Carta vs Qapita
A side-by-side comparison of Carta and Qapita — two options for cap table & equity. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Cap Table & Equity
Fund Admin & Back Office
Rating
4.5 / 5
4.3 / 5
Pricing
Custom / Tiered
Tiered / Custom
Best for
GPs standardizing equity records and fund admin in one place
Funds and startups operating across India and SEA
Key features
- Cap table management and share issuance
- 409A valuations
- Option grants, exercises and employee portals
- Fund administration with LP portal
- Scenario and waterfall modeling
- Cap table and ESOP administration
- Independent valuations (409A, ASC 820)
- Fund administration with capital calls and LP management
- Tender offers and employee liquidity programs
- Compliance coverage across 60+ countries
Pros
- Network effect: your portcos are likely already on it
- Clean investor view of stakes across the portfolio
- Fund admin plus cap table in one vendor relationship
- Deep India and Southeast Asia regulatory fluency
- Covers both company-side equity and fund-side admin
- Strong footprint — 500,000+ stakeholders managed
Cons
- Pricing has climbed steadily with market position
- Support quality varies with plan tier
- Thinner brand presence in US and Europe
- Breadth means some modules are deeper than others