budgetzero vs Trout
budgetzero
budgetzero.ioTrout
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| Figure | budgetzero | Trout |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €4.92/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Budgeting And Expense Tracking | 8.3 (#6) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Spec score · Personal Finance Software | 7.7 (#122) | 8.8 (#15) |
| Account sync | manual | both |
| Budgeting | The product supports zero-based envelope budgeting. | Envelope budgeting includes categories, groups, rolling balances, and five goal types. |
| Budgeting tools | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The project says it has zero trackers and zero analytics. | The hosted service says it does not sell data, show advertising, or use financial data to train machine-learning models. |
| Purpose | BudgetZero is a free, open-source, offline-first zero-based envelope budgeting system. | Trout is an envelope-budgeting ledger for people who want to own their money and data. |
| Self-hosting | Users can self-host the web app using Docker or build and host its static files on a web server. | Self-hosting uses AGPL-3.0 software and the maker's Docker guide requires a Linux host. |
Plans
Trout
- FreeFree
- Hosted Monthly€7 a month
- Hosted Annual€59 a year
- Manual budgetingFree
- Self-hostedFree
- Hosted monthly€7 a month
- Hosted annual€59 a year
In their own words
budgetzero
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