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Tier-1 Partner Program

For UAE accounting firms growing beyond billable hours

Built for the Big 4 UAE SMB advisory teams (Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY), tier-1 audit firms (BDO, Grant Thornton, RSM, Crowe), and mid-market consultancies that serve UAE SMB clients on VAT, Corporate Tax, e-invoicing, and bookkeeping. 22% Y1 / 12% lifetime MRR revenue share (2 percentage points above market — sustainable, not inflated), white-label option from Pro tier, multi-client dashboard, co-marketing, and a dedicated firm-success lead.

22% Y1 / 12% lifetime MRR share White-label from Pro tier Multi-client dashboard Co-marketing budget Dedicated firm-success lead

Contents

  1. Why this program exists
  2. The current-recommendation problem
  3. Revenue share economics
  4. Three partner tiers
  5. What every tier gets
  6. What your client gets
  7. Onboarding flow
  8. White-label option
  9. vs other UAE accounting software partner programs
  10. FAQ

Why this program exists

UAE accounting firms — especially Big 4 SMB advisory practices and mid-market audit firms — already serve hundreds of UAE SMB clients on tax, payroll, and bookkeeping. The bottleneck on growing those practices is not new client demand. It is the scaling cost of doing the actual work: VAT 201 prep, Corporate Tax filings, payroll runs, e-invoicing onboarding. Each new SMB client adds linear hours; firms can either hire (margin compression) or turn work away.

HIBR is the platform that lets a firm partner take on more clients per associate without proportional hiring. The AI Tax Co-pilot does the tedious lookup work; the bilingual bookkeeper categorizes routine transactions; the auto-prep VAT 201 means associates review, not key in. The firm captures the time savings as margin — and HIBR shares the subscription revenue.

This program turns the relationship from "we recommend other UAE accounting tools and don't make anything off it" into a genuine economic partnership.

The current-recommendation problem

What firms tell us when we ask which UAE accounting software they currently recommend:

"other UAE accounting tools works but the UAE features are bolted on. We get clients asking why their VAT 201 has these extra steps." Big 4 senior manager, Dubai.

"other UAE accounting tools is UAE-built but the inventory and payroll modules are weak. We end up referring clients elsewhere for POS or WPS." Tier-1 audit firm partner.

"We recommend whatever our client already uses because untangling them from one product to another is unbillable hours we can't recover." Mid-tier firm partner, Abu Dhabi.

And the kicker: "We make zero from the recommendation. Worse — we maintain expertise on 4 different products. Pick one good product and pay us to recommend it. Done."

That's exactly what HIBR offers.

Revenue share economics

HIBR pays partner firms recurring monthly revenue share on the subscription fees of any client referred to and retained on the platform. The rate is flat across all tiers — what changes by tier is the level of partnership benefits (co-marketing budget, white-label, dedicated success lead), not the share itself.

TierAnnual Referred MRRRevenue share %Average partner annual income (10 clients on Pro)
Bronze0 – 60K22% Y1 / 12% lifetime13,173 Y1
Silver60K – 200K22% Y1 / 12% lifetime13,173 Y1 + co-marketing budget
Gold (Tier-1)200K+22% Y1 / 12% lifetime13,173 Y1 + full white-label + dedicated success lead

The share applies to all months the client stays on HIBR, not just the first year (Year 2 onwards at the 12% lifetime rate). If a Big 4 firm onboards 50 SMB clients on the Pro tier (499/mo), that's 14,950 monthly recurring MRR contribution. At the 22% Y1 rate, that's 3,289/month to the firm in Year 1, 1,794/month from Year 2 onwards — recurring for the lifetime of every client.

Net economics for a Big 4 SMB advisory team: Today the team makes zero on the software recommendation. With HIBR, the same recommendation produces 39,468 in Year 1 and 21,528/year thereafter on a 50-client cohort — at zero additional operating cost. Compounded over 5 years = 125,580. Sustainable economics, not inflated promises.

Three partner tiers

Bronze · Authorized Partner

Revenue share
22% / 12%
  • Listed in HIBR partner directory
  • Quarterly co-marketing webinar slots
  • Partner portal access
  • Multi-client management
  • Email + chat support
  • Self-onboarding

Gold · Strategic Partner

Revenue share
22% / 12%
  • Everything in Silver
  • Custom UI white-label (Enterprise tier)
  • Dedicated technical integration support
  • Joint go-to-market plan
  • Annual co-branded UAE compliance report
  • First-call on new feature input
  • Exclusive territory consideration

What every partner tier gets (Bronze through Gold)

What your client gets — and why they say yes when you recommend HIBR

The recommendation only works if the client benefits too. HIBR pricing for a firm-referred client mirrors public pricing — partners get revenue share, clients get the same product at the same price. No hidden markup.

Client outcomeWhat HIBR provides
30-day free trial, no cardSame as direct signup. Firm-referred trial extends 60 days on request
Founder pricing locked 12 monthsSame as direct beta participants
Free white-glove migrationFrom other UAE accounting tools (see migration guides)
VAT 201 auto-prep + FTA submissionThe product wedge — no other UAE ERP does this end-to-end
Bilingual AI Tax Co-pilotEN + AR, citing Federal Decree-Law references (see demo)
UAE PDPL data residencyAWS me-central-1 Bahrain, no data leaves GCC (see details)
SLA with FTA-window protection5-day pre-deadline protection, see SLA page

Onboarding flow — from contact to first client deployed

Week 1 Initial conversation

30-min call with HIBR firm-success lead. Walk through your current SMB advisory practice size, client profile, current software recommendations. Establish tier expectations and the partnership template that will be signed.

Week 2 Partnership agreement

Standard agreement covers revenue share, white-label scope, exclusivity (none by default), data ownership (client always owns their data), termination terms. UAE-jurisdiction governing law. Legal review on your side is encouraged.

Week 3 Firm setup

HIBR provisions your partner portal. Firm-success lead trains 2-3 of your associates on the platform (~4 hours). White-label tier customers also receive branding + custom-domain setup. API keys issued for any firm-built tooling.

Week 4-6 First 3 pilot clients

Pick 3 SMB clients for initial onboarding. White-glove migration is included for each. Firm-success lead pairs with your associates on the first migration to transfer the workflow. By Week 6, your team is running migrations independently.

Month 3+ Scale

Quarterly business review with firm-success lead. Co-marketing campaign kicks off if Silver+. Revenue share auto-deposited monthly. Clients renew or churn through their normal subscription lifecycle.

White-label option (Silver+ tiers)

Silver and Gold tier partners can run HIBR under their firm's brand. Available scope:

What white-label does NOT cover: Direct contractual relationship with the end client remains with HIBR — clients agree to HIBR Terms of Service and HIBR's Privacy Policy at signup, with the firm-brand layer visible. This protects both you (no client-data liability) and us (we can support the customer directly when needed). Pure "we run a competing product" white-label is not what this program offers — that would be reselling, which we do via the separate enterprise reseller agreement.

vs other UAE accounting software partner programs

FeatureHIBRother UAE accounting toolsother UAE accounting toolsother UAE accounting tools
Revenue share22% Y1 / 12% lifetime (recurring)15% first year onlyNone publicly disclosed10% first year
Multi-client dashboardYesYesLimitedYes (ProAdvisor)
White-label optionFrom Silver tierNoNoNo
Co-marketing budgetFrom Silver tierCase-by-caseNoLimited
Dedicated firm-success leadFrom Silver tierNoNoPremium only
UAE-specific roadmap inputFirst-call from GoldGlobal productSomeGlobal product
FTA-window SLA protection for clientsYesNoNoNo

FAQ

What happens if a referred client churns?

Revenue share stops the month they cancel. There is no clawback on prior months — that revenue was earned during their active subscription period. The client remains free to come back; if they restart, revenue share resumes from the new subscription start date.

Can a client be attributed to multiple partner firms?

Each client is attributed to one partner — typically the first firm that referred them. If a client moves between advisory firms, attribution remains with the original referring partner unless the client explicitly transfers it. Disputes are rare and resolved via the partner agreement's tie-break clause (HIBR firm-success lead mediates).

Is there a minimum referral commitment?

No. Bronze tier is open to any qualified firm with no minimum referrals. Silver requires 60K annual referred MRR to access white-label and dedicated success. Gold requires 200K. Tiers are reviewed quarterly.

How does HIBR handle a client we lose to a competitor recommendation?

That happens. We do not penalize partners for client churn. If your firm later starts recommending HIBR again, your tier resumes based on actual referred MRR. We track partner tier on a rolling 12-month basis, so a single bad quarter does not demote a partner instantly.

Can Big 4 firms use a master agreement framework?

Yes. Gold tier partners can negotiate a master services agreement covering the firm globally with regional addenda. Especially relevant for Big 4 where the UAE office is part of a Middle East regional structure. Our legal team works with your procurement directly.

What about audit independence — can audit firms recommend HIBR to their audit clients?

UAE auditor independence rules (per the regulator and SCA + UAE Companies Law) allow software recommendation by audit firms as long as the firm does not derive material economic dependence on the software vendor. Standard practice is to disclose the partnership to the client. We've worked with multiple audit firms on the compliance framework — happy to share the template.

Is the partner program available outside the UAE?

Currently UAE-focused. Saudi expansion planned for Year 2 (per master plan §7 Phase 4) — Saudi-focused partner program will follow with KSA-specific revenue share structure. Partners with offices in both UAE and Saudi can register early interest with the firm-success lead.

Who is the right person at our firm to start this conversation?

Big 4: the UAE SMB Advisory partner. Tier-1 audit / mid-market: the Managing Partner or Senior Partner overseeing the SMB-services line. Specialist tax-advisory boutiques: the partner with VAT/CT practice ownership. Below 5-partner firms: just the founder or managing partner directly.

Ready to start the conversation?

Email partners@hibr.ai with your firm name, partner contact, and rough SMB client count. We respond within 2 business days with a 30-min call slot.

Email partners@hibr.ai → General partner program