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Equity management solution for public & private firms

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Carta - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Carta overview

What is Carta?

Carta is a cloud-based equity management solution that helps investors, law firms, and public and private companies manage valuations, equity plans, cap tables, and investments. The solution enables users to track employee and non-employee equity on a unified platform, enabling them to handle employee stock purchase plans and administration efficiently.

Primary features of Carta include shareholder management, form 3921 generation, audit-based expense accounting, real-time metrics, a visual dashboard, venture fund administration, board meeting management, rule 701 management, ASC 820 valuations, custody, safekeeping, and more. The platform allows investors and employees to accept exercise options, electronic securities, and monitor vesting schedules. Plus, the solution lets users administer liquidity programs, leveraging a centralized dashboard, progress tracker, and transaction manager.

Carta comes with an integrated compliance module, enabling users to be compliant while issuing equity to get 409A valuations. Carta offers an API and integrates with third-party finance and HR applications such as Quickbooks, Xero, and Betterment.

Starting price


Pros & Cons

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Employee Management

Equity Management

Navigation

Stock Portfolio Management

Email Notifications

Stock Options

Carta’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Carta pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(7)
3-4(19)
5(36)

What do users say about Carta?

I like that it is commonly used in tech companies so many investors are already comfortable with it.

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Who uses Carta?

Based on 62 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Computer Software
Financial Services
Information Technology and Services
Oil & Energy
Others

Use cases

Equity Management
Compensation Management
Board Management
Financial Reporting
Investment Management

Carta's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Carta users:

Cap table management
Investor reporting
Financial modeling
Valuation management

All Carta features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Accounting
ACH payment processing
Activity dashboard
API
Approval process control
Audit trail
Benchmarking
Budgeting/Forecasting
Cap table management
Collaboration tools
Compensation plan modeling
Compliance management
Compliance tracking
Dashboard
Data import/export
Deal management
Debt management
Document management
Document storage
Electronic signature
Employee reward programs
Enterprise Risk Management
Financial modeling
Financial reporting
Financial risk reporting
Forecasting
Fund management
General ledger
Incentive management
Investments tracking
Investor reporting
Liquidity Analysis
Meeting management
Member directory
Minutes management
Operational risk management
Performance metrics
Portfolio management
Portfolio Modeling
Private equity
Rate of Return Analysis
Real-Time analytics
Real-Time data
Real-Time reporting
Risk management
Role-Based permissions
Scenario planning
Trade Tracking
Valuation management
Vesting management
"What if" scenarios

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Carta pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Launch

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Features included:

  • Cap table management
  • SAFE modeling
  • Automated onboarding
  • Fundraising benchmarks

Build

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Features included:

  • Everything in Launch
  • White glove onboarding
  • Premier support
  • Priced round modeling
  • Deal-ready Pro Forma

Grow

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Features included:

  • Everything in Build
  • 409A valuations
  • 83(b) electronic filing
  • Form 3921

Scale

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Features included:

  • Everything in Grow
  • GAAP Financial Reporting (ASC-718)
  • IFRS Financial Reporting

User opinions about Carta price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Carta's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The employee experience in Carta is really straightforward (and offers educational resources we love), and the reporting functionality for administrators is very thorough.”
SK

Sarah K.

People Ops Manager

“Avoid at all cost.”
SR

Samuel R.

Head of Business Development

Carta integrations (4)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 62 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Carta integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

We are struggling with setting up a direct API of payroll detail by pay period directly to Sage Intacct GL.

SW

Shannon W.

Senior Director of Finance

Carta support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Knowledge Base
Chat
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support

Training options

Live Online
Webinars
Documentation

Carta FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Carta?

Carta has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Small Business, Large Enterprises, Mid-size Business

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Q. Does Carta support mobile devices?

Carta supports the following devices:
iPhone, iPad, Android


Q. What level of support does Carta offer?

Carta offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, Chat, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support

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