MoneyGuide vs MyOwnFP

MoneyGuide is financial planning software from Envestnet for financial advisors helping clients work toward lifetime financial goals. It supports goal-based, asset-allocation, and lifetime-income plans, including Monte Carlo simulations on a single income stream. Advisors and clients can collaborate online with view-only or update-all sharing permissions. Planning tools cover retirement, college, estate, insurance needs, risk management, taxes, and Social Security. What-if scenarios and stress tests can model changes in market returns, inflation, taxes, and longevity. Clients can link accounts through MX or Yodlee; listed integrations also include Redtail and Wealthbox. The company says it does not collect or store Social Security, credit card, or account numbers, and that client data is encrypted in transit. MoneyGuide is web-based and compatible with Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, and iPhones. It is non-transactional, so clients cannot access, move, or withdraw funds through the application. A MyBlocks trial lasts 14 days, requires no credit card, and expires automatically. Listed annual subscriptions include MoneyGuide at $2,000 a year per advisor; applicable state and local taxes are not included.

MyOwnFP is web-based financial planning software for Canadian do-it-yourself investors and financial advisors. It supports cash-flow modeling, tax planning, investment planning, and scenario analysis. Users can build scenarios, compare them, and save useful versions for later review. Planning views include a financial planning grid, cash-flow visualization, account charts, and scenario comparisons. The models cover Canadian accounts and benefits such as TFSA, RRSP, CPP/QPP, OAS, GIS, and pensions, with federal, provincial, and territorial tax tables. Subscribers can share a client with another MyOwnFP subscriber, including an advisor. The service runs on AWS in Canada, according to the company, and uses HTTPS for browser communication with encryption at rest. Google handles login and Stripe processes payments. Banking information is not required. A free plan is available; Standard costs $40 a year for five clients, and Unlimited costs $140 a year for unlimited clients.