Buckets vs ClearGov Budget Cycle

Buckets is budgeting software for tracking bills and managing personal finances. It includes budgeting tools, bill tracking, account syncing and report export. It runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, with desktop and mobile applications. The listed price is $64 as a one-time payment, with no monthly subscription fee. A free trial is available for as long as needed to decide whether it suits you, but the purchase is not refundable. Finances stay on the user's computer, and users control their data. Bank sync options include free methods, private macros, file imports and SimpleFIN Bridge. One license covers the purchaser and immediate family members in the same home, and can be used on any number of eligible computers. Support is available through a chat bubble, and the software includes budgeting videos. Buckets is published by One Part Rain, LLC, which is testing Buckets by the Loaf pricing in some countries.

ClearGov Budget Cycle is cloud-based finance and budgeting software for public-sector agencies, including local governments and school districts. Operational Budgeting supports budgets from baseline through adoption and amendments, with annual or biennial cycles, future-year forecasts, and year-end projections. Teams can edit budget line items together in real time, save versions, and attach justifications and supporting documents. An audit trail records adjustments and user actions, while role-based permissions govern who can import capital and personnel scenarios. The software supports approval workflows, scenario planning, actual-versus-budget tracking, and multi-entity budgeting. Capital Budgeting includes request forms, scoring, dashboards, and spreadsheet or PDF exports; Personnel Budgeting tracks filled and vacant positions, compensation, and multi-year staffing scenarios. Digital Budget Book creates web, mobile, and PDF budget books with customizable pages and generated content. Capital and personnel data can feed into Operational Budgeting with automatic updates and duplicate detection. Pricing is by quote; support and product updates are included, with no per-seat fees. ClearGov says implementation requires no systems integration.