QuickBooks Self-Employed Discontinued: What Users Should Do Now

Short answer: With QuickBooks Self-Employed discontinued, Intuit migrated existing subscribers to QuickBooks Solopreneur, a bank-connected cloud product costing about $20 per month. You are not locked in: export your data, then either stay on Solopreneur or move to an alternative. If you want a private, on-device option with no bank connection, no cloud, and no account, Keel is free, and Keel Pro is a one-time $249.99 purchase.

What happened to QuickBooks Self-Employed?

QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) was Intuit’s budget product for freelancers, gig workers, and 1099 contractors. Intuit discontinued QuickBooks Self-Employed and transitioned existing customers to a newer product called QuickBooks Solopreneur.

QuickBooks Solopreneur is a bank-connected, cloud-based app that costs about $20 per month. For many former QBSE users, this represents both a product change and a price change compared with the plan they originally signed up for.

What is QuickBooks Solopreneur, and how is it different?

QuickBooks Solopreneur is Intuit’s current offering for one-person businesses. Like QuickBooks Self-Employed before it, Solopreneur connects to your bank, stores your data in the cloud, and requires an Intuit account.

Solopreneur includes invoicing, expense and receipt tracking, mileage tracking, and basic reporting. The core experience is similar in spirit to QBSE, but it sits inside the broader QuickBooks ecosystem and is priced around $20 per month.

Do I have to switch to Solopreneur?

No. Being migrated to QuickBooks Solopreneur does not lock you in. You can evaluate other apps and move your workflow elsewhere if Solopreneur is not the right fit on price, features, or privacy.

Before you decide, it helps to know exactly what you need. Most 1099 workers need to send invoices, keep receipts, log mileage at the 2026 IRS standard mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile, and stay ready for taxes. If mileage is the part you most depend on, the mechanics of a compliant log are covered in how to track mileage for taxes.

Should I stay on Solopreneur or switch?

Option	Price	Bank connection	Cloud/account	Invoicing	Best for
Stay on QuickBooks Solopreneur	~$20/mo	Required	Required	Yes	Users who want the Intuit ecosystem
Switch to Keel	Free (Pro $249.99 one-time)	Not required	Not required (on-device)	Yes	Privacy, offline, all-in-one
Switch to Hurdlr	Free / ~$10/mo	Required	Required	Yes	Real-time tax estimates
Switch to Everlance	Free / premium	Required (sync)	Required	Limited	Auto-GPS mileage
Switch to Keeper	~$20/mo	Required	Required	No	Deduction finding + filing

The table really comes down to one decision: do you want software that reads your bank feed and categorizes for you, or software that holds only what you deliberately put into it? Everything else — price, platform, reporting — follows from that choice.

What are the best alternatives now that QBSE is gone?

Keel: the private, on-device option

Keel is a private, on-device bookkeeping app for self-employed and 1099 workers, built by Ilura Technology. Keel creates invoices, scans receipts on your iPhone, and tracks mileage at the IRS standard rate.

The defining difference is that Keel does not connect to your bank, does not use the cloud, and does not require an account. Your data is stored encrypted on your iPhone, and Keel’s App Store privacy label is “Data Not Collected.” The Keel free plan includes unlimited invoices, receipts and mileage, and Keel Pro is a one-time $249.99 Lifetime purchase, not a subscription.

Keel is the best fit for former QBSE users who never liked linking a bank account, want an app that works offline, and want invoices, receipts, and mileage in one place at a lower price than Solopreneur. The honest tradeoff is that nothing arrives on its own: entries are typed or captured by photographing a receipt.

Hurdlr: automated tax estimates

Hurdlr connects to more than 20,000 banks and delivers real-time tax estimates. Hurdlr has a free tier and a premium plan around $10 per month. It is a good replacement if you valued QBSE’s tax projections and want them automated.

Everlance: automatic mileage

Everlance provides automatic GPS mileage tracking and can sync bank transactions. Everlance has a free plan and premium tiers and holds a 4.8-star rating across 25,000-plus reviews. Choose Everlance if mileage was the main reason you used QBSE.

Keeper: deductions and filing

Keeper scans linked bank and card transactions to find deductions and supports tax filing, for around $20 per month. Keeper does not create invoices. It fits people who want software to hunt for write-offs and file taxes together.

For a wider side-by-side, including the tools that only cover part of the job, see QuickBooks Self-Employed alternatives. If you have already been moved across and want the comparison against the new product specifically, read the QuickBooks Solopreneur alternative breakdown.

What happens to my mid-year records if I switch now?

You file one Schedule C for the whole tax year, no matter how many apps you used to produce it. Switching mid-year does not create two half-years of business; it creates one year of records that happen to live in two files.

Handle it with a hard boundary. Pick a switch date, export everything from QBSE or Solopreneur up to that date, and start the new app on the day after. Anything dated before the boundary belongs to the old export; anything after belongs to the new app. The most common error is re-entering open invoices that were already recorded as paid in the old system, which quietly double-counts revenue on Schedule C Line 1 and inflates the income you pay tax on.

Three details are worth checking before you close the old account:

• Open invoices. List every invoice that is sent but unpaid at the boundary. Recreate those in the new app and mark nothing else as outstanding.
• Mileage. Your annual total is the sum of both logs. Because the deduction is calculated per trip using the rate for the year the trip happened, keep the trip dates intact rather than entering a single lump-sum figure at the end.
• Expense categories. Match the old category names to the new app before you import, or your year-end totals will not reconcile against the reports you already ran.

At tax time you hand your accountant two files instead of one. That is entirely normal and no different from switching banks mid-year — what matters is that the two files do not overlap and do not leave a gap between them.

How do I move off QuickBooks Self-Employed cleanly?

A practical migration checklist:

• Export your existing QBSE or Solopreneur data (transactions, invoices, and reports) while you still have access.
• Save copies of prior-year records for your files.
• Pick your replacement based on whether you want bank-connected automation or private, on-device control.
• Recreate your recurring invoices and expense categories in the new app.
• Start logging mileage in the new app right away so you do not lose deductible trips.

If you choose a private, on-device tool like Keel, there is no account to create and nothing syncs to the cloud, so setup is fast and your records stay on your iPhone.

Frequently asked questions

Is QuickBooks Self-Employed really discontinued? Yes. Intuit retired QuickBooks Self-Employed and moved existing customers onto QuickBooks Solopreneur, its current product for one-person businesses. This is a product replacement rather than a temporary outage, so there is no version to switch back to. If you still have access, export your transactions, invoices, and reports now — a lapsed subscription is usually when people discover they never downloaded their own history.

How much does QuickBooks Solopreneur cost? QuickBooks Solopreneur costs about $20 per month and requires a bank connection and an Intuit cloud account. Introductory discounts are common for the first few months, so compare the renewal price rather than the promotional one when you budget. At roughly $20 a month, three years of Solopreneur totals around $720 before any price increase, which is the number worth weighing against one-time-purchase alternatives.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Solopreneur? Yes. Keel is free with unlimited invoices, receipts and mileage, and Keel Pro is a one-time $249.99 Lifetime purchase rather than a subscription. Against Solopreneur at about $20 a month, the Pro price is roughly what a year of that subscription costs, and the free plan is enough for many one-person businesses. If automatic transaction import was the feature you relied on most in QBSE, budget for a subscription product instead.

Which alternative does not connect to my bank? Keel. It has no bank connection, no cloud sync, and no account to create, and its App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected.” Records are stored encrypted on your iPhone in an append-only, hash-chained ledger, and you export the year as a single file for your accountant. The cost of that design is manual entry — nothing appears in the app unless you put it there.

Will I lose my old data? Not if you export it before your access ends. Download transactions, invoices, mileage, and reports while the account is still active, then store the files somewhere you control rather than in the app you are leaving. US filers generally keep supporting records for at least three years from the filing date, so treat the export as a tax document, and open each file once to confirm it is readable before you cancel.

The bottom line

Now that QuickBooks Self-Employed is gone, you can move to QuickBooks Solopreneur or choose an alternative. If you want a private, on-device replacement that keeps invoices, receipts, and mileage on your iPhone with no bank connection, download Keel: Invoice Maker & Receipts on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keel-invoice-maker-receipts/id6786659713

If automated tax estimates, auto-GPS mileage, or built-in filing matter more, Hurdlr, Everlance, or Keeper may suit you better.

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This article is general information, not tax advice. Consult a qualified tax professional.