What does QuickBooks cost?
Short answerQuickBooks Online costs $38 a month for Simple Start with one user, $85 for Essentials with three, $140 for Plus with five and $340 for Advanced with twenty-five. [1] The page advertises 50% off the first three months. [1] Accountant seats are listed apart from the user count. [1]
The explanation
Match the plan to people, not to ambition. If the owner is the only one who touches the books, one user is enough. If an office manager and a bookkeeper also log in, Essentials fits. [1]
Plus is the plan the page marks as a customer favorite, and it adds inventory tracking. [1] A cleaning company with no parts does not need it, while a plumber who tracks stock might.
Keep an eye on the renewal. A promotion ends and the list price applies. Put the full yearly figure in your budget so the first full month is not a surprise, and review the plan once a year. Prices were read on 2026-10-07 and exclude tax. If you grow past five users, the Advanced plan is the next step on that page.
How Apex does it
In progress
Part of this is built. The rest is not. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex lets the owner export customers and reports to CSV, and an accounting sync is being built. Plans are priced by user: $59, $99 or $129 a month.
- AC01QuickBooks Online sync(Rolling out)
- LD16Customer export (CSV) at any time(In progress)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
Sources
- QuickBooks Online pricing page (read 2026-10-07)
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