Every
Depends
Confidence: Low
Evidence is thin, so treat this as a starting point rather than a green light.
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Every vs QuickBooks
Every and QuickBooks both land on Depends.
QuickBooks
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run a US small business that wants accountant-standard, bank-fed books and can absorb recurring price hikes.
| Compare | Every | QuickBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Early-stage startups | US small businesses wanting accountant-compatible books |
| Who it's not for | Mid-market and enterprise companies | Solo freelancers who just need invoicing |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; however, the product's public security page returned 'Page Not Found' during review, so posture is unverified.⁵ | No confirmed Intuit-side breach in sources; legacy CVEs, a third-party plugin XSS, and user-reported account takeovers exist.14 |
| Support quality | No user feedback in evidence | No clear evidence either way |
| Public sentiment | No independent user reviews of surfaced in the sources reviewed.³ | Users are split: many depend on it daily, while detractors focus on price hikes, forced migration, and hacked accounts. |
| Biggest gotcha | Public security page was not found during review; request SOC 2 evidence directly before signing⁵ | Annual price increases documented; one thread title calls pricing 'insane'13 |
Pick Every when
- Early-stage startups
- Founder-led teams without finance staff
- Buyers wanting one back-office vendor
When Every is not a fit
- Mid-market and enterprise companies
- Teams with established accounting stacks
- Buyers requiring public security documentation
- Anyone who won't buy without independent reviews
Pick QuickBooks when
- US small businesses wanting accountant-compatible books
- Teams wanting bank-fed, tax-ready reporting
- Owners wanting invoicing, payments, and lending in one place
- Firms with a bookkeeper already fluent in QuickBooks
When QuickBooks is not a fit
- Solo freelancers who just need invoicing
- Large enterprises with multi-entity consolidation needs
- Price-sensitive owners tired of annual hikes
- Desktop loyalists resisting forced cloud migration
Sources
official
- Every - Crunchbase Company Profile & Fundingcrunchbase.comnews
review
- Pricing and Plans - Every.ioevery.ioofficial
- Product security page - every.ioevery.iosecurity
- QuickBooks Official Pricingquickbooks.intuit.comofficial
- Intuit Security Centersecurity.intuit.comofficial
- QuickBooks Online Advanced Cloud Securityquickbooks.intuit.comofficial
- Gartner: Intuit QuickBooks Reviewsgartner.comreview
review
- Trustpilot: Intuit Reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- Reddit: Why is QuickBooks so hated?reddit.comreview
- Reddit: QuickBooks insane pricingreddit.comreview
- CVE-2025-39600 (SentinelOne)sentinelone.comsecurity
- Darktrace: QuickBooks Impersonation Phishingdarktrace.comsecurity
- Firm of the Future: QuickBooks Pricing Changesfirmofthefuture.comnews