HoneyBook alternatives
At 1 freelancer sending 10 invoices a month, HoneyBook costs $29 a month. 2 freelancer business tools cost less, from $25 (Bonsai). The closest match, Bonsai, covers 82% of what HoneyBook does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What HoneyBook does
Core: Workflow automation (partly), Quotes & estimates, Electronic signatures (partly), Proposal builder, Payments at signing, Online invoice payments, Client CRM and lead capture (partly), Reminders & follow-up workflows (partly), Booking questions & intake forms (partly).
Important: Contact & company records (partly), Deal pipeline CRM (partly), Email & calendar sync (partly), Lead capture forms (partly), Mobile apps (partly), Reusable templates (partly), Custom branding & white-label (partly), Invoices & online payment (partly), Recurring billing, Payment reminders and late fees, Booking pages (partly), Workflow automation (partly), Branded client portal (partly), Task & project tracking (partly), Mobile apps (partly), AI scheduling assistant (partly).
Also has: Sales email sequences (partly), Built-in business calling (partly), WhatsApp & social messaging (partly), AI assistant (partly), AI call & meeting notes (partly), Reports & forecasting (partly), Integrations & API (partly), Permissions & compliance (partly), Native app integrations (partly), Contract repository & lifecycle (partly), Mobile apps & in-person signing (partly), Form-to-document workflows (partly), Simple bookkeeping & tax (partly), Mobile apps (partly), Accounting software sync (partly), AI assistant (partly), Multi-calendar sync (partly), Payments at booking (partly), CRM & app integrations (partly), Website embed & white-label (partly), Team admin & SSO (partly).
Alternatives to HoneyBook at 1 freelancer sending 10 invoices a month, best match first
- Bonsai: $25/mo Clientflow (Premium) not fully confirmed (Essentials plan, 1 user, billed monthly). It covers 82% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Proposal builder (partly), Payments at signing (partly), Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly). Free plan: none.
- Dubsado: $27.92/mo Annual price / 12; no monthly price on page (Starter plan, annual price / 12 (the page shows no monthly price)). It covers 81% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Proposal builder (partly), Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly), Payment reminders and late fees (partly), AI scheduling assistant. Free plan: none.
Other kinds of products that cover part of HoneyBook
- FreshBooks (Accounting): covers 76% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Proposal builder (partly), Recurring billing (partly), Payment reminders and late fees (partly), Booking pages
- PandaDoc (E-signature): covers 61% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing, Payment reminders and late fees (partly), Booking pages
- Stripe (Payments & merchant of record): covers 58% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Payment reminders and late fees (partly)
- QuickBooks Online (Accounting): covers 52% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly)
- Square (Payments & merchant of record): covers 48% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly)
- Harvest (Time tracking): covers 45% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly)
- Xero (Accounting): covers 45% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates (partly), Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly)
- BILL Accounts Payable (Expenses & spend): covers 44% of HoneyBook; missing or partial: Quotes & estimates, Electronic signatures, Proposal builder, Online invoice payments (partly), Recurring billing (partly)
Prices at every size
- HoneyBook: 1 freelancer sending 10 invoices a month $29/mo, the full proposal, contract, booking and invoice workflow $49/mo, a 5-person team $109/mo (Billed yearly; monthly list prices unlabeled)
- Bonsai: 1 freelancer sending 10 invoices a month $25/mo, the full proposal, contract, booking and invoice workflow $39/mo, a 5-person team $125/mo (Clientflow (Premium) not fully confirmed)
- Dubsado: 1 freelancer sending 10 invoices a month $27.92/mo, the full proposal, contract, booking and invoice workflow $43.75/mo, a 5-person team $52.92/mo (Annual price / 12; no monthly price on page)
Prices are USD per month for the software on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12). Card and bank processing fees are left out, but invoicing fees charged on top of them (such as a percentage per paid invoice) are counted. The headline is one freelancer sending 10 invoices a month; the other two figures are the full proposal-to-payment workflow for one person and a 5-person team.
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