Monday, January 5, 2009

Mint.com

Loving this new website mint.com. Mint.com is an online application that manages your various accounts. (mortgage, checking, credit cards) It is a lot like the old Microsoft Money application but has a few key distinctions which makes it better if you ask me:
  • Adding new accounts is easy
  • Not as many options as MS Money but makes it easier to use. (if you ask me, money does a good job of providing an option for everything.... problem is that makes things overly complicated and confusing)
  • Always online.
Here are the reason's why I love mint.com
  • "Transaction's" view which shows transactions across all the accounts you have.
  • Each transaction is automatically categorized. (I always hated categorizing everything in MS money just so I could see what I have been spending in each area) MS money does this but it isnt quite as dynamic as mint.com is.
  • A focus on money categorizations rather than accounts. If you think about it, who cares about the accounts you have? What you really care about is: Where is my cash? Where are my investments? Where are my debts?
Of course, the downside is you have to trust Mint.com with all of your account info and passwords. Overall a really slick and well thought out application. As far as usability of website and design goes it definitely is up there with some of the newer and better website designs I've seen.

3 comments:

Mike said...

I think there is some credit due in this posting........

popedog said...

Well technically you never actually told me about mint. I overheard you talking to Elisa and so I checked it out for myself. Legally, you have no case. :)

Mike said...

boooo