When Intuit shut down Mint in March 2024, millions of Canadians lost their go-to budgeting tool. Intuit pushed users toward Credit Karma, but its budgeting features are a pale imitation. If you've been looking for a true Mint replacement built specifically for Canada — rogat.ai is it. Here's how to make the switch.

1

Export Your Mint Data

Before It's Gone

Before Mint fully shut down, it offered users the ability to export their transaction history as CSV files. This was your chance to preserve years of categorized spending data.

  • If you already exported: Great — you have your historical data saved. You can reference it anytime to compare your old spending patterns.
  • If you didn't export in time: Don't worry. rogat.ai will build your complete financial picture from scratch using your live bank data. Within a few days, you'll have a comprehensive view of your finances that's more accurate than what Mint ever provided.

Pro tip: If you still have Mint CSV files, hold onto them. We're working on a CSV import feature that will let you bring your historical data into rogat.ai.

2

Create Your rogat.ai Account

2 minutes

Getting started with rogat.ai is simple and completely free.

  • Go to rogat.ai and click Sign Up
  • Enter your email address and create a password
  • Verify your email — check your inbox for a confirmation link
  • Free forever — no credit card required, no trial period, no hidden fees

That's it. Your account is ready to go. Unlike Mint, rogat.ai doesn't show you ads or sell your data to make money.

3

Link Your Canadian Banks

3 minutes

This is where rogat.ai really shines for Canadians. We support all major Canadian financial institutions and over 100 more:

  • Big Five: RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO, CIBC
  • Other majors: Desjardins, National Bank, Tangerine, Simplii Financial, EQ Bank
  • Credit unions, brokerages, and more — 100+ institutions supported

rogat.ai uses Plaid for secure, read-only bank connections. This is the same technology used by major fintech companies worldwide. Your banking credentials go directly to your bank through Plaid's encrypted connection — they are never stored on rogat.ai servers.

You can link chequing accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, lines of credit, and investment accounts — all in one place.

4

Let AI Categorize Your Transactions

Automatic

This is where rogat.ai leaves Mint in the dust. The moment your bank accounts are linked, our AI engine (powered by Google Gemini) goes to work categorizing every single transaction.

  • 95%+ accuracy out of the box — far better than Mint's rule-based system that hovered around 70%
  • Understands Canadian merchants natively — Tim Hortons, Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart, Canadian Tire, and thousands more
  • Custom categories if the defaults don't fit your lifestyle
  • AI learns from your corrections over time — the more you use it, the smarter it gets

No more manually re-categorizing dozens of transactions every week. rogat.ai handles it automatically.

5

Set Up Your Budgets

5 minutes

rogat.ai's budgeting is smarter than what Mint offered — and easier to set up.

  • Auto-created budgets: rogat.ai can analyze your actual spending patterns and suggest realistic budgets for each category
  • Manual control: Create budgets from scratch with monthly or custom time periods
  • Smart alerts: Get notified when you're approaching your budget limit — before you overspend, not after
  • Rollover support: Didn't spend your full grocery budget last month? It rolls over automatically. Mint never had this.
6

Track Your Bills

Optional • 3 minutes

This is something Mint could never do. rogat.ai can actually download and parse your utility bills automatically.

  • Connect your hydro, gas, internet, phone, and insurance providers
  • rogat.ai fetches your latest bills and extracts the key details: amount due, due date, usage breakdown
  • Get notified when bills are due so you never miss a payment
  • AI detects anomalies: "Your hydro bill is 40% higher than last month" — so you can investigate before it becomes a problem

Mint only offered basic bill reminders. rogat.ai actually reads your bills and tells you what's changed.

7

Meet Sage, Your AI Financial Assistant

This is the feature Mint users always wished they had. Sage is your AI financial co-pilot, available right inside rogat.ai.

  • Ask natural language questions: "How much did I spend eating out in February?"
  • Get proactive insights: "You're spending 15% more on subscriptions than last quarter"
  • Financial planning help: "Can I afford a weekend trip to Montreal next month?"
  • Sage understands your complete financial picture across all linked accounts

It's like having a personal financial advisor available 24/7 — something Mint never came close to offering.

What You'll Miss (and What's Better)

Here's how rogat.ai stacks up against what Mint used to offer:

Feature Mint (RIP) rogat.ai
Transaction categorization Rule-based, ~70% accuracy AI-powered, 95%+ accuracy
Canadian bank support Good Excellent — all Big Five + 100 more
Budgeting Basic monthly Smart budgets with rollover
Bill tracking Bill reminders only Auto-download + AI analysis
AI assistant None Sage — natural language Q&A
Credit score Via Credit Karma redirect Coming soon
Price Free (with ads) Free
Data privacy Sold to advertisers Never sold, PIPEDA compliant
Status Shut down Active, growing

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