Coinbase vs. Shareworks, by Morgan Stanley

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Coinbase
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Coinbase is a digital currency exchange (Coinbase Pro) and crypto-oriented software solution suite for businesses, including hosted checkout pages, payment buttons, invoicing, and multiple ecommerce integrations (Coinbase Commerce), a turnkey solution for brokerages, exchanges, and fintechs enabling them to offer customers crypto (Coinbase Prime), crypto asset custody (Coinbase Custody), and a wallet to self-store crypto (Coinbase Wallet).
$0.20
taker fee
Shareworks, by Morgan Stanley
Score 4.9 out of 10
N/A
Shareworks by Morgan Stanley (formerly Solium Shareworks, and with the capabilities of the former Capshare) is a cloud-based equity compensation administration platform. It allows users to collaborate, share, comply, trade, model, support decisions, create reports and control plans more simply and securely.N/A
Pricing
CoinbaseShareworks, by Morgan Stanley
Editions & Modules
$100K-$1M
$0.20
taker fee
$10-50K
$0.35
taker fee
<$10K
$0.50
taker fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CoinbaseShareworks, by Morgan Stanley
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
CoinbaseShareworks, by Morgan Stanley
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(28 ratings)
1.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.4
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CoinbaseShareworks, by Morgan Stanley
Likelihood to Recommend
Coinbase
I think Coinbase is extremely suitable for people who are just starting to get into crypto-related activities. Based on how easy it is to use along with the brand recognition I think it offers beginners a better sense of security. Just like all trading platforms, it is extremely easy to get carried away as you only have to confirm your purchase twice and it goes through. It would not be very suitable for those who have little self-control.
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Solium
Well suited for privately or publicly held companies with stock option plans or ESPP. Helpful for calculating stock compensation expense.
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Pros
Coinbase
  • Coinbase has a really nice looking design which offers for a better user experience.
  • Coinbase is extremely easy to use.
  • Coinbase does a great job delivering company news/changes to its users.
  • Coinbase offers frequent updates which makes you feel more secure using their services.
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Solium
  • Calendar of vesting schedule
  • Visibility into value of various equity based compensation
  • Ability to setup default release elections at vesting dates
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Cons
Coinbase
  • Just like other apps(venmo, cashapp, PayPal) it keeps all your trade portfolio under coin based. Not transferable
  • Even though, they give you a starting balance of $10. They do wants you to put at least $10 of your money
  • The training video are simple. Learn about US dollar coin, USD, and bitcoin. But it doesn't teach you how to be a savvy trader. That will take additional education
  • You can't add small cryptocurrency like BAR to your portfolio. It certain amount to trade with.
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Solium
  • At the time, couldn't calculate a formula based on milestone vesting
  • Had some small hiccups with calculating stock option compensation expense, but Capshare was able to solve over time.
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Usability
Coinbase
The application and desktop versions are updated regularly and rarely experience down time.
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Solium
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Support Rating
Coinbase
I haven't needed to contact support for Coinbase yet—it's probably because it is super easy to use and very intuitive. If I were to use the support, it would probably be better than these other companies because most of the other ones come from foreign markets or aren't as big as Coinbase.
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Solium
We had a great team consisting of two Solium Shareworks admin experts, and one financial reporting expert to help us with the implementation. After the implementation, I feel we are in good hands with the Solium Shareworks relationship manager. We have quarterly contact with the team when new grants need to be added. Other then that, we are self-sufficient with the tool.
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Alternatives Considered
Coinbase
Coinbase is just better overall, with access to investments that can be traded for USD. As well as the crypto that can gain interest, Coinbase is amazing at educating the user along with providing real-time data, that allows the user to make the best decision they can when making this kind of risky investment. Coinbase takes the risk out of Crypto.
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Solium
We like Carta because they offer transfer agent services in addition to Cap Table management. Shareworks is the upgraded Capshare. This is for IPO ready companies who are ready to take the next steps
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Return on Investment
Coinbase
  • It's saved time from figuring out how to buy and sell cryptocurrencies
  • It makes monitoring market prices and fluctuations in the value of crypto holdings very easy and simple. Which also saves time.
  • We don't do as high of volume so the lower transaction costs even though there is a slight premium saves us a lot of money in contrast to many of the exchanges that can charge 4-5+% transaction costs.
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Solium
  • Positive - easy for employees to review stock plan and agreement.
  • Positive - easy to pull cap table reports.
  • Negative - requires a lot of administrative work for account activation, acceptance by users.
  • Negative - support is not responsive.
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