Estateably vs Estate-a-Base
(Dye & Durham)

Legacy tools weren’t built for modern estate workflows.

  • Estateably = cloud-first estate administration platform with integrated accounting, automation, and collaboration.
  • Estate-a-Base = a long-standing estate administration tool within the Dye & Durham ecosystem, historically desktop-based and evolving toward cloud access.

Here are a few key differences between Estateably and Estate-a-Base:

Form Name
Jurisdiction
Creator
California Standard Accounting Report
California
DE-111 – Petition for Probate
California
DE-120 – Notice of Hearing
California
DE-121 – Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
California
P-2.0204 - Petition for Summary Administration (all versions)
Florida
P-2.0300 - Order Of Summary Administration (all versions)
Florida
P-3.0100 - Petition For Administration (all versions)
Florida
P-3.0440 - Order Appointing Personal Representative (all versions)
Florida
Account Or Safe Deposit Box Inquiry
USA
Cancel Credit Card or Charge Account
USA
Insurance Company Claim Forms
USA
Life Insurance Proceeds To Beneficiary
USA
Equifax Letter
Canada
Informal Accounting
Canada
Original Asset List
Canada
Passport Cancellation
Canada
AOC-E-199 - Application For Probate (Without Qualification of a Personal Representative)
North Carolina
AOC-E-201 - Application For Probate And Letters
North Carolina
AOC-E-202 - Application for Letters of Administration
North Carolina
AOC-E-204 - Affidavit Of Collection, Disbursement And Distribution
North Carolina
74A Application for Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee
Ontario
74B Affidavit of Service of Application for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee
Ontario
74C Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee
Ontario
74G Renunciation and Consent
Ontario
MPC 150 - Petition For Informal Probate Of Will And/or Appointment Of Personal Representative
Massachusetts
MPC 160 - Petition For Formal Probate Of Will And/or Appointment Personal Representative
Massachusetts
MPC 161 - Petition For Late And Limited Formal Testacy And/or Appointment
Massachusetts
MPC 162 - Surviving Spouse, Children, Heirs At Law
Massachusetts
A1 - Petition For Administration
New York
AA1 - Petition For Ancillary Administration
New York
ADM/DBN-1 - Petition For Administration d.b.n
New York
AP1 - Petition For Ancillary Probate
New York
Case Progress at 6% with three estate account balances: $257,143.55, $1,552,643.94, and $98,464.93.
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Amy Harper
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Wade Warren
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Mary Smith
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Jason Evans
Probate Forms
Small Estate Certificate
Certificate Issued
Affidavits
Directions and Other Precedents
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Overview

A modern, cloud-first platform (built that way since day one) that supports U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions—built for today’s law firms and trust companies running estate workflows at scale.
A Canadian estate administration platform. It’s historically been desktop-based, with Emergent Cloud adding a cloud option—primarily for Canadian firms.

Pricing

Multiple full access platform plan options and the always available per file plans ($149 –$399), so it’s easy to scale as your caseload grows.
Typically tied to licensing or transactional pricing within the broader Dye & Durham platform, which may vary depending on usage and configuration.

Cloud vs Desktop Architecture

Fully cloud-native, so teams can access files anywhere, collaborate across offices, and get automatic updates (without managing infrastructure).
Rooted in desktop-based architecture, required to be installed on a desktop computer. Not built for modern practices.

Security & Compliance

Enterprise-grade security with SOC 2 compliance, encrypted data at rest and in transit, automated backups, and built-in audit trails.
Security is managed within the Dye & Durham ecosystem, with protections tied to platform infrastructure and deployment model.

Jurisdiction Coverage

Supports U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions.
Primarily aligned with Ontario estate administration workflows.

Integrations

Integrates with popular practice management software and a growing ecosystem of native integrations (and keeps expanding over time). Estateably supports in-app Estate Information Returns submissions directly to the Ontario Ministry of Finance.
Integrated within the Dye & Durham ecosystem, with connectivity centered around its suite of products.

AI & Automation

Expanding workflow automation and AI-driven features - focused on keeping files moving and reducing repetitive work.
Limited public emphasis on AI-driven workflow automation.

Best For

Firms looking for a modern, cloud platform with integrated estate administration workflows and jurisdiction support in the U.S. or Canada.
Firms already embedded in the Dye & Durham ecosystem and working primarily within Ontario with occasional estate cases.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the product and billing.
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Estateably is a cloud-first estate and trust administration platform built for modern firms managing fiduciary workflows across Canada and the United States. Estate-a-Base is a long-standing estate administration solution that has historically been desktop-based and primarily focused on Canadian estate administration.

Estateably brings estate administration, fiduciary accounting, document automation, task management, reporting, and collaboration into one cloud-based platform—giving teams greater flexibility to work from anywhere while reducing manual administrative work.

Estateably uses automation and AI-assisted tools to reduce repetitive work throughout estate administration. The platform can automate forms and documents, streamline accounting workflows, generate reports, manage tasks, and use AI-assisted processing to extract information from bank and investment statements.

The goal is simple: enter and manage information efficiently, then let Estateably put that data to work across the file—reducing manual entry and helping keep estate administration moving.

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Firms looking for a modern alternative to Estate-a-Base may consider Estateably for its cloud-native architecture, U.S. and Canadian jurisdiction support, integrated fiduciary accounting, workflow automation, AI-assisted capabilities, security features, and growing ecosystem of integrations.

Estateably is designed to bring more of the estate administration process into one connected platform, helping firms spend less time managing software and repetitive administrative work—and more time serving clients.

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