A simpler Senta alternative for small UK practices

Senta is now part of IRIS Elements. Mipp keeps every client's UK deadlines, tasks and new enquiries in one place, built for practices of one to three people. Pay monthly and cancel any time, with no 12-month contract.

• £19 a month, cancel any time. Monthly plans have no contract, or pay £190 a year. IRIS Elements Practice Management Essentials, which Senta has become, starts at £29 per user a month billed annually, on a 12-month contract.
• UK deadlines built in. Enter a client's year end, VAT, payroll, CIS and Self Assessment details and Mipp schedules the next 12 months of deadlines in one Compliance view.
• Quick to move in. Import up to 500 clients at a time from a CSV file, and look companies up on Companies House as you add them.
• A simple pipeline and a task board per client. Follow enquiries from first contact to signed client, and each client's work from To do to Filed.
• Deadlines in your own calendar. A private feed for Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar.

Last reviewed 8 October 2026. Prices checked on iris.co.uk, senta.co and mipp.co.uk that day. Written by the Mipp team.

If you run a UK practice of one to three people and mainly need a client list, a pipeline for new work and every client's HMRC and Companies House deadlines in one place, Mipp is a simpler, cheaper Senta alternative: £19 a month for one person with no contract, against £29 a month on a 12-month contract for IRIS Elements Practice Management Essentials, the plan Senta has become (UK pricing, October 2026). If you rely on automated client emails and texts, a client portal, e-signatures or a login for each person, Senta, now IRIS Elements Practice Management, is the better choice and Mipp will not replace it.

What has happened to Senta

Senta's own website says Senta by IRIS has been incorporated into IRIS Elements, as IRIS Elements Practice Management, with the same functionality for the same price, and Senta's UK pricing page now redirects to that announcement (senta.co, checked 8 October 2026). So if you use Senta today, the real choice is between moving with it to IRIS Elements and moving to something else. This page compares Mipp with IRIS Elements Practice Management Essentials, which IRIS describes as its plan for start-ups and small practices. You may see older Senta prices quoted elsewhere; the figures below are IRIS's current ones.

Side by side

IRIS Elements Practice Management features and prices as listed on iris.co.uk; data export as listed on Senta's features page. Both checked on 8 October 2026. Check IRIS's own site for current plans.

Senta pricing in the UK vs Mipp, for 1, 2 and 3 users

These are yearly costs from each company's own pricing page on 8 October 2026. IRIS's calculator for Practice Management Essentials shows £29 a month for one on annual billing (£36 on monthly billing), and £27 a month (£34 on monthly billing) from two upwards, with a 12-month contract either way. IRIS's overview page describes Practice Management prices per user per month, so the figures below multiply by the number of users; the calculator itself labels the number "clients", so check their site to confirm. Mipp prices are as shown in our pricing section.

All figures per year. IRIS Elements Practice Management Essentials: £36 a month for one or £34 each from two, billed monthly; £29 a month for one or £27 each from two, billed annually; 12-month contract on both. Mipp Growth covers up to three team members in your workspace, but each Mipp account has one sign-in for now, so the team shares it. Sources: iris.co.uk IRIS Elements Practice Management and mipp.co.uk pricing, both checked 8 October 2026. IRIS's page does not say whether its prices include VAT. Even if VAT at 20% were added to Mipp's price, one person on Mipp's monthly plan (£273.60 a year) would cost less than one IRIS Essentials user billed annually (£348).

Pick Mipp if...

Pick Mipp if you are a sole practitioner or a practice of up to three people, and your real problem is keeping track of deadlines and work rather than automating client communication.

• Deadlines worked out for you. Enter a client's year end, VAT stagger, payroll, CIS and Self Assessment details, and Mipp schedules the next 12 months of deadlines in its Compliance view: VAT returns, payroll runs, P60s, P11Ds, CT600s, annual accounts, confirmation statements, Self Assessment returns, MTD quarterly updates, CIS returns and payments, and auto-enrolment re-declarations.
• One view of what is late. Deadlines are grouped into Overdue, Due this week, Due this month and Later, with tabs for VAT, Payroll and PAYE, Accounts and CT, Self Assessment, CIS and your own practice reminders such as AML, PII, ICO registration and your practising certificate. Each deadline has a stage, from To do to Submitted, and you can update several at once.
• A task board for every client, with To do, In progress, Awaiting client and Filed columns, and a pipeline for new enquiries. The Accountancy workspace relabels the pipeline for a practice (Enquiry, Scoping, Proposal sent, Engagement & AML and Client, with lost deals shown as Not proceeding) and adds onboarding and offboarding checklists that put their steps on the client's board.
• Companies House lookup. When you add a company, "Find on Companies House" searches by name or number and fills in the company name, entity type, year end and registered address, and saves the company number, incorporation date and confirmation statement date. A "Look up" button in a client's compliance details fills in the same company details for existing clients. Mipp then works out the accounts and confirmation statement deadlines from those dates using its own rules; it does not copy due dates from Companies House, and it is a lookup you run, not an automatic sync.
• Deadlines in your own calendar. A private calendar feed puts every deadline in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
• Low commitment. £19 a month for one person with no contract, or £190 a year. You sign up and start yourself, with no demo or onboarding call.

Deadline dates are a planning aid calculated from the information you enter, using standard UK rules, not tax advice. Mipp does not file anything with HMRC or Companies House, does not email your clients and does not track payments.

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When Senta (IRIS Elements) is the better choice

If you want your software to email clients for you, or you work across the IRIS suite, IRIS Elements is built for that. It includes these and Mipp does not:

• automated client emails and text messages
• a client portal with e-signatures and client Q&A
• a separate login and user level for each member of staff
• a Companies House integration that, by Senta's own description, syncs client records and pulls in compliance dates
• working within IRIS: Essentials syncs with IRIS Accountancy Suite, and IRIS Elements tax, accounts production, AML and Proposal Manager are available as add-ons
• a longer free trial: 30 days of Essentials with no credit card required

If you are a Senta user who relies on its automated client emails and portal, moving with it to IRIS Elements keeps that way of working. The trade-off is commitment: IRIS shows a 12-month contract on both monthly and annual billing.

Switching from Senta to Mipp

1. Export your client list as a CSV file. Senta's features page lists client export; check IRIS's help centre for the current steps.
2. Download Mipp's import template from Clients, Import. Mipp matches column headings automatically. Columns include Company name, Entity type, Company number, Year end (DD-MM), VAT registered (yes/no), VAT stagger, Payroll (yes/no), Payroll frequency, Self assessment (yes/no), Monthly fee, Annual fee, and a main contact's name, email and phone.
3. Import up to 500 rows at a time. Rows with no company name, or a name already in Mipp, are skipped and listed with the reason.
4. Check the Compliance view. Clients imported with a year end, VAT or payroll details get their deadlines scheduled straight away. Tick "MTD for Income Tax" on each client who needs quarterly updates.
5. Keep what lives only in Senta. Import covers clients and one main contact for each. Emails, jobs, documents, portal history and signed documents stay where they are, so export anything you need to keep, and check when your contract renews, before you leave.

Mipp does not have a data export yet, so bear that in mind if you think you may move again. If you are moving more than 500 clients, or anything is unclear, email sam@mipp.co.uk and we will help.

Questions about switching from Senta

Is Mipp a good Senta alternative for a small UK practice?

For a sole practitioner or a practice of up to three people who mainly need deadlines, tasks and a client list, yes. If you rely on automated client emails and texts, a client portal, e-signatures or a login for each person, no: Senta, now IRIS Elements Practice Management, is the better choice.

What has happened to Senta?

Senta's own website says Senta by IRIS has been incorporated into IRIS Elements, as IRIS Elements Practice Management, with the same functionality for the same price. Senta's UK pricing page now redirects there (checked 8 October 2026).

How much does Senta cost in the UK now?

Senta's UK pricing now points to IRIS Elements Practice Management. Its Essentials plan shows £29 a month for one on annual billing or £36 a month on monthly billing, and £27 or £34 from two upwards, on a 12-month contract (checked 8 October 2026). Check IRIS's site for current prices.

Can I import my clients from Senta?

Yes. Export your client list as a CSV file and import it into Mipp, up to 500 rows at a time. Import covers clients and one main contact for each; emails, jobs, documents and portal history do not come across.

Can I export my data from Mipp?

Not yet. Mipp does not have a data export at the moment, so bear that in mind before you move.

Can my whole team use Mipp?

Growth, at £49 a month, covers up to three team members in your workspace, but each Mipp account has one sign-in for now, so the team shares it. If each person needs their own login today, Senta, now IRIS Elements Practice Management, is the better fit.

Is the free trial really free?

Yes. You get 14 days with full access. We take card details up front but nothing is charged until day 15, and you can cancel anytime before then and pay nothing.

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