Finance

Carta

Equity management and cap table platform for startups

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★4.5ratingPricing · PaidRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Carta does

Carta describes itself as an ERP for private capital, combining software and services for equity, fund, and portfolio management. Carta Equity Suite covers cap table management, 409A valuations, SAFE financings, financial reporting, and total compensation. Carta Fund ERP covers fund administration, fund forecasting, fund tax, portfolio valuations, SPVs, deal CRM, and LP CRM. Carta Law covers compliance, contracts, and fund services. The page lists Carta Plugins for Claude, including Cap Table, Investors, and CRM plugins. Named integrations include Vestwell-powered Carta 401K, GetDynasty, Morgan Stanley wealth management, and Ramp. The page does not state specific prices.

How Carta compares with its closest alternatives

1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; Carta does not. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Carta does. Carta offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Carta was founded in 2012; the alternatives were founded between 2019 and 2024. Carta is based in San Francisco, United States; all its 5 alternatives are in the United States too.

Market position · Finance

How Carta compares in Finance

Carta has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 392 live Finance tools on FalcoScan. Across Finance, the average opportunity score is 68.5 and the average saturation score 34.9. FalcoScan rates Carta's own market position as contested. 76 of the 392 operating Finance tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 6 shutdowns in the category.

Carta compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
CartaFounded 2012 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebRising
PulleyFounded 2019 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—NoNoWebHot
Pulley Cap Table AIFounded 2019 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWebHot
ElysianFounded 2024 · Nashville, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebRising
LinqAlphaFounded 2022 · New York, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Puzzle FinanceFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—NoYesWebHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Finance.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Carta exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Document AnalysisValuation Modeling
Industry Verticals
FinanceLegal
Tagged

Carta shows up when builders search for these

cap-tableequity409ainvestor-relationsstock-options
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Pulley

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Pulley Cap Table AI

Affordable cap table management for startups

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Elysian

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LinqAlpha

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Puzzle Finance

Accounting software built for startups

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Quartr

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Questions

Carta: common questions

Is Carta free?

No. Carta is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Carta?

The closest alternatives to Carta that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Pulley, Pulley Cap Table AI, Elysian, LinqAlpha, and Puzzle Finance.

Is Carta still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Carta as operating at carta.com.

Where is Carta based?

Carta is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Carta have an API?

Yes. Carta offers an API.

Who is Carta for?

Carta is built for founders, investors, and lawyers.

How do I sign in to Carta?

Sign in on Carta's own website, carta.com. FalcoScan reviews Carta but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Carta directly.

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