

You may appreciate that CountAbout offers a free trial, but it's worth noting that there are numerous similar tools that don't charge you a dime.
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CountAbout also offers a 15-day free trial of either the Premium or Basic version, and you don't need to enter your credit card information at signup. Simple invoicing tools (not commonly found on personal finance sites) cost $60 per year for either pricing tier. No matter the level you choose, you must pay another $10 per year if you want to add attachments to transactions, which is unusual for any financial service. If you want to add direct connections, you must shell out $39.99 per year for CountAbout Premium. With this CountAbout Basic plan, you must manually enter transactions, though you can import files from banks if they produce QIF files. For $9.99 per year, you get access to everything except the ability to connect directly to online financial institutions, which every other personal finance website includes in its subscription price (if there is one). CountAbout's Pricing and VersionsĬountAbout's pricing is a bit odd. Simple budget tools in CountAbout help you stay on track with your spending and income. Further, the user interface isn't very modern, and CountAbout charges extra for some services on top of its annual subscription fee. Still, the service lacks many Mint and Quicken features that keep it from receiving a higher score: a dashboard, state-of-the-art budget tools, and the ability to track investments (though this feature, available only to Premium subscribers, is still in beta). It’s also been working behind the scenes to troubleshoot bank connections as financial institutions implement more security measures. The company also made several small changes and improvements to various features, such as adding a new register calendar, new warning messages, and enhanced user options. Since our last review, CountAbout added a new widget that helps you determine when you might be able to retire. It offers excellent account management, reports, invoicing, and recurring transaction functionality, too.


This web-based, subscription-supported tool imports data files from both of those Editors' Choice award-winning services. CountAbout has neither of those weaknesses. Quicken is expensive and available only on the desktop (with some web-based functionality), while Mint occasionally interrupts you with financial services ads. Despite their many strengths, each has its disadvantages. Mint and Quicken are the two best-known, most mature personal finance applications.
