The Glide alternative with time, fees and AML in the price
Glide is a flexible UK workflow engine with three tiers and a paid Time & Fees module. ZenWorkflow includes time, billing, leave, AML/KYC screening and multi-entity support at one per-user price from €39 a month.
Choose ZenWorkflow if you want
- Time tracking and invoicing included rather than a paid add-on
- Actual PEP and sanctions screening, not just an AML process
- Staff leave and capacity planning
- A firm outside the UK or running several entities
Glide is the better fit if
- You want to configure every process in detail, including onboarding and AML steps
- Automated email and SMS by key date is central to your client communication
- UK statutory deadlines calculated automatically matter most
- A larger firm that values a tweakable engine over an opinionated one
ZenWorkflow vs Glide at a glance
Glide is a workflow engine you shape yourself. ZenWorkflow is a complete practice system that works on day one.
| ZenWorkflow | Glide | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From €39/user/month | From £41.23/month first user + Time & Fees add-on |
| Free plan | Free plan for one user and 10 clients | |
| Workflow and job management | Templates, checklists, owners, budgets and approvals | Highly configurable workflows, auto deadlines |
| Client records and ownership | Contacts, directors, shareholders, ownership and history | Client database |
| Time tracking and timesheets | Weekly timesheets with submit-and-approve | Add-onTime & Fees module |
| Invoicing, estimates and credit notes | Invoices, estimates, credit notes and receipts | Add-onTime & Fees module |
| AML/KYC screening and risk assessment | PEP and sanctions screening, risk assessments, document expiry | Configurable AML process; no built-in screening |
| Staff leave and capacity | Requests, balances and a team leave calendar | |
| Multiple firms or entities | Several firms or entities from one login, fully isolated | One firm per account |
| Client portal | Secure magic-link sharing, no full client portal | Client-facing forms and emails |
| Integrated email inbox | Automated email and SMS | |
| Document storage | Per-client files, Google Drive sync | Document storage |
| AI assistant | In-app assistant plus Claude and ChatGPT connection | |
| Reporting | Capacity, profitability, compliance and billing reports | Dashboards |
| Contract | Monthly or yearly, no minimum seats | Monthly or yearly (5% off) |
Glide details from its public pricing and feature pages and independent reviews, checked October 2026. Plans change: confirm on their site before deciding.
From €39/user/month (Practice) or €58/user/month with AML/KYC, billed monthly or yearly.
Everything is included at each tier: workflows, clients, time, billing, leave, reporting and the AI assistant, with AML/KYC on the Practice + AML plan. There are no per-module fees and no minimum number of users, and the free plan covers one user and ten clients.
Basic from £41.23, Advanced £63.22 and Professional £82.46 a month for the first user, rising per user.
The Time & Fees module is a paid add-on on every tier, from £6.51 a month for the first user. Yearly payment saves 5% and firms over 100 staff get custom pricing. Workflow, automation and deadline tracking are the core; AML is handled as a configurable process rather than built-in screening, and staff leave is not included.
Why firms move from Glide
Glide wins praise for flexibility and support. The moves come from the add-ons and the setup effort.
Time and fees cost extra
Billing and time are a module on every tier. ZenWorkflow includes them.
A process, not a check
Glide models AML as workflow steps. ZenWorkflow runs the PEP and sanctions screening and risk assessment itself.
Configuration is the job
Flexibility means setup. ZenWorkflow ships templates, client records and billing ready to use.
No leave or capacity
Who is available is a separate question. ZenWorkflow answers it from the calendar.
Opinionated where it saves you time
Start from ready-made templates for common services, adapt them, and let the AI draft new ones from a prompt. Owners, budgets and approvals are built into the template rather than configured per process.
Screening, not just steps
Run PEP and sanctions checks on clients, directors and owners, record the structured risk assessment and track document expiry, with the history kept on the client.
Time and fees, included
Weekly timesheets with approvals, budgets against actuals, and invoices built from the job, with estimates, credit notes and receipts on every plan.
Switching from Glide in three steps
Guided onboarding imports your data and validates it with you before go-live. Most firms are running within a few weeks.
Export your client database
Export clients, contacts and job lists from Glide to CSV.
Import into ZenWorkflow
Import clients and jobs, add directors and shareholders, and set the services each client receives.
Templates and go live
Map your configured processes onto ZenWorkflow templates and launch the next cycle.
ZenWorkflow vs Glide: questions firms ask
Straight answers on pricing, migration and where each tool wins.
Yes for firms that want time, fees and AML screening included and a system that is ready without weeks of configuration. Firms that enjoy tuning every process, and rely on automated UK statutory deadline emails, may prefer Glide.
Basic is £41.23, Advanced £63.22 and Professional £82.46 a month for the first user, rising with each additional user, plus the Time & Fees add-on from £6.51 a month. Yearly payment saves 5%.
Fine-grained process configuration and automated email and SMS triggered by key dates. ZenWorkflow is more opinionated and does not send SMS.
Yes. Export clients and jobs to CSV and import them with guided onboarding.
The Practice plan is €39 per user per month, or €390 per user per year. Practice + AML, which adds PEP and sanctions screening, risk assessments and KYC document tracking, is €58 per user per month or €580 per year. A free plan covers one user and ten clients, and every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial. There are no module fees or minimum seat counts.
Yes. ZenWorkflow is built in the EU and is used by accounting, audit, tax, legal and corporate-services firms across Europe and beyond. It bills in EUR or USD, supports multiple entities from one login and includes the AML/KYC due-diligence that EU and UK regulated firms need, without a US-tax or Companies-House-only focus.
Yes. Start a free trial with no credit card, import a handful of clients and run one real engagement end to end. Book a demo if you would rather see your own workflows set up first.
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