Best funeral home software in Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales, compared.
Obit, Seker eFD, Eulogica, Funeral Manager and EverlyPro: the funeral director software independent funeral homes actually shortlist, side by side on the ten capabilities that decide whether a case runs without printing, chasing or re-keying. Every claim about another vendor comes from its own published material.
Five systems, ten capabilitiesSourced from each vendor's own siteLast checked September 2026
Published Covers Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandReading time 7 minutes
Ranked by capabilities includedOut of the box, out of ten. From each vendor's own material.
The number is how many of the ten capabilities below each system includes out of the box, according to its own published material. EverlyPro is the only system of the five that includes all ten, and it serves funeral directors in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland alike. Seker eFD has the broadest published feature list of the rest, Funeral Manager the longest heritage, and Obit the strongest presence in Ireland.
These are the ten things that separate a system that stores a case from one that completes it. Each competitor cell says what that vendor's own website lists. Tap a system name for the full switching guide.
Included⇄Via integration or add-on◑In partNot referenced in published materialNot offered
Comparison of EverlyPro, Seker eFD, Funeral Manager, Obit and Eulogica on ten capabilities
eSignatures in person or by email and SMSSign on a tablet in the arrangement room or remotely from any phone. No app, no add-on.
IncludedBuilt in. Signed PDFs file themselves against the case.
⇄Via integrationA DocuSign integration, a separate product with its own account.
Not referencedNot listed. Paperwork is generated for printing.
Not offeredDocuments are printed for signature.
Not referencedNot listed.
Documents pre-filled from the caseArrangement forms, estimates and authorisations populate themselves.
IncludedEvery document, no re-typing, no Word add-in.
⇄Via integrationVia a Microsoft Word add-on.
Included'Any paperwork at the click of a mouse.'
IncludedTemplates populate from the funeral record.
IncludedDocument production from case data is listed.
Online payments with Apple Pay and Google PayPayment links families tap on their phone. Posted to the case automatically.
IncludedStripe, Apple Pay and Google Pay. GBP and EUR.
IncludedSekerPay and card providers are listed.
IncludedApple Pay, Google Pay and Open Banking are listed.
Not referencedNot listed. Invoicing and cashbook only.
Not referencedNot listed.
AI-written obituaries and death noticesDrafted from the case details in seconds. You approve.
IncludedObituaries, notices, emails and case notes.
Not referencedNot listed. The vendor describes 'intelligent learning', not AI-written obituaries.
Not referencedNot listed. Funeral Manager publishes notices; it does not write them.
Not referencedNot listed. Obit publishes death notices to your website; it does not write them.
Not referencedNot listed.
Works with Xero, QuickBooks and SageInvoices and payments exported ready to import into your accounts package. No re-keying.
IncludedExports built for all three packages, set up on day one of onboarding. An export, not a live two-way sync.
IncludedAccounting integration is listed; packages are not named.
◑In partXero integration listed. No QuickBooks or Sage.
◑In partSage only. No Xero. QuickBooks appears only as planned or in third-party directories.
IncludedLinks to accounting systems are listed; packages are not named.
Email and calendar integrationWorks with Outlook and Google. AI drafts the family emails.
IncludedSend from your own address, with templates.
IncludedEmail to clients and a client portal are listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Automated Google review requestsAsk families for a review at the right moment, without remembering to.
IncludedTimed and worded for bereaved families.
Not referencedNot listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Not referencedNot listed.
Chain of custody trackingEvery movement of the deceased logged, timestamped and attributed. Built for the Scottish Code and what is coming in England and Wales.
IncludedIn the same case record as documents and payments.
IncludedMortuary track and trace with a live dashboard is listed.
IncludedDigital mortuary with QR-coded wristbands is listed.
Not referencedNot listed. Logistics and staff coordination are.
Not referencedNot listed.
Designed for mobile, not just accessible on itFirst call, arrangements, signatures and payments from a phone, on the road.
IncludedTrue web app. Nothing to install on any device.
◑In part'Any device' access is listed. A mobile-designed workflow is not.
◑In partWorks on any internet-connected device. A mobile-designed workflow is not listed.
◑In partAccess from a tablet or mobile browser is listed. A mobile-designed workflow is not.
◑In partInstalled client-server software. Eulogica Cloud adds remote access and an app; a mobile-designed workflow is not listed.
Free migration, live in two weeks, no lock-inOnboarding and training included. Month to month with a 60-day money-back guarantee.
Included£0 migration, onboarding and training. No minimum term.
Not referencedPricing, contract terms, migration and onboarding are not published. A free trial of eFD Lite is offered.
◑In partMonthly billing with no long contract, migration assistance and personalised training are listed. Whether migration is free, and a money-back guarantee, are not.
◑In partPer-funeral pricing and a 30-day trial are listed. Free migration, training and a money-back guarantee are not.
Not referencedPricing, contract terms, migration and onboarding are not published.
Competitor cells reflect each vendor's own website and product literature as checked in September 2026. 'Not referenced' means the capability does not appear in the vendor's published material; it does not mean the vendor cannot provide it on request. Rows are the ten capabilities EverlyPro is built around; a vendor may offer things outside this list.
Pricing, hosting and terms
What each one costs, and what you sign up to.
Only two of the five vendors publish how they charge. Where a vendor does not publish a figure or a term, the cell says so rather than guessing.
Pricing, hosting, region and contract terms for each system
True web app. Any browser, any device, nothing to install.
Cloud-hosted. Sold as eFD Lite, Premium and Enterprise.
Cloud platform, rebuilt in 2020. First developed in the early 1990s.
Cloud-based.
Installed client-server software. Eulogica Cloud adds remote access and an app.
Region
Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Invoicing in GBP and EUR.
UK funeral directors.
UK.
Ireland and the UK.
Not stated in the material reviewed.
Pricing model
Flat monthly subscription. No setup, migration or training fees. Quote for your firm in a 15-minute demo.
On request.
Per funeral, monthly billing.
Per funeral.
Not published.
Contract
Month to month. No minimum term.
Not published.
No long contract listed.
Not published.
Not published.
Trial or guarantee
60-day money-back guarantee on every plan, with your real data and your team trained.
Free trial of eFD Lite.
Not listed.
30-day trial.
Not listed.
Migration and training
Free. We take the export, map and load it, connect accounting and train the team. Most firms live in two weeks.
Not published.
Migration assistance and personalised training listed. Cost not stated.
Not published.
Not published.
Accounting packages named
Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, as exports ready to import.
Integration listed; packages not named.
Xero.
Sage.
Links listed; packages not named.
Payments named
Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay.
SekerPay and partner card providers.
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Open Banking.
Invoicing and cashbook. Online payments not listed.
Not listed.
Data and hosting
EU data centres. Encrypted at rest and in transit. GDPR compliant. Export everything at any time.
Cloud-hosted.
Cloud platform.
Cloud-based.
On your own PC or server, or Eulogica Cloud.
How this comparison was made. Each competitor cell is taken from that vendor's own public website and product literature, checked in September 2026. Where a vendor publishes a capability we say so, including where it goes beyond EverlyPro. Where it does not, the cell says 'not referenced' or 'not published' rather than 'no'. The ten capability rows are the ones EverlyPro is built around and the ones we believe decide whether a case runs smoothly; each vendor will have strengths outside them. If you are a vendor and something here is out of date, email info@everlypro.com and we will correct it promptly. See the full ten-point guides for Obit, Seker eFD, Eulogica and Funeral Manager, or the guide for firms running on spreadsheets and paper.
System by system
Each one in a paragraph.
What each system is, what it is strongest at, and where EverlyPro goes further, in the vendor's own terms.
All ten included
Funeral home management software for independent funeral directors in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A true web app that runs from any device with nothing to install, built to complete every case rather than just store it.
Documents pre-filled from the case and eSigned in person on a tablet or by secure link, no app
Invoices and online payments in the same flow: Stripe, Apple Pay and Google Pay, in GBP and EUR
Every movement of the deceased logged with a name and a time, in the same case record
Exports built for Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, so nothing is re-keyed
Built-in AI drafts obituaries, notices, emails and case notes for you to approve
Email from your own address, with Outlook and Google calendar integration
Automated Google review requests, timed and worded for bereaved families
Designed for mobile: first call, arrangement and signature from a phone
EU-hosted, encrypted, GDPR compliant, and you can export everything at any time
Built around the Scottish Code, CMA price transparency, and the IAFD, NAFD and SAIF codes
Strongest for
Independent firms, single-branch to multi-branch, that want signatures, payments, custody and compliance recorded in one case from a phone.
Terms
Flat monthly subscription, no minimum term, no setup, migration or training fees. Free migration from any system on this page, most firms live in two weeks, 60-day money-back guarantee.
eFD by Seker is a cloud-hosted funeral management platform for UK funeral directors, sold as eFD Lite, Premium and Enterprise. It covers funeral administration, mortuary management, logistics, CRM and supplier management, with card payments through SekerPay and partner providers. Signing runs through a DocuSign integration and document creation through a Microsoft Word add-on. Pricing is on request, and a free trial of eFD Lite is offered.
Strongest for
The broadest published feature list of the four: mortuary track and trace with a live dashboard, a client portal, payments and accounting integration.
Where EverlyPro goes further
Signatures and documents are built in, rather than through DocuSign and Word add-ons with their own accounts. AI drafting, review requests, a mobile-designed workflow and published month-to-month terms with free migration.
Funeral Manager is one of the longest-running funeral director systems in the UK, first developed in the early 1990s and rebuilt as a cloud platform in 2020. It generates paperwork, takes payments through Apple Pay, Google Pay and Open Banking, integrates with Xero, and is priced per funeral with monthly billing and no long contract. Migration assistance and personalised training are listed. It is a well-regarded system.
Strongest for
Heritage and familiarity, a digital mortuary with QR-coded wristbands, and modern payment options including Open Banking.
Where EverlyPro goes further
eSignatures instead of paperwork generated for printing. AI drafting. Exports for Xero, QuickBooks and Sage rather than Xero alone. Email and calendar integration, review requests, and free migration with a money-back guarantee.
Obit is a cloud-based funeral management system from Lytesoft, used by funeral directors across Ireland and the UK. It covers case records, invoicing and a cashbook, death notice publishing to your website, stock, reporting and multi-branch coordination, priced per funeral with a 30-day trial. Accounting integration is with Sage. Documents are printed for signature.
Strongest for
An established base in Ireland, death notice publishing, stock and multi-branch coordination.
Where EverlyPro goes further
eSignatures in person or by link, online payment links, exports for Xero and QuickBooks as well as Sage, AI-written notices rather than published ones, chain-of-custody tracking, and free migration on a month-to-month contract.
Eulogica is installed client-server funeral software, typically running on an office PC or server, with an optional Eulogica Cloud service that adds remote access and an app. It produces documents from case data and links to accounting systems. Pricing, contract terms, migration and onboarding are not published.
Strongest for
Firms that want software installed on their own hardware, with document production and accounting links.
Where EverlyPro goes further
A true web app rather than an install. eSignatures, online payments, AI drafting, email and calendar integration, review requests and chain-of-custody tracking, none of which Eulogica lists, plus published terms and free migration of the full archive.
Spreadsheets, Word templates and paper The system most firms actually run
Not a product, but the most common setup in independent funeral homes: Excel or Google Sheets for cases, Word templates for documents, a paper diary and a whiteboard. It costs nothing to license and everything in hours. None of the ten capabilities above is possible in it, and it offers no audit trail for the Scottish Code or for what the Law Commission review is bringing to England and Wales.
Every system on this page handles the basics of case management. These are the questions that separate them, and that a demo will not always volunteer.
Can a family sign without an app or a separate account?
The arrangement is where signatures happen. If signing needs DocuSign, a printer or an app on the family's phone, it will not happen at the table. EverlyPro: sign on your tablet or by secure link, no app, no add-on.
Can I get invoices and payments into my accounts package without re-keying?
'Accounting integration' without a named package usually means nothing is built for yours. Ask which packages are supported and what actually comes out. EverlyPro: exports built for Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, set up on day one.
Is the price published, and is there a minimum term?
Only two of the five vendors publish a pricing model. Ask for the term, the notice period and what setup, migration and training cost. EverlyPro: month to month, no minimum term, no setup or migration fees.
Who does the migration, what does it cost, and how long until we are live?
A system is only as good as the day you can use it with your real records. Ask who maps the data and whether your old system stays readable. EverlyPro: we do it, it is free, most firms are live in two weeks.
Can I do a first call, an arrangement and a signature from my phone?
'Works on any device' means the page loads. Ask to see a full arrangement completed on a phone, not a desktop screen shrunk down. EverlyPro: designed for mobile from the first call.
Is every movement of the deceased logged with a name and a time?
Scotland's Code of Practice already expects it and the Law Commission review is bringing regulation to England and Wales. Ask to see the custody record for a real case. EverlyPro: logged, timestamped and attributed, in the same case as everything else.
Funeral software by nation
Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each ask something different of your software.
Funeral regulation is not the same across these islands, and neither is the paperwork. What to check before you choose funeral director software in each nation, and how EverlyPro handles it.
Funeral software in Ireland
Independent funeral directors in the Republic of Ireland invoice in euro, work to the IAFD's standards and hold family data under GDPR. Obit and EverlyPro both serve Irish funeral homes; Seker eFD and Funeral Manager describe themselves as UK systems.
EverlyPro: invoicing in EUR and GBP from one account, IAFD standards built into how cases are recorded, data hosted in EU data centres, and free migration from Obit or spreadsheets. See registering a death in Ireland.
Funeral software in England and Wales
The CMA's price transparency rules apply to every funeral director in England and Wales, and the Law Commission review is bringing statutory regulation. Software needs to produce a compliant price list, keep an audit trail, and record custody before regulation lands rather than after.
Scotland already regulates. The Funeral Director Code of Practice expects a record of the care of the deceased from first call to committal, which means custody has to be logged, not remembered. Water cremation is also newly legal, adding another disposition to record.
EverlyPro: built around the Scottish Code, with every movement of the deceased logged, timestamped and attributed in the same case as documents and payments. Seker eFD and Funeral Manager also list mortuary tracking. See chain of custody for funeral homes.
Funeral software in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland sits inside UK rules such as the CMA's price transparency requirements, but families and funerals often cross the border. Software has to handle sterling and euro, and paperwork for either jurisdiction, without running two systems.
EverlyPro: one account for cases on either side of the border, invoicing in GBP and EUR, documents pre-filled from the case whichever side of the border the funeral is on, and free migration from Obit, Eulogica, Funeral Manager, Seker eFD or spreadsheets. See cremation authorisation paperwork.
FAQ
Funeral software in the UK and Ireland, answered.
It depends on what you need the system to do. Of the five systems compared here, EverlyPro is the only one that includes all ten of the capabilities that decide whether a case runs without printing, chasing or re-keying: built-in eSignatures, documents pre-filled from the case, online payments, AI-drafted obituaries and notices, exports built for Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, email and calendar integration, automated review requests, chain-of-custody tracking, a mobile-designed workflow, and free migration on a month-to-month contract with a 60-day money-back guarantee. Of the others, Seker eFD has the broadest published feature list, Funeral Manager the longest heritage, and Obit the strongest presence in Ireland.
Obit, from Lytesoft, and EverlyPro both serve funeral directors in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. EverlyPro invoices in EUR and GBP, hosts data in EU data centres, and builds IAFD standards into how cases are recorded. Seker eFD and Funeral Manager describe themselves as systems for UK funeral directors.
Scotland's Funeral Director Code of Practice expects a record of the care of the deceased from first call to committal. EverlyPro is built around the Code: every movement is logged with a name and a time in the same case record as documents and payments. Seker eFD lists mortuary track and trace and Funeral Manager lists a digital mortuary with QR-coded wristbands. Obit and Eulogica do not list custody tracking.
All five systems can be used by funeral directors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The differences are in what they include: EverlyPro is the only one of the five with built-in eSignatures, CMA-ready pricing records, chain of custody, and invoicing in both GBP and EUR for firms near the Irish border. Seker eFD and Funeral Manager are established UK systems; Obit is used on both sides of the Irish border; Eulogica does not state a region in the material reviewed.
Two of the five vendors publish a pricing model: Obit and Funeral Manager charge per funeral, Funeral Manager with monthly billing and no long contract. Seker eFD and Eulogica give prices on request. EverlyPro is a flat monthly subscription with no minimum term and no setup, migration or training fees. You get a price for your firm in a 15-minute demo, and every plan carries a 60-day money-back guarantee.
EverlyPro is the only system of the five with eSignatures built in: families sign on a tablet at the arrangement or by secure link on their phone, with no app and no add-on. Seker eFD offers signing through a DocuSign integration, a separate product with its own account. Obit and Funeral Manager generate documents for printing. Eulogica does not list eSignatures. See how eSignatures work in funeral service.
EverlyPro exports invoices and payments in formats built for all three, so nothing is re-keyed; it is an export rather than a live two-way sync. Funeral Manager lists a Xero integration only. Obit lists Sage only. Seker eFD and Eulogica list accounting integration without naming the packages.
All five can be opened on a phone or tablet. EverlyPro is the only one of the five that lists a workflow designed for mobile: first call, arrangements, signatures and payments from a phone on the road. Obit, Seker eFD and Funeral Manager list browser or any-device access. Eulogica is installed software with a cloud option that adds remote access and an app.
Yes. EverlyPro migrates cases, contacts, documents and financial history from Obit, Seker eFD, Eulogica, Funeral Manager and spreadsheets free of charge. Most funeral homes are fully live within two weeks, and the old system stays readable until you say otherwise, so there is never a day without a system to work in.
Obit lists a 30-day trial and Seker offers a free trial of eFD Lite. EverlyPro takes a different approach: full onboarding with your real data and your team trained, month to month with no minimum term, and a 60-day money-back guarantee if it is not right for you.
Every claim about another vendor is taken from that vendor's own public website and product literature. 'Not referenced' means the capability does not appear in the vendor's published material, not that the vendor cannot provide it on request. The comparison was last checked in September 2026. If something has changed, email info@everlypro.com and it will be corrected.
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