Intuit will increasingly shift its software pricing towards a usage-based model. That approach will show up across the board in the company's payments, payroll and accounting products, according to Neil Williams, Intuit's CFO. The shift is in line with trends brought about by web-based software products.

Intuit is adding QuickBooks Online subscribers at a faster rate than expected. In a recent earnings webcast, the Mountain View, Calif.-based software vendor said there were 739,000 QBO subscribers when the first quarter ended on October 31, an increase of 43 percent from 516,000 a year earlier. Intuit has expected to hit 715,000. The company also report strong international growth with 103,000 subscribers, a 170-percent increase.

Intuit is linking, Check, a mobile payment applications that was recently acquired, to other packages in its software line. The purchase of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based software company was billed in a spring announcement as enabling Intuit to get to market faster with payment apps and it is working in adding payment capabilities to three product lines—Mint, Quicken and QuickBooks Online.