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Capfolder vs SumoShares

Two free, open-source Carta alternatives. SumoShares is a web app you deploy to Cloudflare. Capfolder is a desktop app: no setup, your cap table in a folder.

In short: many option holders and a developer to run it? SumoShares. SAFEs, signatures and no developer? Capfolder.

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Written by the Capfolder team. Checked October 2026.

Capfolder

SumoShares

Capfolder's cap table screen for a sample company: founders, employees, option pool and SAFEs, with what's missing on the right

FreeNo subscription, no price per stakeholder.
Your filesYour cap table is a folder on your computer.
No setupDownload, open, done.

Side by side

	Capfolder	SumoShares
Price	Free	Free + hosting
Setup needed	None	15 min in a terminal
Where your data lives	Your computer	Your Cloudflare
Works offline	Yes	No
Works outside the US	Yes	US only
SAFEs	Yes	No
Option grants and vesting	Yes	Yes
E-signatures	Yes	No
Documents	Yes, sorted for you	Upload only
409A valuations	Not yet	Tracking only
Employee and investor logins	Not yet	Yes
Round modelling	Not yet	No

Not thereBasicSolidBest in class

Sources: SumoShares README, sumoshares.com (the site says "about $5 a month"; the README says free on Cloudflare's free plan), Cloudflare pricing, SendFox pricing. Checked October 2026.

Which one fits you

Choose SumoShares if…

Employees should log in and exercise online.
You want 409A and deadline reminders by email.
You have a developer to deploy and run it.

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Choose Capfolder if…

You want no setup and no server.
You issue SAFEs and collect signatures.
You want your old documents sorted for you.

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Switching from SumoShares in 3 steps

Export
In SumoShares, Reports → download ocf.json and the CSVs.
Import
In Capfolder, choose Import and pick the OCF file (or the CSVs).
Drop your documents
Drop the folder in. Capfolder sorts it and lists what's missing.

An import that doesn't match? Tell us (describe the columns, don't attach your real file).

What's coming

Items marked in orange close a gap with SumoShares.

Try Capfolder. No setup needed.
Free, open source, on your computer.
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Spotted something wrong or out of date? Open an issue on GitHub and we'll fix it. SumoShares is a trademark of its owner; Capfolder isn't affiliated with it. Capfolder isn't legal advice.