Certent Equity Management vs EquityList

Certent Equity Management is a paid web product for managing employee equity from early funding through IPO. It handles live cap tables, grant administration, participant access, reporting, and compliance for private companies, public companies, and brokers or partners. Teams can model exits and future funding rounds, including payout waterfalls by security class. Grant workflows cover creation, approvals, vesting, and communications across more than 15 award types, with digital signatures and audit trails. Employees, founders, and shareholders can view holdings, model exercises, set tax elections, and sign documents in a participant portal. Prebuilt reports cover SEC, FASB, and IFRS, with Section 16 filing directly to the SEC. Payroll and broker connectors exchange data with HRIS, payroll systems, and major brokerages. Optional modules include Sandbox, ESPP Management, Cap Table Analytics, Document Management and Section 16, and Tax Rates. Pricing is on request.

EquityList is an equity management and compliance platform for private and public companies. It tracks ownership, grants, exercises, buybacks, and expense reporting; its cap tables preserve transaction history, model fundraising scenarios, and handle multiple entities. The grants tools cover options, RSUs, and SARs, with vesting and exercise management for employees, advisors, and consultants. HR integrations with BambooHR, Keka, Darwinbox, and GreytHR sync employee changes and payroll data. Finance tools provide stock expense figures compliant with ASC 718, IFRS 2, and Ind AS 102. EquityList describes encryption at rest and in transit, logged access controls, and practices certified against SOC 2 and ISO 27001. The web service has a free plan for up to 10 stakeholders; Build and Growth bill for additional stakeholders beyond their included limits. Paid plans start at $100 a year with annual billing. Listed-company pricing is a scope-based annual proposal, not a fixed price.