Infodocs

What Infodocs does

Info Docs (Pty) Ltd, trading as Infodocs, is a Cape Town-headquartered SaaS company that has built a cloud-based company secretarial platform directly integrated with South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). Founded in 2017, the platform enables South African businesses to manage statutory compliance end-to-end — including annual returns, beneficial ownership filings, share certificates and securities registers, statutory record-keeping, and automated alerts — by importing company data from CIPC and filing changes back to the regulator without manual re-entry. The product runs on AWS infrastructure and is accessed via secure.infodocs.co.za, with POPIA and PAIA compliance certifications in place.

Infodocs serves two primary customer segments: individual business owners managing their own compliance, and accounting professionals, bookkeepers, company secretaries and legal practices managing compliance across multiple client portfolios. The company reports serving over 100,000 South African companies, with 300,000+ directors, members and shareholders using the platform, and over 60,000 CIPC transactions submitted in the last year.

The business model is a three-tier subscription structure: a freemium Pay-As-You-Go tier (free, capped at 10 active companies with paid CIPC transactions), a Flexi subscription at R649 per company per year (capped at 50 companies, free CIPC transactions included), and a Fixed subscription at R2,300 per month (unlimited companies, dedicated account manager, premium support). Distribution is fully digital and self-serve for individual users, with a Calendly-driven demo motion for the Fixed enterprise tier. Adjacent revenue comes from per-transaction fees on the free tier and optional paid onboarding, migration and training services.

Name

Infodocs

Legal name

Info Docs (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://infodocs.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Infodocs is a Cape Town-based SaaS platform that integrates directly with South Africa's CIPC to help over 100,000 companies and accounting practices file annual returns, beneficial ownership disclosures, and share certificates without manual data re-entry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Company Secretarial Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Access Governance & Entitlement Management (DSPM / CIEM-for-Data) (HDADAFAG)

Keywords

• Company secretarial software
• Statutory compliance management
• Beneficial ownership filing
• Annual returns filing
• Share register management

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Three-tier subscription model: Pay As You Go (free), Flexi (R649/company/year), and Fixed (R2,300/month). Flexi limited to 50 companies with free CIPC transactions; Fixed offers unlimited companies with premium support and dedicated account manager.
2. Transaction Fees: Pay As You Go plan charges for CIPC transactions. Flexi plan includes free CIPC transactions (excludes CIPC and card fees). Transaction-based revenue from per-transaction fees on free tier.
3. Professional Services: Onboarding, data migration, configuration, integration, training or other setup/customization work available at additional cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

InfoDocs is a cloud-based SaaS platform integrated directly with South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) that automates company secretarial statutory compliance, including filing of annual returns, beneficial ownership information, and creation/management of share certificates and statutory registers. The platform offers three pricing tiers—a free Pay As You Go tier for individual business owners (up to 10 companies), a Flexi subscription (from R649/company/year) for accounting practices, and a Fixed subscription (R2,300/month) for larger practices—and generates lawyer-drafted minutes, resolutions and professional templates.

Product overview

InfoDocs is a unified cloud-based company secretarial SaaS platform designed specifically for South African companies to manage statutory compliance through direct integration with CIPC. The platform consists of a core product offering combined with three tiered pricing plans: PAYG (free tier limited to 10 companies), Flexi Subscription (R649/company/year for up to 50 companies), and Fixed Subscription (R2,300/month for unlimited companies). Key capabilities include beneficial ownership filing, securities/share register management, annual return submission with FAS or AFS, professional template generation (minutes, resolutions, share certificates), and secure access management with edit/view-only permissions. The platform serves both individual business owners managing their own companies and professional practices (accountants, company secretaries, legal firms) managing client portfolios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• InfoDocs Platform Cloud-based company secretarial software integrated with South Africa's CIPC that enables companies and accounting/legal practices to file annual returns, beneficial ownership information and amendments; create and manage share certificates and statutory registers; and generate minutes, resolutions and professional templates pre-populated with company data. Targeted at South African business owners and professional practices managing client portfolios.

Quantifiable outcome

• Less than 12% of companies comply with share register requirements - InfoDocs makes compliance easy
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationInfodocs is powered by AWS to bring the best, most secure secretarial software on the market. AWS provides the cloud infrastructure for hosting the platform, ensuring security and reliability.
• CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission)coreTechnology or IntegrationDirect API integration with CIPC allowing users to import company information, file annual returns, beneficial ownership, and submit changes directly from the Infodocs dashboard.
• LegalesecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegalese provides lawyer-drafted professional templates used within the Infodocs platform. Templates are pre-populated and automatically generated with each transaction.
• Peach PaymentscoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment gateway provider for processing debit/credit card transactions. Card details are securely handled by Peach Payments and not stored on Infodocs servers.
• GreenpopminorOthersEnvironmental initiative partnership. Together with Greenpop, Infodocs has planted 150+ trees as part of their sustainability commitment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Xero: Global cloud accounting platform with significant South African accountant and SMB user base. Potential competitive threat if Xero expands into company secretarial compliance features, currently an adjacent platform with overlapping customer base.
• CSC Global: Global business services and compliance provider offering entity management, corporate secretarial, and governance solutions. Comparable in company secretarial compliance scope but serving enterprise clients across multiple jurisdictions with a broader services portfolio.
• Vistra: Global corporate services and compliance provider offering company formation, secretarial, accounting, and tax services across 50+ jurisdictions. Broad incumbent with overlapping capability in company secretarial compliance, but operating as a much wider services portfolio.
• Sage: Global accounting and business management software with established presence in South Africa serving accountants and SMBs. Broad incumbent operating adjacent to InfoDocs in the same accounting practice customer base.
• TMF Group: Global provider of compliance and administrative services including company secretarial, accounting, and regulatory filings across 80+ jurisdictions. Broad incumbent with substantial overlap in company secretarial services, but at multi-jurisdictional enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• Company Watch: UK corporate compliance and company secretarial software platform serving accountants and legal professionals with company formation, statutory filings, and records management — comparable vertical SaaS targeting the same professional services buyer persona.
• BlueMeg: Australia-based corporate compliance SaaS focused on ASIC company secretarial filings. Direct peer in vertical SaaS for regulator-integrated compliance operating within a single national market — same playbook as InfoDocs in South Africa.
• Inform Direct: UK-based company secretarial SaaS platform that helps businesses file statutory documents with Companies House. Closely mirrors InfoDocs' business model — vertical SaaS for company secretarial compliance with direct regulator integration, serving accountants and corporate clients in a single geography.
• Jordans Corporate Compliance: UK corporate compliance services and software provider for company secretarial functions, statutory records, and regulatory filings. Comparable vertical offering to InfoDocs with overlapping customer base of accountants and corporate clients in a single national jurisdiction.

Emerging players

• Legalese: South African legal tech startup offering automated legal document templates; also an InfoDocs integration partner providing lawyer-drafted templates within the InfoDocs platform. Emerging player in adjacent legal automation within the same geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/infodocsza

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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