Paul Haddad 
I'm on my yearly hunt for a QuickBooks SimpleStart 2009 replacement. Once again I'm finding nothing practical for my 2-4 yearly uses of QuickBooks. I think the cheapest option is $40 a month, which is insane for how little I use (and how even less I want to use) this stuff.
compilingEntropy@paul I did a lot of research a year or two ago and found Quicken to be the best for my needs, it was about 13x cheaper than the QB equivalent at the time. Could be worth considering.