Comments on: The Personal Finance Manager Showdown, 2008 http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/ [tags] "tim glinatsis" turnip politics peanuts golf tech mac music gtd mtb podcasting seamonsters kp football [/tags] Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:20:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wg2345 http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48863 wg2345 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:28:11 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48863 Boy - I wish I had seen your analysis earlier! Excellent write-up of the different services (except for Yodlee?) and after spending a couple weeks getting Mint up to speed on my transactions I was stunned to find no ability to add manual or cash transactions. Like huh? Anyways, thanks for pointing out Buxfer. Gonna give it a try and if it's real good might even sign up for premium services. Keep up the great analysis! Boy – I wish I had seen your analysis earlier! Excellent write-up of the different services (except for Yodlee?) and after spending a couple weeks getting Mint up to speed on my transactions I was stunned to find no ability to add manual or cash transactions. Like huh? Anyways, thanks for pointing out Buxfer. Gonna give it a try and if it’s real good might even sign up for premium services. Keep up the great analysis!

]]> By: Kristen http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48859 Kristen Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:02:12 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48859 I'm on the Quicken team, thanks for the write up! Quick note that Quicken Online is actually free now. No more $2.99. :) Check it out at quickenonline.com. Kristen Berman I’m on the Quicken team, thanks for the write up! Quick note that Quicken Online is actually free now. No more $2.99. :) Check it out at quickenonline.com.

Kristen Berman

]]> By: Jason Putorti http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48858 Jason Putorti Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:22:23 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48858 Hi Tim, Mint.com does indeed support non-bank accounts, including: investment accounts (401k, IRA, brokerage, etc.), and loans (auto, home, etc.). We do have an iPhone application under development, we chose a more deliberative approach in this area to produce the best possible result. We do not support manual transactions however, our approach to this is to 'split' your ATM withdrawals into where you spent that money, should you be so inclined. Thanks for the review! Jason Putorti Lead Designer, mint.com Hi Tim,

Mint.com does indeed support non-bank accounts, including: investment accounts (401k, IRA, brokerage, etc.), and loans (auto, home, etc.). We do have an iPhone application under development, we chose a more deliberative approach in this area to produce the best possible result. We do not support manual transactions however, our approach to this is to ’split’ your ATM withdrawals into where you spent that money, should you be so inclined. Thanks for the review!

Jason Putorti
Lead Designer, mint.com

]]> By: Tim Glinatsis http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48857 Tim Glinatsis Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:31:44 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48857 Hi Marc - Thanks for correcting me on the mobile version. Again, I'm not sure how I missed that...my apologies. I had seen the spending goals section, but the spending targets piece of the puzzle went right by me. It seems to work pretty well, though it's still a little bit different than the traditional "budget all categories at once" approach that most of us old-schoolers are used to. Navy Federal Credit Union was the bank culprit, just as it is with a few of the other sites. Using Navy FCU requires me to upload (with the convenient Firefox uploader), rather than just synchronize. Anyway, good show, Marc. Thank you for correcting me. :) Hi Marc -

Thanks for correcting me on the mobile version. Again, I’m not sure how I missed that…my apologies.

I had seen the spending goals section, but the spending targets piece of the puzzle went right by me. It seems to work pretty well, though it’s still a little bit different than the traditional “budget all categories at once” approach that most of us old-schoolers are used to.

Navy Federal Credit Union was the bank culprit, just as it is with a few of the other sites. Using Navy FCU requires me to upload (with the convenient Firefox uploader), rather than just synchronize.

Anyway, good show, Marc. Thank you for correcting me. :)

]]> By: Marc Hedlund http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48856 Marc Hedlund Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:36:37 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48856 Hey, I'm the CEO of Wesabe. Thanks for including us in your review, which is very broad and comprehensive. When you look at as many sites as you did, some things might have not jumped out at you. Just a few corrections on the Wesabe part: * We do have a mobile version of the site, m.wesabe.com, and an iPhone version of the site, i.wesabe.com. They are both documented here: https://www.wesabe.com/page/mobile * We do have budgeting tools, which we call spending targets. They are documented here: https://www.wesabe.com/groups/3-make-wesabe-better/discussions/714-setting-budget#comment_5812 * We definitely support three out of four of your test banks fully automatically (I'm a USAA and Amex customer myself, so I'm sure on those, and Wells is very popular). Navy Federal is supported, and should be fully automatic; if it isn't we'd be happy to add it. Hope this helps. It sounds like you've made your choice but I wanted to be sure you knew about these features of our site, and that your readers did, too. If I can help with any of these or any other questions, please feel free to write me at marc@wesabe.com. Thanks again for including us in your coverage! Marc Hedlund CEO, Wesabe Hey, I’m the CEO of Wesabe. Thanks for including us in your review, which is very broad and comprehensive.

When you look at as many sites as you did, some things might have not jumped out at you. Just a few corrections on the Wesabe part:

* We do have a mobile version of the site, m.wesabe.com, and an iPhone version of the site, i.wesabe.com. They are both documented here:

https://www.wesabe.com/page/mobile

* We do have budgeting tools, which we call spending targets. They are documented here:

https://www.wesabe.com/groups/3-make-wesabe-better/discussions/714-setting-budget#comment_5812

* We definitely support three out of four of your test banks fully automatically (I’m a USAA and Amex customer myself, so I’m sure on those, and Wells is very popular). Navy Federal is supported, and should be fully automatic; if it isn’t we’d be happy to add it.

Hope this helps. It sounds like you’ve made your choice but I wanted to be sure you knew about these features of our site, and that your readers did, too. If I can help with any of these or any other questions, please feel free to write me at marc@wesabe.com.

Thanks again for including us in your coverage!

Marc Hedlund
CEO, Wesabe

]]> By: Tim Glinatsis http://turnipville.com/index.php/2008/10/31/the-personal-finance-manager-showdown-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48855 Tim Glinatsis Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:47:00 +0000 http://turnipville.com/?p=347#comment-48855 To answer the emails I've been getting: I have no interest - financial or otherwise - in any of the sites I'm talking about here. :) And yes...that includes Buxfer. To answer the emails I’ve been getting: I have no interest – financial or otherwise – in any of the sites I’m talking about here. :) And yes…that includes Buxfer.

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