Astrella vs Mantle

Astrella manages cap tables and employee stock plan ownership data for privately held companies. Its automated cap table system is customizable for finance departments, while equity tracking covers grants, vesting schedules and settlement. Users can simulate financing rounds and exits, and stock plan management supports ASC-718 reporting requirements. The platform supports stock options, RSAs, PIUs, RSUs, convertibles, warrants and SAFEs, with advanced vesting rules, valuation support, tax reporting and an employee portal. BoardNotes records, transcribes and stores meeting minutes in the Astrella ledger; a document vault holds company documents and resources. Astrella says its private immutable audit trails preserve audit and transaction records. Employees and investors can access holdings through a mobile app, and named integration partners include Box, CharliAI, EquityZen and Derivatas. The company offers technical platform support and financial consulting. Astrella runs on Android, iOS and web, and offers a 30 day trial for startups and growth companies. Plans cost $1,200 a year for 0–25 stakeholders, $3,200 a year for 26–100, and $8,200 a year for 101–300. Custom pricing is unlisted for 300 stakeholders and above.

Mantle is a web-based cap table management platform from Mantle Equity for startups. It tracks share classes and securities such as SAFEs, preferred stock, warrants, and RSAs, and supports option management. Mantle says its AI can read SAFEs, notes, term sheets, and other documents to help create an audit-ready cap table. Users can model fundraising rounds, dilution, and option pools against their real-time cap table, then download a cap table in Open Cap Table Format (OCX). Built-in digital signatures support issuing grants and agreements. Customers can add counsel and other stakeholders without per-seat pricing, and plans include unlimited stakeholders. Starter is free and includes SAFE signing and templates, vesting schedules, scenario modeling, law firm integration, and cap table exports. Essentials costs $1,200 a year; Growth costs $3,000 a year and adds an annual 409A valuation and VIP customer support. Growth+ has no listed price. Mantle states that it complies with AICPA SOC 2 Type II standards, hosts its platform on Google Cloud in the US Central region, and uses 256-bit TLS encryption for information moving over the internet.