What is Bonsai used for?

Bonsai is an all-in-one business platform for freelancers and service firms, covering client records, proposals, contracts, projects, time, invoicing and business finances.

Does Bonsai include project management?

Yes. Bonsai publishes tasks, project views, time tracking, budgets and workload features, with availability varying by plan.

How is bettro different?

bettro puts more emphasis on the shared delivery relationship: project milestones, meetings, updates, files and client decisions alongside time and invoices.

Is Bonsai pricing simple to compare?

Bonsai's public pages have shown different plan structures. Check the current official pricing page directly before making a buying decision.

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Looking for a Bonsai alternative?

Bonsai is cContracts, proposals, invoicing and simple time tracking — and for many teams that's exactly right. But if your studio's work starts where Bonsai's strengths end, it's worth looking at what a tool built for creative client work does differently.

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Why studios start looking beyond Bonsai

Nobody switches tools for fun. Studios usually start shopping when the tool they have was built for a different operating model than the one they run. With Bonsai, that tends to sound like:

Built for a different centre of gravity
Bonsai's strength is cContracts, proposals, invoicing and simple time tracking. If your week revolves around client delivery rather than that, the fit starts to strain.
The client experience is an afterthought
Studios tell us clients end up seeing internal boards, threads or portals that were never designed for them — and the studio ends up translating.
Commercial and delivery live apart
Proposals, time and invoices in one place; projects and client conversations in another. Reconciling them becomes someone's part-time job.
You assemble the studio system yourself
General tools are flexible by design, which means the studio's operating model has to be built and maintained — iIndependent contractors who bill hourly

What bettro does instead

bettro is a client workspace for creative studios: the relationship and the delivery in one place, with a client-facing side that's designed to be seen.

Clients need a clearer weekly view of delivery
Meetings, decisions and milestones need to sit beside tasks
Your studio wants one shared story from lead through final invoice
A branded client portal, so clients see progress, files, decisions and invoices — never your internal workspace.
Leads, proposals, projects, meetings, time and invoices connected around one client record.

Switching from Bonsai: a checklist

Changing systems is mostly a data and workflow decision. Work through these before moving a live client.

1.Confirm which financial and tax records must remain available
2.Export clients, contracts, invoices and time records
3.Map active projects and budgets before moving day-to-day delivery
4.Run one client end-to-end in bettro before migrating the rest — the workflow differences show up fastest in real work.

Questions about leaving Bonsai

What is Bonsai used for?: Bonsai is an all-in-one business platform for freelancers and service firms, covering client records, proposals, contracts, projects, time, invoicing and business finances.
Does Bonsai include project management?: Yes. Bonsai publishes tasks, project views, time tracking, budgets and workload features, with availability varying by plan.
How is bettro different?: bettro puts more emphasis on the shared delivery relationship: project milestones, meetings, updates, files and client decisions alongside time and invoices.
Is Bonsai pricing simple to compare?: Bonsai's public pages have shown different plan structures. Check the current official pricing page directly before making a buying decision.

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