When comparing Personal Capital Finance vs Mint, the Slant community recommends Mint for most people. In the question“What are the best personal finance tracker apps for Android? ” Mint is ranked 2nd while Personal Capital Finance is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Mint is:
Mint can handle banking accounts, saving accounts, credit cards, etc. It consolidates all your accounts together so you do not need to put work into following multiple accounts.
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Pros
Pro Is capable of linking bank and credit cards
Personal Capital Finance has an in built function to allow users to link their personal bank accounts and credit cards.
Pro Net worth and performance graphs
Net Worth allows users to see their total net worth and valuate their personal improvements.
Pro Has an online web interface that syncs with the app
Personal Capital Finance offers a web page interface for those that want to input info through a regular PC or browser, giving more flexibility and options to the user.
Pro Tracks investments and shows up to date valuations
Users can track their investments by account, asset class or individual security. These accounts are then easily comparable to other market finance benchmarks allowing the user to have an even more informed outlook of their finances and potential investments.
Pro All accounts in one place
Mint can handle banking accounts, saving accounts, credit cards, etc. It consolidates all your accounts together so you do not need to put work into following multiple accounts.
Pro Organizes budget into categories
Mint splits your spending into different categories, such as gas or fast food, so you can see where you're spending too much money or how much you need to budget for.
Pro Alerts
Mint can be set to alert you to various events such as upcoming bills, or low balances on any accounts. It can be set to alert you from the app, through email or by text message. In addition you can sign up to recieve monthly emails about your money and ways to improve your budget.
Cons
Con May receive soliciting calls
Users may receive calls from Personal Capital Finance soliciting further expenses and purchased features.
Con No budgeting features
Unlike other popular finance syncing sites/app, Personal Capital Finance has no budgeting features.
Con Not international
Only works for US & Canada banks, and even then there are banks (like EQ Bank) that have actively blocked access to Mint.
Con Online only
It does not work offline.
Con Unsafe
With very few exceptions, Mint isn't just syncing your data over, but is using your username and password to log directly into the bank website. Banks will not reimburse for any fraud or stolen funds that may result from this, or may use Mint as an excuse to not reimburse for charges or stolen funds that occur from other causes.
Con Categories organization not flexible
Con The budgeting part has too many bugs
Con Very complicated tool
Of course, it's powerful but also very complicated. Some would prefer tools which are less robust, has less features but are a lot easier.