Ignition vs StackGo
Ignition is built for verification at the moment a client signs. StackGo is built for the whole onboarding and AML job, from intake to ongoing monitoring, set up the way your firm works and run from the practice software you already use.
What each product does, the facts side by side, and which firms each suits.
Facts checked against Ignition's own published sources on 22 Aug 2026.
What Ignition is
A proposal, engagement letter and billing platform for accounting firms, with 8,500 customers. In June 2026 it added identity verification at the point a client signs, provided by ComplyCube inside an Ignition-branded workflow.
Where StackGo fits
The whole job, from intake to monitoring. StackGo runs five workflows: Intake, Verify, Screen, Assess and Monitor. Use one or all of them, for individuals and for companies, trusts and SMSFs, with the beneficial owners found and checked.
Set up the way your firm works. Ready-made intake forms show each client only the questions that apply to them. On Growth plans and above you add your own wording and fields, and edit the risk questionnaire to your AML/CTF program, scored against your own thresholds. Medium and High risk clients get enhanced due diligence, and each client's review cycle follows their risk.
Starts and ends in your practice software. Tick KYC Command on a client in Xero Practice Manager or FYI to start a check, or send clients your intake link. Each result is written back to the client record, and on Growth plans and above the collected details and a PDF of the check go back too. Ignition's own documentation says "Compliance currently lives only inside Ignition." StackGo is listed on the Xero App Store, Karbon, FYI and MYOB, with an API and webhooks for other systems.
Do it yourself, or have it done for you. Your team can set everything up. If you need a form or a step that isn't there, StackGo can build it. Plans are published and run month to month.
Where Ignition fits
Verification at signing. The client verifies when they sign the engagement, inside a step they are already taking.
Linked to billing. Service delivery, and so billing, waits until verification passes.
Nothing new to buy. For existing customers it is a setting inside software they already use. Its Enhanced check costs A$10 and covers biometric identity verification, proof of address, PEP and sanctions screening, and ongoing monitoring.
The facts, with sources
| Integration depth | Tier 0, no connection · record kept in Ignition What the tiers mean |
| Records in your system | Updates existing records |
| Pricing | Published |
| Standard identity check (ID document only) | 6 · Does NOT satisfy Tranche 2 on its own — their words |
| Enhanced identity & AML/CTF check | 10 · biometric + proof of address + PEP/sanctions + continuous monitoring |
| Company with one director (worked example, theirs) | 20 · $10 entity + $10 director, billed separately |
| Jurisdictions | AU |
Review platforms
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xero App Store | 4.93 | 547 | Invited |
| Capterra | 4.7 | 152 | Invited |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 | 36 | Organic |
Invited reviews are requested by the vendor, usually at onboarding. Organic reviews are written unprompted.
What reviewers say
Ignition's platform scores 4.7 to 4.93 on review sites that invite customers to review at onboarding, and 3.9 on Trustpilot. Its compliance feature launched in early access in June 2026 and has no reviews yet.
Switching from Ignition
You keep Ignition. Its compliance feature sits inside Ignition, so moving means keeping Ignition for proposals and payments and running onboarding and AML in StackGo from your practice system.
Check what you hold for past clients. Ignition does not keep the raw identity documents or provider reports from its checks. Before you change, confirm the record you hold for past clients meets your record-keeping obligations.
What moves. If your clients sit in Xero Practice Manager, FYI, Karbon or another supported system, StackGo starts each check from the client record and writes the result back to it.
Book a demo and bring your current setup. We will map your client steps onto StackGo so you can judge the move before you make it. Book a demo
Which suits your firm
Ignition suits firms already using it whose clients are mostly individuals or single-director companies, who want verification to happen at signing without a separate tool, and who are content for the compliance record to sit in Ignition.
StackGo suits firms that want the whole onboarding and AML job, from intake to ongoing monitoring, set up the way your firm works and run from the practice software you already use. You can start free without a sales call.
Ready to make onboarding minutes, not hours?
Start free and run your first check today, or book a demo and we will walk you through it.