Compare / Buddy vs Empower (Personal Capital)
Buddy vs Empower (Personal Capital)
Two records, side by side. Empower (Personal Capital) ships 0 things Buddy does not, Buddy ships 1 Empower (Personal Capital) does not, 6 attributes are the same, and 57 cannot be compared because one side is Unknown.
Buddy: $9.99/month or $49.99/yearEmpower (Personal Capital): FreeBuddy: 13 of 71 recordedEmpower (Personal Capital): 35 of 71 recorded
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| Attribute |  Buddychecked · 2026-09-09 |  Empower (Personal Capital)checked · 2026-09-04 |
|---|---|---|
| Sharing | ||
| Partner or household | Yes | No |
All 71 attributes
| Attribute | Buddychecked · 2026-09-09 | Empower (Personal Capital)checked · 2026-09-04 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Price | $9.99/month or $49.99/year (Free to download and try) | Free (Advisory is a separate paid service, from $250,000 invested.) |
| Lifetime purchase | ? | ? |
| Connections | ||
| Account aggregation | ? | Yes |
| Connectors | ? | Yodlee |
| Refresh more than daily | ? | Yes |
| Manual accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Countries | ? | US |
| Multi-currency | ? | ? |
| Crypto and digital assets | ? | ? |
| Transactions | ||
| Edit transactions | ? | Yes |
| Create manual transactions | Yes | Yes |
| Rules engine | ? | Yes |
| Mass edit | ? | Yes |
| Split transactions | ? | ? |
| History import | ? | No |
| Length of history | ? | Unlimited |
| Export | ? | Yes |
| Import formats | ? | ? |
| Nested categories | ? | ? |
| Custom categories | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | ? | ? |
| Receipt attachments | ? | ? |
| Planning | ||
| Budgeting | Yes | Yes |
| Envelope budgeting | ? | ? |
| Zero-based budgeting | ? | ? |
| Rollover budgeting | ? | No |
| Recurring transactions | ? | Yes |
| Bills | ? | Yes |
| Bill negotiation | Yes | ? |
| Goal tracking | ? | Yes |
| Debt payoff planning | ? | ? |
| Cash-flow forecasting | ? | Yes |
| Scenario planning | ? | Yes |
| Retirement planning | ? | Yes |
| Subscription tracking | Yes | ? |
| Subscription cancellation | Yes | ? |
| Automated transfers | ? | ? |
| Calendar view | ? | ? |
| Wealth | ||
| Net worth | Yes | Yes |
| Balance history import | ? | No |
| Investment tracking | ? | Yes |
| Investment transactions | ? | Yes |
| Real estate | ? | ? |
| Investment fee analysis | ? | Yes |
| Insight | ||
| Reports | ? | Yes |
| Trends | ? | ? |
| Credit scores | ? | No |
| Alerts | ? | ? |
| Assistance | ||
| AI chat | ? | ? |
| AI categorization | ? | Yes |
| Sharing | ||
| Partner or household | Yes | No |
| Adviser access | ? | Yes |
| Business or rental separation | ? | ? |
| Platforms | ||
| Interfaces | iOS | Web · iOS · Android |
| Full mobile app | Yes | ? |
| Home-screen widgets | ? | ? |
| Customizable dashboard | ? | ? |
| Offline access | ? | ? |
| Trust | ||
| SOC 2 | ? | ? |
| 2FA / MFA | ? | Yes |
| Sells or shares your data | ? | ? |
| Read-only bank connections | ? | ? |
| Data held by | ? | ? |
| Self-hosting | ? | ? |
| Open source | ? | ? |
| Extending | ||
| Public API | ? | ? |
| Spreadsheet sync | ? | ? |
| Webhooks | ? | ? |
| Tax export | ? | ? |
| Tax filing | ? | ? |