How can I purchase QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2024?

What is the cost to upgrade from QB Pro Desktop 2021 to the new subscription based plan?

The process of trying to purchase QuickBooks desktop seems about as close to impossible as possible.  i have called the proadvisor support line, the sales line, online chat, and the phone # listed on the 2021 Order Form.  I am struggling to describe my request.  My request is to receive an order form for QB DT 2024.  

@Pint 

We can help to obtain the license for QB Desktop 2024 (tax exempt, no credit card required) and you can get a cashback. If you decided switching to another cloud based accounting app, you can use the trial version of QB Desktop for good to access your historical data and start from scratch in a new program to lower your conversion costs.

Been using Quicken since 1992, and QuickBooks shortly thereafter. I have 8 clients who love the desktop, but 2 I had to move to Online. HATE IT.  Subscription is the only way to keep using it (with imports and payroll) beyond May 2024.

@LL46 

What upgrade?

@Carlos Maldonado 

You can call their sales team 833.200.3779

Otherwise, you can purchase the license through select partners (tax exempt, can get $100 cashback).

Intuit is changing gears again.  I just opened QB Pro 2020 and had a popup inform me that the "new" desktop versions would no longer be available to subscribe to after July 31, 2024.  Further, since I am using an unsupported, non-subscription version, I am susceptible...blah blah blah...and should upgrade to the latest version ($600 a year?) by 7/31.

I've used Quickbooks since the semi-lame "version 1" and was part of the population that helped Intuit grow with Quickbooks, TurboTax personal and TurboTax business.  Now it seems Intuit is saying, "Yeah but we now want more from you.  Take it or leave it."  I do my 2-person payroll manually, use IRS fill-in forms for 941's, and free Social Security Business Services Online for annual W2's and W3 with automatic online filing of government copies. 

I hope to continue with my "unsupported" QB2020 for a few more years and then just quit.  All that's left for Intuit to do to me is block integration of QB2020's export to TurboTax Business.  They've not threatened that yet, but it seems like something the new devil management at Intuit might do, and if they do, I'll just enter data manually into Turbotax (or whatever tax programs I switch to after over 20 years.)

Observation:  It seems to me that Microsoft has an opportunity here.  Either dust off their old Microsoft Office Accounting, which was almost a Quickbooks clone anyway, or offer a "light" version of their Dynamics 365 for very small businesses.  I can understand they might have had government fears previously, but now that Intuit has all but abandoned small businesses, they could jump in and own the small business accounting market, and at the same time offer an upgrade path to a system that is vastly superior to Quickbooks Enterprise.  In the meantime, fingers crossed for my 2023 1120S return and continuing with my unsupported QB2020!

Here's a link to Drake:  Buy Drake Accounting | Drake Accounting (drakesoftware.com)

I have to point out that the only people I know who use it are CPAs who have it in a bundle with their professional tax preparation software.  They mostly use it as after the fact write up software.  The other two on your list are subscriptions only.   Drake accounting is available either desktop or cloud.  The good news is it appears to be outright purchase rather than subscription (although I'm not absolutely certain of that.)

Sage is the former Peachtree Accounting and is subscription, like QB, although at a somewhat lower price.  I haven't used it since it became Sage, but when it was Peachtree it was radically different from Quickbooks, and some people I knew found moving to Peachtree from Quickbooks or vice versa to be a bit of culture shock, although they did finally adapt.

Freshbooks appears to be another cloud based subscription.  I've no experience with it.

@Gloria1563ht 

They don't offer QB Desktop 2024 with a disc. Only download version is available. You can call their sales team to purchase the license. Another option, you can get it from selected partners (tax exempt, can get $100 cashback).