Glasscubes vs BrightManager

BrightManager alternatives: how Glasscubes compares

BrightManager runs a UK practice: onboarding, tasks, deadlines, time and a client portal. Glasscubes is for getting information in from clients, with automatic chasing and AI review, from £96 a month. Here is where Glasscubes is the better fit — and where BrightManager is the better buy.

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Where Glasscubes is stronger

BrightManager is UK practice management software from Bright for accountants, bookkeepers and payroll bureaus. If what slows your firm down is clients not sending what you asked for, the question is whether you need a new practice system or a better way to ask.

Built to get information in

Requests, reminders, reporting and AI review for the information chase, across personal tax, accounts, payroll and audit, without moving your practice onto a new system.

AI on the documents clients send

AI Assist extracts and summarises figures from client documents and flags what is missing. BrightManager's product page sets out Bright's AI principles but does not describe AI reading client documents.

Lower cost for a team

Ten users on Glasscubes Essential cost £240 a month on annual billing, £2,880 a year, excluding VAT. BrightManager publishes its Essential plan at £409.25 + VAT per user a year on annual billing, which is £4,092.50 + VAT for ten. The two do different jobs, so this compares price only.

UK data and ISO 27001

Data is stored in AWS data centres in the UK, and Glasscubes is ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certified. BrightManager's product page does not say where data is hosted.

Head to head

	Glasscubes	BrightManager
What it is	Client information collection, chasing and AI review	Practice management: onboarding, tasks, deadlines, time and reporting
Client access	Click a link — no password to remember	Client portal for documents, forms and e-signatures
Automatic client reminders	Email, and text if you switch it on, on every plan	Automated emails and texts asking clients for records and tax payments
AI on client documents	Extracts and summarises figures, flags missing items	Not described on its product page
MTD for Income Tax	MTD Assist	Part of Bright's MTD for Income Tax solution (Bright's statement)
Ten users, billed annually	£2,880 / year (Essential)	£4,092.50 + VAT / year (Essential, £409.25 per user)
Client onboarding and AML checks	No AML or KYC checks	Yes, built into onboarding

Compiled from each vendor's own published material, 2 November 2026. Third-party prices and accuracy figures are those vendors' own published figures. Confirm current terms with the vendor. Sources: BrightManager product page and pricing.

Straight about the limits

Where BrightManager is the better buy

Three things worth knowing before you switch, including the cases where BrightManager is the better buy.

BrightManager runs the whole practice

BrightManager's site lists task and deadline workflows, time tracking, proposals and profitability reporting. Glasscubes is for getting information in from clients. If you want one system to run the practice, choose BrightManager.
Onboarding and AML checks are built in

BrightManager automates client onboarding, including AML checks, risk assessments and requests for HMRC agent authorisation. We do not run KYC or AML checks.
It connects to your accounts software

BrightManager lists integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent, Sage and Companies House, and with other Bright products. If one connected suite matters, weigh that, and ask us on a demo about the connections you need.

Worth a look if…

Clients are the bottleneck, not the team

If work stalls waiting for client information, fix that first with a tool built for it, and keep your practice system.
You want chasing and AI review without a migration

Add Glasscubes for the information chase rather than moving the whole practice.
You want to run the whole practice in one place

Choose BrightManager. It does far more than collect information, and we would rather tell you now.