PulleyvsEntityEngine

Pulley vs EntityEngine: Cap Table vs Entity Record

Pulley manages the cap table. EntityEngine manages the entity, governance, and compliance record around it. Those are different jobs, and most companies past their first raise end up needing both.

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Why teams compare these

Where EntityEngine takes a different approach

Board Operations, Not Just Equity Approvals

Pulley handles the board approvals that equity actions require. EntityEngine handles the rest of the boardroom: meetings, committees, packets, minutes, resolutions, and decision history.

The Entity Record Beside the Ownership Record

Formation documents, entity details, state filing deadlines, and good-standing work sit outside a cap table by design. EntityEngine keeps them in one place with the governance record.

Documents and Signature in the Same System

A document vault with role-scoped sharing and an e-signature workflow for resolutions, consents, and policies, connected to the board and entity records that produced them.

AI Across the Whole Record

EntityMax answers from entities, board decisions, documents, and compliance deadlines together, rather than from a single ledger.

What Pulley does well

A focused equity platform that puts its prices on the page

Pulley is a genuinely good cap table product for founders and finance leaders, and one of the few in its category that publishes real numbers. Startup is $1,200/year with up to 25 stakeholders; Growth is $3,500/year with up to 40 and adds 409A valuations, option exercises, Rule 701, Form 3921, board approvals, and HRIS integrations; Enterprise adds ASC 718 reporting, managed equity administration, and secondary liquidity.

409A valuations are done by Pulley’s in-house team, in as few as three to five days, and are included on the Growth plan
Equity compliance output is real work product: ASC 718 expense reporting, Rule 701, Form 3921, ISO $100k limit splits, and 83(b) tracking
SOC 2 Type II, audited by Insight Assurance, plus stated GDPR compliance and regular penetration testing
Token cap tables and distributions for crypto companies, and secondary liquidity through a Nasdaq Private Market partnership

Where teams outgrow the fit

Equity is one record; a company keeps several others

Pulley’s compliance surface is equity compliance — the reporting an auditor or the IRS wants about stock-based compensation. That is a deliberate scope, and it is the right one for a cap table platform. It simply does not extend to the corporate filings, board operations, and entity records that live beside ownership.

Pulley’s compliance pages cover ASC 718, Rule 701, Form 3921, and 83(b) — not state annual reports, business licenses, registered agent work, or beneficial-ownership obligations
Board approvals in Pulley are scoped to equity actions; agendas, packets, minutes, committees, and non-equity resolutions are handled elsewhere
Entity formation, charter and operating documents, and the entity’s own record sit outside the product
Pricing scales on stakeholder count, which is the right meter for equity and an odd one for governance or filings

How EntityEngine approaches it

One record for the entity, the board, and the filings

EntityEngine starts from the entity rather than the ledger. Meetings, committees, packets, minutes, resolutions and voting, decision records, the document vault, e-signature, and the compliance calendar are live today for a paying account. Our equity engine is in private beta and is not enabled for new accounts, so today most teams run EntityEngine beside a cap table platform like Pulley rather than instead of one.

Board directory, committees with per-committee quorum, meetings with built-in video, packets, and minutes
Resolutions and voting with decision records that carry a lifecycle lock and full audit history
State filing deadline tracking, formation records for Delaware and Florida LLCs, and a document vault with e-signature
EntityMax answers across entities, decisions, documents, and deadlines — one assistant over the whole record

How to choose

Which one fits your situation

Choose Pulley if

The cap table itself is the job: grants, vesting, SAFEs, exercises, conversions, and a clean stakeholder ledger you can trust at diligence.
You want the 409A from the same vendor — Pulley’s in-house valuation team, in as few as three to five days, included on the Growth plan.
Your auditors need equity compliance output: ASC 718 expense reporting, Rule 701, Form 3921, and 83(b) tracking.
You want a price you can read before you talk to sales, and a SOC 2 Type II report to hand your security reviewer.

Choose EntityEngine if

The bottleneck is board operations rather than the ledger: meetings, committees, packets, minutes, resolutions, and decision history.
You want formation records, state filing deadlines, documents, and signatures in the same system as the governance record.
You want an assistant that answers across entities, board decisions, documents, and deadlines instead of equity alone.
You are comfortable keeping the cap table where it is — our equity engine is still in private beta, and Pulley is a good place to leave it.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature	EntityEngine	Pulley
Equity & Cap Table
Cap Table Management	Equity engine in private beta, not enabled for new accounts
Equity Grants & Vesting	Private beta
Fundraise & Dilution Modeling
409A Valuations		In-house team, 3–5 daysIncluded on Growth
Rule 701, Form 3921, 83(b)		Growth+
ASC 718 Expense Reporting		Enterprise
Employee & Investor Equity Portals
HRIS & Payroll Integrations		Growth+
Token / Crypto Cap Tables		Priced separately
Secondary Liquidity		Enterprise, Nasdaq Private Market
Governance & Board Operations
Board Member Directory
Committees with Per-Committee Quorum
Meeting Management with Built-In Video
Board Packet Builder	Assembly onlyPacket assembly; the in-app PDF reader and annotation are not enabled yet
Minutes
Resolutions & Voting	Full board resolutions	Equity approvalsGrowth+
Decision Records	Lifecycle lock + audit historyRecords with audit history, not cryptographic sealing
Entity & Corporate Compliance
Entity Formation	Delaware & Florida LLCOther states and entity types are not yet purchasable
Annual Report Deadline Tracking
BOI / Beneficial Ownership	Deadline tracking onlyNo filing workflow — we do not file for you
Good Standing Monitoring	Beta
Business License Intelligence	Beta
Compliance Calendar & Notifications
Documents & AI
Document Vault		Equity documents
E-Signature	Paid add-on	Equity agreementsTemplated on Startup, custom on Growth
AI Assistant Across the Record	Organization-wideEntityMax answers and drafts; it does not file with any agency	Not described on Pulley product pages
Slack Integration
Pricing & Trust
Published Price List	Quote via Package Builder	$1,200 and $3,500 per year
SOC 2 Type II Certification	Designed for SOC 2 readiness; not certified	Audited by Insight Assurance
Pricing Meter	Engines + seats	Stakeholder count
Public Customer API

Pricing Approach

One publishes numbers; one packages engines

Pulley lists Startup at $1,200/year and Growth at $3,500/year with stakeholder counts included, and quotes Enterprise. EntityEngine does not publish a public rate card — pricing is assembled from the engines and scale blocks an organization actually turns on.

EntityEnginePackage Builder

EntityEngine assembles a package from the engines an organization needs. There is no public rate card today; the Package Builder produces a quote.

Choose engines: governance and meetings, compliance, formation, documents, and AI
Scale with user, entity, and board-seat blocks; e-signature is a paid add-on
Each plan covers one entity — additional entities are separate plans
Built for board members, operators, counsel, accountants, and owners
Honest caveat: Pulley publishes its prices and we do not yet, so you will get a quote rather than a number on a page

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PulleyPublished annual plans

Pulley publishes Startup at $1,200/year (up to 25 stakeholders) and Growth at $3,500/year (up to 40 stakeholders), with Enterprise quoted.

Startup: cap table management, share certificates, templated SAFE/option/RSA agreements, fundraise modeler, offer letters, communications hub, concierge onboarding
Growth: adds 409A valuations, custom agreements, option exercises, Rule 701, Form 3921, board approvals, and HRIS integrations
Enterprise: adds ASC 718 reporting, custom reporting, managed equity administration, and secondary liquidity solutions
Angel investors writing $50,000 or less count as half a stakeholder
Crypto is priced separately: token cap table and distributions at $4,500/year each, token valuations from $10,000

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Pulley is priced around equity, metered by stakeholders. EntityEngine is priced around governance, compliance, formation, documents, and AI, metered by engines and seats. If you need both, budget for both — they are not substitutes.

In depth

Pulley vs EntityEngine: a deeper look

Pulley is the right answer when equity is the job

If the question is who owns what, what vests when, and what the auditors need to see, Pulley answers it directly and at a price you can look up. Startup at $1,200/year covers the first 25 stakeholders with cap table management, certificates, templated SAFE, option and RSA agreements, a fundraise modeler, and interactive offer letters.

Growth at $3,500/year covers 40 stakeholders and adds the equity administration most companies hit after a priced round: 409A, option exercises, Rule 701, Form 3921, board approvals, and HRIS integrations.
Enterprise adds ASC 718 stock-based compensation reporting, custom reporting, managed equity administration, and secondary liquidity.
The 409A is done in-house rather than brokered out, in as few as three to five days, with audit review support.

What sits outside a cap table by design

Ownership is one of several records a company has to keep current. The others — the entity itself, the board’s decisions, the state’s filing calendar, the documents everyone signed — are not cap table problems, and Pulley does not claim them.

State annual reports, licenses, registered agent obligations, and beneficial-ownership deadlines are not part of Pulley’s documented compliance scope.
Board work beyond equity approvals — agendas, packets, minutes, committee structure, non-equity resolutions — lives in another tool or in email.
Formation and entity records precede the cap table and typically outlive any single equity platform.

What EntityEngine covers today, and what it does not

EntityEngine is the entity and governance record: board directory and committees, meetings with built-in video, packets, minutes, resolutions and voting, decision records with lifecycle locking and audit history, a document vault, e-signature as a paid add-on, and a compliance calendar with deadline notifications.

Entity formation is purchasable today for Delaware and Florida LLCs; other states and entity types are not yet chargeable.
The equity engine, including the 409A workspace, is in private beta and is not enabled for new production accounts — so EntityEngine is not a cap table replacement today.
EntityEngine holds no SOC 2 or ISO certification. Our security program is designed for SOC 2 readiness, which is not the same thing as an audited report.

FAQ

Pulley vs EntityEngine: FAQ

When is Pulley the better choice?

Whenever the cap table is the actual problem. If you need grants, vesting, SAFEs, exercises, a 409A, or ASC 718 reporting, Pulley does that work today and EntityEngine does not — our equity engine is still in private beta. Pulley also publishes its pricing and holds a SOC 2 Type II report, which matters if you have a procurement or security review to clear.

Is EntityEngine a replacement for Pulley?

Not today. EntityEngine covers the entity, board, document, and compliance records around ownership; the equity engine is in private beta and is not enabled for new accounts. Most teams that use both keep the cap table in Pulley and run governance and corporate compliance in EntityEngine.

Can I migrate my cap table from Pulley to EntityEngine?

Not at the moment. Because the equity engine is in private beta, there is no production cap table migration path. If you want to be part of the beta when it opens, tell us during onboarding and we will keep your record ready for it.

Does EntityEngine offer 409A valuations?

No. EntityEngine does not perform or broker 409A valuations. Pulley does them with an in-house valuation team, in as few as three to five days, included on its Growth plan. If you need a 409A, get it from Pulley or another valuation provider.

How does EntityEngine pricing compare to Pulley?

They are not directly comparable. Pulley publishes Startup at $1,200/year for up to 25 stakeholders and Growth at $3,500/year for up to 40, metered on stakeholder count. EntityEngine does not publish a public rate card yet — pricing is assembled from the engines, users, entities, and board seats you turn on, and each plan covers one entity.

Does EntityEngine handle board governance and resolutions?

Yes, and this is the part that is fully live. Board member directory, committees with per-committee quorum, meetings with built-in video, packet building, minutes, resolutions and voting, and decision records with lifecycle locking and audit history. E-signature is available as a paid add-on.

Is EntityEngine SOC 2 certified?

No. EntityEngine has no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification; our program is designed for SOC 2 readiness. Pulley states it is SOC 2 Type II certified, audited by Insight Assurance, and GDPR compliant. If an audited report is a hard requirement for you right now, that is a real advantage on Pulley’s side.

Sources, accessed 2026-08-12

Every Pulley price and capability on this page comes from a page we fetched and read. Where we could not verify a claim, we say so instead of asserting it.

Pulley Pricing — Cap Table & Equity Management Softwarehttps://pulley.com/pricingStartup $1,200/yr and 25 stakeholders; Growth $3,500/yr and 40 stakeholders; Enterprise quoted; per-tier feature lists; half-stakeholder rule for angels ≤ $50,000; crypto pricing at $4,500/yr and token valuations from $10,000.
Pulley — Cap table management for founders and finance leadershttps://pulley.com/Pulley’s self-description as a cap table tool for founders and finance leaders; product list including token cap tables, 409A, fundraise modeling, SAFEs, liquidity, and SBC compliance.
Cap Table Management Software | Manage Equity with Pulleyhttps://pulley.com/products/cap-table-managementEmployee and investor portals; scenario fundraise modeling and dilution visualization; HRIS and payroll integrations; SOC 2 Type II audit by Insight Assurance.
Compliance & Stock-Based Compensation | Pulleyhttps://pulley.com/products/complianceScope of Pulley’s compliance coverage: ASC 718, Form 3921, Rule 701, ISO $100k limit, and 83(b) elections — and the absence of state annual reports, licenses, registered agent, and BOI.
409A Valuations | Pulleyhttps://pulley.com/products/fundraising/409a-valuationsIn-house valuation team, three-day stated turnaround on the product page, and compliance with IRS, AICPA, and SEC standards.
How are 409A valuations done on Pulley? | Pulley Help Centerhttps://help.pulley.com/en/articles/4781719-how-are-409a-valuations-done-on-pulleyPulley analyst-led valuation process, initial draft within five business days, and inclusion at no extra cost for Growth plan customers.
Security | Pulleyhttps://pulley.com/securitySOC 2 Type II certification audited by Insight Assurance, stated GDPR compliance, regular penetration testing, encryption, role-based access, and audit logging.
Fundraising | Pulleyhttps://pulley.com/products/fundraisingFundraise modeling with pre- and post-money SAFEs, discounts, pro-ratas and option pool refreshers; SAFE workflows and investor portals; 409A turnaround of three to five days.

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