Comments on: Wesabe, Buxfer, and Mint: Which Web-Based Financial Management Site is Best?

By: leah

leah — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:38:22 +0000

I’ve been using Mint for about 6 months, and while I thought it was wonderful at first, it has become a huge frustration for me. About half of the accounts I have it cannot download current account information for, even when it used to be able to do so. When I try to re-enter information, it asks me over and over for the sensitive information that I don’t feel good about putting in in the first place, and then it announces that I must have put in my information wrong.

On the user forum I’ve discovered that some banks are no longer supported because they updated their security, and their system cannot log in. They seem to shrug their shoulders and instead work on other features besides the basic account access issues.

It seemed like a really neat thing when I signed up, now I’m completely frustrated and wouldn’t recommend it.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:18:53 +0000

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By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:18:09 +0000

What about yodlee,manageME.
they are awesome
I have also bookmarked the upcoming version manageMe7 and yod

By: damien

damien — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:05:06 +0000

I gave Mint a try and loved it. But, for someone like me who needs to be very aware of their spending habits, i found Mint too automated.

Buxfer is awesome and fits my needs. Overall, though, I’m still a bigger fan of Clear Checkbook. It has basically all of the same features as Buxfr, but with a slightly different interface.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:27 +0000

Mint sounded interesting, however when i went to sign up for it, I was promoted for a US Zip code, given I don’t live in the US it’s a no go. I’ll be sticking with Wesabe for the time being.

By: Olga

Olga — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:45:10 +0000

Just because of this post I was planning to use Mint, after realizing that a mayor drawback for this site (that was not menctioned here) is that you cannot upload your transaction history via .QFX, .QIF or .OFX
This was a big big disapointment!!!

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By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:25:19 +0000

I’m currently using both Wesabe and Buxfer until I can make up my mind which I like better. I did not choose Mint (I did try it briefly) because unless I’m just a technomoron (which is a distinct possibility), Mint doesn’t handle cash transactions, other than ATM withdrawals. I work in a cash business, so this is super-important to me. A few other features that matter to me that you don’t mention…

- Wesabe has a better way of dealing with PayPal account uploads…fiddly and imperfect, but better than Buxfer. Their forums/groups aren’t terribly active, which I find disappointing.

- Buxfer has better budgeting features. So I can have a weekly grocery budget, a monthly medical budget, and an annual travel budget. Wesabe only has monthly.

- Wesabe allows you to split transactions, like if you buy cereal (Grocery budget) and medication (Medical budget) with your CC, you can assign the appropriate amounts to the different budgets. If Buxfer has this feature, I haven’t figured it out.

I figure sooner or later, one of those sites will have everything I’m looking for, and then I’ll remove myself from the other.

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