The short version
If you came here looking for QuickBooks Self-Employed: Intuit stopped selling it to new customers, and its Solopreneur successor is now sold as QuickBooks Online Lite at $20 a month. It's a reasonable choice for one business that wants bank connections. If you run several income streams and want to know which one actually pays, Hustlay is built for that — but it isn't a replacement for bank feeds or formal bookkeeping.
Honest
What QuickBooks Solopreneur is actually good at
QuickBooks Solopreneur wins on
- Bank and card connections that import transactions
- Part of the QuickBooks ecosystem — easy to upgrade later
- Familiar to many accountants
- Free tier available for very small needs
Hustlay wins on
- A separate P&L for every client, product or side hustle
- Split shared bills across projects by percentage
- Profit per hour from logged time
- Receipts by email forwarding and photo scanning
- Invoices with open tracking and overdue reminders
- One flat price for up to 10 (Pro) or 20 (Max) projects
Side by side
Feature matrix
Pricing
QuickBooks Solopreneur vs Hustlay pricing
QuickBooks Solopreneur
Intuit now sells the Solopreneur product as QuickBooks Online Lite: $20/mo list price (often 50% off for the first 3 months), 1 user, no accountant access. QuickBooks Self-Employed is no longer sold to new customers.
Hustlay
Free plan (1 project, 20 transactions a month). Pro $14.99/mo or $9.99/mo billed yearly for 10 projects; Max $24.99/mo or $17.99/mo yearly for 20 projects. One flat price — not per user.
Published list prices, checked October 30, 2026. Source: QuickBooks Solopreneur pricing page. Taxes and add-ons excluded.
Best for
Who should pick QuickBooks Solopreneur, and who should pick Hustlay
Pick QuickBooks Solopreneur if…
You run one business, want QuickBooks' bank connections and tax categories, and may later move up to full QuickBooks Online.
Pick Hustlay if…
You run more than one client, product or side hustle and want each one's real profit, with shared costs split between them.
Fair is fair
What Hustlay doesn't do
- No automatic bank feeds — you add transactions, scan receipts or forward receipt emails.
- Not double-entry accounting, payroll or tax-filing software. Exports go to your accountant or tax tool.
- No one-click importer from most other tools yet; moving over means starting fresh or adding history manually.
How we compared: QuickBooks Solopreneur's features and prices come from its public product and pricing pages, checked in October 2026. Hustlay's side reflects the current product. We did not run paid trials of QuickBooks Solopreneur; if something here is out of date, tell us via the contact page and we'll fix it.
TL;DR
Our honest take
Stay with QuickBooks if bank feeds and the QuickBooks ecosystem matter most and you run a single business. Pick Hustlay if your real question is which of your several hustles is worth your time — and keep exporting to your accountant at tax time.
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