Mint is personal finance software that is web-based instead of PC based (like Money or Quicken).
After switching to a new PC over winter, and then rebuilding it due to a faulty HD, I basically gave up on using Money, and have been looking for something not-PC-based to used.
So yesterday I signed up for Mint. It was a little cumbersome to add account (since many require challenge questions in addition to basic username/pw), but after about 25 minutes I got all of our accounts in there (a couple of 529s, our investment accounts, checking, credit cards, etc).
So far, I really just like the fact that it's web-based, so it's easy for my wife and I to each login and look, without having to have a file on a server, or worry about any other crap. It shows transaction history, account balances, value over time, etc. All accounts are automatically updated in the background.
I haven't done much with it yet, and it does make me nervous to have account information externally like that, but it sure is convenient.
Edited By TheCatt on 1285778083
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Sounds like your entire financial life is on someone else's server. Yikes.
My thoughts exactly.
That's one of the reasons I am not on board with the new IT craze, Software As A Service (SAAS).
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They've really improved the backend part of it since the acquisition, and now all of my accounts works with the service.TheCatt wrote:Mint bought by Quicken.
Love it.
It's not me, it's someone else.
They've kept improving it. Every once in a while my USAA credit card bombs out and won't update, so I have to re-add it, but overall I really like this site.
Mint has even added budgets, goal tracking (retirement, education savings, etc). So far it's so much better than Quicken or Money ever were, it's not even funny.
10/10
Mint has even added budgets, goal tracking (retirement, education savings, etc). So far it's so much better than Quicken or Money ever were, it's not even funny.
10/10
It's not me, it's someone else.