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

Accounting December 12, 2025 

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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June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Xero Online Accounting

Xero is an online accounting product designed for simplicity, while offering the features that small and micro-businesses need. Xero offers solid accounting functionality, along with solid bank integration for easy transaction processing.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems

Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems is a Windows-based accounting product that offers accounting, payroll, management tools, and contact management capability for small businesses. Insight Accounting, a more robust version is also available for larger ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Acclivity – AccountEdge Pro

AccountEdge Pro, from Acclivity offers small business owners the flexibility of a financial management product that also contains excellent inventory and retail/sales management capability, making it an excellent software solution for smaller ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

 2016 Review of FreshBooks Cloud Accounting

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of FreshBooks Cloud Accounting

FreshBooks was one of the mobile pioneers, with the company started in 2003. Designed for small, one-person businesses and freelance professionals, the product has continually added features such as time tracking, customer billing and invoicing, and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali

Denali Business Accounting, from Cougar Mountain Software is an on-premise product well suited to small to mid-sized businesses looking for an easily navigated, scalable product. Available in three versions, with users able to purchase additional ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of AccountingSuite

AccountingSuite is an all-in-one accounting software application that combines accounting, sales and purchasing, project and time management, and inventory capability. Users can begin to use the system, utilizing only the features they need, and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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June 13, 2016 

Survey Shows Top Five U.S. Telephone Scams

Almost nine out of ten Americans (89%) receive unwanted calls each month according to a recent survey which has also revealed the top 5 types of scam people have fallen victim to.

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June 10, 2016 

SMB Accounting – What’s Up With This Market?

Most of you who know me understand that I’ve had the privilege of having a long career in technology. The opportunities to help vendors build hardware products, as well as networking, productivity, accounting and document management software have been som

Randy Johnston