BudgetPulse offers saving goals

Budgetpulse is free online personal finance managment software. It’s different than Mint, and Wesabe, you don’t enter in passwords, you upload statements to keep track of your balances.

I signed up this afternoon, and have been toying around with the interface. I set up accounts, my budget, and a savings goal. Savings goals are the newest feature on Budgetpulse. You can set up a savings goal like I did for a specific thing, or you can set up a fundraising goal for a charity.

My savings goal is for a new refrigerator. If you click on the link you can see my savings goal, and even contribute to it! (not that I expect anyone will!)

Craig from Budgetpulse shares,  “We understand individuals, charities, teams, and others may need help raising money for their goals,” says Craig Kessler, marketing director for BudgetPulse.com.  “Friends and family are most likely going to be contacted first when asking for help raising funds.  Now our customers can collect funds (via PayPal or Amazon, or pledge money) and budget the goals transactions within the personal budgeting software so they can keep organized and don’t have to use multiple systems.”

The ideas go beyond just saving for a goal, or using it for a short-term goal, imagine saving for your child’s college fund, a downpayment for a home, or a wedding.

To see the new savings goals in action check out post on The Budget Pulse blog.

Budget Pulse is completely free, and using it for a few hours this afternoon I’m intrigued. I’ll keep using it for the next month, and provide a more through review soon.

Kelly