Dubsado

\## **Feedback** Hey I'm Amjad, and I'm building a client management for freelance developers and consultants. Some context on why I'm doing this: Every existing tool in this space (HoneyBook, Dubsado, Bonsai, Bloom) was built for creative professionals. Wedding photographers, event planners, graphic designers. The templates, the language, the onboarding all reflect that. If you're a developer or technical consultant, you've probably noticed that proposals come pre-loaded with mood-board language and you have to rip everything out to write a clean SOW. Plus HoneyBook just hiked prices 89% in early 2025, leaving a lot of folks actively shopping. What my app does differently: * Built for technical work: SOWs, milestone billing, retainers, change orders, the actual vocabulary of dev/consulting * Sets up in minutes, not the 15-25 hours Dubsado takes * Your own Stripe account, no proprietary payment lock-in * No forced branding on documents at any tier * Flat pricing, no per-user multiplication that punishes growth Where I am in the build: about 90% of the v1 surface area is functional. Auth, client CRM, proposal templates, contract e-sign, Stripe billing. Working on time tracking and the project workspace next. Targeting a public beta in 1-2 weeks. What I'd love feedback on: 1. If you've left HoneyBook or Dubsado, what was the breaking point? 2. What's the one feature you wish a tool like this had that none of them currently do? 3. Is "built for technical freelancers" a real niche or am I imagining the gap? Building solo while working a day job, so feedback right now is more valuable than signups. Will reply to every comment.

I've been building DevAgenda — a client portal specifically for freelance developers. The problem I'm trying to solve: the tools that exist for managing clients weren't built for developers. HoneyBook, Bonsai, Dubsado — they work, but they feel like they were designed for wedding photographers, not developers. DevAgenda gives freelance developers one authenticated space their clients can access to see project status, review contracts, and access handoff materials. No account creation friction on the client side, proper authentication behind the scenes. I have an early version working and I want to put it in front of real users before I go any further. I'm not looking for polite feedback. I want someone to use it and tell me: * What's confusing * What's missing * What they'd never actually use * What made them want to close the tab If you're willing to spend 30 minutes on a screen share with me, I’d love to hear from you. Drop a comment or DM me and I'll send you details.

Hello, Je suis photographe de mariage en France et j’utilise actuellement Fotostudio comme CRM. L’outil est globalement bien conçu et couvre mes besoins, mais je suis de plus en plus en désaccord avec la direction de l’entreprise (augmentation des prix, fonctionnalités imposées, communication agressive de leur crm sur leur groupe fb, bot de service client qui ne sert à rien, fonctionnalités annoncées en grande pompe alors que seulement mi-finies…). Du coup je commence à réfléchir à des alternatives, mais avec la facturation électronique qui arrive en France, j’ai l’impression que les outils étrangers (type Studio Ninja, Dubsado…) ne seront pas forcément adaptés. Ce que j’apprécie aujourd’hui dans Fotostudio : * devis + facturation * signature de contrats en ligne * automatisation des mails * espace client (accès aux documents) * vente de bons cadeaux * système de fidélité / points Ce dont je n’ai pas besoin : * réservation en ligne * galerie intégrée * newsletter Est-ce que certains ici (photographes ou personnes ayant les mêmes besoins de gestion clients) ont déjà réfléchi à ça ou changé de CRM récemment ? * Vous restez sur un outil français/européen pour la conformité ? * Vous séparez CRM et facturation ? * Est-ce que certains utilisent Odoo dans ce contexte (et est-ce que ça vaut le coup malgré la complexité) ? L’objectif pour moi serait de ne pas multiplier les outils, si possible, déjà que la migration risque d’être laborieuse. Merci beaucoup pour vos retours 🙏

Hello, Je suis photographe de mariage en France et j’utilise actuellement Fotostudio comme CRM. L’outil est globalement bien conçu et couvre mes besoins, mais je suis de plus en plus en désaccord avec la direction de l’entreprise (augmentation des prix, fonctionnalités imposées, communication agressive de leur crm sur leur groupe fb, bot de service client qui ne sert à rien, fonctionnalités annoncées en grande pompe alors que seulement mi-finies…). Du coup je commence à réfléchir à des alternatives, mais avec la facturation électronique qui arrive en France, j’ai l’impression que les outils étrangers (type Studio Ninja, Dubsado…) ne seront pas forcément adaptés. Ce que j’apprécie aujourd’hui dans Fotostudio : * devis + facturation * signature de contrats en ligne * automatisation des mails * espace client (accès aux documents) * vente de bons cadeaux * système de fidélité / points Ce dont je n’ai pas besoin : * réservation en ligne * galerie intégrée * newsletter Est-ce que certains ici (photographes ou personnes ayant les mêmes besoins de gestion clients) ont déjà réfléchi à ça ou changé de CRM récemment ? * Vous restez sur un outil français/européen pour la conformité ? * Vous séparez CRM et facturation ? * Est-ce que certains utilisent Odoo dans ce contexte (et est-ce que ça vaut le coup malgré la complexité) ? L’objectif pour moi serait de ne pas multiplier les outils si possible, déjà que la migration risque d'être laborieuse. Merci beaucoup pour vos retours 🙏

i've been shooting weddingss full time for 14 years now and ngl the actual shooting is the easy part it was everything else that’s chaos like: * timelines changing 24/7 and last min * im in 60-70 different new group chats per year for each couple * emails + dms + whatsapp + imessage all over the place * multi day ethnic weddings just making it worse i tried a bunch of the popular crm tools out there like honeybook, studio ninja, 17hats, dubsado and pixieset but everything felt super generic ngl, not really built for how weddings actually run (or in my case since i shoot lots of ethnic weddings with multiple days - those tools were horrible) so i ended up building something for my own studio to fix all my own pain points it’s basically one workspace per wedding where everything lives: * timelines (with real time slots not just notes) * messages in one place * all events tied together (pre-events, weddings, receptions, etc.) * vendors + details * contracts/payments/files, the whole shabang i initially built it for myself but as i kept building and the platform kept getting more powerful, i thought to myself i should build a quick landing page and throw it up out there in case it could help anyone else im totally new to the world of SaaS and software, ive always been the oldschool manual labour guy - get clients through word of mouth, shoot a wedding, edit, repeat. i need some tips and advice on how to grow the SaaS and things y'all did to grow yours. atm im pretty bootstrapped and im not looking to throw thousands in paid ads until i get feedback and users telling me if the product even works for them. the link to the SaaS is: [https://avura.io](https://avura.io) if y'all can critique it, lemme know if theres anything right/wrong about it. and ways you think i can go about spreading it and marketing it. thank you in advance!

Whew! I have been researching CRMs for my floral design business & am completely overwhelmed. My friend (Type A) recommended I (Type B, maybe Type A- on a good day lol) jump on this sub to crowdsource some guidance. Tldr: background is largely in customer support, worked in a big CX ops tech job for 4 years, laid off in early 2024, been jumping around to various part time & gig based work for the last two years recovering from tech burnout. I am finally to the undeniable point where I’m taking my 5+ year wedding and event floral design “side hustle” seriously, and going 100% in on self employment (woohoo!). If I’m going to make this a sustainable career, I really, really need to implement some systems past doing it all myself through G Suite. Mostly looking for automation with the intake admin process (inquiry -> consult -> design board with quote (would love especially to streamline this part) -> booking (contract/deposit). Part of profitable floral work is also developing “recipes” for designs with stem counts that ensure appropriate markups + labor costs are added. Ideally, I’d have some standard go-to designs in my “menu”, with room to customize packages where it makes sense. I’ve looked at so many landing pages for CRMs, and more seriously considered Dubsado, HoneyBook, HubSpot…but I am completely overwhelmed about how to make a decision, and freeze when I give too much thought to the, “well maybe there’s something out there that’s even better for what I need!” and I’m back to square one. Any guidance or links to helpful threads on this sub would be so, so appreciated!