Canopy
Cloud practice management for accounting firms with client management, document management, workflow, time and billing modules.
Senta (Iris Software Group)
Website: www.senta.co
Senta (Iris Software Group) at a glance
- Best for
- Small to mid-sized UK practices automating client chasing
- Pricing model
- Per user per month
- Starting price
- £25.60/user/mo
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Regions
- UK, with international use
- Key integrations
- Xero, QuickBooks Online, Companies House, HMRC
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Senta is a practice management platform for UK and international accounting firms, covering automated workflows, client communication tracking, and compliance deadline management. It is part of the IRIS Software Group range.
How accounting firms use it
The emphasis is on automating client contact rather than internal task management. Job templates trigger reminders and document requests on a schedule, so the first several attempts to obtain records from a client happen without anyone deciding to send them.
That matters because chasing is both the largest administrative cost in a compliance practice and the work most likely to be deferred. Automating it means the follow-up sequence actually runs, and staff involvement is reserved for clients who have not responded to any of it.
Key features
Workflow automation builds jobs from templates with scheduled triggers for reminders, status changes, and task assignment. Compliance tracking monitors filing deadlines across the client base, generating tasks and alerts against statutory dates.
Client records hold a complete history of emails, tasks, and notes, so any team member can pick up a client without reconstructing context from individual inboxes.
Integrations cover Xero, QuickBooks Online, Companies House, and HMRC services, so client and filing data align with the systems of record.
Pricing
From £25.60 per user per month.
Who it’s best for
Small and mid-sized practices, particularly in the UK, whose main constraint is client responsiveness and administrative follow-up rather than complex internal workflow.
Firms wanting deeper workflow, capacity planning, or an integrated client portal should compare Karbon, BrightManager, and Capium for the UK market, or Financial Cents and Canopy internationally.
Senta (Iris Software Group) FAQ
- Who owns Senta?
- IRIS Software Group acquired it, and it sits within the IRIS practice management range alongside their other products. Firms evaluating it should ask about roadmap and migration positioning relative to IRIS's other platforms, since vendors with overlapping products typically consolidate over time.
- What does workflow automation cover?
- Job templates with scheduled triggers that send client reminders, chase outstanding documents, and progress job statuses without staff intervention. Chasing is the largest recurring administrative cost in a compliance practice, and automating the first several attempts leaves staff to handle only clients who genuinely need a conversation.
- Does it track UK statutory deadlines?
- Yes. Filing dates across the client base are monitored with alerts and tasks generated automatically, integrated with Companies House and HMRC. For a UK practice this is the core compliance function and the main reason to choose a UK-built platform over a US-oriented one.
- How does it compare to other UK practice management options?
- BrightManager and Capium are the closest UK-focused comparisons, with Karbon and Financial Cents competing internationally. Senta's particular emphasis is automated client communication rather than workflow breadth, so firms whose pain is chasing rather than job tracking tend to favour it.
Senta (Iris Software Group) Alternatives
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