Consumerist
When we posted our scrappy guide to making your first budget, many readers chimed in with what personal finance software they enjoyed, many of them free. Here's a roundup of the results:
Free
Money Manager Ex (Windows and Linux)
MS Office templates (MS Office Suite or Open Office)
GnuCash (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX)
Pear Budget (all platforms)
Buddi (all)
Yodlee (online)
Wesabe (online)
Pay
Quicken ($30, PC) *
MS Money ($49.99, PC) *
Myvelopes ($7.90/month, online)
Moneydance ($29.99, all platforms)
* "Sunsets" after a few years, meaning you will have to pay for an upgrade or you won't be able to sync it with your financial institutions. — BEN POPKEN
