AI‑powered estate planning platform enabling advisors to model, visualize, and scale estate strategies with automation and deep expertise.
Vendor
Vanilla
Company Website
JustVanilla (Vanilla) is an estate planning software platform designed for financial advisors, planners, and attorneys. It provides tools to analyze estate structures, visualize complex client scenarios, and create comprehensive estate plans using AI‑powered automation. The platform includes document abstraction, tax modeling, beneficiary mapping, and interactive diagrams that clarify asset flows and trust structures. It is built on extensive trust‑and‑estate expertise and supports scalable workflows for enterprises and planning teams. Vanilla aims to streamline onboarding, reduce manual analysis, and offer a consistent, repeatable advisory experience for clients of all wealth levels.
Key Features
AI‑Powered Estate Planning Automates onboarding, document summarization, and plan creation.
- AI‑assisted plan builder
- Automated analysis and recommendations
Visual Estate Diagrams Converts complex documents into clear, dynamic visualizations.
- Flowcharts showing asset distribution
- Beneficiary summaries and plan structure maps
Scenario Modeling & Tax Strategy Tools Allows advisors to explore estate strategies and compare outcomes.
- Model trusts like ILITs, GRATs, and IDGTs
- Evaluate tax implications and future projections
Document Abstraction & Analysis Processes and abstracts large volumes of legal documents.
- 45,000+ documents processed
- Identify gaps and planning opportunities
Enterprise‑Grade Security & Compliance Built with financial‑institution–level standards.
- SOC 2 Type II audits since 2022
- Annual penetration testing
Workflow Scaling for Advisory Teams Supports large planning teams and complex fact patterns.
- Consistent enterprise workflows
- Handles thousands of edge cases
Benefits
Enhanced Advisory Efficiency Reduces manual estate analysis and improves advisor productivity.
- Automates time‑consuming tasks
- Supports fast onboarding and plan creation
Improved Client Understanding Visual tools help clients grasp complex estate structures.
- Clear diagrams of trusts and asset flows
- Better family engagement and education
Scalable Estate Planning for All Client Types Handles simple to ultra‑complex estates for large advisory firms.
- Supports UHNW scenarios
- Consistent workflows across teams
Stronger Compliance & Risk Reduction Protects sensitive financial data through rigorous controls.
- Independent SOC 2 Type II audits
- Continuous monitoring and threat response