Red flags when choosing an expense management tool
Whether you’re picking software for a company or a friend group, the same scams appear—just with different fonts.
Data & lock-in
- No CSV/export path for your history.
- Vague “we may share data with partners” without specifics.
- Account deletion buried behind support tickets.
Pricing & product
- “Free forever” with critical features rotating into paywalls every quarter.
- “AI” that’s a wrapper around a form—no time saved.
- Reviews that all appeared the same week (check sources).
Hisab’s stance
We publish a privacy policy and build for user-owned ledgers—not ads based on who owes whom. Still: verify any vendor yourself.