Excellent for creating simple budgets. Reviewers like Buxfer.com's budgeting tool; it lets you create and track budgets and allows you to use tags to better categorize expenses. The service can automatically download transactions and update your accounts, but if you're worried about security you don't have to provide user names and passwords; you can manually upload account information or store your passwords and logins locally on your own computer. Another unique feature of Buxfer.com is the ability to report transactions or to query balances via SMS through Twitter.

Named Best of the Web in the report for several pioneering features, including login via third-party APIs, transaction input via email, file appending, Google gadget, and budget alerts