I have been quicken user for more decades than I can count. Probably 40 years. The new membership route is disappointing to me because I would go five years without buying an update. However the quality of the Quicken software is the best it’s ever been and has improved greatly ever since the annual membership started. I was looking for substitutes 4 to 5 years ago when the memberships were starting and could not find anything that came close. For example, at its most basic level, quicken is my check writing software. I cannot find another software that will do that. And I do still write checks and will continue to.
GnuCash, open source and free, can print checks just fine.
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/152756/custom-check-printing