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Should I use Books Backup?

One audit-ready archive of your QuickBooks Online company. Cancel the subscription, keep everything the IRS could ask for. - booksbackup.com

· 6 days ago

Buy it if you're canceling QuickBooks Online and need audit-ready records. $499 once beats ~$3,192 in idle subscription fees. Skip it if you're staying on QBO, still need active bookkeeping, or use anything other than QuickBooks Online.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 14 public sources; no independent user reviews found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

$499 per company, once

One-time archive

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo

Best for

  • Businesses winding down or closing
  • Companies canceling QuickBooks Online
  • Accountants archiving former client files
  • Partner buyouts needing shared book records

Not for

  • Active businesses staying on QuickBooks
  • Anyone needing ongoing bookkeeping or new accounting software
  • Companies on QuickBooks Desktop or non-Intuit tools
  • Multi-entity owners on a budget. $499 per company

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Users report Intuit deletes QBO data after the year mark, archive before closing.

medium

Per-company pricing: three entities means three $499 fees.

medium

You must add michael@booksbackup.com as an accountant user to your QBO file.

medium

Security page in nav returns 404; no published security documentation found.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • One-time $499 fee, no ongoing subscription
  • Audit-ready archive of the full QuickBooks Online company
  • Setup is a two-minute free accountant-user invite
  • Cheaper than keeping QBO at $38/mo (~$3,192 long-run)
  • Covered by Insightful Accountant; sample reports downloadable

Cons

  • $499 per company adds up for multi-entity owners
  • Requires granting accountant access to your live QBO file
  • Works only with QuickBooks Online, nothing else
  • No free tier or trial mentioned on pricing page
  • Site nav links to a security page that 404s

Sources & method

- 8 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x6review x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $499 per company, once

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. One-time fee vs years of $38/mo subscription
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Two-minute accountant-user invite setup
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Single-purpose archive plus report library
  • Support quality. No evidence found
  • Security posture: 2/5. Listed security page returns 404
  • $499 Starting price Per company, one-time
  • ~$3,192 Keeping QBO instead At ~$38/mo over the long run
  • No Free tier One-time fee only
  • 30,000+ Founder track record Customers at founder's prior product, BuddyBoss

Pricing

One-time archive

$499 per company, once

  • Complete audit-ready QBO company archive
  • No subscription
  • Access via free accountant-user invite

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No independent user reviews surfaced in the sources reviewed; coverage is limited to one trade-press write-up.

Full analysis

Based on 14 public sources; no independent user reviews found.

$499 one-time QBO archive for closing or canceling businesses. Pointless if you're staying on QuickBooks.

Methodology

Based on 14 public sources; no independent user reviews found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Pricing - Books Backupbooksbackup.com
    official
  2. Books Backup homepagebooksbackup.com
    official
  3. Get Started - Books Backupbooksbackup.com
    official
  4. Why I Built Books Backupbooksbackup.com
    official
  5. Ecosystem Enlightenment: Books Backupblog.insightfulaccountant.com
    news
  6. QuickBooks community: reports after the year markquickbooks.intuit.com
    review
  7. Books Backup security page (404)booksbackup.com
    official
  8. QuickBooks Online vs Akauntingbooksbackup.com
    official

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