January 21, 2005

Personal Finance Software Online

Finally! I've been looking for a long time for an online money manager such as Microsoft Money (Compare to Microsoft Money) or Intuit's Quicken (Compare to Quicken).

Neither of those other two programs work online (and both of them eat more memory than the US Olympic Team at a Wheaties convention). Quickbooks Online Edition is sweet, (I use it for my business) but for personal finances, it's too powerful--like brushing your teeth with a broom!

This morning, I thought to try looking once again for an online solution, so I Googled my way into a search-and-resuce mission for my checkregister.


What I found is Mvelopes Personal,an online bugeting and money management system that is simple and elegant, yet powerful. I have just embarked on their 30-day Free Trial, so I will be blogging about my experience as we go.

Things I am loving so far:

  • Its online--so I can check it from anywhere.
  • Its online--so my spouse and I can keep track together. (instead of the rediculous file-swapping nightmare that ensued whenever one of us wanted to see the bank balances in Microsoft Money)
  • It downloads my transactions automatically from my bank--actually both my banks and my credit union, and my credit cards.
  • Online BillPay is available--ahh. Point-N-Pay!
  • Its online--okay, so it's just cool that its a web app, ok?
  • Take their Financial Fitness Quiz
  • See their Free Debt Calculator

Day one of 30.... I'll let you know how it goes!


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just found their Free Budgeting E-book called "Smart Money for Life" that is similar to their physical book of the same name, which retails for $14.95. 

Posted by Rob

Anonymous said...

P.S. Did I mention that they're giving away a FREE TRIAL for 30 days? Man, ya gotta love the Internet! 

Posted by Rob

Anonymous said...

There's another online solution available and much cheaper than this one. Take a look at http://www.globihome.com/products.php?page=products 

Posted by Philip Malan

Anonymous said...

Thanks Philip
I great tool and as you said - much cheaper! 

Posted by Peter