Carta vs Vestd
A side-by-side comparison of Carta and Vestd — two options for cap table & equity. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Cap Table & Equity
Cap Table & Equity
Rating
4.5 / 5
4.3 / 5
Pricing
Custom / Tiered
Subscription tiers
Best for
GPs standardizing equity records and fund admin in one place
UK portfolio companies running EMI schemes
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
- EMI option scheme setup and administration
- Growth shares and conditional equity
- Two-way Companies House integration
- Digital share certificates and registers
- Scenario modeling and dilution views
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
- Deepest EMI and UK-scheme expertise in software form
- Companies House sync prevents record drift
- Transparent subscription pricing
Cons
- Pricing has climbed steadily with market position
- Support quality varies with plan tier
- UK-only relevance — useless for a Delaware portfolio
- Not built for investor-side portfolio views