Comments on: Quicken Online Users Will Be Migrated to Mint

By: John

John — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:09:34 +0000

I do like the quicken online format much better. Mint would not follow through on my request to add a bank. I hope they merge the best of each system.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:49:27 +0000

I expect eventually the online product will combine the best features of Quicken Online and Mint.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 +0000

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

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:36 +0000

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!

By: nickel

nickel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:10 +0000

I'm impressed that Mint was able to effectively kill Quicken's online offering.

By: Aliotsy Andrianarivo

Aliotsy Andrianarivo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:12:38 +0000

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.

By: John L.

John L. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:29:06 +0000

I like Mint a lot better, too, but I hate its lack of support for manually-entered transactions.

By: jlmcclellan

jlmcclellan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:08 +0000

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!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:18:42 +0000

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! :-)

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:16:20 +0000

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! :-)