Accounting & Finance · head to head
Carta vs Chargebee
Chargebee
Accounting & Finance
Subscription billing & revenue management
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Carta free plan eligibility as captured 19 January 2024 was capped at companies with fewer than 25 stakeholders and less than $1M raised in funding; Chargebee priced as a percentage of billing, 0.80 percent on pay-as-you-go or 0.65 percent plus $99 a month on the committed plan, so the fee rises with revenue
- They diverge on capability: Carta covers Cap table management, Chargebee covers Subscription management.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Carta and Chargebee actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Carta
- Cap table management
- 409A valuations
- Equity plans
- Investor reporting
- Fund administration
- QuickBooks
- Gusto
- Slack
Only in Chargebee
- Subscription management
- Recurring billing
- Revenue recognition
- Dunning management
- Checkout pages
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Salesforce
Both cover
- SOC 2
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Carta
- Equity managementnot Chargebee
- 409A valuationsnot Chargebee
- Fund administrationnot Chargebee
Chargebee
- Subscription billingnot Carta
- Revenue operationsnot Carta
- Pricing experimentationnot Carta
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Carta
- Free plan eligibility as captured 19 January 2024 was capped at companies with fewer than 25 stakeholders and less than $1M raised in funding
Chargebee
- Priced as a percentage of billing, 0.80 percent on pay-as-you-go or 0.65 percent plus $99 a month on the committed plan, so the fee rises with revenue
- Split into four separate product lines, Billing, CPQ, RevRec and Growth, each with its own tiers and most quote-only
- CPQ Lite is free only for the first 50 quotes
- Revenue recognition pricing is demo-only
- Enterprise Plus requires an annual commitment
Pricing, plan by plan
Carta
$29/month- LaunchFree
- Cap table
- Stakeholder management
- Seed$360/year
- 409A valuations
- Option exercising
- Scenarios
Chargebee
$29/month- StarterFree
- First $250K revenue free
- Basic billing
- Invoicing
- Performance$599/month
- Revenue recognition
- Advanced analytics
- Multi-currency
Which should you pick?
Choose Carta if
- You need cap table management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want 409a valuations.
Choose Chargebee if
- You need subscription management.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want recurring billing.
Questions people ask
- Is Carta or Chargebee better?
- Neither clearly leads. Carta starts at $29/month and Chargebee at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Carta or Chargebee?
- Carta starts at $29/month and Chargebee at $29/month.
- Does Carta or Chargebee run on more platforms?
- Carta runs on Web, Ios, Android. Chargebee runs on Web, Api.
- What is Carta best used for?
- Carta is most often used for equity management, 409a valuations, fund administration. Of those, equity management and 409a valuations are not what Chargebee is typically brought in for.
- What can Carta do that Chargebee cannot?
- Carta covers Cap table management, 409A valuations, Equity plans, Investor reporting. Chargebee covers Subscription management, Recurring billing, Revenue recognition, Dunning management. Both handle SOC 2, Web support.