| Feature | Buxfer | Mint |
|---|---|---|
Ads & Privacy | No ads ever. A subscription-based business model aligns our incentives with yours when it comes to ads and privacy. | Full of ads. Sells your data to third-parties to make money. |
Control | Provides user configurable automation via rules, which let you precisely control when and how an automation is applied to your data. | Too much automation with little control for user to personalize how features like categorization work. The machine tries to overpower you, and you are not given many tools to fight it. |
Budgeting | Offers flexible budgeting, allowing you to budget your way. | Extremely basic. Automated budgets are frequently wrong. |
Forecasting | Forecasts your future spending, income and account balances based on your past spending data. | Not supported |
Retirement Planning | Allows planning for retirement and other long term goals like buying a house, or your kids' education. | Not supported |
Multiple Currencies | Full-fledged support for multiple currencies. | Not supported |
Access Control | Allows sharing access to your account with your family or accountant. | Not supported |
Ads & Privacy | |
| Buxfer | No ads ever. A subscription-based business model aligns our incentives with yours when it comes to ads and privacy. |
| Mint | Full of ads. Sells your data to third-parties to make money. |
Control | |
| Buxfer | Provides user configurable automation via rules, which let you precisely control when and how an automation is applied to your data. |
| Mint | Too much automation with little control for user to personalize how features like categorization work. The machine tries to overpower you, and you are not given many tools to fight it. |
Budgeting | |
| Buxfer | Offers flexible budgeting, allowing you to budget your way. |
| Mint | Extremely basic. Automated budgets are frequently wrong. |
Forecasting | |
| Buxfer | Forecasts your future spending, income and account balances based on your past spending data. |
| Mint | Not supported |
Retirement Planning | |
| Buxfer | Allows planning for retirement and other long term goals like buying a house, or your kids' education. |
| Mint | Not supported |
Multiple Currencies | |
| Buxfer | Full-fledged support for multiple currencies. |
| Mint | Not supported |
Access Control | |
| Buxfer | Allows sharing access to your account with your family or accountant. |
| Mint | Not supported |