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Mercury Nexus alternative
or companion?
Connective's Mercury Nexus is capable software, but it comes with one condition: Connective membership. Lend1 works for brokers on any aggregator, and for Connective members it syncs with Mercury Nexus rather than replacing it.
Mercury Nexus is Connective's all-in-one platform for its member brokers: workflows, a client portal, Open Banking verification, built-in eSign and compliance tooling, included with membership at no extra software cost. If you aggregate through Connective, it's where your loans live.
The catch is in that first sentence: it's member software. You can't buy Mercury Nexus independently, and if you ever change aggregator, the platform doesn't come with you. Lend1 approaches the problem differently: an aggregator-independent CRM and white-label onboarding portal that you own regardless of where you aggregate. And because Lend1 two-way syncs with Mercury Nexus, Connective members don't have to choose: Lend1 handles the branded client experience, Mercury Nexus stays the system of record for submission and compliance.
Lend1 vs Mercury Nexus at a glance
| Lend1 | Mercury Nexus | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can use it | Any brokerage, any aggregator | Connective members only |
| Published pricing | $149, $299 or $499 per month, flat | Not published (included with Connective membership) |
| Client portal branding | White-label: your logo, colours and domain | Branded communications within the platform |
| Open banking | Via Fiskil integration (CDR) | Built in (Financial Passport) |
| eSign | Built in | Built in (DigiSign) |
| If you switch aggregator | Platform and client data stay with you | Access is tied to Connective membership |
Comparison based on publicly available information as at July 2026. Pricing and features change, so always confirm current details with each vendor.
Why brokers consider Lend1
You own it, whatever your aggregator
Your CRM, client portal and automation shouldn't be a condition of an aggregation agreement. Lend1 stays with your brokerage if you move.
It works with Mercury Nexus, not against it
Deals, contacts and approved documents sync two ways. Connective members can run Lend1's client experience on top of their existing lodgement workflow.
A truly white-label client experience
Lend1's portal runs on your domain with your branding, so clients deal with your brokerage, not a platform.
Transparent, published pricing
Three flat plans on a public pricing page. No membership bundle to unpick to work out what your software really costs.
When Mercury Nexus might be the better fit
For plenty of Connective members, Mercury Nexus alone is the right call:
You want one bundled system with no additional software spend
Built-in Open Banking and DigiSign inside the lodgement platform cover your client-data needs
You have no plans to change aggregator and don't need a broker-owned portal
- Integrations & APIConnect Lend1 to your aggregator, calendar, payments and the 5000-plus apps on Zapier, so client and deal data flows both ways automatically. No more double-keying between systems.
- Customer Portal & OnboardingWhite-label onboarding on your domain: multiple finance types, flows you build step by step, code sign-in, and a client portal for documents and signatures.
- Deal Pipeline & CRMA visual Kanban pipeline with drag-and-drop stages, 360-degree deal views, lead scoring and a full audit trail, so your whole team works from one source of truth.
- AI-Powered IntelligenceAsk Lend1 AI from any screen. It knows the deal you have open, sends onboarding links, writes notes and tasks, chases documents and answers in plain English.
The quickest way to compare properly is to see Lend1 with your own scenarios. Explore the full feature set, transparent pricing, or all broker CRM comparisons.
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