There
might be better later on, but that one is good enough for me.

- Walt