Advice that cannot go out until the client is profiled, assessed and signed. Fee limits checked per family. A five-year audit trail you can hand to an inspector.
A founder-led onboarding call is included. Monthly billing, cancel any time. Questions? [email protected]
Aktai for Investment Advisers is compliance and delivery software for SEBI-registered Investment Advisers in India. It blocks advice until a client has a current risk profile, a suitability finding and a signed advisory agreement, checks every fee plan against the SEBI IA fee limits, and keeps a five-year tamper-evident record of what was advised and why.
| Who it is for | SEBI-registered Investment Advisers (INA registration) in India, individual or firm. |
|---|---|
| Advice gate | Current risk profile + suitable finding + signed advisory agreement, checked on every send. |
| Fee limits checked | 2.5% of assets under advice a year, or ₹1,51,000 fixed per family a year (one mode per client). |
| Records | Tamper-evident SHA-256 audit trail, five-year retention, CSV export. |
| Delivery | WhatsApp Business API under your firm name, email and Telegram. |
| Price | Same plans as the Research Analyst product. Most advisers start on Professional at ₹5,999/mo (up to 30 clients). |
| Firm website | Built to your brief and hosted free on every plan. Domain not included. |
| Where | India only, for SEBI-registered advisers. |
What is built
Every feature below is live today, not on a roadmap.
Advice to a client is blocked server-side until a current risk profile, a suitability finding and a signed advisory agreement are on file. The send fails with the reason, not a warning you can click past.
A suitability finding per client, with rationale, objective and time horizon, assessed against the current risk profile. A coverage report lists every client that is missing, expired, unsuitable or stale.
An IA advisory agreement template, versioned per firm. Clients sign with Aadhaar eSign through your firm’s Leegality account, or you record acceptance in the portal. A new version triggers re-consent before the next advice.
Fixed fee up to ₹1,51,000 per family per year, or AUA-based up to 2.5% a year. Link a household by family and the limit is checked across every member. A fee plan over the limit is rejected when you create it.
Assets under advice are the live market value of the holdings you record for the client. Positions without a quote are listed separately, so you see what the AUA figure covers.
A standing conflicts-of-interest and holdings disclosure shown to clients. Every advertisement you submit for approval is checked by AI against the SEBI IA advertisement code.
A SHA-256 chained log of every advice send, suitability finding and agreement consent, kept for five years with CSV export. It is what an inspection asks for first.
Every IA plan includes a firm website built to your brief and hosted free, with the SEBI-required sections already in: registration details, Investor Charter, monthly complaint data and audit status. You own and pay for the domain.
Send advice under your firm name over WhatsApp, email and Telegram. Every delivery is logged with time, channel and the suitability record it relied on.
How the advice gate works
Included on every IA plan
Sign up on any Investment Adviser plan and we build your firm website to your brief and host it free for as long as you are with Aktai. You bring the domain. We do the rest.
Domain not included. You register it in your firm’s name and keep full ownership. If you leave Aktai, the domain stays yours.
Request it from the portal after signup.
Registered as a Research Analyst (INH)? The full RA product is also live.
See the research desk for Research Analysts →Yes. Aktai supports SEBI-registered Investment Advisers under the SEBI Investment Advisers Regulations 2013. The advice gate, suitability records, advisory agreement, fee-limit checks, conflicts disclosure and audit trail are live. Advisers sign up on the same plans as Research Analysts and pick Investment Adviser on the signup form.
Before any advice reaches a client, the platform checks three things: a current risk profile, a suitable finding assessed against that profile, and a signed copy of the active advisory agreement. If any one is missing, the send is blocked and the reason is shown. The check runs on the server, so it cannot be skipped from the screen.
SEBI allows one fee mode per client: up to 2.5% of assets under advice a year, or a fixed fee of up to ₹1,51,000 per family a year. SEBI applies these limits to individual and HUF clients; accredited investors and non-individual clients negotiate fees bilaterally. Aktai checks every fee plan against the limits and rejects one that breaches them, adding up the plans of every client you link into one family.
From the live market value of the holdings you record for the client: quantity times the current price. Holdings without a live quote are left out and listed, so you can see what the figure covers before you invoice.
Yes, through your firm’s own Leegality account. Without one, you record the client’s acceptance in the portal and it counts for the advice gate the same way. When you publish a new agreement version, advice to each client is blocked until they sign it.
It is the same platform with a separate account type: INA instead of INH. IA accounts get the advice gate, suitability records, the IA advisory agreement flow, the IA fee limits and IA advertisement-code review. Recommendations stay private to the client: the public track record and past-performance sharing are Research Analyst features and are switched off for IA accounts.
SEBI requires separate registrations for Research Analyst and Investment Adviser activities, and Aktai mirrors that: each registration is its own account. If your firm holds both, email [email protected] and we set up both.
Every plan has the IA compliance features: the advice gate, suitability records, the agreement flow and the fee-limit checks. Plans differ by client count, team size and branding: Starter covers 10 clients, Professional 30 with white-label WhatsApp, and Firm 150 with up to 5 team members. Most advisers start on Professional, because an advisory practice outgrows Starter quickly.
Yes. The design, build and hosting are included on every Investment Adviser plan, Starter included, for as long as your plan is active. There is no setup fee. The only thing you pay for separately is your domain name.
You do. You register the domain in your firm’s name with any registrar and point it at the site we build. Aktai never holds your domain, so if you leave, it stays with you.
A site built to your brief (brand, pages, tone), hosting with SSL, every SEBI-required section filled from your Aktai records (registration details, Principal Officer contact, Investor Charter, monthly complaint data and audit status). On the Firm plan the client onboarding widget goes on the site too.
The domain name, paid advertising, SEO retainers and content writing beyond the brief you give us. Your firm stays responsible for what the site says about your services; we build in the SEBI sections, you approve the copy.
After signup, open Firm website in the portal menu and send your brief: brand, the pages you want, tone, and the domain you own. The portal also shows which SEBI website items Aktai can fill from your records and which details you still need to add.
Not legal or compliance advice. SEBI regulations govern Investment Adviser obligations; check the current SEBI IA Regulations and circulars, and your compliance officer, for your own position.
Professional is ₹5,999 a month for up to 30 clients. A founder-led onboarding call sets up the advice gate, fee plans and agreement on your live account.
Start on ProfessionalSEBI digital accessibility
SEBI's deadline for RAs and IAs to appoint an IAAP-certified auditor, audit their website and fix the findings is 31 January 2027 (circular HO/53/12/13(2)2026-ITD5-M2IPC/I/24856/2026, 30 October 2026).
We build RA and IA websites with the SEBI disclosures and to WCAG 2.1 AA, GIGW and IS 17802, and give you a test report for your auditor. ₹11,000 once plus ₹1,111/mo, excl. GST.
Already have a site? Accessibility check and fixes, ₹4,999.
Not financial advice. Aktai is software for SEBI-registered Research Analysts. It is not a financial adviser, broker, Investment Adviser, or Research Analyst, and is not registered with SEBI or any other financial regulator. It surfaces public filings and news and drafts factual notes for the registered analyst to review, edit, and sign. Aktai does not author research, make recommendations, or decide what any security is worth. The view, the recommendation, and the regulatory responsibility stay with the registered analyst who sends the note. Full disclaimer →