Mint vs Buxfer
See why Buxfer is the best alternative to Mint
Thinking of switching away from Mint? You have come to the right place. Thousands of users have happily made the switch to Buxfer and here's why.
FeatureBuxferMint
Ads & Privacy
No ads ever. A subscription-based business model aligns our incentives with yours when it comes to ads and privacy.
Full of ads. Sells your data to third-parties to make money.
Control
Provides user configurable automation via rules, which let you precisely control when and how an automation is applied to your data.
Too much automation with little control for user to personalize how features like categorization work. The machine tries to overpower you, and you are not given many tools to fight it.
Budgeting
Offers flexible budgeting, allowing you to budget your way.
Extremely basic. Automated budgets are frequently wrong.
Forecasting
Forecasts your future spending, income and account balances based on your past spending data.
Not supported
Retirement Planning
Allows planning for retirement and other long term goals like buying a house, or your kids' education.
Not supported
Multiple Currencies
Full-fledged support for multiple currencies.
Not supported
Access Control
Allows sharing access to your account with your family or accountant.
Not supported
Ads & Privacy
Buxfer
No ads ever. A subscription-based business model aligns our incentives with yours when it comes to ads and privacy.
Mint
Full of ads. Sells your data to third-parties to make money.
Control
Buxfer
Provides user configurable automation via rules, which let you precisely control when and how an automation is applied to your data.
Mint
Too much automation with little control for user to personalize how features like categorization work. The machine tries to overpower you, and you are not given many tools to fight it.
Budgeting
Buxfer
Offers flexible budgeting, allowing you to budget your way.
Mint
Extremely basic. Automated budgets are frequently wrong.
Forecasting
Buxfer
Forecasts your future spending, income and account balances based on your past spending data.
Mint
Not supported
Retirement Planning
Buxfer
Allows planning for retirement and other long term goals like buying a house, or your kids' education.
Mint
Not supported
Multiple Currencies
Buxfer
Full-fledged support for multiple currencies.
Mint
Not supported
Access Control
Buxfer
Allows sharing access to your account with your family or accountant.
Mint
Not supported
  • Ads are getting thrown in my face now. I've used mint constantly for years. This is making me rethink it. Pretty bummed about it.
    —Reddit
  • Is anyone else being completely inundated with ads everywhere in Mint this week?
    —Reddit
  • Mint is a fossilized financial tool and exhibits severe symptoms of neglect.
    —Fast Company
  • In my mind, it’s been in maintenance mode the last eight years.
    —Aaron Patzer, Founder of Mint
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