Private beta · Built for QBD migrators

JouraBooks — accounting software for QuickBooks Desktop users who want to stay desktop-native.

QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) users are being pushed into a future they didn’t ask for. JouraBooks gives you desktop-native speed, your company file on your machine, a practical QBD import path, and Ask Joura — an AI assistant for accounting and back-office work.

Your books. Your machine. Your terms.

Desktop-native Same familiar workflows AI-ready workflow hooks

Read the migration plan — see how we move your data first.

Runs where you need it

One file, three ways to work.

your_company_file.jbw

On this machine

Single user · offline

Your file lives on your laptop. Open it, work in it, close it.

On your server

Multi-user · your LAN

A small box on your network. Your team, your hardware.

In the cloud

Multi-user · hosted

Managed hosting is planned for teams that prefer not to run their own box.

One file. Move between setups when needed.

Why now

Support deadlines

Three dates are forcing a decision on every Desktop business and the firms that serve them.

QBD 2023 loses support on May 31, 2026. QBD 2024 follows on May 31, 2027. Bank feeds stop. Security updates stop. Businesses still on Desktop are being forced into a decision.

Accountants are under the same pressure. ProAdvisor certification tied to Desktop expires in January 2027, pushing firms off the product alongside their clients.

QBD 2023 support

Support ends

May 31, 2026

Bank feeds and security updates stop after this support cutoff.

Desktop ProAdvisor

Certification expires

January 2027

Accounting firms supporting Desktop clients are being pushed through the same transition.

A path forward

"A desktop-native path forward, not QBO."

Local data control, familiar workflows, and a product shaped around moving forward from QBD.

The default replacement is QuickBooks Online. JouraBooks is being built for teams that want a different answer: desktop-native accounting, local data control, and a practical path forward from QBD.

What we're building

Current product principles shaping the roadmap.

Principle

We aim to keep pricing straightforward, cloud optional, and retraining effectively zero for Desktop teams.

Local-first

Customer-controlled files, cloud optional.

Your company file stays in your hands. Back it up, copy it, move it, and keep working without asking a vendor for permission.

Desktop-familiar

Built to keep retraining effectively zero.

Invoices, estimates, POs, bills, and deposits with familiar form patterns and keyboard-first flows for experienced desktop accounting users.

Ask Joura

Your AI accountant, bookkeeper, and operations assistant.

Ask Joura lives inside JouraBooks. It answers accounting questions from your actual books, runs the bookkeeping you used to do by hand, and automates the business processes — like turning RFQs into priced estimates — that used to eat your Tuesdays.

Own your data

Your data stays yours. Open formats, full export, no lock-in.

Exporting your data should stay straightforward, and moving off JouraBooks should stay practical if your needs change.

Licensing on your terms

Pay once, subscribe, or mix.

Pricing is meant to stay straightforward, with one-time license and subscription options without gating core bookkeeping workflows behind higher tiers.

How it compares

A plain-English look at the choices business owners, bookkeepers, and accountants are weighing.

Data control

Keep your data available to back up, move, and export.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

Offline work

Keep entering work without waiting on a browser or cloud service.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

Fast bookkeeping entry

Keyboard-friendly forms for daily bookkeeping and adjustments.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

Migration checks

Import, opening balances, open work, and cutover report checks.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

–

◐

Flexible reporting

Report by class, job, location, department, fund, customer, or project.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

✓

Tie-out checks

Help keep customer, vendor, and GL balances aligned.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

✓

Rebuildable audit trail

Designed to rebuild reports from book history, not just show an activity log.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

Practical customization

Adapt fields, workflows, reports, and industry defaults without an ERP project.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

Accounting AI

Ask Joura is planned to answer questions and draft actions from your books.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

◐

✓

Licensing choice

Current plan includes one-time license and subscription options.

Joura

QBD

QBO

Xero

Sage

✓

Feature comparison: JouraBooks vs QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Sage Intacct
Feature	JouraBooks	QBD	QBO	Xero	Sage
Data control Keep your data available to back up, move, and export.	✓	✓	×	×	×
Offline work Keep entering work without waiting on a browser or cloud service.	✓	✓	×	×	×
Fast bookkeeping entry Keyboard-friendly forms for daily bookkeeping and adjustments.	✓	✓	◐	◐	◐
Migration checks Import, opening balances, open work, and cutover report checks.	✓	–	◐	◐	◐
Flexible reporting Report by class, job, location, department, fund, customer, or project.	✓	◐	◐	◐	✓
Tie-out checks Help keep customer, vendor, and GL balances aligned.	✓	◐	◐	◐	✓
Rebuildable audit trail Designed to rebuild reports from book history, not just show an activity log.	✓	◐	◐	◐	◐
Practical customization Adapt fields, workflows, reports, and industry defaults without an ERP project.	✓	◐	◐	◐	◐
Accounting AI Ask Joura is planned to answer questions and draft actions from your books.	✓	×	◐	◐	✓
Licensing choice Current plan includes one-time license and subscription options.	✓	×	×	×	×

✓ available · ◐ available with limits, add-ons, or a different workflow · × not available · – not applicable.

Intuit and QuickBooks are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc. Xero, Sage, and Sage Intacct are trademarks of their respective owners. JouraBooks is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Intuit Inc., Xero, or Sage.

Comparison reflects JouraBooks' current product plan and our review of publicly documented competitor features as of May 2026.

04 · For accountants

Import support for key QuickBooks® Desktop data

If you run books for multiple QuickBooks Desktop clients, JouraBooks is being built with you in mind — batch migration tooling, multi-client company switching, and direct priority for accountant-led waves of onboarding.

We migrate the accounting data teams verify first: structure, open work, and the history needed to reconcile core reports after cutover.

Supported data and migration limits vary by feature and beta stage. See the migration page for current details.

Migration scope

Core accounting structure, open work, and reconciliation-ready history.

Target beta scope

Chart of accounts and opening balances
Customers & jobs hierarchy
Vendors & 1099 eligibility
Items, terms, tax codes, and tax items
Open invoices, bills & POs
Historical transactions needed to reconcile core reports
Clear reconciliation plan for cutover

Private beta

Be early. Help shape it.

QuickBooks Desktop migrators get the first wave. You'll see a real desktop-native build before the marketing copy catches up — and the team will be small enough to act on what you tell us.

QuickBooks Desktop migrators prioritized No newsletter drip One email when your wave opens