Reimburse vs QuickBooks Solopreneur
QuickBooks Solopreneur, which replaced QuickBooks Self-Employed for new customers in 2024, adds bank feeds, invoicing and federal quarterly estimates from $20 a month. Reimburse is free and keeps only the expense side, without a bank login.
We make Reimburse, so read this knowing that. Everything said about QuickBooks Solopreneur comes from its own site, linked below.
| Reimburse | QuickBooks Solopreneur | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, with no limit on receipts. No card to sign up. | Free for 2 receipts, 5 trips and 2 invoices a month with one bank account. Lite is $20 a month; Simple Start is $38 a month, both discounted for the first three months. |
| Bank connection | Never asks for one. Expenses go in by photo, screenshot, paste or typing. | Built on connected accounts that sort transactions automatically; receipts and trips can also be added by hand. |
| Receipts | Photo, screenshot, paste or file drop. AI reads the merchant, date, total and card in about two seconds and picks the Schedule C line. | Receipt photos in the mobile app. |
| Mileage | Trips logged by hand, with saved places, each at the IRS rate of the day it was driven. No automatic drive detection. | Detects drives from your phone’s location, or add trips by hand, at the IRS standard rate. |
| Home office | Both methods worked out side by side, then logged on the first of every month. | Estimates for both methods; the simplified method feeds its quarterly estimates. |
| Taxes | The year’s deadlines with the amount due at your current pace, and reminders two weeks and two days before. | Federal quarterly estimates from your tax profile, and TurboTax Expert Assisted filing on Lite and up, paid when you file. |
| Invoicing | None. It keeps the expense side only. | Invoices paid by card, bank transfer, Apple Pay, PayPal or Venmo, with income and contractor tracking. |
| Platforms | In the browser on iPhone, Android and computers; installs to the home screen. Not in the app stores. | The web, iPhone and Android. |
Choose QuickBooks Solopreneur if
You invoice clients and want income, expenses and payments in one set of books.
You want bank feeds, federal quarterly estimates and a handoff to TurboTax from the same place.
Choose Reimburse if
Someone else sends your invoices, or you don’t need bookkeeping, just every expense kept and priced.
You want unlimited receipts free, read by AI, without connecting a bank.
You want your state counted in what each expense is worth, not just the federal side.
QuickBooks Solopreneur facts checked on September 26, 2026 against QuickBooks Solopreneur, Intuit on QuickBooks Self-Employed, QuickBooks mileage and QuickBooks home office help. Prices and features change; their site is the last word. Something out of date? Tell us.
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