Pricing

Published prices, straight from our rate card

Burial societies pay one flat monthly fee, set by the size of the society. Funeral policy companies choose a tier for the size of their book. These are the figures we invoice from, in rand and excluding VAT.

Burial societies

One flat fee for your whole society

Billed monthly. Prices exclude VAT.

Community

Small, tight-knit burial societies getting started with digital management.

R199/month

Up to 30 members · excl. VAT

Create your society
  • Contributions, fines and good standing
  • Meetings with QR attendance
  • Beneficiaries and claims
  • Announcements and push notifications
  • Reports and an activity log
  • Document storage (2GB)

Association

Growing societies that need room for more members and more storage.

R599/month

Up to 70 members · excl. VAT

Create your society
  • Everything in Community
  • Document storage (10GB)

Corporate

Large societies and federations, priced on the roster.

Custom

Up to 999 members · quoted on your roster

Talk to us
  • Everything in Association
  • Document storage (50GB)

Funeral policy companies

Tiers that grow with your book

Billed monthly. Prices exclude VAT.

Starter

Small and start-up providers

From R2 499/month

Billed monthly · excl. VAT

Register your company
  • 500 policies included
  • 10 burial societies on group cover included
  • 3 admin seats included
  • R1.00 a month per member of a burial society on your group cover
  • R15 a month per group scheme in force

Growth

Growing regional providers

From R5 999/month

Billed monthly · excl. VAT

Register your company
  • 2 000 policies included
  • 50 burial societies on group cover included
  • 10 admin seats included
  • R0.75 a month per member of a burial society on your group cover
  • R15 a month per group scheme in force

Professional

Established providers

From R11 999/month

Billed monthly · excl. VAT

Register your company
  • 7 500 policies included
  • 200 burial societies on group cover included
  • 25 admin seats included
  • R0.50 a month per member of a burial society on your group cover
  • R10 a month per group scheme in force

Enterprise

Large and national providers (negotiated volumes)

Custom

Quoted for your book

Request a quote
  • Negotiated policy volumes
  • Unlimited burial societies
  • Admin seats to suit your team
  • R0.50 a month per member of a burial society on your group cover

Starting prices, excluding VAT. What a provider pays depends on policy volumes, the burial societies on its group cover and their members, usage above a tier's allowances, the integrations and data migration required, and the support and service levels we agree. A once-off implementation fee applies to policy company tiers. Larger or more complex operations are quoted individually.

Every policy company tier includes

  • As many products as you need, each with its own cover, premiums, waiting and grace periods
  • An online quote and self-service enrolment for policyholders
  • A policy book with every policy's status, dates, premium and arrears
  • Nightly grace and lapse, with notices to policyholders, and reinstatement within the plan's window
  • Premium recording and bank statement imports that suggest the matching policy
  • Online premium payments through your own PayFast merchant account
  • Policyholder statements emailed with a secure link
  • Staff enrolment, and enrolments submitted by agents for approval
  • Agent accounts that do not count as admin seats
  • Group cover for burial societies, with the number of societies your tier includes

Optional modules

Each is an add-on or included, depending on your tier, and not every module is offered on Starter. Ask us for the module rate card.

  • Claims Management Pro
  • Advanced Reporting
  • Policy documents
  • API Access
  • White label
  • Broker and Agent Management
  • Commission Management
  • Premium SLA support
  • Named account manager

Running a national book?

Tell us about your policy volumes, products and the systems you work with, and we will put together an Enterprise quote with the service levels you need.

Request an Enterprise quote

Billing questions

How billing works

Is there a free trial?

Every new burial society starts on a free trial, with reminders before it ends. To carry on, save a card on the Billing screen. Policy companies: talk to us about starting out.

How do we pay Burial Desk?

We email an invoice each month a few days before it is due, with VAT shown separately. Pay it by card through PayFast, save a card so each invoice is collected on its due date, or pay by EFT using the details on the invoice. Administrators can see every invoice on the Billing screen.

Can we change plans later?

Yes. Owners change plan on the Billing screen. An upgrade applies at once, and that month is charged by the days spent on each plan; a downgrade or cancellation takes effect on the 1st of the next month. Corporate and Enterprise plans are arranged with us.

What happens if an invoice is not paid?

We send reminders. A burial society whose trial ends with no payment set up, or whose invoice stays unpaid after a short grace period, is put on hold until it is paid. Members see that the account is on hold, administrators can still open Billing to pay, nothing is deleted, and access returns as soon as payment is made.

How is Burial Desk priced?

Burial societies pay one monthly fee for their plan, sized to their membership. Funeral policy companies pay a monthly fee for their tier, which includes a number of active policies, burial societies on group cover and admin seats, plus a monthly rate per group scheme and per member of the burial societies you cover through group schemes, charges for use above the tier's allowances, and any add-on modules; a once-off implementation fee applies. Prices are in rand and exclude VAT, which is added on invoices. There are no per-claim fees, and Burial Desk takes no cut of what members pay.

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