EquityList vs Qapita Equity Management

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.

Qapita Equity Management is web-based cap table software for tracking company ownership from early financing through IPO. It supports common and preferred stock, SAFEs, and warrants. Share certificates and SAFEs can be issued through e-signature and approval workflows, with ownership records updating after signing. Its simulator covers fundraises, exits, option pool changes, convertibles, SAFE conversions, and liquidation preferences. Investor workflows and board consents use cap table ownership data. The platform logs share issuances, transfers, buybacks, and cancellations with timestamps and supporting documents; users can download ledgers and historical snapshots. Qapita says its onboarding team rebuilds and validates equity history against source documents before launch. It states that it meets SOC 1 and SOC 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001 standards. The free Spark plan covers up to 25 stakeholders and less than $1M in funding raised. Surge costs $1,600 a year, plus US$40 per stakeholder/year, for up to 40 stakeholders.