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Best AI tools for UK financial advisers in 2026
Six AI tools for a small UK advice firm, scored on the jobs each covers, set-up, adviser approval, support, a clear price and track record.
Advice is the one sector we cover where the AI tools are built for the actual work. Several products now record the meeting, write the note, draft the suitability report and check the file, and they are made in the UK for FCA-regulated firms. What is missing is anyone independent saying how well they do it: the first page of search results is suppliers ranking themselves, and we found no product with a single review on Trustpilot, G2 or Capterra.
We scored six tools on what their own pages say, read on 1 October 2026. Overlyft's done-for-you set-up comes first on our scoring: it is set up for you inside the systems you already use, it covers all six of these jobs in one installation, and a person approves what goes out. It is new and has no independent customer reviews yet, so weigh that against the tools with a track record. Whatever you buy, the adviser reviews and signs every client-facing document and every suitability decision.
At a glance
- Top pick: best for review packs, file checks and chasing on the systems you haveOverlyft: done-for-you set-up
Priced after a fixed-price audit, with fixed prices published on the agency site, plus the AI subscription you pay the provider directly - Strongest track record for a small advice firmAdvisoryAIPer user a month plus VAT: meeting notes £89, suitability reports £269, file checks £89 on the plan cards. The same page's FAQ gives £99, £299 and £99; the lower figures appear to be annual billing
- Best for larger firms and networksAveni AssistNot published: demo only
- One to watch: the only one that chases letters of authorityAvagance£350 a month for one adviser and two support staff; £600 for two advisers and three support staff; VAT not stated
- Best simple price for meeting notesTakeNote£150 per user a month plus VAT, billed monthly, no lock-in; first three meetings free
- Best for back-office linksSaturnNot published: the site offers only a contact link
1. Top pick: best for review packs, file checks and chasing on the systems you have
Overlyft: done-for-you set-up
Overlyft sets up a small team of AI staff inside the firm: a Review Coordinator invites each client to their review, chases, and assembles the pack; a Notes Clerk turns the meeting recording into a note in your template; a Report Drafter drafts the suitability report from the fact-find and the adviser's recommendation, with the gaps flagged; a File Checker runs the file against the COBS minimum and your own checklist; a Document Chaser sends letters of authority and chases providers on a working-day rhythm; a Client Desk drafts replies to routine client emails. The adviser, and compliance where your procedures require it, reviews and signs everything client-facing. The service is new, with no independent reviews.
Pros
- Covers all six jobs in one installation, from the meeting note to the file check
- A fixed price per build, published on the agency site, not per user each month
- The adviser signs every client-facing document
Cons
- New service: no independent customer reviews yet
- Meeting notes need the meeting recorded, with the client's agreement
- The build is paid upfront, and you also pay Anthropic for a Claude plan
| Price | Priced after a fixed-price audit, with fixed prices published on the agency site, plus the AI subscription you pay the provider directly |
|---|---|
| Best for | Firms of 3 to 50 people who want review invitations, report drafts, file checks and letter of authority chasing prepared without a per-user subscription |
| Set-up | Done for you in the tools you already use, with 30 days of settling-in support and optional monitoring and care after that |
| Jobs covered (6 of 6) | 1.5 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 1.5 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0 of 0.5 |
| Total | 4.5 of 5 |
2. Strongest track record for a small advice firm
AdvisoryAI
AdvisoryAI sells three assistants. Evie records the client meeting and produces the notes, the action list and a follow-up email. Emma drafts suitability reports, annual reviews and fact-finds from templates the company builds from your own documents. Colin checks client files and final reports against your compliance framework before they leave the desk. It also summarises letter of authority packs. It covers the most jobs of any product here and publishes its prices, and says more than 2,000 advisers at over 400 UK firms use it. The two sets of prices on one page need clearing up before you sign.
Pros
- Notes, reports and file checks, bought together or separately
- Prices published per user
- Reports are produced for the adviser to review
Cons
- The pricing page gives two different figures for each product
- Suitability reports are £269 to £299 a user on their own
- Does not send or chase letters of authority
| Price | Per user a month plus VAT: meeting notes £89, suitability reports £269, file checks £89 on the plan cards. The same page's FAQ gives £99, £299 and £99; the lower figures appear to be annual billing |
|---|---|
| Best for | Firms that want notes, reports and file checks from one supplier and can buy them one at a time |
| Set-up | The supplier builds report templates from your firm's documents; a trial is offered |
| Jobs covered (5 of 6) | 1.25 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 0.75 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0.25 of 0.5 |
| Total, 3.25 rounded | 3.3 of 5 |
3. Best for larger firms and networks
Aveni Assist
Aveni Assist records in-person and remote meetings, summarises them in your templates, updates the CRM and generates suitability reports, annual reviews and provider and client letters. It reads letter of authority responses and compares plan data. For CRM updates it says every suggested change is shown first and nothing updates without your approval. File checking is a separate Aveni product. The company has offices in Edinburgh and London and says it works with more than 250 financial institutions, which points to its market: banks and networks first, small firms second. There is no price on its site.
Pros
- Notes, CRM updates, reports and letters from one meeting recording
- Nothing updates without the adviser's approval
- Established UK supplier to large institutions
Cons
- No price published
- Full file checking is a separate product
- Its Capterra UK listing has no reviews
| Price | Not published: demo only |
|---|---|
| Best for | Firms with a compliance team, or members of a network that already uses Aveni |
| Set-up | Demo-led, with integrations tailored to the firm |
| Jobs covered (4 of 6) | 1 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 0.75 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0.25 of 0.5 |
| Total | 2.5 of 5 |
4. One to watch: the only one that chases letters of authority
Avagance
Avagance describes a whole operating system for an advice firm. Its assistant writes the meeting brief against the client's history, drafts the suitability report and routes it for sign-off, builds next year's review pack, and is the only product we read whose own page says it writes the letter of authority, sends it, chases it and reads what comes back. The adviser reviews, confirms and signs. The price is published and includes support staff. The caution is on its own page: it is in beta, with 25 advisers building it alongside the company.
Pros
- Sends and chases letters of authority, by its own description
- Published price that includes support staff seats
- Adviser sign-off stated plainly
Cons
- Beta product with 25 advisers
- Only Intelliflo is named as a back-office link
- No independent reviews
| Price | £350 a month for one adviser and two support staff; £600 for two advisers and three support staff; VAT not stated |
|---|---|
| Best for | Small firms willing to join a product that is still in beta |
| Set-up | By application for a founding place; 30 days free |
| Jobs covered (4½ of 6) | 1.125 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 0 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0.25 of 0.5 |
| Total, 2.375 rounded | 2.4 of 5 |
5. Best simple price for meeting notes
TakeNote
TakeNote records the meeting and produces notes, a transcript and a structured suitability record aligned to FCA record-keeping, which the adviser reviews and approves before it is stored. It generates documents from templates, fills letter of authority forms and sends them for e-signature. One flat plan, monthly billing and a 30-day money-back guarantee make it the easiest product here to try. Its pages do not use the words suitability report, and no back-office link is named on the standard plan, so ask how the output reaches your CRM.
Pros
- One published price, cancel any time
- Adviser approves the record before it is stored
- Says client data is never used to train models
Cons
- No back-office integration named on the standard plan
- No annual review packs or file checking stated
- No independent reviews found
| Price | £150 per user a month plus VAT, billed monthly, no lock-in; first three meetings free |
|---|---|
| Best for | Advisers who want meeting notes and a suitability record without a long contract |
| Set-up | Self-serve, with onboarding support included |
| Jobs covered (2 of 6) | 0.5 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 0.75 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0 of 0.5 |
| Total, 2.25 rounded | 2.3 of 5 |
6. Best for back-office links
Saturn
Saturn turns meetings and documents into suitability letters, annual reviews and meeting records, and automates file checks and meeting observations for the compliance team. It describes two-way links with back-office, cashflow and portfolio systems, which matters more than any single feature if your team is retyping data. Its funding announcement says all AI-generated documentation is subject to mandatory adviser review before it goes out. The homepage says more than 500 advice firms use it. It publishes no price and mentions no trial.
Pros
- Reports, reviews, notes and file checks in one product
- Two-way links to back-office systems
- Mandatory adviser review before distribution, by its own statement
Cons
- No price published
- Nothing stated on letters of authority or client emails
- No independent reviews found
| Price | Not published: the site offers only a contact link |
|---|---|
| Best for | Firms that want AI output written back into the back office |
| Set-up | Not stated |
| Jobs covered (4 of 6) | 1 of 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Set up for you | 0 of 1.5 |
| A person approves | 0.5 of 0.5 |
| Ongoing support | 0 of 0.5 |
| Price you can read | 0 of 0.5 |
| Track record | 0.25 of 0.5 |
| Total, 1.75 rounded | 1.8 of 5 |
Side by side
| Overlyft: done-for-you set-up | AdvisoryAI | Aveni Assist | Avagance | TakeNote | Saturn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suitability report drafting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Suitability records |
| Meeting notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Annual review packs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated |
| File checking | Yes | Yes | Separate product | In-flow checks | Yes | Not stated |
| Letters of authority | Summarises responses | Not stated | Reads responses | Sends and chases | Sends and chases | Fills forms, e-signature |
| Client email drafting | Follow-up after meetings | Not stated | Client letters | Not stated | Yes, drafted | Not stated |
| Full price published | Yes, two versions | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adviser approves output | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Firms using it, by its own count | 400+ UK firms | 500+ firms | 250+ institutions | 25 advisers, beta | None yet: new | Not stated |
| Price | Priced after a fixed-price audit, with fixed prices published on the agency site, plus the AI subscription you pay the provider directly | Per user a month plus VAT: meeting notes £89, suitability reports £269, file checks £89 on the plan cards. The same page's FAQ gives £99, £299 and £99; the lower figures appear to be annual billing | Not published: demo only | £350 a month for one adviser and two support staff; £600 for two advisers and three support staff; VAT not stated | £150 per user a month plus VAT, billed monthly, no lock-in; first three meetings free | Not published: the site offers only a contact link |
How we ranked them
What counted: firm jobs covered out of six (suitability report drafting, meeting notes, annual review packs, file checking, letters of authority and document chasing, client email drafting), up to 1.5 points: a quarter point each, an eighth for part of a job; set up for you inside the firm's existing tools (done for you 1.5, guided onboarding 0.75, self-serve or not stated 0), up to 1.5; a stated step where a person approves (here, the adviser) what the AI produces, within the sector's regulated limits, up to 0.5; ongoing support stated (monitoring, named support or a service level), up to 0.5; a UK price you can read without a sales call, up to 0.5; independent track record (reviews with a count), up to 0.5.
We read each product's own product and pricing pages on 1 October 2026 and recorded what each says it does. Where a page did not mention a job, the table says "not stated"; that is an absence of a statement, not proof the tool cannot do it.
With no independent reviews to count, track record here rests on each supplier's own statement of how many UK firms use it, which earns a quarter point. We have not run trials of these products. Ask each supplier where client data is processed and whether it is used to train models, and get the answer in the contract.
Each product's score is the sum of the six marks shown under its entry, rounded to one decimal place, and every product is marked the same way from what its entry records. Jobs: a quarter point for each of the six jobs its pages say it does, with AI or with ordinary software, and an eighth for part of a job; a job that needs a separate product, or a feature marked coming soon, does not count. Set-up: 1.5 where the supplier sets it up for you, 0.75 where it offers onboarding, training or migration help, 0 where it is self-serve or does not say. Approval: 0.5 where the pages state a step where a person approves what the AI produces, 0 otherwise. Support: 0.5 where ongoing support such as monitoring, named support or a service level is stated. Price: 0.5 for a full price in pounds on its own pages; 0.25 for a starting price, part of a price, a price in another currency or one found only on a directory. Track record: 0.5 for independent reviews with a count; 0.25 for a rating shown only on the company's own site, or customer numbers or named customers the company states itself.
Track record counts for up to 0.5 because these reviews compare what each product does for a small firm, not how big the vendor is. A tool with thousands of reviews still has to cover the jobs to score well, and a new service with none loses that half point.
Overlyft's set-up prepares, checks and chases; it never advises. This page is general information for firms choosing software, not regulatory advice.
Questions people ask
What is the best AI tool for a financial adviser in the UK?
On the pages we read on 1 October 2026, AdvisoryAI scored highest: it covers meeting notes, suitability reports and file checks and publishes its prices. Saturn and Aveni Assist cover similar ground but quote on request. None has independent reviews, so ask for a trial and a reference firm.
How much do AI suitability report tools cost?
AdvisoryAI's report writer is £269 to £299 per user a month plus VAT. TakeNote is £150 per user a month plus VAT for notes and suitability records. Avagance is £350 a month for one adviser and two support staff. Saturn and Aveni publish no price. Overlyft's set-up is priced after a fixed-price audit, and the agency publishes its fixed prices.
What about Automwrite?
Automwrite records meetings, drafts follow-up emails and writes suitability reports. Its entry plans were shown at £29.99 and £49.99 a month plus VAT, reduced from higher prices, but report writing appears to sit in the Platform plan at £249 a month. The page does not say whether prices are per user or per firm, and we found no company details.
Does the FCA allow AI to write suitability reports?
No rule forbids it. The duties do not move: COBS 9.4.7R sets what the report must contain, the adviser who signs it answers for it, and under the Consumer Duty the firm must be able to show the client understood it. Every supplier here describes adviser review before anything reaches a client.
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