Integrations
Connect the Better Off Calculator with the systems you already use
Connect the Better Off Calculator to your own systems via API
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Use your existing work account
Make accessing the Better Off Calculator easier for your team. Staff can sign in using their existing Microsoft or Google work accounts, without needing a separate password.
Advice and budgeting partners
Inicio
We work with Inicio, a budgeting and income and expenditure platform, so customers can move between the two services without repeating themselves. People who complete a budget with Inicio can go on to check their benefits and social tariff eligibility with us. Those who are struggling with bills can go from our calculator to Inicio for budgeting support.
Evolutive
Evolutive is a case management system used by organisations that deliver employment support, such as Connect to Work programmes. Advisers can start a benefits check in the Better Off Calculator straight from Evolutive, with the person’s details already filled in. That makes it quicker to show someone how their income could change as they move into work.
AdvicePro
The Better Off Calculator connects with AdvicePro, the case management system used by many advice agencies and councils. Advisers can run a benefits check from inside AdvicePro, and completed calculations can be sent back into AdvicePro as new referrals. These include a full budget that meets the Standard Financial Statement (SFS), which is widely used in money advice.
Utility provider integrations
Water bill discounts (social tariffs)
The Better Off Calculator automatically identifies someone’s water supplier and checks whether they could be eligible for a discounted water bill. If they qualify, they can apply directly in one click, with their details already filled in, making it quicker and easier to access support.
Energy bill support
The Better Off Calculator helps eligible households in SSEN’s area join the Priority Services Register for extra support during power cuts. It also signposts people struggling with energy bills to their supplier’s hardship fund or support scheme.
Grants and household bill support
People can go from their benefits check straight to Lightning Reach to find and apply for charitable grants that match their situation. Their details are carried across, so applying is quicker and easier.
Eligible households can book a free call with Pocket Power to help them save money on energy, broadband and water bills and find grants they may be missing.
