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. dated August 6, 1997.


                                   /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Los Angeles, California
March 16, 1998