Pricing

A fair deal.
Not a silent tax on your book.

The legacy way of charging insurance operators is, frankly, broken. We priced Shorekeeper the way we'd want to be priced — transparently, predictably, and aligned with your growth instead of feeding on it.

The headline

The old model takes a cut of every rand you collect. We simply don't.

Most insurance operations platforms quietly charge 1.2% – 1.8% of your gross written premium. Your book grows — their fee grows with it. Forever. That's not a software deal. That's a tax.

The legacy model
1.8%

Of every rand of GWP you collect — paid to your software vendor, in perpetuity. On a R 200M book that's R 3.6M a year, just to keep the lights on.

The Shorekeeper way
Flat

A predictable monthly subscription plus a modest utilization fee — tied to what you actually use, not to what your clients pay you. Growth compounds to you.

How it works

Two components.
Both on your side.

Simple, transparent, and priced so that when you grow, your margin grows too.

i.

A monthly subscription

Covers the platform, every module, every user. No per-seat tax, no nickel-and-diming on features. You pay one transparent monthly fee, tied to the size and complexity of your operation — not to your premium income.

  • All modules: Claims, Tides, WhatsApp, Compliance.
  • Unlimited users across handlers, brokers and admins.
  • All updates, improvements and EVE upgrades included.
  • South African support, in SAST business hours.
ii.

A modest utilization fee

A small, transparent fee per active policy and per claim processed — capped and metered monthly. It covers the infrastructure your clients actually use (WhatsApp message volume, storage, compute) and nothing else.

  • Per-active-policy and per-claim, tiered downward as you scale.
  • No surprise bills — you see real-time usage in your dashboard.
  • Volume breaks at every major threshold.
  • Capped for agreed peak months.
A worked example

On a typical UMA book — the difference is material.

Take a mid-sized UMA with R 200M in gross written premium, around 12,000 active policies and 2,400 claims a year. Here's what the math actually looks like.

Your contract ceases to feel like a subscription — and starts to feel like a growing, silent overhead. Our pricing does the opposite: as you scale, the fee as a percentage of GWP falls.

Illustrative — R 200M GWP book
LEGACY AT 1.8% OF GWP
R 3,600,000 / yr
SHOREKEEPER (ILLUSTRATIVE)
~ R 960,000 / yr
Subscription plus utilization — fixed plus usage-based. Drops as a % of GWP as you grow.
YOU KEEP
~ R 2.64M / yr
to invest in your team, your brokers, your clients.
* Illustrative only. Final pricing is modelled against your actual book. Talk to us for a quote.
What's always included

Everything — because we don't believe in hidden tiers.

i.

The full platform

Claims, Tides, WhatsApp and Compliance — all four modules, always on, across every plan.

ii.

Unlimited seats

Handlers, brokers, admins, read-only reviewers, assessors. Add them as your business needs them. No per-seat tax.

iii.

EVE, included

EVE on WhatsApp for your clients. EVE in Tides for your handlers. No separate "AI tier" — she's the platform.

iv.

All integrations

WhatsApp Business, bank files, accounting exports, data warehouse APIs. No "enterprise-only" surprises.

v.

All updates

Every improvement we ship — on every plan. No upgrade paywall for the features that matter next year.

vi.

SA-based support

Real humans, in your time zone, who understand how a UMA actually runs. Not a Zendesk conveyor belt.

Fair questions, honest answers

FAQ.

Why won't you charge a percentage of premium?

Because it's the wrong incentive. Charging a percentage of GWP means your software vendor makes more money as your book grows — without doing a single thing more. Our job is to build great software, not to earn a silent royalty on your business. If we're worth it, you'll pay for the product. If we're not, you shouldn't pay more just because you grew.

What does "utilization" actually mean?

A small, transparent fee tied to metered usage — active policies on the platform, claims opened per month, WhatsApp message volume, storage. We show you the meter in real time. Every tier has volume breaks, and the per-unit cost falls as you scale.

Is there a minimum commitment?

Annual contracts are standard, but we don't lock clients in with long-term deals. We'd rather earn the renewal every year.

How does pricing scale for very large books?

Volume breaks kick in at every major threshold — for policies, claims, and messages. The bigger you get, the lower the effective rate per unit. The total fee goes up with scale, but far, far more slowly than a percentage-of-premium model.

Can we see a detailed quote?

Yes. Book a call with Opendoor Software — we'll model pricing against your actual book, claim volume and broker count, and put a written proposal on the table within a few days.

Who is Opendoor Software?

Opendoor Software is the company that builds Shorekeeper. We're a South African software firm focused on modernising regulated industries. Read more about us →

Ready for the numbers?

Let's model it on your book.

Share a rough GWP, policy count and claim volume — we'll come back with a fair, fully-transparent quote inside a few business days.

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