Tiller vs Mint: Everything You Need to Know
Tiller is the more powerful, private, and customizable Mint alternative without ads. See all your finances in one place, confidently plan your financial future, and easily manage your money, your way
Only Tiller keeps your daily spending, income, and balances updated in your own private Google and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Like Mint, Tiller automatically tracks all your finances in one place
But instead of locking your data in a proprietary app, Tiller keeps everything organized in your own private spreadsheets. Get started with flexible templates for tracking budgets, expenses, debt, and more. Customize everything as your situation changes over time.
Top reasons people switch to Tiller
Fully customizable categories
Unlike Mint, Tiller gives you complete control of naming and editing all your categories
Powerful custom reports
Customize Tiller’s pre-built templates and reports, build your own, or try hundreds of free third-party templates
Accurate auto-categorization
Save time with automatic transaction categorization 100% based on your custom rules
No annoying ads
Mint is funded by monetizing your data, but Tiller is solely funded by your subscription and never shows ads
Real-time collaboration
Securely share your spreadsheets with all the cloud collaboration features of Google Sheets and Excel
No export hassles
If you cancel your Tiller subscription, all your data remains in your private spreadsheets
Workflows and Tips for Upgrading from Mint to Tiller
Tiller vs Mint: Detailed Feature Comparison
Feature | Tiller | Mint |
---|---|---|
OVERVIEW | ||
Aggregate your financial accounts to one place | Y | Y |
Secures data with bank-grade encryption | Y | Y |
US-based customer support from real people | Y | N |
Effortless expense tracking | Y | Y |
Tools for budgeting | Y | N |
Net worth tracking | Y | Y |
Credit score tracking | N | Y |
Subscription tracking | Y | Y |
Account summary emails | Y | Y |
Mobile app | via Google/Microsoft Apps | Y |
Web app | Y | Y |
CATEGORY & TRANSACTION CUSTOMIZATION | ||
Complete control of creating, editing, and deleting all categories | Y | N |
Category groups | Y | N |
Category tags | Y | Y |
Add notes to transactions | Y | Y |
Complete control of auto-categorization rules | Y | N |
Permanently delete imported transactions | Y | N |
Rename transactions | Y | Y |
Manually import transactions | Y | N |
Install or build your own custom category reports | Y | Limited |
MONEY MANAGEMENT | ||
Build custom reports for detailed planning and analysis | Y | N |
Install pre-built reports for detailed planning and analysis | Y | N |
Install prebuilt templates for tracking different money goals | Y | N |
Track multiple simultaneous budgets | Y | N |
Track weekly and yearly budgets | Y | N |
Use any budgeting strategy | Y | N |
Net worth tracking | Y | N |
Retirement goal planning | Y | N |
Customizable debt payoff tracking | Y | N |
Cash flow reporting | Y | N |
Tag tax deductions | Y | Y |
Securely share and collaborate with others | Y | N |
Brokerage account balance tracking? | Y | Y |
Track current and historical securities information | Y | N |
Tools for freelance/small business finances | Y | N |
ADS & PRIVACY | ||
Targets users with ads | N | Y |
Shows “special offers” from 3rd parties | N | Y |
COST | $79/year | Free, with ads and partner offers |
Manage your money, your way with Tiller’s flexible features
Bank-grade encryption
Your data is protected with secure 256-bit AES encryption
No annoying ads
Tiller doesn’t run ads; we never sell your financial data to advertisers
Private by design
Tiller’s team doesn’t see your data. Tiller never sells data to third parties
Finance feeds
Tiller connects 21,000+ banks to your spreadsheets
AutoCat
Powerful auto-categorization based on your custom rules
Foundation Template
With sheets for tracking expenses, budgets, and net worth
Daily email summary
Get a morning summary of your latest spending and balances
Free community templates
Dozens of templates to customize how you track your money
Builder friendly
Build your own custom financial dashboard powered by Tiller
Custom categories
Tiller gives you complete control of your transaction categories
For Google and Microsoft
Use Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel with one Tiller subscription
Open banking
Tiller is a leader in support for secure, private open banking
Customer support
Our top-rated U.S.-based team is here to help if you need it
Helpful community
Share ideas and get inspired with Tiller’s vibrant user Community.
Helpful webinars
With Q&A help you get up to speed fast and do more with Tiller
Extensive help docs
Tiller offers an extensive, up-to-date library of help docs
Secure collaboration
Securely collaborate in real-time at no extra cost
Use multiple spreadsheets
Use up to five Google and Microsoft spreadsheets with one subscription
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