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Carta vs Chronograph
Carta and Chronograph compared on fund administration, portfolio data and LP reporting.
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Short answer
Carta and Chronograph serve the back office in different ways. Carta is a fund ERP: fund administration, accounting, an LP portal and portfolio data collection. Chronograph is portfolio monitoring, valuation and reporting for the largest GPs and LPs, with Word and Excel templates and LP look-through analytics. Pick Carta to run the books. Pick Chronograph for institutional reporting.
| Feature | Carta | Chronograph |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data comes from | Company-submitted data on request, plus Carta cap table data | Portfolio company submissions on request |
| What founders have to do | Fill a form, upload files or sync QuickBooks or XeroCap table data is automatic when the company is on Carta. | Report by each due date; the platform sends reminders |
| Public signal (news, LinkedIn, X, hiring) | Not listed on their site | Not listed on their site |
| Health scores and alerts | Not listed on their site | Not listed on their site |
| LP reporting | Yes, an LP portal with capital account statements, documents and K-1s | Yes, refreshes existing Word and Excel templates |
| Fund accounting | Yes, full fund administration with in-house fund accountants | LP product tracks cash flows; fund accounting not listed |
| Peer benchmarking | Cohort benchmarks of fund performance | Cambridge Associates and public benchmarks (LP product) |
| Reachable by your AI agents | Investor API (Advanced plan), MCP connector and Claude plugin | Read-only MCP connectors for Claude and ChatGPT |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II, SOC 1 Type II and ISO 27001 | SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type I (September 2025) |
Facts verified from carta.com/explore/fund-erp/data-collection/, www.chronograph.pe/general-partners/, carta.com/fund-management/fund-administration/data-collection/, carta.com/plans/fund-management/venture-capital/, www.chronograph.pe/limited-partners/, www.chronograph.pe/private-investment-benchmarks/, carta.com/ai/connector/investors-plugin/, www.chronograph.pe/chronograph-claude-connector/, trust.carta.com/, trust.chronograph.pe/ (checked 2026-10-28).
Pick Carta if…
- You want fund administration, accounting and tax from one vendor.
- LPs need a portal for capital account statements and K-1s.
- Portfolio companies keep their cap tables on Carta.
Pick Chronograph if…
- You run a large PE, credit or secondaries portfolio.
- Your reports live in existing Word and Excel templates.
- You also invest as an LP and want look-through analytics.
Pricing
Standard and Advanced ERP plans, priced by plan, number of funds and add-ons.
Chronograph GP and Chronograph LP are sold through a demo.
Where Cura fits
Neither tool lists news, LinkedIn or hiring monitoring. Cura reads the emails, decks, Slack messages and calls founders already send, so founders do nothing new. It monitors LinkedIn, X, news and hiring for every company every day, and it starts at $200/month.
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