DISQUS

Consumerism Commentary: Quicken Online Users Will Be Migrated to Mint

  • Matt Jabs · 2 weeks ago
    I have an account with both, though I do not use either any longer. When I was trying out these services I used Mint more, but liked both.

    Now-a-days I just track everything with pen and paper! Old school baby! :-)
  • jlmcclellan · 2 weeks ago
    I prefer it this way rather than the other way around. I've tried both and I definitely prefer mint. It's cleaner, easier to use and has some great features!
  • John L. · 2 weeks ago
    I like Mint a lot better, too, but I hate its lack of support for manually-entered transactions.
  • Aliotsy Andrianarivo · 2 weeks ago
    I prefer Mint's interface, but use Quicken Online for one reason, and one reason only: it supports linking to ING Direct.

    Hopefully they'll address that before switching over.
  • nickel · 2 weeks ago
    I'm impressed that Mint was able to effectively kill Quicken's online offering.
  • Valerie · 2 weeks ago
    I don't know why Flexo expects changes to be better after the Mint takeover. Mint got itself going with younger users who had never tracked their finances before. But Mint did not give them any way to enter checks written that had not yet cleared (I guess they figured no one actually wrote checks anymore and that all transactions were debit cards or online bill pay). So I can't see how they expected users to actually know how much money they had and/or owed. They also provided very minimal report facilities, which would be useless at tax time for gathering data.

    Min has a lot to learn about how veteran Quicken and MS Money users actually use the programs, IMHO!
  • Flexo · 2 weeks ago
    I expect eventually the online product will combine the best features of Quicken Online and Mint.
  • Robert · 2 weeks ago
    They need to combine the best of both worlds. Mint is great about tracking simple checking and savings accounts, but it doesn't have the power of Quicken when it comes to stocks and other investments. However, Mint's online updating system also seems more reliable.

    Hopefully they merge the right offerings together when they combine.

    Robert