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Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

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Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

In this episode of The Accounting Technology Lab, hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley analyze Intuit’s recent announcements following Intuit Connect, focusing on major QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) price increases, and Intuit’s reported $100 million annual relationship with OpenAI. The Accounting Tech Lab is an ongoing series that explores the intersection of public accounting and technology.

Brian Tankersley, Randy Johnston

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Keystroke Advanced POS

Keystroke Advanced POS Specialized Business Solutions www.keystrokepos.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. Keystroke Advanced from Specialized Business Solutions is one of three point of sale applications offered with Keystroke Express best suited for smaller retailers, Keystroke Point of Sale is best suited for growing retail business, and Keystroke Advanced is best...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali Point of Sale

Cougar Mountain Denali Point of Sale Cougar Mountain Denali www.cougarmtn.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. Denali, from Cougar Mountain Software (CMS), offers a point of sale module that is designed to be used exclusively with other Denali applications. Best suited for small to mid-sized businesses that are looking for front/back office...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Vend Point of Sale

Vend Point of Sale www.vendhq.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. Vend is an online point of sale application designed to work on iPad, Mac, and PC platforms. Along with complete point of sale capability, Vend includes e-commerce management, flexible payment acceptance, inventory management capability, and flexible reporting options. Though designed to...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale

QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale Intuit www.quickbooks.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale is best suited for small to mid-sized retailers that are using QuickBooks Desktop financial applications. Designed to be installed online, QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale is available in three editions, Basic, Pro, and Multi-Store....…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Celerant Stratus Enterprise Point of Sale

Celerant Stratus Enterprise Celerant Technology www.celerant.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. Celerant Stratus Enterprise from Celerant Technology combines in-store point of sale capability, mobile sales processing, inventory management, and back office accounting into a single platform. Designed for enterprise level retailers, with both brick and mortar and online stores, Celerant Stratus...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of AccuPOS Point of Sale

AccuPOS 866-593-2246 www.accupos.com From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. AccuPOS is a Windows-based point of sale application well-suited for a variety of niche retail businesses such as restaurants, gift shops, liquor stores, as well as clubs and membership organizations. AccuPOS includes complete integration with both QuickBooks and Sage financial applications for complete...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Cumulus Retail Point of Sale

Cumulus Retail Celerant www.celerant.com/cumulus-retail/ From the 2020 reviews of point of sale systems. Cumulus Retail from Celerant is designed for small retail businesses. Ideal for businesses that manage both brick and mortar as well as online stores, Cumulus Retail merges the two, offering the same promotions, coupons, and pricing for each. Available as a SaaS...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of AccountEdge Pro

AccountEdge Pro Priority Software www.accountedge.com From the 2020 reviews of small business accounting systems. AccountEdge Pro is a good fit for small to mid-sized businesses as well as growing businesses. Scalable, AccountEdge Pro offers flexible deployment options including on-premise deployment, the option to host on-premise applications remotely, as well as two products that offer cloud...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Denali Business Accounting Software

Denali Business Accounting Software Cougar Mountain Software www.cougarmtn.com From the 2020 reviews of small business accounting systems. Denali Business Accounting, from Cougar Mountain Software, is a good fit for small to mid-sized businesses looking for a complete financial application. Denali can be deployed as an on-premise application or users can access the application on the...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of CenterPoint Accounting

CenterPoint Accounting Red Wing Software www.redwingsoftware.com From the 2020 reviews of small business accounting systems. CenterPoint Accounting, from Red Wing Software is best suited for small to mid-sized businesses and is offered as an on-premise application or via the cloud. In addition to its business accounting application, CenterPoint also offers Fund Accounting, Municipal Fund Accounting,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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July 14, 2020 

2020 Review of AccountingSuite

Accounting Suite www.accountingsuite.com From the 2020 reviews of small business accounting systems. AccountingSuite is designed for small to mid-size businesses. Accessible from the cloud, AccountingSuite offers cloud banking, accounting and reporting, purchasing, project and time tracking, inventory management, and cloud commerce capability, with users able to choose the modules they wish to use. AccountingSuite’s user...…

Mary Girsch-Bock