Optiml
How it WorksFeaturesStrategiesResourcesOptiml litePricingFor Advisors
Sign InSign UpSign Up - It's Free
Optiml

How Optiml works

DIY retirement planning software.

Start your 14-day free trial
Try Optiml Lite free

Built for Every Canadian

Whether you're in British Columbia or Newfoundland, planning solo or building your dream retirement with your spouse. Optiml has you covered.

All Provinces & Territories

Full tax optimization across all 13 Canadian provinces and territories

Individual Planning

A retirement plan built entirely around your unique financial situation and goals

Joint Household Planning

Optimize together. The power couple. One optimized household strategy.

The Optiml approach

Start with the end in mind

Every great retirement plan begins with two fundamental questions. Tell Optiml everything you want to accomplish: your lifestyle, goals, and legacy. Optiml then works backwards to find the most tax-efficient path to get there. No guesswork. No generic advice. Just your optimized plan.

How much do you want to spend?

$7,850/mo after tax

How much do you want to leave behind?

$300K for the kids

Optiml works backwards

It tests withdrawal orders, CPP and OAS timing and tax moves against your goals.

Your optimized plan

The most tax-efficient path to the life you described.

Unlike Traditional Financial Planning

Traditional Planning

Focuses only on the current year

Year-by-year decisions made in isolation

No long-term tax optimization

Generic, one-size-fits-all strategies

Optiml

Plans your entire retirement lifetime at once

Every decision connected to long-term outcomes

Minimizes your total lifetime tax burden

Fully personalized to your exact goals

Step-by-step setup

Build Your Financial Profile

Input your complete financial picture. Optiml needs to understand where you are today to find your best path forward.

Average onboarding time takes 15 minutes

Step 1 · Your starting point

Income & Government Benefits

Add all your sources of income and government benefit details. Optiml factors in current and future income sources.

Employment Income
Self-Employment
Pension
CPP / QPP
OAS

Step 2 · Your wealth picture

Investment Balances

Add your registered and non-registered investment account balances. Optiml only needs each account combined totals, not individual stock details.

RRSP
TFSA
FHSA
RRIF
LIF
LIRA
RDSP
RESP
Non-Registered

Step 3 · Every dollar of net worth

Assets

Add all your personal assets including real estate, insurance, private equity, and other assets. And business assets like Trust, Holding Company, and Operating Company.

Primary Residence
Cottage / Cabin
Income Properties
Land
Insurance
Private Equity
Personal Assets
Holding Company
Operating Company
Trust

Step 4 · Your life's ambitions

Goals

Simulate future purchases and expenses, one-time or recurring. Whether it is a kitchen renovation, a family vacation, your child's wedding, or charitable giving, it all gets factored in.

Renovations
Vacations
Weddings
Gifting to Children
Charitable Giving
Education
Vehicles
Major Purchases

Step 5 · Clear the full picture

Debt

Capture all outstanding debt obligations beyond your mortgage. Debt is a critical factor that must be accounted for in your long-term plan.

Line of Credit
HELOC
Personal Loans
Credit Card Debt

Is your debt's interest rate tax deductible? Factor that into your Optiml plan.

Step 6 · The most important step

Living Expenses

Define your after-tax income needs to fund your lifestyle, today and into the future. Create different spending phases to reflect how your needs will evolve through retirement.

Annual Household Expenses
Desired After-Tax Income
Go-Go Phase
Slow-Go Phase
No-Go Phase

Now for the Fun Part

Choose Your Retirement Strategy

With your profile complete, select the strategy that matches your goals. Optiml will find the most tax-efficient path to get you there.

With Optiml

Without

Estate Goal

Maximize After-Tax Estate

Tell Optiml how much after-tax income you need each year. It secures your lifestyle first, then builds a mathematically optimized plan to leave the largest possible after-tax legacy to the people you care about.

Explore this strategy

With Optiml

Without

Tax Goal

Minimize Lifetime Taxes

Tell Optiml how much you want in after-tax dollars each and every year of your plan. Your plan will develop a tax-efficient withdrawal strategy to ensure you pay the least amount of taxes over your lifetime.

Explore this strategy

With Optiml

Without

Spending Goal

Maximize Retirement Spending

Spend more, worry less. Optiml designs a tax-efficient withdrawal strategy around one goal: maximizing your after-tax income each year so you can live your best retirement without ever running out of money.

Explore this strategy

Your spending

Estate target

Set Estate Goal

Set Your Estate Target

Define exactly how much you want to leave behind in after-tax dollars. Optiml locks in your legacy goal and calculates the maximum you can spend throughout your lifetime, while confirming you will still hit your target.

Explore this strategy

Strategic draw

No strategy

RRSP Strategy

RRSP Meltdown Strategy

Build your plan around your RRSP. Select between a conservative, moderate, or aggressive meltdown, or create your own custom strategy, to draw down your RRSP in a way that minimizes your tax hit over time.

Explore this strategy

OAS preserved

Clawed back

OAS Strategy

OAS Clawback Reducer

If your primary focus is ensuring you receive maximum OAS payments each year, this is the strategy for you. Optiml builds a plan designed to avoid OAS clawbacks as much as mathematically possible, while still delivering the after-tax income you need each year.

Explore this strategy

Swipe to see all 6 strategies

Estate

Spending

Tax

Build Your Own Custom Plan

Our optimized plans run the numbers and provide a math-based approach. Want to add your own touch? Input your own deposit and withdrawal strategy to build a plan exactly the way you want it.

Explore this strategy

Run unlimited what-if scenarios.

Once you've run your first plan, the real power begins. Change any single input and instantly see the impact on your entire plan.

What if we retire at 62?

Couple, both 58 · $1.2M saved

Income after tax

$7,850/mo

Saved at retirement

$1.50M

Understand your plan

Meet EVA. Your personal AI assistant.

Optiml is built for more than just optimization. It is built for empowerment. We do not just show you your financial plan, we give you the tools to master it.

EVA is Optiml's AI assistant. Ask it anything about how Optiml works, or why your plan is making a specific decision in any year.

Questions EVA can answer

EVA

Your plan

Why is Optiml withdrawing from my RRSP at age 63?
Your taxable income is low between retiring and age 70, before your CPP starts. Drawing RRSP money now fills those lower tax brackets, so less of it is taxed at higher rates later, when CPP, OAS and RRIF minimums all stack up.

Ready to build your optimized plan?

Take control of your financial future.

Optiml Logo

Empowering Canadians to take control of their financial future.

Better Business Bureau Logo

BBB RATING: A+

Features

EVA - AI AssistantCPP & OAS OptimizerWithdrawal OptimizerSuccess ScoreCompare PlansWealthica IntegrationEstate ProjectorBusiness Owners

© 2026 Optiml. All rights reserved.