Comparison
SecureFamilyVault vs. Everplans
Everplans is the structured "life file" workbook — guided sections, prompts, and checklists that help you write down what your family needs to know. Different shape than ours, but going after the same anxiety.
TL;DR
Everplans is a workbook. You sit down, answer a long set of structured prompts (legal, insurance, accounts, final wishes, personal messages), and end up with a "Life File" you can share with people you trust. It's been around since 2012 and has a mature UX.
SecureFamilyVault is a vault, not a workbook. We let you store assets, link them to family members and beneficiaries, generate a will template, and share read-only access — with everything encrypted on your device. Less of a guided narrative, more of a structured database.
Choose us if
You want zero-custody encryption, structured asset records with beneficiary allocations, and a free tier — and you'd rather organize a real database than fill out a workbook.
Choose them if
The structured prompts and "personal messages to my family" features are exactly what you need, and you don't mind a flat annual fee for a server-stored solution.
The structural difference
Architecture & trust
| SecureFamilyVault | Everplans | |
|---|---|---|
| Where data lives | Your device | Their servers |
| End-to-end encrypted | Yes | No |
| Sharing model | Read-only QR / link with explicit advisor passphrase | Designate "Deputies" who get access at trigger events |
| Offline access | PWA, fully offline-capable | Web-app, requires connection |
Features
| SFV | Everplans | |
|---|---|---|
| Structured asset records (per-asset metadata) | ||
| Beneficiary allocations per asset | ||
| Will template (state-aware) | ||
| Inheritance breakdown by beneficiary | ||
| Guided "life file" workbook | — (less of a workbook) | |
| Final wishes / funeral preferences | Letter of instruction | |
| Personal messages to loved ones | Letter of instruction | |
| "Deputies" with trigger-event access | Read-only sharing today; estate-event triggers planned | |
| Document storage | 500 MB free / unlimited paid | Included in subscription |
| Free tier | — (free trial only) |
Pricing
SecureFamilyVault
$0
Free forever. Paid storage / collaboration tiers later when you need cloud documents or chat.
Everplans
~$99/yr
Single annual price. Includes everything they offer; no upsell tiers.
Honest gaps
Where Everplans is genuinely better.
- The workbook UX. If you want guided prompts that walk you through every section of an end-of-life plan, theirs is more polished and more comprehensive than ours.
- Personal messages feature. Their "letters to be delivered after I'm gone" feature is more developed than our letter of instruction.
- Trigger-event access for Deputies. They have a workflow for "release this info when X happens." We have read-only sharing today; trigger-event releases are on the roadmap.
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No credit card. No annual contract. If we don't fit, you've spent fifteen minutes.