Compare NaviPlan vs. Vanilla

NaviPlan® is built upon the industry's most accurate calculation engine for financial planning, enabling firms to tailor their offerings to a wide range of clients, from those seeking simple goals-based assessments to those requiring intricate cash flow analyses. Whether addressing straightforward goals or crafting complex retirement income plans and estate strategies, NaviPlan provides financial advisors with the tools necessary to effectively assist any client who enters their office. It harnesses the power of precise calculations across countless scenarios, encompassing business planning, stock options, insurance advice, in-depth tax evaluation, estate planning, cash flow management, budgeting, Monte Carlo simulations, and retirement strategies. The tax planning software from NaviPlan, built on this top-tier calculation engine, supplies advisors with an array of comprehensive tax tools, including projections for both federal and state taxes, ensuring they can meet the diverse needs of their clientele. This versatility allows financial professionals to enhance their service offerings significantly, making NaviPlan an indispensable resource in the financial advisory landscape.

Vanilla is an all-encompassing, AI-driven platform for estate planning that caters to financial advisors, estate planners, and legal professionals. It enhances the entire advisory process, starting from efficient client intake with the Estate Health Check, continuing through collaborative onboarding and document abstraction, and culminating in the creation, visualization, and modeling of dynamic estate plans. The platform offers the ability to generate legal documents on demand—such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives—either through a user-friendly questionnaire or with the assistance of an attorney. Additionally, it extracts vital information from uploaded documents and produces interactive visuals, including estate diagrams, balance sheets, tax projections, beneficiary summaries, family trees, and waterfall charts. Users benefit from advanced scenario planning features, which include ILITs, SLATs, GRATs, and modeling for Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, allowing them to evaluate different strategies over time and optimize their estate plans effectively. This comprehensive tool not only simplifies the planning process but also empowers users to make informed decisions regarding their clients' futures.