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Goodbudget vs OpenBudgeteer: catalog facts
GoodbudgetOpenBudgeteer
Freemium

Free to start, with a paid Premium plan for extra features.

Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Android, iOS, Web Web, Self-hosted
  • Envelope budgeting method
  • Budgets sync and share across a household
  • Envelope-style bucket budgeting similar to YNAB
  • Supports MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite
  • Transaction import requires Premium
  • Budget data is held by the service
  • Some documentation sections are still in progress
  • Requires running your own server
Downloadable app, Web application, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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