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Add to SafariWhen comparing Moneydance vs Grisbi Finance Manager, the Slant community recommends Moneydance for most people. In the question“What are the best checkbook registers for Linux?” Moneydance is ranked 5th while Grisbi Finance Manager is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Moneydance is:
Moneydance supports a good selection of formats, even ones that Quicken no longer does.
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Pros
Pro Good selection of importable formats
Moneydance supports a good selection of formats, even ones that Quicken no longer does.
Pro Free trial version
Moneydance offers a free trial version so users can test the software before they decide to purchase.
Pro Cross platform
Moneydance is a cross platform app so for those that use multiple operating systems it will be much easier to import and export information to each OS running the same financial application.
Pro Tab based intuitive interface
Grisbi uses a tab based interface for its menu system making the controls easy to find and use.
Pro Integrates well with Gnome
Grisbi is a GTK based app so it integrates well with Gnome based desktops..
Cons
Con Import tags all transactions on import under the same default category
Upon import of financial info, all transactions will be set to the same default category meaning the user will have to go back and change the category by hand to the correct one.
Con Costs money
Unlike most applications for Linux Moneydance does cost money, $49 to be exact. So while it is the most robust option available to Linux users, it will cost to be able to use it.
Con Difficult to figure out how to use
There is no hand holding or explenations with figuring out how to use Grisbi and unless you can read french there is no manual to help out with this either.
