Switch to Solid Accounting

Leave the monthly fee behind.

On QuickBooks® Desktop? Your company file comes across with 1-click migration. On a cloud product? You start from opening balances and import transactions from files.

One-time purchase from $349 · 30-day money-back guarantee · Windows, macOS and Linux

Where you’re coming from

Pick your current software

1-click migration

QuickBooks® Desktop

On the welcome screen

Migrate from QuickBooks® Desktop

Solid Accounting reads your company file without changing it, builds a new company file, and ends with an account-by-account comparison report.

Standalone importer

QuickBooks® on another computer?

Run the standalone importer on the PC that has QuickBooks. It reads your .QBW or .QBB file and saves a .qbextract file you open in Solid Accounting.

  1. Start the migration
  2. Read the comparison report
  3. Start using Solid Accounting Desktop
Switching from QuickBooks Desktop
Any other software

Bank, payment and payroll files

Import CSV, OFX, QFX, IIF and PDF statements, and transactions from Stripe, PayPal and Square. Payroll comes in from Gusto, OnPay or ADP exports.

From QuickBooks Desktop

How 1-click migration works

Start the migration

On the welcome screen, choose Migrate from QuickBooks® Desktop. QuickBooks on another PC? Use the standalone importer there. Your QuickBooks file is read, never changed.

Read the comparison report

Every account’s balance in your new company file, next to the balance QuickBooks reported.

Start using Solid Accounting Desktop

Your books, customers, vendors and history are in your new company file. Connect bank feeds and carry on.

Step by step: Switching from QuickBooks Desktop
Want someone to go through the report with you? Services for business owners

Side by side

Cloud subscription or buy once

What you pay for, what you keep, and what happens if you stop paying.

TopicCloud subscription softwareSolid AccountingBought once · Standard, Professional, AccountantUpdates & Cloud ServicesOptional, yearly · Year 1 included
How you payA monthly or yearly subscription, for as long as you use itOnceStandard $349Professional $499Accountant $699See pricing →Optional, each year after Year 1Standard $99/yrProfessional $129/yrAccountant $179/yrSee pricing →
If you stop payingAccess depends on your subscriptionKeeps working. The version you bought and your company file stay yours.New releases, bank feeds, new cloud backups and Cloud Invoicing stop. Existing cloud backups stay restorable.
Where your data livesOn the vendor’s serversIn your company file, on your computer. Professional and Accountant can share it with other computers on your office network.An encrypted copy in cloud backup
Software updatesIncluded while you subscribeThe version you boughtNew releases and tax table updates
Bank transactionsIncluded while you subscribeImport CSV, OFX, QFX, IIF and PDF statements. Import PayPal, Stripe and Square transactions and reconcile them like bank accounts.Bank feeds through Plaid: 3, 5 or 10 bank logins; extra logins $3/month each
Invoicing and paymentsIncluded in plans; card payments depend on the vendorInvoices and estimates as PDF, printed, or emailed from your mail appCloud Invoicing: customers get a link to view the invoice online. Customers pay through your own PayPal, Stripe or Square account. Payments go to you; we never process or hold your money. Coming soonStripe first; PayPal and Square planned
BackupsOn the vendor’s serversLocal backups, to a folder you chooseEncrypted cloud backup: 3, 5 or 10 GB
UsersDepends on the plan3, 5 or 10 included; +$100 per extra user, one timeNot applicable

The cloud column describes how subscription accounting software generally works. Our prices are for Standard / Professional / Accountant.

Bring your books across.

Run the migration during your 30-day free trial and check the comparison before you buy. Buy once from $349 and keep using the version you bought. 30-day money-back guarantee.

One-time purchase · 30-day free trial · Windows, macOS and Linux