I build client portals and AI tooling for accounting and law practices in the UK and the UAE, working remotely from my office in Pakistan. A portal is $28,000 to $55,000, fixed before the build starts and typically 4 to 10 weeks, and if you aren't sure what you need, the Ops Leak Audit, at $3,500 fixed, prices the fix first. I haven't published a build for an accounting or law firm yet. The closest named work is Beeline, a healthcare credentialing and billing company, whose credentialing platform replaced a color-coded workbook and by the end of July 2026 held 250 clients and 2,042 insurer applications, showing which wait on the team and which wait on the insurer.
What a portal for a practice holds
The parts a practice needs are ones already running in production for other clients.
- Each client sees only their own work. Clients log in to a portal that shows their own jobs and nothing of anyone else's, and staff permissions are set by role.
- Every job follows a fixed path. From the engagement to sign-off, each step is set in the software, so a status is never a note someone typed. In Broomstick Hub that path takes a new client from first inquiry to an active project in about 10 minutes.
- Follow-ups come to the person who owns them. On Beeline, each insurer has its own follow-up timetable, and each person starts the day with their own list, most overdue first.
- A record of every change. Every change is logged. On Beeline, finance and credential records are kept for 7 years and everyday records for 1.
- Money in more than one currency. On Beeline, every amount is stored with the exchange rate it was recorded at, so a report run again later matches the original line for line.
AI, with sensitive data kept out
On Beeline, every free-text box is checked for patient details before anything is saved, and every AI request carries a standing instruction to keep them out. That's the pattern I'd bring to a practice holding clients' tax or legal documents. AI drafts and sorts, and a person signs off on anything that leaves the firm. The AI Tooling page has the rest.
Off the shelf first, if it fits
If an off-the-shelf tool like TaxDome or Karbon fits the way your firm works, use it. My comparison of Karbon against a custom build says to pick Karbon when your firm has 25 or more people and its delivery has standardized, and to go custom when the way you work is your own, or when per-seat pricing costs too much for a small partner team. The audit holds to the same rule. If a cheaper fix inside a tool you already pay for beats replacing it, the report says so on page one.
Working with a firm in the UK or the UAE
I work from my office in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, with teams in the UK and the UAE, and I don't have an office in either. Before the audit's kickoff I sign your NDA or send you mine. Recordings and documents are used for the audit and nothing else, and deleted when you ask or when the work ends.
How the pricing works
The Ops Leak Audit is $3,500 fixed for one team, a practice's accounts team for example, which is about £2,600 or AED 12,850 at today's exchange rates. A portal build is $28,000 to $55,000, fixed before the build starts, and the audit fee comes off it if the build starts within 90 days of the readout. AI tooling is priced once I see the scope. Each service and its price is listed below.
