grantwill.com

What It Is

GrantWill is a French digital legacy and posthumous information delivery service, positioned as a “digital safe” and “last wishes” platform. Users can store administrative documents, financial/insurance information, internet account details, photos and videos, journals, and personalized messages in advance. After the user’s death, a designated “guardian” can trigger the process, after which the content is sent to preselected relatives, friends, or beneficiaries.

Core Features and Permission Model

The platform is not built around traditional enterprise SaaS collaboration. Instead, it focuses on workflows tied to personal life-cycle events: users can appoint 1 to 10 guardians to report their death, but guardians themselves cannot view the stored content. Each message, file, or record can be assigned to one or more recipients. Relatives and friends receive secure download links by email for the relevant information. GrantWill also offers digital identity management, such as closing social media or internet accounts on the user’s behalf after death. Relatives of a deceased person can also ask GrantWill to handle account deletion.

Pricing and Security

The free plan includes the safe, messages, journal, and 10Mo of storage. Premium costs 14€/year and includes 2Go; Premium+ costs 37€/year, includes 30Go, and adds death certificate verification. Account closure is billed per account: 8€/account/lifetime if arranged in advance by the user; for relatives, it costs 8€/account with credentials or 70€/account without credentials. On security, the site states that safe data is encrypted, the team cannot access user content, and the service is registered with France’s CNIL. Payments are processed through LCL with 3D Secure, and the site currently mentions support for Carte Bleue/VISA.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are its focused use case and usable free basic features, making it suitable for systematically organizing digital assets and posthumous notifications. Features such as beneficiary selection and access isolation for guardians help protect privacy. The drawbacks are that free storage is very limited, and photos or videos will quickly require an upgrade. The platform does not disclose APIs, third-party integrations, self-hosting, SLA, or enterprise-grade permissions. Copies of documents also do not replace legally valid originals or a formal will.

Who It’s For and Access from China

GrantWill is best suited to individuals living in France or Europe who want to plan their digital identity and notifications to loved ones in advance, as well as families who need help handling a deceased person’s social media accounts. The site does not disclose availability for access or payments from China, so this remains unknown. Given that it only mentions French bank cards/VISA and is framed around European compliance, Chinese users who care about local accessibility, Chinese-language support, and legal continuity may need to consider local notarization, will services, cloud storage, or password managers as alternatives.