Statrys vs Sleek: Which Is Right for You? (2026)

If you're deciding between Statrys and Sleek to set up a Hong Kong company, most comparisons you'll find split the two of us into "incorporation" and "banking," as if each of us only does one thing well. That's not how either of us is actually licensed, and it's not a useful way to decide.

Statrys holds a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) licence, the same licence category Sleek operates under. That's the credential that actually lets a firm handle incorporation, company secretary work, and statutory filings in Hong Kong. We're not a business account with a corporate-services add-on. We're licensed for exactly what Sleek is licensed for, plus the payments layer some providers refer out to someone else.

So here's the comparison that actually matters: incorporation head-to-head, accounting head-to-head, and only then, what's on top. Every figure below is pulled directly from Sleek's own published pricing as of 22 September 2026, not from a secondhand summary of it, alongside our own published numbers from the same date.

What We're Actually Licensed to Do

It's easy to assume the provider that leads with incorporation is the "real" corporate services company, and the one that leads with a business account is just a fintech with some paperwork services bolted on. The licensing doesn't support that assumption.

Both of us hold a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) licence, the credential the Companies Registry requires to legally handle incorporation, company secretary, and statutory filing work in Hong Kong. We hold that licence too, alongside a Money Service Operator licence for the payments side we run ourselves rather than handing off to a partner. We're licensed to do exactly what Sleek does on company formation, plus the payments layer.

That doesn't make the two of us interchangeable. It means you deserve a head-to-head on incorporation and accounting first, based on what each of us actually delivers.

Incorporation Compared

Sleek's Starter tier is priced to win the first glance. What it doesn't tell you on the pricing page's headline number is that a local founder still needs a registered address to legally incorporate at all, and Sleek sells that back as a HKD 2,000/year add-on outside the Starter price.

Add it in and the gap between "Sleek's cheap tier" and our single package shrinks to almost nothing, and now you're comparing one flat price against a tier plus a mandatory add-on someone conveniently left off the sticker.

We sell one package: government fees, secretary, and a registered address, all included, one price, no tier to second-guess. Sleek's structure works if you're comfortable shopping add-ons piece by piece as you go. I'd rather tell you the real number upfront.

Accounting Compared

Which model actually costs you less depends on your transaction volume, not on which of us treats accounting as a "real" service. A low-volume company will usually pay less on Sleek's fixed annual fee than on our per-transaction pricing. A company with lumpy or seasonal volume can end up overpaying on a flat annual plan sized for its busiest month, which is exactly where our model, reviewed against your trailing 3-month average, tracks your actual cost instead of guessing at it upfront.

On Top of That: A Native Business Account

Once incorporation and accounting are compared like for like, the account is where the two of us genuinely diverge, and it's the one place our scope goes further than Sleek's, not the other way round.

Sleek doesn't run its own account. It refers you to Airwallex or Aspire and the approval decision belongs to that partner, not to Sleek. If that application gets declined or delayed, that's not Sleek's problem to fix, it's yours to chase down with a company you didn't originally sign up with. If your only outstanding need really is a company and its filings, this won't change your decision. But if you also want the account, cards, and payments running on the same login as your incorporation and books, without a second approval process from a company you never chose, this is where we win.

What You'll Actually Pay in Year 2 and Beyond

The incorporation packages compared above are a first-year price. Once that first year of company secretary service, registered address, and government fees rolls off, both of us bill you again, every year, for as long as the company exists. That ongoing number is arguably more useful than the incorporation price, since you pay it far more often.

I checked exactly who qualifies for Sleek's HKD 1,300 headline secretary price, and it's narrower than it looks. That number is Standard tier, one shareholder only, and no director or share changes that year. Add a second shareholder and it becomes HKD 1,900. Three to five shareholders, HKD 2,300 to HKD 2,900. Ten or more, HKD 4,000 to HKD 6,500. And Standard, at any shareholder count, doesn't cover director appointments or share allotments and transfers: each of those is a separate HKD 2,500 charge, or you need Premium (HKD 3,800 to HKD 9,000/year on the same shareholder-count ladder) to get them without a per-event fee.

So the honest version: if your company has exactly one shareholder and makes no director or share changes all year, Sleek's year-2 secretarial and entry-level accounting can genuinely add up to less than ours, roughly HKD 6,800 a year against our flat HKD 7,740 plus accounting.

Add a co-founder, an investor, or a single director change, and that gap closes fast or reverses. Our HKD 7,740 fee doesn't move with shareholder count or with how many changes you make in a year, but we don't publish a separate per-change fee for director or shareholder changes either, so if you expect several of those, get a direct quote from both of us rather than trusting either headline number.

Registration Process Comparison

Both of us offer a remote-friendly registration process with comparable approval times.

The difference is in the application itself. We keep the sign-up shorter, with fewer steps to review upfront.

Sleek's flow presents multiple packages and add-on decisions before you've even started, which takes longer to work through if you don't already know what's actually required to incorporate in Hong Kong versus what's being sold as optional.

It's important to note that we tested Sleek's onboarding process ourselves to see how their pricing actually plays out and what changes once you're inside the signup flow.

Customer Support Comparison

Support hours and channels are close enough between the two of us that this shouldn't be your deciding factor either way.

User Reviews & Ratings

Sleek has a much larger review base, which reflects wider usage across more business stages. We have fewer reviews with a higher average score. Sleek also publishes a 4.5/5 Google Reviews score and a 97% CSAT figure elsewhere, on platforms we don't currently publish a comparable number for. Every provider tends to lead with the metric where it looks best, us included. Check whichever platform you personally trust before deciding.

Conclusion

Both of us are legitimate, licensed options for setting up a Hong Kong company. Don't assume incorporation is Sleek's territory and Statrys is just the bank. We hold the same TCSP licence they do. We sell one incorporation package, a native business account, and pay-per-use accounting under a single login. Sleek sells tiered incorporation and accounting plans with banking handed off to someone else.

Compare the incorporation and accounting numbers against what your business actually does. Then ask yourself whether you want a second company in the mix for banking approval, or whether you'd rather it just be one login from day one.