CRM for web development agencies
Web development agencies face significant delivery challenges when client requests shift during active website builds. This page shows how Workspace369 tracks client records, proposals, project tasks and invoices during scope adjustments, alongside your hosting, source control and deployment pipelines. Use it as an evaluation exercise to test how Workspace369 fits your agency's specific workflow when unexpected scope changes arrive, with every change documented and billed.
Key facts
CRM for web development agencies at Workspace369 covers 9 areas, including client records, proposals, projects and tasks.
The workflow runs in 5 steps, from "log the integration request in client records" to "issue the change order invoice".
Workspace369 starts at $29/mo for 1 seat, and the Commander plan includes 20 seats, 500 GB of storage, and 120,000 AI tokens per month at $299/mo.
Additional seats cost $10 each and 100 GB of additional storage costs $15; full pricing is public on the Workspace369 pricing page.
The problem
When a web development project reaches a content freeze milestone, clients frequently request unexpected features such as third-party API integrations. Without clear client records and updated proposals in place, developers often execute technical work before the administrative team updates the contract. This lack of alignment results in unbilled custom code, unrecorded scope adjustments, and delays the final launch timeline.
Conversations regarding technical scope adjustments often happen in code repositories or external chat channels instead of a dedicated client record. When a client introduces an integration requirement late in the build, project managers cannot easily find the original agreement files, contract terms, or conversation history. This fragmentation leads to disputes over whether the additional work constitutes a new change order or a standard bug fix.
Administrative teams struggle to tie technical tasks to specific invoices when scope changes occur mid-build. A new integration requires updated billing terms, but without clearly linked projects and tasks, the invoice is sent late or contains errors. This administrative disconnect disrupts cash flow and creates unnecessary friction during final client sign-off and project delivery.
Web builds require constant collection of client assets, credentials, and copy files. When these files are scattered across emails and personal drives, developers waste time searching for deployment requirements. A missing asset delays the content freeze and complicates the introduction of new integration work.
The product
Clients watch progress, files, and invoices in a branded portal instead of asking your team for updates.
Email, SMS, calls, and voicemail land beside the client record — with AI summaries, so anyone on the team can reply with full context.
Tasks, files, and status for every engagement — visible to the team and, through the client portal, to the client.
Send quotes, bill milestones or retainers, and let automated reminders chase anything outstanding.
Workflow
When a client requests a new integration during a content freeze, a team member must open the client records and document the request text. Record in the brief that a scope exception has occurred. This ensures the change is on record before any developer alters the source control or hosting environment.
The account manager drafts a new proposal outlining the additional integration tasks and associated costs. This proposal is shared via the client portal so the client can review the scope and cost adjustments. The team uses scheduling features to set a deadline for the client's decision regarding the scope change.
Once the client reviews the proposal, a manager creates specific tasks within the active project. These tasks must outline the technical verification steps for the connector. The manager uploads the integration documentation files directly to the project to keep all project references accessible to the team.
The team uses the internal conversations feature to discuss the integration details, keeping client decisions separate from source control logs. A team member coordinates with the client via the client portal to verify that the required access credentials are ready. All scheduling for the deployment review is manually logged here by a team member.
After the integration tasks are marked complete by a team member, the billing administrator generates an invoice based on the approved proposal. The invoice is sent to the client to secure payment for the additional development hours. The workflow concludes when the invoice is paid.
Product coverage
Loved on the App Store
Finally feels calmBounced between three or four all-in-one tools and always ended up in a mess of tabs. This is the first one that feels calm. Set up my client projects in ten minutes.
Painless team rolloutRolled it out to our eight-person team and adoption was painless — intuitive and polished. I'd love more integrations, but they keep shipping.
Hours back every weekWas juggling separate tools for notes, tasks, docs, and updates. Consolidating into one place has genuinely saved me hours each week. Support is responsive too.
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FAQ
Keep hosting, source control and deployment pipelines in your developer stack. Workspace369 runs the client side of each build: client records, proposals, change orders, project tasks, client messages and invoices.
Workflow Automations can create tasks, send email or SMS, issue reminders and notify team members using supported triggers, conditions and timed waits. Email automations start at Cadet and SMS steps at Voyager; AI-drafted workflows start at Commander. Test the required event, owner and review step before enabling the workflow. Call triggers start on Specialist, where voice is included.
Workspace369 connects to other systems through webhooks and its API from Specialist. Map the events and fields you need, set permissions and test failure handling with sample records before you rely on the sync.
Yes, every proposal gets a public approval and e-signing link. Clients can review, approve, and sign proposals publicly, and the client portal can be used to share files, projects, invoices, communication, and approvals. This allows an agency to track formal client agreement for a new integration or scope change directly through the portal before technical work begins.
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