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SharedNest vs Spliit

A Spliit alternative with the household side included

Open-source splitting, DIY everything else.

Spliit is a lovely open-source take on expense splitting — free, self-hostable and privacy-minded.

If you want the same fairness plus budgets, goals, reminders and insights without maintaining a server, SharedNest covers the whole household in one hosted place.

What Spliit does well

  • Open source and self-hostable
  • No cost
  • Clean, focused splitting

Where households outgrow it

Splitting only

No budgets, goals, insights or notifications.

Self-hosting overhead

Someone has to run and update it, or accept a shared public instance.

No private expenses

Group visibility is all-or-nothing.

Spliit vs SharedNest, side by side

FeatureSpliitSharedNest
Income-weighted splitsManual sharesAny ratio you choose, applied automatically to every shared expense
Private expensesNot supportedMark any expense private — it counts for you, stays invisible to the household
HostingSelf-host or public instanceHosted, nothing to maintain
Budgets and goalsNot includedIncluded
Email notificationsNot includedDigest, reminders, alerts, recaps

Who SharedNest is for

Privacy-minded households that would rather not run a server.

Switching from Spliit

Sign up, invite your household, set the split rule — that is the whole setup.

Questions people ask

Is SharedNest open source?
No, but your data is yours and exportable at any time.
How is my data protected?
Row-level security scoped to your household on every table.
Does it cost money?
Not today — it is free while we build.

Ready to align on money — for good?

Free while we build — every feature included. Invite your partner and set up your household in under 5 minutes.