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Deluxe Review

Business Essentialsvia MavelyFrom Per-product; checks and forms sold in packs

The century-old business-checks giant that still prints the paperwork of American small business - checks, forms, and branded essentials.

4.0
out of 5.0
Very Good
TomReviewed by Tom · Founder & lead reviewer
Our verdictDeluxe has been printing business checks since 1915, and that is still the heart of what small businesses buy from it: computer checks that play nicely with QuickBooks and other accounting software, manual checks, deposit slips, tax forms, envelopes, and branded stationery, ordered online with your bank details and logo on them. Quality and bank compatibility are the point - this is the company many banks themselves outsource check printing to - and ordering direct is routinely cheaper than reordering through your bank. The honest caveats: it's a legacy-category product in a world moving to digital payments, and the catalog's sheer breadth can make the storefront feel dated and upsell-happy. If your operation still writes checks every week, buying them well is a small, real win.
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✓ Pros

  • Checks formatted for QuickBooks and mainstream accounting software, with the security features banks expect
  • Ordering direct is typically cheaper than bank reorders for the same product
  • One stop for the whole paper drawer: checks, deposit slips, 1099/W-2 tax forms, envelopes, stamps, branded print
  • A century of doing this - bank compatibility and print quality are a solved problem here

✗ Cons

  • Paper checks are a shrinking category - a business going fully digital may not need any of this
  • Pricing is fine but not rock-bottom - discount check printers can undercut it on plain stock
  • The storefront pushes add-ons and bundles, so a simple reorder takes more clicks than it should

The problem it solves

Plenty of American small businesses still move real money on paper: rent checks, contractor payments, refund checks, payroll exceptions, deposit slips at the branch. The default way to buy those - reordering through your bank - is convenient and quietly expensive. Deluxe is the direct route: the same or better security paper, magnetic-ink routing lines, and accounting-software formatting, with your logo on top, at direct-order prices. For the office that goes through a box of computer checks a quarter, the difference compounds; for the one that also needs 1099s every January and branded envelopes year-round, consolidating the paper drawer into one supplier is the actual product.

Living with it

Ordering is a configure-and-reorder rhythm: match the check style to your software (the QuickBooks-compatible three-per-page and voucher formats cover most offices), enter bank details once, and reorders become a five-minute errand. Print quality and bank acceptance are non-events, which is exactly what you want from this category. The friction is the storefront itself - a very large catalog with persistent nudges toward bundles, security add-ons, and faster shipping, so the disciplined move is knowing your SKU and ignoring the scenery. Deluxe the corporation also sells payments and marketing services to bigger businesses; the small-business storefront reviewed here is the checks-and-essentials side.

Should you buy it?

If checks are still part of your weekly rhythm, yes - order direct, skip the bank markup, and get the format your accounting software expects; it's one of those unglamorous purchases where doing it right once removes a recurring annoyance. If you're a new business deciding how to pay people, think harder: ACH, payment platforms, and your bank's bill-pay may mean you never need a check stock at all, and buying a box 'just in case' is how drawers fill with expired paper. The sweet spot is the established office with a real paper workflow - for them, Deluxe remains the safe default it has been for a hundred years.

Best for

Small businesses that still run on checks, deposit slips, and printed forms - landlords, contractors, medical and dental offices, nonprofits, and anyone whose bank charges a fortune for reorders.

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