One by one
Best for: Solo creatives and two-person studios who want HoneyBook-style client flows with much deeper automation — and who don’t need a phone line or books in the same tool.
Pricing: Starter $35/mo, Premier $55/mo on monthly billing ($335/$525 a year), checked September 23, 2026. Three extra users are free; bands of 4–10 users add $25/mo. 21-day full-access trial.
Skip it if: You want texting or voice inside the CRM, or you’d rather not spend a weekend building workflows before the tool pays off.
Best for: Freelancers who bill by the hour and want proposals, contracts, time tracking and invoicing in one flow, for less than HoneyBook Essentials.
Pricing: Basic $15, Essentials $25, Premium $39, Elite $59 per seat/month on monthly billing ($9/$19/$29/$49 billed annually), checked September 23, 2026. Invoices, proposals and the client portal start at Essentials. Zoom acquired Bonsai in late 2025 — worth watching how the roadmap shifts under new ownership.
Skip it if: You run a team (the per-seat math climbs fast) or you need texting and calling next to the client record.
Best for: Solo operators with a handful of live clients who want a modern, customizable workspace at the lowest entry price on this list.
Pricing: Core $19/mo (up to 9 active clients), Pro $49/mo (unlimited clients, up to 30 contributors), Max $199/mo (white-label, SSO), checked September 23, 2026. Yearly billing takes two months off. 7-day free trial, no card.
Skip it if: You juggle more than nine live clients at once and $49/mo is over budget — or you need texting next to the project.
Best for: Solo service businesses that want one fixed-price plan with everything switched on, plus free 1:1 onboarding help.
Pricing: One all-inclusive plan: $60/mo, $600/year ($50/mo) or $800/two years, checked September 23, 2026. Additional users, brands and bank connect ($5/mo) cost extra. 7-day trial, 30-day money-back guarantee.
Skip it if: You have a team, or you want to compare feature-by-feature against a cheaper stack before committing to one bundle.
Best for: Freelancers who want a client portal and an actual phone line without paying team-suite prices.
Pricing: Starter $12/mo, Pro $25/mo, Teams $40/mo on monthly billing (annual: $10/$20/$32 per month), checked September 23, 2026. Teams covers up to five members and adds a second phone line.
Skip it if: You need more than five seats, deeper-than-basic accounting, or documented SMS alongside the phone line.
Best for: Agencies that want an extremely white-labeled client portal and are willing to invest the setup hours to configure it.
Pricing: SuiteDash’s pricing page loads its numbers via JavaScript, so we could not verify current prices on September 23, 2026 — check the site directly. Its published feature list covers CRM, client portal, proposals, contracts, billing, subscriptions, LMS, support tickets and secure messaging.
Skip it if: You want a verified current price before investing setup time, or you need phone/SMS anywhere near the client record.
Best for: Service businesses and small teams that want client records, projects, a shared inbox, SMS, a business phone line, invoices, payment plans and accounting in one workspace instead of a five-tool stack.
Pricing: Cadet $29/mo (1 seat), Voyager $74/mo (2 seats — adds the shared inbox, SMS and time tracking), Specialist $149/mo (5 seats — adds voice, payment plans and basic accounting), Commander $299/mo (10 seats — full accounting). About 20% off on annual billing; extra seats $15. Claiming dedicated SMS/voice numbers carries a $50 one-time carrier compliance fee. Checked September 23, 2026 — every number is on the pricing page.
Skip it if: You want the deepest template library on the market, you run a large team (plans top out at 10 seats, 25 on Enterprise), or you only need simple invoicing — a single-purpose invoicing app costs less.
FAQ
Questions HoneyBook users actually ask
- Can we PLEASE get the Time Log back!?
- HoneyBook sunset Time Tracker on September 8, 2026 and hasn’t announced a return. Old entries stay viewable through the end of 2027, but no new time can be logged. Export your history first; then pick a tool with built-in time tracking — Workspace369 (from Voyager, $74/mo), Bonsai, Moxie and Plutio all include it.
- Who is using the new 2-way texting feature? Is it worth it?
- That’s the Phone & SMS add-on HoneyBook launched in late August 2026: $8/month, US only. If you’re a solo US user on Starter ($36/mo), $44/mo total for a CRM with texting is reasonable. If you need two or more seats, compare the bundle math in the table above first — Essentials plus the add-on is $67/mo before the second seat conversation starts.
- Why Do HoneyBook ACH Payments Take 7–8 Days to Process?
- That 7–8 business-day window is what HoneyBook itself states for ACH bank transfers in its community forum. Card payments settle faster, and it offers instant deposit for a 1% fee, pending eligibility. If payout speed is driving your switch, get each alternative’s payout policy in writing before moving — Workspace369 payments run on Stripe, so timing follows your Stripe account’s payout schedule.
- One-time fees AND recurring charges on same invoice
- HoneyBook’s own community answer is a workaround: split the charges or use a payment plan with autopay. When you trial any alternative, test that exact invoice on day one — one document carrying a one-time fee plus a recurring schedule. Workspace369 supports payment plans from the Specialist plan ($149/mo).
- HoneyBook Payment Plan Workaround — How to Split Invoices for Staged Payments
- In HoneyBook: create one invoice, attach a payment plan, and set the deposit, milestone and balance amounts with dates; clients can opt into autopay. Dubsado includes payment plans on both its plans and Workspace369 includes them from Specialist, so the “workaround” framing mostly disappears — test your real staged invoice during the trial before you migrate.
- Hide Client Prices from Team Members
- That requires role-based permissions, which in HoneyBook means Premium ($129/mo on monthly billing — roles and permissions are a Premium feature). If hiding numbers from your own team is the requirement, shortlist tools with per-member access control. Workspace369’s client-scoped access limits a team member to the clients you assign them.
- Coming over from Dubsado - Help Needed
- The playbook is the same as a HoneyBook switch: export contacts, open invoices and files, rebuild your canned emails and forms, then run one real client through before cancelling anything. There’s no automated Dubsado importer in any of these tools, so budget a weekend for templates — the HoneyBook switching checklist linked above works for Dubsado switchers too.