EquiView vs Fidelity Private Shares

EquiView is Charles Schwab’s web platform for administering and recording company stock plans for public and private companies. It supports stock options, ESPP, performance awards, restricted stock units, and cash awards, with advanced vesting rules. A dashboard presents plan metrics, real-time updates, and attention notifications. Teams can build reports from hundreds of fields, schedule delivery, and support financial reporting under ASC 718 and IFRS 2. Rules-based mobility recordkeeping helps automate withholding calculations for employees working across jurisdictions. The Modeler supplies a replica database for testing changes without affecting production data. Audit records timestamp updates and identify who made them. EquiView can integrate with existing systems, including ADP and Workday, through secure file transfers. Participants can view and transact awards through a multilingual interface and mobile app. Pricing is all-inclusive with one clear price, but the amount is available on request.

Fidelity Private Shares is a web-based equity management platform for private companies, covering ownership, governance and fundraising from early rounds through IPO. Its cap table tracks grants, SAFEs, notes and preferred shares, with entries linked to supporting legal documents in a data room. Files are organized there, and missing documents are flagged. Scenario tools model dilution and possible financing or exit outcomes; a next-round planner can export pro forma results. Custom permissions let employees, lawyers, auditors and investors access relevant equity information and diligence materials. Reports include grant history, transfers, option overhang, 83(b) and ASC 718. The free Launch plan includes cap table management, equity plan generation, a data room, board consents, scenario modeling, standard reporting, 83(b) generation, Rule 701 exemption checks and electronic securities. Launch is limited to up to 25 stakeholders and companies that have raised less than $1M. Growth and Scale subscriptions include HRIS integration, and Gusto is listed for syncing equity, HR and payroll information. The maker describes the platform as serving founders and operators, legal teams, investors and boards.