EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of QAD Inc. of our report dated April 11, 1997 relating to
the  consolidated  balance sheets of QAD Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31,
1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated  statements of income,  stockholders'
equity and cash flows for the years ended  January 31,  1997,  December 31, 1995
and December 31, 1994 and the one month ended January 31, 1996,  and the related
schedule,  which report appears in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of QAD
Inc.

                                       /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Los Angeles, California
September 5, 1997