Inform Direct vs Ortes
Inform Direct
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| Figure | Inform Direct | Ortes |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £0.08/mo | €150/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 12 | 3 |
| Spec score · Legal Entity Management Software | 8.5 (#2) | 7.1 (#18) |
| Headquarters | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom; trading address in Ipswich, Suffolk | Ortes B.V. lists its address as Zutphenseweg 6B, 7418AJ, Deventer, The Netherlands. |
| Integrations | The product is integrated with Companies House, compares data with it daily and reports more than 2,000,000 successful electronic submissions. | Essentials includes Dutch Chamber of Commerce integration, and listed add-ons include CompanyInfo, SharePoint, and DocuSign integrations. |
| Security | The company says it hosts data in UK Microsoft Azure data centres, uses 256-bit SSL/TLS with a minimum of TLS 1.2, and performs regular UK backups. | Ortes states that records are end-to-end encrypted, data is hosted in the EU, hosting is ISO 27001 certified, and third-party penetration assessments occur annually. |
| Support | Support is offered by a UK-based team through phone, email, live chat and social media, with legal, accounting and finance expertise. | Guided onboarding is available for Essentials and Professional, while Enterprise includes supported onboarding and premium support with an SLA. |
Plans
Inform Direct
- Free standard functionalityFree
- Pay as You GoFree
- Subscription companies 1001+£0.08 a month
- Subscription companies 501–1000£0.17 a month
- Subscription companies 251–500£0.34 a month
- Subscription companies 51–250£0.52 a month
- Subscription companies 2–50£0.69 a month
- Pay as You Go company formation£9.99, paid once
- Subscription first company£10 a month
- Pay as You Go£15, paid once
In their own words
Inform Direct
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.