Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Cake Equity?
A platform that helps startups maintain accurate ownership records, manage equity grants with compliance automation, coordinate vesting schedules, and provide transparency to employees and investors.
Cake Equity pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier for up to 5 stakeholders. Paid plans from $1,000/year.
Free
FreeFor founders getting started
- stakeholders
- 5
- Cap table management
- Stock options and vesting
- SAFE notes tracking
- Access to starter features
Build
Cap table essentials for pre-seed companies
- stakeholders
- 25
- Cap table management
- SAFE and convertible notes
- Shareholder vesting
- Stock option grants
- Board approval workflows
- Equity benchmarking
- Fundraising modeling
- Integrated e-signing
- Shareholder portal
- Investor communications
Team
Compliant equity management for seed and series A
- stakeholders
- 40
- All Build plan features
- Two free 409A valuations
- Audit-ready 409A valuation service
- Incentive plans (Options, RSUs, RSAs)
- Full contract editor with customization
- Legal templates for stock options
- Options exercising workflow
- Warrant management
- Employee portal access
- Free migration service
- Equity benchmarks for teams
Pro
Contact salesAdvanced reporting for complex cap tables
- stakeholders
- 100+
- All Team plan features
- Multiple 409A valuations
- ESS and share-based payment reporting
- Stock-based compensation reporting
- Form 3921 reporting
- ISO/NSO split tracking
- Rule 701 exemption tracking
- International option pool support
- Bare trust structures
- Audit-ready reporting with ownership history
- Dedicated Slack support channel
- Managed migration service
Add-ons
- 409A Valuation$1500 one-time
What Cake Equity does
The capabilities that matter for cap table equity, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Electronic option granting esignature
- ✓
- Asc 718 stock based compensation accounting
- ✓
- Irs 409a valuation bundled service
- ✓
- Scenario modeling waterfall analysis
- ✓
- Secondary liquidity event management
- -
- Investor data room metrics sharing
- ✓
- UK emi option scheme support
- -
- HRIS gusto rippling sync
- -
- Law firm partner view access
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Per stakeholder tier
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- Claude⇄•
- Codex⇄•
- Grok⇄•
- Cursor⇄•
Cake Equity FAQ
Common questions about Cake Equity, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Cake Equity?
A cap table and equity management solution for growing companies offering stock option grants, investor relations, and US compliance reporting features including 409A valuations, SAFE management, and scenario modeling. It is indexed under Cap Table Equity.
Is Cake Equity free?
Cake Equity offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $1 per stakeholder per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Cake Equity support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Cake Equity. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Cake Equity be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cake Equity, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What security certifications does Cake Equity have?
We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 for Cake Equity. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cake Equity not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is Cake Equity available?
Cake Equity is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.04 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: per_stakeholder_tier · Investor data room metrics sharing: Yes · Irs 409a valuation bundled service: Yes · Scenario modeling waterfall analysis: Yes · Electronic option granting esignature: Yes · Asc 718 stock based compensation accounting: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |
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