When comparing HomeBank vs Piggy Bob, the Slant community recommends HomeBank for most people. In the question“What are the best personal finance/budgeting software tools?” HomeBank is ranked 4th while Piggy Bob is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose HomeBank is:
HomeBank uses an easier input interface as well as offers a bunch of different transaction filters and reporting tools.
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Pros
Pro Easy to learn how to use with user friendly features
HomeBank uses an easier input interface as well as offers a bunch of different transaction filters and reporting tools.
Pro Easy to install on Linux, no matter the distro
HomeBank offers prebuilt packages for many of the major Linux distributions meaning users do not have to wait for their distros repo to add or update the app and can just install or update when they like.
Cons
Con Does not have full import compatability
HomeBank does not fully support importing exports from other banking software.
Con Setup time takes a while
Setup, especially when there are multiple accounts takes a while to get done.
Con Ancient
It supports Windows98 to Vista and does not seem to have been updated past that. While it should run on newer OS versions, the lack of support may be discouraging.