Decoding SeedLegals Pricing: What Startups Should Expect to Pay

For early-stage founders, navigating legal hurdles, cap tables, and fundraising rounds used to mean paying thousands of pounds in traditional law firm billable hours. Enter SeedLegals—the platform that automates legals, share options, and equity funding.

If you are wondering how much SeedLegals costs and whether it fits your startup’s budget, this comprehensive breakdown covers their subscription tiers, hidden costs, add-ons, and overall value.

1. The Core Subscription Tiers

SeedLegals operates primarily on an annual (or monthly) subscription model designed to scale as your business grows. Their main plans target different milestones in a startup’s lifecycle:

Access Plan

• Cost: Around £79 + VAT per month or £649 + VAT per year (with monthly flex options available in some regions).
• Best For: Early-stage pre-funding startups that need foundational paperwork.
• Key Features:
  • Creation and signing of essential legal contracts and corporate policies.
  • Team and employment agreements, contractor contracts, NDAs, and IP assignments.
  • An automated, always-up-to-date cap table to track ownership.

Funding Plan

• Cost: Around £1,199 + VAT per year.
• Best For: Startups actively preparing for or executing a seed/angel round.
• Key Features:
  • Includes everything in the Access plan.
  • One free SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance or Compliance application per year.
  • Discounted “Flex” credits for executing SeedFASTs, instant investments, and priced funding rounds.
  • Dedicated guidance from a funding round expert.

Options Plan

• Cost: Around £2,699 + VAT per year.
• Best For: Scale-ups looking to incentivize and retain key talent using employee stock option schemes.
• Key Features:
  • Includes everything in Access and Funding.
  • Unlimited EMI (Enterprise Management Incentive) or unapproved option schemes.
  • Unlimited option grants and automated vesting tracking.
  • Unlimited EMI valuations support.

2. Transactional Add-Ons and “Pay-As-You-Go” Costs

While subscriptions cover day-to-day document generation and cap table management, major corporate actions often carry separate transactional fees or “engagement fees” that unlock the specific closing mechanism:

• SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance / Compliance: Standalone applications generally range around £499 to £599 + VAT if not bundled into your plan.
• SeedFASTs / Convertible Notes: Usually involve a low upfront engagement fee (