Planning fees on subscription

Financial advisor billing software

Financial advisor billing software for fee-only and hybrid planners. Clients subscribe to ongoing planning at a monthly or quarterly fee from your portal, one-time plans are invoiced separately, and each household's statement shows every fee they have paid, while asset-based fees stay with your custodian.

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Advisory firm billing in Smarfle showing planning subscriptions, single-plan invoices and household balances
Planning subscriptions and one-time plan fees by client.

Subscription planning

Ongoing planning at $150 a month or $450 a quarter is a recurring service. The household enrolls from your client portal, Stripe charges the card on schedule, and each payment is recorded with a receipt.

Recurring plans

One-time plans apart

A comprehensive first-year plan goes on a separate invoice, so subscription fees and project fees are easy to tell apart in your records.

Invoicing

Fee changes by tier

Offer planning tiers. A client whose situation gets more complex moves up in the portal and sees the prorated change first.

Client portal

Declined fee payments

If a planning fee is declined, the subscription is marked past due and the advisor is told by email, so it is fixed before the next review meeting.

Payments

Household fee statements

Each household's statement lists every planning fee and payment, useful when a client asks what they paid this year.

Reports

Inside the financial advisor billing software

What it does

  • Monthly or quarterly planning feesEnrolled in the portal
  • One-time plan invoicesSeparate from subscriptions
  • Planning tier changesProrated preview
  • Household fee statementsEvery fee and payment

What it doesn't do

  • AUM fee calculationThrough your custodian
  • Fee deduction from accountsCustodian billing
  • Compliance fee reportsUse your compliance tools
  • Household fee capsSet prices per tier

Financial advisor billing pricing

Planning subscriptions and statements are included in all plans; each fee payment includes Stripe processing and 0.5%.

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Sole operators getting started

$19/mo

  • 1 user
  • Up to 500 clients
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Small teams adding tools and growth

$99/mo

  • Up to 5 users (1 owner + 4 techs)
  • Up to 2,000 clients
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Growing service businesses

$199/mo

  • Up to 10 users
  • Up to 5,000 clients
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Multi-location operations

$349/mo

  • Up to 30 users
  • Up to 10,000 clients
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What advisors ask about planning fee billing

Is there billing software for subscription financial planning?

Yes. Households enroll online in a monthly or quarterly plan billed to their card.

Can it bill AUM fees?

No. Asset-based fees are deducted by your custodian; Smarfle bills flat planning fees.

Can I bill quarterly?

Yes. A planning service can renew every quarter instead of monthly.

Can clients move between planning tiers?

Yes. They change tiers in the portal after seeing the prorated amount.

What happens to a failed planning payment?

Its status changes to past due, and the advisor gets an email to follow up.

Can clients pay by bank account?

Yes, for invoices, once you enable ACH for that client.

Does it produce fee reports for compliance?

No. Use your compliance system; Smarfle statements list fees paid.

Can a household see its fees?

Yes. Their private statement lists every fee and payment.

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