Bonsai

Bonsai is an all-in-one business management platform built specifically for freelancers, consultants, and small agencies. It consolidates proposals, contracts, invoicing, time tracking, accounting, and project management into a single clean workspace, eliminating the need for multiple disconnected tools. Key features include professional proposal and contract creation with legally-vetted templates and e-signatures, automated invoicing with online payment processing supporting credit cards, ACH, and international payments, comprehensive time tracking with billable and non-billable hour splitting, timesheets, and automatic invoice attachment, project and task management with Kanban boards, Gantt charts, task dependencies, and workload views, CRM and client management with a dedicated client portal, deals pipeline, and custom fields, expense tracking with bank sync for automatic categorization and tax preparation, financial reporting with profitability analysis, utilization reports, and income tracking, scheduling and booking with customizable event types, retainer and subscription invoicing for recurring client relationships, multi-currency billing for international freelancers, and integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, Slack, Gmail, and Zapier. Bonsai offers four pricing tiers: Basic at $9/month (billed annually) or $15/month for essential freelancer tools, Essentials at $19/month (annually) or $25/month adding more project features, Premium at $29/month (annually) or $39/month with advanced reporting and automation, and Elite at $49/month (annually) or $59/month for agencies with team features and dedicated onboarding. Available on iOS, Android, macOS, and Chrome. Bonsai is ideal for freelance designers, developers, writers, and consultants who need professional client-facing documents, solo entrepreneurs managing multiple clients and projects, small agencies coordinating teams with time tracking and resource planning, and anyone transitioning from spreadsheets to a proper business management system.