Comparison · Updated July 2026
Pulley Alternatives for Startups: Capital Readiness vs Pulley
Pulley manages your cap table after you have raised — $1,200/year for an early-stage cap table, up to $3,500/year as you scale. Capital Readiness helps you build the data room to raise in the first place. Different jobs, different stages.
TL;DR
Pulley is post-raise. Capital Readiness is pre-raise.
Pick Pulley if
✓You have already closed a round and need cap table management
✓You need 409A valuations, option exercises, or Rule 701 compliance (Growth plan)
✓A fundraise modeler and interactive offer letters fit your post-raise workflow
✓You have $1,200-$3,500+/year budget for equity administration
Pick Capital Readiness if
✓You are still building your fundraise story
✓You need investor tier scoring against angel to institutional
✓You want LP-GP matching, not cap table tracking
✓You are an Indian or emerging market founder
Full comparison
Feature by feature
What Pulley does better than us — honestly.
Pulley's flat-fee cap table pricing and 409A/option-administration tooling are a genuinely strong, more affordable alternative to legacy cap table platforms once you've raised. Capital Readiness doesn't manage cap tables at all — if that's your need, Pulley is built for it.
Better together?
Sequential, not competitive.
Use Capital Readiness to build your raise-ready data room, get matched to LPs, and close your first round. Then use Pulley to manage the cap table that results. Different jobs, different stages of the same journey.
Start where you are
Not raised yet? Build your data room first.
Free to start. Investor tier scoring included. Built for Indian and emerging market founders.