Advisor, head to head

Briefi vs Zeplyn

Zeplyn calls itself an agentic operating system for wealth management and says it is trusted by RIAs and enterprise wealth firms. The company is in New York. It takes notes without a recording, writes tasks into the CRM, and fills forms from the conversation. Briefi also prepares you, captures the meeting and drafts the follow-up, then goes on to the fee arrangement, the signature and the document request, kept on the household. A US firm whose stack is Salesforce, Wealthbox or Redtail, and that does not want audio kept, should look at Zeplyn. A practice that wants the paperwork finished inside the same record should look at Briefi.

ReviewedLast reviewed 16 October 2026. Zeplyn facts checked 16 October 2026

Choose Zeplyn if

  • You want meeting notes taken without keeping a recording of the conversation24
  • You want CRM tasks created and assigned automatically after every meeting2
  • You want compliance checklists and agenda prompts shown while you are in the meeting2

Choose Briefi if

  • You want the transcript kept with the meeting so the recap can be checked against what was said
  • You want the advice fee agreement and its consent signed and filed to the household
  • You want a portal and document requests on the same record as the meetings
At a glance

Briefi Advisor and Zeplyn, side by side

What each does today. Each line in the Zeplyn column links to the page it came from, and a row exists only where those pages gave us something to check.

Briefi Advisor compared with Zeplyn, by feature group
Briefi AdvisorPlans from A$49 a monthZeplyn
Capturing the meeting
How the conversation is capturedBriefi AdvisorRecords and transcribesA bot or the browser from Pro, or the standalone recorder in the roomZeplynRecording-freeDescribes notes across virtual and in-person meetings, phone calls and dictation, without a recording2
Meeting prepBriefi AdvisorYesA brief written before you meet, from what Briefi already holds on the householdZeplynYesAssembles a relationship recap and agenda, with each fact traceable to its source2
Structured notesBriefi AdvisorYesA recap is written in the language of the meeting, with the actions listedZeplynYesFirm-wide templates with adviser-level personalisation2
After the meeting
Follow-up emailBriefi AdvisorYesDrafted in Briefi for you to check, then sent from your own mailboxZeplynYesFollow-up emails drafted in your voice3
Tasks in your CRMBriefi AdvisorActions in BriefiEach action has an owner in Briefi’s register, and a meeting can be pushed to ten CRMs from Pro and on the Advisor plans. More connections are rolling out progressively.ZeplynYesCreates and assigns CRM tasks automatically; its logos include Salesforce, Wealthbox, Redtail, HubSpot and Tamarac21
Forms and onboardingBriefi AdvisorYesA fact-find and an advice fee agreement are ready to copy and change, and the client signs themZeplynYesPre-fills forms and opens accounts from the meeting, feeding CRMs, plans or document vaults23
Signing, data and price
Signing and document requestsBriefi AdvisorYesSigning, and requests that the client answers by uploadZeplynNot statedThe pages we read do not mention signing or document requests12
Where data is heldBriefi AdvisorStored in SydneySome processing uses providers overseas. The Security page lists them.ZeplynRegion not namedStates that audio is not stored and that the product can be deployed in your own VPC, and names no hosting region41
Published priceBriefi AdvisorYesEach plan has a monthly price on the pricing pageZeplynNot publishedPages invite you to book a demo and show no figure12
Yes, todayPartly, or on another planNoNot stated

Different answers to the same question about recording. Briefi keeps the transcript; Zeplyn says it keeps no audio. Which you prefer is a policy choice for your firm, not a ranking.

One client, start to finish

One client, start to finish

An adviser meets a household for a review: a brief before, notes in the room, tasks afterwards, a follow-up and some paperwork to finish. What we show for Zeplyn is limited to the wording of its pages, read on 16 October 2026.

  1. 1

    Prepare the review

    Zeplyn

    It assembles a relationship recap and agenda in seconds, with briefs where every fact is traceable to its source.2

    Briefi

    A brief is written before you meet, drawn from what Briefi already holds on the household and what is still open.

  2. 2

    Sit in the meeting

    Zeplyn

    Notes are captured in real time without a recording, with compliance checklists and agenda prompts shown as you go.2

    Briefi

    Briefi joins by bot from Pro, records in the browser, or listens through the standalone recorder in person. Live captions come with Pro and up.

  3. 3

    Turn notes into tasks

    Zeplyn

    Tasks are created and assigned in the CRM after every meeting.2

    Briefi

    The recap lists the actions and gives each an owner. A meeting can be pushed to a CRM so the record is there too.

  4. 4

    Send the follow-up

    Zeplyn

    Follow-up emails are drafted in the adviser’s own voice.3

    Briefi

    The draft sits in Briefi for you to read and change, then goes out from your Gmail, Microsoft 365 or SMTP mailbox.

  5. 5

    Finish the paperwork

    Zeplyn

    Forms are pre-filled from the meeting and routed to CRMs, plans or document vaults. Signing is not mentioned on the pages we read.231

    Briefi

    The form is completed by the client and signed online, with a certificate page that records the time and device. The copy is filed to the household.

Where Zeplyn wins

When Zeplyn is the better choice

Where the deciding point is audio, write-back or in-room prompts, Zeplyn is the likelier fit.

No audio

Notes without a recording

Zeplyn describes recording-free notes, and its security page says it does not store meeting audio and has zero data retention agreements with its AI providers. If your firm would rather hold no audio at all, that is a real difference. Briefi records and transcribes.24

Stack

Write-back into US wealth software

It states more than thirty deep integrations, and its home page shows Salesforce, Wealthbox, Redtail, HubSpot and Tamarac. Briefi pushes a meeting to ten CRMs and offers an API, and more connections are rolling out progressively.21

Compliance

Prompts during the meeting

Built-in compliance checklists and real-time agenda prompts appear in the room, with an adviser reviewing the output and personal data redacted automatically.21

Assurance

A stated SOC 2 Type II report

Zeplyn states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified on its security page, and mentions deployment in your own VPC on its home page.41

Where Briefi is different

After the notes, the fee, the signature and the household.

Zeplyn’s pages end where the work goes back to the CRM. Briefi keeps going.

  • The fee arrangement as a registerAdvisor

    Each ongoing fee carries its reference day and a consent window, and Briefi shows it as current, open, due or lapsed. This is for Australian workspaces only.

  • Signing in the same recordSign

    The guide, the privacy statement and the fee agreement can go out together. Each person signs for themselves, and the signed copies are filed to the household.

  • A portal and documents asked forAdvisor

    A request goes to the client, who answers by upload. You see what has come back and what has not, and a portal, once switched on, shows the arrangement beside it.

Briefi does not write the Statement of Advice, so the advice and your duties stay with you. Recaps follow the meeting’s language, while the app and its built-in forms are English only.

How the whole record fits together is on the Advisor page.

Pricing

Pricing compared

A Briefi plan is priced per plan, not per user, with its seats, the size of your book and allowances listed on the pricing page. Zeplyn’s pages invite you to book a demo and show no figure, so none is stated here. Ask them for a quote and say how many advisers you have.

Advisor Solo
From A$49 a month
  • 100 form requests per user each month
  • 8 capture hours each month
  • Monthly or annual billing
Figures from Briefi’s live price list
Zeplyn
From Not published on the pages we read
  • The home, product, solutions and security pages show no price
  • The route to a price is a demo booking
Checked on 16 October 2026. Source 124

Briefi prices are in AUD and are read from the same price list as the pricing page, so they change when it does.

Questions

Briefi and Zeplyn, asked often

Is Zeplyn available outside the US?

None of the Zeplyn pages we read mention Australia or the UK. The company is in New York and speaks to RIAs and wealth firms. We have not claimed it is or is not offered elsewhere, so ask them directly.

Does Briefi record the meeting, as Zeplyn does not?

Yes. Briefi transcribes the conversation and keeps the transcript against the meeting, so you can check the recap and the actions against what was said. Zeplyn describes recording-free notes and says it does not store meeting audio.

Which CRMs does Briefi push to?

GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Monday, Pipedrive, Close, Copper, ActiveCampaign, Salesforce, Zoho CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365, from Pro and on the Advisor plans. More connections are rolling out progressively, and the public API lets another tool read meetings and contacts.

Can Briefi fill a form from the conversation?

Briefi supplies the forms, including a fact-find and an advice fee agreement, and the client completes and signs them. It does not claim to pre-fill them from what was said, which Zeplyn describes.

Does Briefi write my Statement of Advice?

No. Briefi records, summarises and tracks. The advice, the wording of the statement and your duties stay with you and your licensee.

What does Zeplyn say about security?

Its security page says it does not store meeting audio, that it holds zero data retention agreements with its AI providers and that it encrypts traffic with TLS 1.3 or later. It does not name a hosting region. Briefi’s Security page lists its providers and where each sits.

Can I try Briefi beside Zeplyn?

Yes. Keep your current notes tool for existing meetings and run a few new households through Briefi, then compare what you were left with at the end of each.

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Sources and review

Last reviewed 16 October 2026. Facts about Zeplyn come from its own published pages on the dates shown. Each product named here is a trademark of its owner, and Briefi is not affiliated with them.

How we checked

7 sources cited, and 4 competitor pages read. Next review due 15 January 2027.

Seen something out of date? Write to support@briefi.sh and we will check it.

  1. 1Zeplyn, home page. https://www.zeplyn.ai/ Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. 2Zeplyn, product. https://www.zeplyn.ai/product Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. 3Zeplyn, solutions. https://www.zeplyn.ai/solutions Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. 4Zeplyn, security. https://www.zeplyn.ai/security Checked 16 October 2026.

Briefi’s own pages

  1. B1briefi.sh/advisor. https://briefi.sh/advisor
  2. B2briefi.sh/for/financial-advisers. https://briefi.sh/for/financial-advisers
  3. B3briefi.sh/security. https://briefi.sh/security