We like Ledgerly, and it’s a strong platform for later-stage companies that need every bell and whistle. But if you’re in your early or growth stage and want something plain and quick to use, move over to Fernway and feel the difference. Contracts set up in minutes, and a team that stays motivated in real time.
Don’t take it from us — take it from Fernway customers and former Ledgerly users who made the move.
“It’s straightforward to use, I never have to book a call with a rep to get a small change made, and support actually finishes the job.
With our old provider, one issue would get escalated across three people and take the better part of a week. On Fernway I message the same person, we get on a call when it suits me, and it’s resolved the same afternoon.
And the price: roughly a fifth of what we were paying.”
“Easy platform, responsive team, fair price. I prefer Fernway to Ledgerly because it has a plainer interface and it fits the way we actually work. Since moving across, managing our option plan and our investors takes an afternoon a quarter instead of a week.”
“Saved us hours of back and forth with lawyers. It streamlined the entire process and we can issue an option grant to a new hire in under ten minutes.”
“Templated agreements, dashboards you can read at a glance, and simple ways to tell people what they hold. Issuing stock, granting options and keeping shareholders in the loop is all in one place — and there is chat support staffed by people who know the product.”
“Fernway’s feature set was exactly what we needed as a startup getting off the ground with a first equity raise and an option plan for the team. It has grown alongside us since, and support has been consistently good.
We needed a way to run the cap table that didn’t mean doing the maths by hand in a spreadsheet. I can’t picture going back — it is a clear time saver.”
“I’ve used Fernway for close to four years and I’ve pointed a good number of startups at it.
It’s set up to serve founders wherever they are. Two things it does especially well: you don’t need anything else for cap table management, and it is the most workable tool I’ve seen for running an option plan across several countries. Shareholder reporting is a favourite with my investors too.
I’d put Fernway in front of any founder raising a seed round.”
You shouldn’t have to pay for complicated features you’ll never open.
Set up equity plans, send offers and arrange digital signing in minutes. Use our stock option or capital raising agreements, edit them, or upload your own — you can even drop in contracts from your own solicitor. We kept it flexible so it saves you both time and money.
Free to start, no card needed, and paid plans that begin lower than Ledgerly’s so they actually match where our customers are. Run a SAFE round or a stock option plan from ready-made templates and keep thousands in legal fees where they belong.
Fernway is simple enough to set up on your own, but if you do get stuck we’re not going to send you a video tutorial and disappear. Our customer team gets you onboarded properly and stays with you as the company grows.
