I was turned onto this website by a friend of mine who enjoys the funny videoblogs howard posts. I am not a money person, I can barely balance my checkbook, and know almost nothing about the stock market. Something like mint although “quick and easy” is what I am looking for, I don’t want to take any extra time to download no matter how short of time is it. Mint’s website in a nutshell looks cooler and although at the end of the day doesn’t matter to someone well read in finances for someone such as myself that cares more about art, us weekly, and fashion, mint appeals to a more younger audience.

Thanks very much for giving Wesabe a look. If the current version of the site isn’t for you, hopefully some of our upcoming features will turn your head and convince you to give us another look.

A few quick comments on your review…

While it’s true that some banks provide statements only in PDF, nearly all North American banks do provide a format we support. Bank of America particularly makes it difficult to find the downloads from their site (they’d rather have you stay with them than use an independent site!), but for more than 85% of the accounts on Wesabe, uploading data is automatic and painless.

We use a different uploading method than our competitors for several reasons, including your security and privacy. Unlike other sites, we *never* ask you to put your bank or credit card passwords into our site. We’ve heard from a great many users that this is one of the things they love about Wesabe, and we think it’s a substantial benefit. I talked a lot more about this topic here if you’re interested:

https://www.wesabe.com/groups/3-make-wesabe-better/discussions/410-are-you-worried-about-mint#comment_5897

On the topic of Tips, I can understand that if you’re not under financial stress, some of them may seem trivial. We definitely are a better fit for people looking to get out from under debt, or looking to achieve their financial goals — not for people who are just looking for a quick summary of their finances. We’ve designed the site to be suited primarily to people who need help with their money, and the community aspects of the site work well for that market. That said, I think some of our upcoming features take a broader approach, and may interest you as well.

Thanks much for the feedback, and for giving our site a shot. Your feedback is invaluable and we spend a lot of time working on the improvements we hear from all of the people who try our site. If there’s anything else we can do to make the site useful for you, please feel free to let me know at any point — marc at wesabe dot com.

Best,
Marc Hedlund, Wesabe