Really simple to use and gives a good indication of what’s possible - maybe sooner than some would expect. Lots of variables can throw things off course but that’s life. For anyone that hasn’t looke... See more
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Really helpful in helping me get a bead on where I might be heading. The modellers are a great help and have allowed me to see how I *might* be able to bridge the gap between potential early retiremen... See more
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Everything needed to see a clear picture of the future in an easily understandable flow with quick links to .gov to find all needed information to input ina jiffy. The site working well and logically... See more
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Finally a really good pension and drawdown planner. Unlike many others, Guiide takes a holistic approach to all my finances including pensions, ISAs and other savings and then allows me to tweak num... See more
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We only have one aim, to give savers direct access to, or allow trustees, employers and providers to provide tools their pension savers need, to improve their retirement outcomes. Put simply, there are plenty of tools which tell pension savers if they take A each year, earn B returns, their pots will last for C years. For almost everyone these offer no practical help, as nearly everyone has other income or savings to put towards retirement. Included in these are State Pensions, Final Salary pensions, ISA savings and part time work for example. Some of these are taxable, some are not. Our tool is the only fully holistic planning tool that can be used directly by individuals without expert input. Our tool answers the one question pension savers actually want answered, "How do I use everything I have, to get the after tax income I want in retirement?". You can visit the Guiide website for much more detail and to try it for yourself.
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113 Milngavie Road, G61 2QJ, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- guiide.co.uk
4.7
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Outstanding
An outstanding tool that is easy to use and understand with clear inputs and outputs. Just waiting for the capability to combine partners income into calculations (coming soon I believe).
HIGHLY recommended
September 13, 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Guiide
Hi Jack
Many thanks for the review. Yes few compliance and legal things to get over as soon as we do the partners modelling will be there.
Thanks again
Kevin
Straightforward planning
Easy to get a retirement plan, but several limitations (at the moment) mean that it doesn’t cover all situations, but I believe Guiide will improve over time. I like how it gives a different scenarios rather than “this will definitely happen”.
September 4, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi
Many thanks for the review and yes we will keep improving over time.
Thanks
Kevin
Very easy to use and gives a good guide to how your cash flows change over the years.
Clear and easy to follow and very easy to look at a range of scenarios
September 4, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi David
Many thanks for the review, great you find it easy to use as that's the aim.
Thanks
Kevin
Excellent tool for projecting pension
September 3, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Graeme
Many thanks for the review and pleased you like it
Kevin
Retirement Planning Online Tool
Very Good tool for retirement cashflow planning
Easy to use and seems to cater for most situations
September 3, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi
Many thanks for the review and pleased you like it and find it easy to use as thats the aim
Thanks again
Kevin
You can’t miss this.
This is just superb in terms of analysing your own position towards retirement.
Give it a try today and stop worrying and wondering about your future plans.
September 3, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Andrew
Pleased you like, it can help you you stop worrying but please do update and check in over time to see if everything is going to plan.
Thanks
Kevin
Reply from Guiide
Hi Larry
Many thanks for the review and really pleased you like it
Thanks again
Kevin
Excellent tool
Excellent tool; a big thanks to those behind it. Provides a really useful and helpful insight into making plans.
September 5, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Tom
Many thanks for the review and pleased you find it helpful
Thanks again
Kevin
Great platform, but not if you want to use a protected pension age and retire before 55
Sadly you don't allow a retirement age under 55. Plenty of people have a protected pension age of 50 (I know I'm one lol) and would like to access their pension long before 55 (or 57 as it will soon be)
August 31, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Darren
Many thanks for the review. Think its the first time I have had one starting Great Platform but 1 star.
Lets look at the issue you raise. I am not sure if there are any online retirement calculators that offer a pension pot withdrawals from age 50 or access to a final salary scheme from age 50. Although it is possible for those in certain occupational schemes before 2006 as you say.
I imagine the reason for this (like our own) is because it may lead others in the general public without this protection to use it incorrectly and therefore get misleading information.
As you say, others in these schemes may have the same issue. In an ideal world the scheme (or their trustees) would recognise this and provide a tool like ours but with this customisation for their members.
If this is not the case for your scheme, we would be more than happy to discuss licensing a customised version to them with this protected age element. If they wish to support their members with this protection better they may wish to provide this.
Please let me know of the scheme in question or feel free to forward this offer onto them.
Many thanks
Kevin
Great retirement planning tool
August 31, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Mick
Many thanks for the review and pleased you like it
Thanks again
Kevin
Great product
Great product, it's innovative in terms of how flexible it is, why can't the big companies offer this free service.....we all know why. Absolute recommend GUIIDE.
August 18, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Bob
Thanks so much for the review really happy you like it and would recommend it.
Thanks again
Kevin
Reply from Guiide
Hi Michael
Many thanks for the review, easy to use is what we love to hear.
Thanks again
Kevin
Guiide is an excellent free pension calculator
Guiide is an excellent free pension calculator that I would highly recommend. It’s very easy to use, gives clear results instantly, and avoids the usual jargon that makes financial tools confusing. The results are practical, meaningful, and genuinely useful for making better choices with your hard-earned money.
What I really valued is how Guiide shows you not only how long your money might last, but also offers possible solutions if things don’t go exactly to plan. It’s a great starting point for anyone wanting a straightforward picture of their retirement options.
On top of that, the customer service is outstanding. When I contacted their support with a few questions, I received a friendly and helpful response within a couple of hours even late on a Friday afternoon. Kevin Hollister went out of his way to clarify my queries, which gave me real confidence in using the tool.
In short, Guiide is a clear, simple, and highly effective way to plan ahead for retirement. I’d recommend it to anyone who wants reliable insight without the complexity.
August 15, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Paul
Many thanks for taking the time to give us such a nice detailed review. Always happy to help you and others with any questions so you can get the most from it.
Thanks again
Kevin
Excellent & Informative Pension Planning
Guide offer a Great Website with an informative easy to use questionnaire, that lets you plan and model different stress tested retirement plan options
August 18, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi David
Many thanks for the review and really pleased you like it.
Thanks again
Kevin
WoW very very impressive and user…
WoW very very impressive and user friendly - lots of opportunity to change figures as you proceed through the plan and assistance on how to improve.. I have looked at many different planners and this is by far the best - already shared link with friends and family.
August 19, 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Guiide
Hi Sharon
Many thanks for the review, really pleased you like it and are happy to share to others.
Thanks again
Kevin
The website is brilliant
The website is brilliant. It allows you to easily and quickly enter all of you pension and savings info then calculates what level of monthly payments you could expect to receive for life. It's easy to alter your options until you arrive at an acceptable outcome. Very informative.
August 15, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Mike
Many thanks for the review and pleased you like it
Kevin
Easy to read
August 8, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi
Many thanks for the review, easy to use is the aim so that's great
Thanks
Kevin
Easy and very useful results…
Easy and very useful results immediately
Great tool to get started with real meaningful results.
Look forward to Spouse and other useful options.
Well done..
August 13, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi Nick
Thanks so much for taking the time to give us a review and really pleased you like it
Thanks again
Kevin
Best available tool in the UK
The best tool for retirement cashflow and withdrawal planning available in the UK imo. I've been using this over the past 18 months to generate separate plans for myself and my wife and a month ago gave 6 months notice of retirement.
I've previously contacted support with questions and ideas and received helpful and friendly feedback within the same day.
Since the demise of defined benefit pensions the UK has been crying out for something for individuals to use to help them plan retirement and this is it
August 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Guiide
Hi Neil
So many thanks for the review and really pleased you have used it for a long time. That's the aim, things change and we can support people over time to keep on track.
Thanks again
Kevin
Financial future laid out clearly and in a jiffy
Everything needed to see a clear picture of the future in an easily understandable flow with quick links to .gov to find all needed information to input ina jiffy. The site working well and logically. No confusing jargon - CLEAR GUIDANCE and that's what I'm was looking for. Within 20mins or so I knew where my financial future was heading. High praise from me for this fantastic site.
August 13, 2025
Reply from Guiide
Hi
So many thanks for taking the time to give us a review, yes clear guidance is what we aim for so really pleased is seems that way.
Thanks again
Kevin
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