# Carta alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 100 of the 216 answers in the 1 category where Carta holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/carta/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Pulley: 15
- Cake Equity: 13
- Eqvista: 6
- Mantle: 6
- J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions: 4
- Qapita: 4

## Cap table management

**Small business**: 41 of 72 answers did not name Carta (Carta is #4 of 6 at 16%).

- Pulley: first choice in 14 of those 41
- Cake Equity: first choice in 12 of those 41
- Eqvista: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Mantle: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Capbase: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Gust Equity Management: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Qapita: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Sigfig: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Mid-market**: 25 of 72 answers did not name Carta (Carta is #1 of 8 at 44%).

- Eqvista: first choice in 2 of those 25
- Cake Equity: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Capsule: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Gust Equity Management: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Mantle: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Pulley: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Qapita: first choice in 1 of those 25

**Enterprise**: 34 of 72 answers did not name Carta (Carta is #1 of 9 at 34%).

- J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions: first choice in 4 of those 34
- Shareworks: first choice in 4 of those 34
- Astrella: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Mantle: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Qapita: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Certent Equity Management: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Eqvista: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Morgan Stanley at Work: first choice in 1 of those 34

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.