Financial software

[valleyguys69]

I am trying to figure out which financial software to use, whether it is quicken xg2007 or MS Money 2006. Money has no canadian banks setup so is a pain to setup.. quicken connects to banks no problem but the ver I have has a software licensce that has expired (xg2003) Need to know pro's and con's of either software. thanks for the input

 

[gravitas]

as much as it pangs me to support intuit quicken is actually a decent enough program

it works well in its integration to most banks (have heard that scotia's online banking can be a bit of a pain in the ass), generates as many different reports as you'd can imagine, easy to use......like anything is having the diligence to keep things current

 

[twoblues]

I'm biased. I've been using Money since 2003ish and I've never really had a reason to change, though, all I'm doing is tracking money flow and nothing else really. Pretty charts showing that I spend too much money on booze, etc...

I've tried Quicken, but I just couldn't get used to it after having used Money. Most online banks allow you to export your statements to a format that is readable by Money which seems to work well. Though, I'm a bit anal and don't use the export/import feature because I use a lot of custom line entry descriptions.

 

[Buddha]

I've used Quicken before and found it very easy to use.