An independent guide to the QuickBooks Desktop product line: Pro Plus, Premier Plus, and Enterprise pricing, features, and what replaced discontinued plans.
QuickBooks is the accounting software brand built by Intuit, the company founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx and headquartered in Mountain View, California. QuickBooks launched in 1992 as DOS-based small business accounting software, expanded to Windows and Mac shortly afterward, and became the dominant small business accounting platform in the United States by the mid-2000s.
While QuickBooks Online has become Intuit's primary focus for new development, the QuickBooks brand also includes the original QuickBooks Desktop product line covering Pro Plus, Premier Plus, and Enterprise editions, which remains actively used by established small and midsize businesses, particularly those needing industry-specific editions or locally installed software rather than a browser-based tool.
QuickBooks Desktop products offer double-entry bookkeeping, invoicing and estimates, bill payment and expense tracking, inventory management in Premier and Enterprise editions, and industry-specific editions of Enterprise built for sectors like construction, manufacturing, retail, and nonprofits. Desktop editions also support multi-user network hosting, detailed financial reporting, 1099 contractor tracking, and integration with Intuit's payroll and merchant payment services.
QuickBooks Enterprise, the only Desktop edition still sold to new customers, adds advanced inventory, more granular user permissions, and industry-specific reporting suited to larger and more complex small businesses. Across the QuickBooks brand, Intuit also maintains a large ecosystem of certified ProAdvisors, accountants, and third-party integrations built around QuickBooks data files and formats.
QuickBooks Desktop is sold as annual subscriptions rather than the perpetual one-time licenses of the pre-2022 era. As of February 2026 pricing, single-user Pro Plus and Mac Plus cost 1,149 US dollars per year, up from 999 US dollars, while Premier Plus single-user pricing rose to 1,609 US dollars per year, with additional multi-user seats priced at 345 US dollars per user.
New Desktop customers can now only purchase QuickBooks Enterprise, which starts around 2,210 US dollars per year for the single-user Gold tier, approximately 2,717 US dollars per year for Platinum, and custom pricing above roughly 4,200 US dollars per year for the Diamond tier, billed monthly and including a per-employee payroll fee. Existing Pro Plus and Premier Plus subscribers can continue renewing even though new purchases were discontinued after September 30, 2024.
QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus and Premier Plus are no longer sold to new customers as of after September 30, 2024, though existing subscribers can renew. QuickBooks Enterprise remains available for new purchases.
QuickBooks refers to Intuit's broader accounting software brand, including the locally installed QuickBooks Desktop product line, while QuickBooks Online is the separate cloud-based, browser-accessible version with its own distinct pricing tiers.
QuickBooks is owned and developed by Intuit, a financial software company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.
QuickBooks was first launched by Intuit in 1992 as DOS-based small business accounting software, following Intuit's founding in 1983.
No, new purchases of QuickBooks Pro Plus were discontinued after September 30, 2024. Existing Pro Plus subscribers can continue to renew, but new customers can only purchase QuickBooks Enterprise.
QuickBooks Enterprise is the most advanced Desktop edition of QuickBooks, offering industry-specific versions, advanced inventory, and more granular permissions, and it is the only Desktop edition still sold to new customers.
Intuit's active product development has shifted toward QuickBooks Online, and the company is encouraging Desktop customers to migrate, though Desktop editions, especially Enterprise, remain supported and sold.