Every software partner program aimed at accounting firms that we looked at before building ours wanted a percentage of what the firm bills its clients, or paid the firm a percentage of what the client pays the software. Revenue share is the industry default, and firms have learned to expect it. We do not do it, and the reason is not generosity. It is that revenue share points the software company's incentives at the wrong thing.
This is the plain explanation of how HaraPro's Partner Program is priced for CPA firms, why there is no revenue share and no referral trail, what the firm gets for a flat fee per client, and how to compare it with the programs that take a cut.
If our income rose when your billing rose, we would have an incentive to build software that takes you longer to use. Not on purpose, and not on day one, but every product decision would be made with a thumb on the scale toward more hours in the tool. You can watch it play out in any platform priced that way: the reconciliation that could be automatic stays manual, because manual hours are billable and billable hours are shared.
The other direction is no better. If the firm's income rose with the client's software bill, the firm would have an incentive to recommend a tier the client does not need. Clients eventually notice, and the firm's credibility is worth more than the margin.
The firm subscribes to the Partner tier (or Enterprise, for multi-location firms and RIAs). Each client the firm onboards gets their own tenant, with their own entities, books and data, isolated from every other client. The firm pays a flat monthly amount per client according to the client's plan, and bills the client whatever the firm decides, or absorbs the cost inside its own fee. We never see, and never take, a share of the firm's billing. There is no referral commission in either direction.
The effect on incentives is simple: we only make more when the firm serves more clients. That is the only lever, and it is one we are happy to have pointed at us, because it means the software has to make each additional client cheap for the firm to serve.
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Partner tier (firm subscription) | $499 per month, or $4,989 per year | Consolidated view across clients, per-client feature control |
| Enterprise tier (firm subscription) | $999 per month, or $9,989 per year | Multi-location firms and RIAs |
| Starter client | $24.90 per month per client | Up to 3 entities |
| Pro client | $54.90 per month per client | Up to 10 entities |
| Unlimited client | $139 per month per client | Unlimited entities |
A firm with 20 clients, half on Pro and half on Starter, pays $499 plus $798 in client fees, $1,297 a month, and bills its clients on its own terms. If it charges $150 a month for bookkeeping and the platform, it keeps the margin; if it bundles the platform into an annual engagement, that is the firm's decision.
When you compare partner programs, put three questions next to each other. What does the firm pay per client, all in? Who gets a percentage of whose revenue, in which direction? And what happens to the firm's cost when a client adds an entity, because multi-entity clients are the ones that make the difference. A program with a low headline fee and a revenue share can cost more than a flat fee by the second year; a program with per-entity pricing can double a client's cost when the client forms an LLC for a rental. The CPA page has the current terms, and our guide on intercompany reconciliation shows the work the platform is meant to remove.
The Partner Program is for firms whose clients own several entities: LLC owners with rentals and an operating business, S-Corp owners with a holding company, families with trusts and companies. Those are the clients where the intercompany work is the cost and where a platform that keeps every entity in one tenant changes the firm's economics. It is not built for firms whose book is mostly W-2 individuals with one Schedule C; those clients are well served by simpler tools, and we would rather say so than onboard them.
No. There is no revenue share and no referral trail in either direction. The firm pays a flat fee per client and bills its clients on its own terms.
Partner is $499 per month or $4,989 per year; Enterprise is $999 per month or $9,989 per year. Client tenants are $24.90 (Starter), $54.90 (Pro) or $139 (Unlimited) per month each, paid by the firm.
Yes. The firm decides what to charge or whether to bundle the platform into its engagement. HaraPro does not participate in the firm's billing.
Yes. Each client has their own tenant and can see their own entities, accounts and forecast; the firm sees a consolidated view across clients.
On Enterprise, as it ships. We publish the timeline on the CPA page and do not describe it as live before it is.