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Carta vs Fortnox

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Carta

Accounting & Finance

Equity management & valuations

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Fortnox

Accounting & Finance

Swedish cloud accounting and business platform for bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; Fortnox corporate packages alone span at least 7 named tiers (Mini through Stor+) priced from 209 kr/man to 919 kr/man, and add-on programs are billed separately per module (SEK)

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Carta and Fortnox actually diverge.

Attributes where Carta and Fortnox differ
AttributeCartaFortnox
Starting price$29/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Fortnox

Nothing recorded that Carta does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Carta

  • Equity managementnot Fortnox
  • 409A valuationsnot Fortnox
  • Fund administrationnot Fortnox

Fortnox

No use cases recorded yet. See the Fortnox review.

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

Fortnox

  • Corporate packages alone span at least 7 named tiers (Mini through Stor+) priced from 209 kr/man to 919 kr/man, and add-on programs are billed separately per module (SEK)
  • The Fortnox Access verification tier is priced by transaction volume, rising from 9 kr/man at zero verifications to 199 kr/man at 1000+ verifications (SEK), so cost is not fixed and scales with usage

Pricing, plan by plan

Carta

$29/month
  • LaunchFree
    • Cap table
    • Stakeholder management
  • Seed$360/year
    • 409A valuations
    • Option exercising
    • Scenarios

Fortnox

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Fortnox review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Carta if

  • You need cap table management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want 409a valuations.
Carta review

Choose Fortnox if

Nothing in the data separates Fortnox from Carta on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Fortnox review

Questions people ask

Is Carta or Fortnox better?
Neither clearly leads. Carta starts at $29/month and Fortnox at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Carta or Fortnox?
Carta starts at $29/month and Fortnox at On request.
Does Carta or Fortnox run on more platforms?
Carta runs on Web, Ios, Android. Fortnox runs on Web.
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 Fortnox is typically brought in for.
What can Carta do that Fortnox cannot?
Carta covers Cap table management, 409A valuations, Equity plans, Investor reporting.
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