FYI alternative for onboarding

FYI vs
Instant Client

FYI is built for document and practice management. Instant Client is built for winning and onboarding clients, with the workflows, tasks and client email your onboarding jobs need, plus proposals and payments.

14-day free trial · No credit card required

FYIWorkflows & client admin
  • Jobs, tasks & workflows
  • Email linked to clients
  • Proposals & engagement letters
  • Built-in e-signature & payments
  • Questionnaires on every plan
InstantClient
  • Jobs, tasks & workflows
  • Email linked to clients
  • Proposals & engagement lettersIncluded
  • Built-in e-signature & paymentsIncluded
  • Questionnaires on every planIncluded
Everything above$59/month

Why firms move onboarding out of FYI

FYI does its job well. The trouble is everything around it.

Priced per seat

A$30–70 per user per month, with a 5-user minimum. Growing the team grows the bill.

No proposals or payments

Pricing the job, engagement letters and card payments all need another app.

E-sign & AML are bolt-ons

Signatures go through FuseSign, Annature or DocuSign, and AML through Xama.

Custom forms on the top tier

The custom form builder is only on Elite, at A$70 per user per month.

Instant Client fixes all four

One workspace from first questionnaire to first payment, for one flat price.

Feature by feature

How Instant Client replaces FYI

1Jobs & tasks

Onboarding workflows that run themselves

Describe your onboarding process and AI builds the workflow. Each client moves through questionnaire, proposal, invoice and kickoff steps, and steps that wait on the client complete themselves.

  • 19 step types: emails, calls, meetings, forms, proposals & invoices
  • A task inbox across every client, with assignees and due dates
  • Wait steps that pick up automatically after N days
New client onboarding
Step 3 of 5

Send intake questionnaire

Sent Mon

Await questionnaire

Submitted by client

●

Send proposal

Assigned to you · due today

Await signature & deposit

Completes when signed

Schedule kickoff meeting

Google Meet

2Client email

Every client email, on the client

Connect Gmail or Outlook and threads link to the right client automatically. Reply with attachments, the proposal PDF or a portal link, and see when they open it.

  • Gmail & Outlook sync
  • Email open tracking
  • Reusable templates with placeholders
Inbox · Harlow Advisory
Gmail connected
Olivia HarlowOpened 3×

Re: Your proposal from Instant Client

YouOpened

Questionnaire for your FY26 return

Olivia Harlow

Quick question about BAS deadlines

Suggested reply

Hi Olivia, great question. Your next BAS is due 28 October, and we'll lodge it for you once…

3What FYI can't do

Proposals, signatures & payments, built in

Price the engagement, send a branded proposal and engagement letter, and collect an e-signature and card payment in one flow. No Ignition, no DocuSign.

  • Engagement letter templates for CA ANZ, CPA & IPA members
  • Recurring billing with auto-charge through Stripe
  • Invoices and payments synced to Xero
Proposal · Harlow Advisory
Signed ✓

Services

Annual financials & tax return

Fixed

$3,200

Quarterly BAS

Recurring · quarterly

$600

Bookkeeping

Per hour

$95/hr

Signed by

Olivia Harlow

Director
Today, 9:41am

Deposit paid$960.00
4Forms

Questionnaires on every plan

Send intake, tax and AML/CTF questionnaires from a library of templates, or have AI build one. There's no top tier to unlock.

  • Dozens of AU tax, SMSF, FBT & AML/CTF forms
  • Drafts autosave so clients can come back later
  • Responses filed to the client automatically
Individual tax return checklist
Draft saved
Section 2 of 4 · Income48%

Did you receive any of the following this year?

Salary or wages
Rental income
Capital gains
Foreign income

Rental property address

14 Kingfisher Lane, Byron Bay NSW
Built with AI from “new individual tax client”

Side by side

FYI vs Instant Client

FeatureFYIInstantClient

Onboarding work

Workflows, jobs & tasksYesYes
Email linked to clientsYesYes
Client portalVia SharePointYes
Client questionnairesForm builder on EliteIncluded

Winning & billing the work

Proposals & engagement lettersNoYes
E-signatureVia FuseSign, Annature or DocuSignBuilt in
Card payments & recurring billingNoYes
AML checksVia XamaVia Instant Compliance

Practice management

Full document management systemYesClient file list
Timesheets and time & billingElite planNo

Pricing

How you're chargedPer user, 5-user minimumOne flat price

FYI details are taken from fyi.app as of October 2026. FYI is a trademark of its respective owner.

Pricing

More included, less to pay for

FYI Intermediate

A$30/user/month + GST

  • 5-user minimum, so A$150/month or more
  • Pro A$50 and Elite A$70 per user
  • Custom form builder on Elite only
  • Proposals, payments & e-sign need other apps

A 5-person firm on Elite pays A$350/month + GST before e-sign, AML or proposal software. FYI pricing

InstantClient

$59/month

  • Unlimited clients, proposals, questionnaires & invoices
  • Proposals, intake, payments, workflows, inbox & portal included
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card required
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Switching

Moving from FYI is easy

1

Bring your clients across

Connect Xero or FYI and import your client list. No spreadsheets, no retyping.

2

Let AI set you up

Instant Client reads your website and drafts your branding, services, prices and team for you.

3

Send your first client

Pick a questionnaire and proposal template, hit send, and watch the workflow take over.

Questions about switching

Do I have to stop using FYI on day one?

No. Instant Client connects to FYI (AU & UK): signed documents and questionnaire responses file into FYI, accepted proposals create FYI jobs, and workflow tasks sync. Move onboarding across first, at your own pace.

Does Instant Client replace FYI's document management?

Not entirely. Instant Client keeps each client's files, uploads and signed documents together, but it isn't a full document management system with folders, versions and email auto-filing. Instant Client focuses on onboarding.

Is there time tracking?

No. Instant Client covers onboarding, from intake and proposals to payment and kickoff, rather than timesheets and WIP.

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Swap FYI for something better.

Intake, proposals, payments, workflows and client email, all in the one workspace your clients will love.

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