Proposal & Quote · head to head
Dubsado vs HoneyBook
HoneyBook
Proposal & Quote
Client management for creative entrepreneurs
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Dubsado automated workflows, scheduling and public proposals all require the Premier plan at $525 a year; HoneyBook no free tier; free trial ends after 30 days requiring upgrade
- They diverge on capability: Dubsado covers Scheduler, HoneyBook covers Meeting scheduler.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Dubsado and HoneyBook actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Proposal & Quote).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Dubsado
- Scheduler
- CRM
- Automation workflows
- Stripe
Only in HoneyBook
- Meeting scheduler
- Payments
- Project management
- Zoom
- Ios support
- Android support
Both cover
- Invoicing
- Contracts
- Google Calendar
- Outlook
- QuickBooks
- Zapier
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Dubsado
- Client management and project workflows for freelancers and studiosnot HoneyBook
- Sending proposals, contracts and invoices with automated follow upnot HoneyBook
HoneyBook
- Schedulingnot Dubsado
- Appointment bookingnot Dubsado
- Time trackingnot Dubsado
- Resource managementnot Dubsado
- Team coordinationnot Dubsado
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Dubsado
- Automated workflows, scheduling and public proposals all require the Premier plan at $525 a year
- The Starter plan allows a single lead capture form
- Zapier and bookkeeping integrations are excluded from Starter
- Additional brands are $10 a month each
- Only 3 users are included, with 4 to 10 costing $25 a month and 21 to 30 costing $60
HoneyBook
- No free tier; free trial ends after 30 days requiring upgrade
- Essentials plan limited to 2 team members, requiring Premium upgrade for unlimited team access
- Essentials plan limited to 10 live lead forms, requiring Premium for unlimited
Pricing, plan by plan
Dubsado
$20/month- Starter$20/month
- 3 clients
- Core features
- Scheduler
- Premier$40/month
- Unlimited clients
- All features
- Automation
HoneyBook
$29/month- Starter$29/month
- Unlimited clients and projects
- Invoices, payments, proposals, contracts
- Calendar and templates
- Essentials$49/month
- All Starter features
- Scheduler and automations
- QuickBooks Online integration
- Premium$109/month
- All Essentials features
- Unlimited team members
- Priority support
Which should you pick?
Choose HoneyBook if
- You need meeting scheduler.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want payments.
Questions people ask
- Is Dubsado or HoneyBook better?
- Neither clearly leads. Dubsado starts at $20/month and HoneyBook at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Dubsado or HoneyBook?
- Dubsado starts at $20/month and HoneyBook at $29/month.
- Does Dubsado or HoneyBook run on more platforms?
- Dubsado runs on Web. HoneyBook runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Dubsado best used for?
- Dubsado is most often used for client management and project workflows for freelancers and studios, sending proposals, contracts and invoices with automated follow up. Of those, client management and project workflows for freelancers and studios and sending proposals, contracts and invoices with automated follow up are not what HoneyBook is typically brought in for.
- What can Dubsado do that HoneyBook cannot?
- Dubsado covers Scheduler, CRM, Automation workflows, Stripe. HoneyBook covers Meeting scheduler, Payments, Project management, Zoom. Both handle Invoicing, Contracts, Google Calendar, Outlook.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
HoneyBook: What is included in HoneyBook's free trial?
HoneyBook offers a free 30-day trial with no credit card required. You can test virtually every feature including proposals, invoices, contracts, digital signatures, payments, scheduling, and automations.
SourceHoneyBook: What are HoneyBook's pricing tiers?
HoneyBook offers three plans: Starter at $29/month (with invoices, proposals, contracts, client portal), Essentials at $49/month (adds scheduler, automations, up to 2 team members), and Premium at $109/month (unlimited team members, priority support). All billed annually with 60-day money-back guarantee.
SourceHoneyBook: Does HoneyBook integrate with accounting software?
Yes. Essentials plan and above include QuickBooks Online integration for syncing invoices and payments.
SourceHoneyBook: What platforms does HoneyBook support?
HoneyBook is available on web (browser), iOS, and Android.
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