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Fireball vs Firefly III

Both stand on personal finance software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Fireball

Free plan WebiPhoneAndroid

Choose Fireball if you want personal finance tools across web and mobile, with budgeting, bills, net worth, and investment tracking available on its free plan. The paid plan may suit households that need up to four trusted people and 10 GB of transaction attachments.

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Firefly III

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Firefly III brings budgeting, transaction management, importing, and reporting into a free self-hosted finance manager. Its server requirements and rule limitation are worth considering before choosing it.

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The facts

	Fireball	Firefly III
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web, iPhone, Android	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Paid: 10.99 NZD a month	Free or on request
Plans published	2	2
Maker	Fireball	Not published
Website	fireball.finance	firefly-iii.org
On personal finance software	#25 of 181	#21 of 181

Fireball: what it does well

Free plan includes budgets and spending insights.
Tracks bills, savings goals, and debt planning.
Includes net-worth and investment tracking on the free plan.
Supports file imports, exports, and device sync.
Available on web, iOS, and Android.

What to know first

The paid plan costs 10.99 NZD a month.
The paid plan is a web subscription.

Firefly III: what it does well

Budgets, bills, and net-worth tracking are included.
Double-entry bookkeeping and savings piggy banks.
Imports CSV and CAMT.053 files.
REST JSON API covers nearly all of the application.
Two-factor authentication is available.

What to know first

Requires comfort with self-hosted servers.
Complicated rules combining AND and OR are unsupported.
Installation options include server management.

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