AdvisoryAI vs outsourced paraplanning: minutes, not days

Outsourced paraplanning rents you hours. AdvisoryAI gives your firm an AI today.

Outsourced paraplanning rents you hours. AdvisoryAI gives your firm an AI today.

Befree, Root, Para-dox, IFA Choice, and Richmond are skilled UK paraplanners who write good reports. But they bill per report, work in their own systems, and return outputs by email. AdvisoryAI is cutting-edge AI software: your templates built in, your back-office connected, reports in minutes, no per-report invoice.

Befree, Root, Para-dox, IFA Choice, and Richmond are skilled UK paraplanners who write good reports. But they bill per report, work in their own systems, and return outputs by email. AdvisoryAI is cutting-edge AI software: your templates built in, your back-office connected, reports in minutes, no per-report invoice.

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How to pick the best solution for your firm

How to pick the best solution for your firm

Outsourced paraplanning fits for complex DB transfer or IHT cases where senior judgement is the right tool, or short-term peak-season overflow. AdvisoryAI fits if your report volume and per-report costs are rising, and you want reports generated inside your back-office on your own templates, without the email-and-brief handoff every case needs.

Outsourced paraplanning fits for complex DB transfer or IHT cases where senior judgement is the right tool, or short-term peak-season overflow. AdvisoryAI fits if your report volume and per-report costs are rising, and you want reports generated inside your back-office on your own templates, without the email-and-brief handoff every case needs.

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Outsourced paraplanning

AdvisoryAI

Best for

UK firms needing paraplanning: overflow, complex cases, or peak-season demand.

UK firms needing paraplanning: overflow, complex cases, or peak-season demand.

UK growth-stage DA firms on Intelliflo, Plannr, Curo, or XPlan.

UK growth-stage DA firms on Intelliflo, Plannr, Curo, or XPlan.

Product

Product

AI research

AI research

Human service, not software. Paraplanners produce reports, fund research, and cashflow.

Conversational AI and workflows for paraplanners, advisers, operations, and compliance roles, plus MPS and DFM research over 120+ DFMs.

Meeting notes

Meeting notes

Paraplanners work from notes the firm provides. They do not attend or capture the meeting.

AI structures meeting notes, action items, captures nuanced soft-facts, and vulnerability flags. Saves you 30-45 mins per meeting.

Suitability

Suitability

Experienced paraplanners write FCA-aligned suitability reports. Quality is provider-specific.

AI generates annual reports, suitability reports, LOA packs, and 10+ reports types from your templates. Saves you hours.

Compliance

Compliance

Some providers offer compliance support as a separate service.

AI checks files, reports on Consumer Duty board, builds risk-prioritised review queues.

Pre-meeting

Pre-meeting

Not applicable. Manual service.

AI builds a prep pack from your back-office data and previous transcripts.

Integrations

Integrations

Back-office

Back-office

Not applicable. Manual service.

Intelliflo, Plannr, Curo, XPlan available.

Meetings

Meetings

Not applicable. Manual service.

Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet available.

Mobile app

Mobile app

Not applicable. Manual service.

iOS and Android, for recording in-person meetings, with automatic sync.

Compliance

Compliance

GDPR

GDPR

Not applicable.

UK GDPR compliant, with UK data residency.

SOC 2

SOC 2

Not applicable.

SOC 2 Type II in progress.

ISO/FCA

ISO/FCA

Outsourced paraplanners write to FCA suitability standards.

ISO 27001 and FCA AI Lab in progress. AES-256, MFA, tenant isolation.

Pricing

Pricing

Model

Model

Per report or monthly retainer. Cost scales with every case submitted.

Per module, per user.

Amount

Amount

Not public. Typically £200-600 per report by complexity. Providers quote per case.

Meeting notes £99, suitability £299, compliance £99.

Terms

Terms

Not mentioned.

Monthly or discounted annual.

Guarantee

Guarantee

Not mentioned.

30 days money-back guarantee.

Onboarding & support

Onboarding & support

Templates

Templates

Providers work manually from the firm's templates.

AdvisoryAI expert team rebuilds your existing templates for you.

Support

Support

Provider-specific. Named paraplanner contact common.

Dedicated support during UK office hours.

Account Manager

Account Manager

Provider-specific.

Dedicated account manager through onboarding.

Onboarding

Onboarding

Provider-specific. Some offer same-day starts.

Our team builds your templates, connects your back-office, and provides training for every role.

What choosing AdvisoryAI means for your firm

See AdvisoryAI run your client management on autopilot.

See AdvisoryAI run your client management on autopilot.

Bring one of your meetings and one of your templates. AdvisoryAI builds the suitability report and connects your back-office live in the room.

Bring one of your meetings and one of your templates. AdvisoryAI builds the suitability report and connects your back-office live in the room.

See Atlas run every role in your firm.

In the demo, you'll see Atlas on your CRM, your meetings, and your documents. Every role. Every workflow. Your firm, one conversation.

case studies

What advisers say about AdvisoryAI

"It's been transformative. AdvisoryAI has taken us out of the dark ages of pen, paper and almost hard note-taking into a modern world in which everything interlinks with the systems that we use."

Freddie Gill,

Brooks Macdonald

"It's been transformative. AdvisoryAI has taken us out of the dark ages of pen, paper and almost hard note-taking into a modern world in which everything interlinks with the systems that we use."

Freddie Gill,

Brooks Macdonald

"It's been transformative. AdvisoryAI has taken us out of the dark ages of pen, paper and almost hard note-taking into a modern world in which everything interlinks with the systems that we use."

Freddie Gill,

Brooks Macdonald

how to switch

Switching from outsourced paraplanning? Here's how.

Migration support included:


  • Process and workflow mapping

  • Template rebuild from your existing outputs

  • Intelliflo / Plannr / Curo / XPlan integrations

  • Training for advisers and paraplanners

  • Dedicated CSM through cutover

1

Week 1

Demo and scope

Free demo on a recent case your provider produced. Compare side by side. Scope confirmed in writing.

2

Week 2-3

Template build and back-office connect

We rebuild your suitability templates inside AdvisoryAI from your own documents, not a provider's format. Back-office connected in week 2.

3

Week 4

Live in your firm

Cutover with a dedicated CSM. Training for every role in parallel. Provider kept on standby for complex cases.

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Why should we choose AdvisoryAI over outsourced paraplanning?

How does migration from an outsourced paraplanning provider work?

Outsourced paraplanners give us a human expert. Why use AI instead?

Can we run both AdvisoryAI and our paraplanning provider during transition?

What happens to our existing templates and client data?

How long does onboarding take?

Is our client data secure and where is it stored?

Your data. Your templates. Your meeting. You decide.

Your data. Your templates. Your meeting. You decide.

✔ Reports from your templates ✔ 14-days free trial. No credit card. ✔ £50 Amazon voucher

✔ Reports from your templates

✔ 14-days free trial. No credit card.

✔ £50 Amazon for your time

✔ Reports from your templates ✔ 14-days free trial.

✔ £50 Amazon for your time