FIRE Finance: Quicken Online - Completely FREE!

Edit Post Sunday, October 12, 2008

Quicken's online version of its personal finance management software has catapulted it to the league of online money management service providers like Wesabe, Mint, Mvelopes and more. Without much ado, lets delve into the details of this great product from one of the finest tool makers of this trade.

Quicken Online is Mint now - Link: Deal & Details

60-Days FREE Trial, then only $2.99/month COMPLETELY FREE NOW!
With Quicken Online we can quickly and easily see our most up-to-date account info automatically when we sign in, no matter whether we're using Internet Explorer, Safari, or Firefox, or other popular Web browsers. Quicken Online is even compatible with iPhone.
We can sign in with a single password and bring our checking, savings, PayPalTM and credit card accounts together all in one place along with bill reminders!
It gives an instant view of where we're at financially plus what's coming up, anytime, from any computer with a Web connection or our iPhone. Our information is updated every night automatically.
It offers 128-bit encryption for our data.
We can get bill reminders via text messages or e-mail to remind us to make our payments. This will help us say goodbye to late fees or higher interest rates from credit card companies.
Its connected to over 5000 financial institutions and still counting. So hopefully all our banks and credit card companies will be included in its list so that it can seamlessly pull in our data.
Quicken Online automatically categorizes our expenses, so we can start seeing where our money is going. Also, we can create our own custom categories.
Most banks keep our online data for only 60 to 90 days. With Quicken Online, we can build our whole financial picture from the day we start. They store an active customer's data for up to 5 years!
The Quicken Online Community offers product and financial tips from people like us with blogs, podcasts, information about upcoming Quicken events and more.

We are mighty pleased with the plethora of features offered by Quicken Online, cross browser and cell phone compatibilities and ease of use. Currently we use Microsoft Money but we might switch to Quicken Online after we play with it a for a little longer will probably switch to Quicken Online since it's FREE now :).

Looking forward towards your feedback, experience(s) or opinion about this new online money management software. Keep those comments flowing :).

Anonymous said...

That's exciting new for many users and I hear they have a great product, along with the other personal finance software tools you mentioned above. Another free budgeting tool that is very resourceful and offers simplicity and functionality is BudgetPulse. We are always looking for feedback and suggestions and can offer great value to our users.

Quicken decided to pull their free service and now you can't access your accounts unless you sign up for the subscription. The claim the "beta period" is now over. The least they could do is let people use it a little longer, then maybe i'll pay for the subscription - but not after i spent all that time putting in all my accounts and they next day the pull the service...and tell me i have to sign up or i can't view my accounts...

FIRE Finance said...

@Anonymous
Quicken is still free, we checked their website for confirmation.

Not if you try to sign in to see your accounts...

The Quicken Online Beta program has ended. We appreciate your help with getting Quicken Online into shape. Your suggestions, your feedback, and your time spent simply clicking around have helped us mold Quicken Online into a service that we hope will help you reach your financial goals.

What does this mean?
We have moved from the Beta stage and become a subscription-based service. So, to keep using Quicken Online, please subscribe.

What should I do now?
Click SUBSCRIBE to add payment information to upgrade to the subscription service. Thank you again for being one of our pioneering customers.

What happens if I don't subscribe?
If you choose not to subscribe, your profile and your personal information will be automatically deleted on June 7, 2008. Instead, if you prefer to delete your information and cancel right away, click CANCEL SERVICE below.

@ Anonymous
The message generated seems confusing. Today the date is Oct 18, 2008. How can they cancel your info on June 7, 2008 which is already gone?
Perhaps their customer service can fix this issue, since they've made Quicken Online free from Oct 13, 2008.
Thanks a lot for your feedback :).

Quicken Online - Completely FREE!

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