Group Vision Web vs Inform Direct

Group Vision Web manages legal entity information, including capital, shareholdings, signature powers, directors and other representatives. Its group charting tool calculates direct and indirect ownership percentages without requiring plug-ins. Users can save report templates, generate reports for one or more entities, and export them to Excel, Word or PDF. Document Manager stores corporate documents in its database or links to documents in another application, with access restricted by user permissions. The product runs in a browser on desktops, tablets and smartphones. Askival offers cloud-hosted and on-premises deployments; hosted use can involve perpetual licences or a pay-as-you-go SaaS model. SAML 2.0 authentication and single sign-on are available for hosted and on-premises installations. The maker says its cloud hosting uses Microsoft Azure and EU datacentres described as ISO-certified. On-premises installations require Windows Server 2016 or later and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or later; the application database needs 100 MB of disk space. Askival also offers migration, customisation, integration consultancy, helpdesk support and training. Pricing is on request.

Inform Direct is browser-based company secretarial software for managing statutory records and compliance for UK-incorporated organisations. It can submit confirmation statements and many company changes electronically to Companies House, maintain statutory registers, and remind users of filing deadlines. Share administration includes recording shareholders, issuing and transferring shares, and handling share reorganisations. The service generates more than 400 company secretarial documents, including minutes, resolutions, forms, and certificates. It can prepare dormant company and audit-exempt micro-entity accounts; subscribers with their own presenter code can also submit iXBRL accounts files. Its API supports adding and removing companies and retrieving company lists and high-level details for external systems. Browser access is available around the clock without a software download. The free standard functionality plan covers up to 10 companies, with chargeable transactions paid separately. Pay as You Go costs £15, paid once per chargeable transaction; prices exclude VAT, and some transactions also incur Companies House fees.