Proposals · head to head
Indy vs Trumpet
Indy
Proposals
Freelance workflow suite covering proposals, contracts, invoices and time tracking with a usable free tier
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Trumpet
Sales Enablement
Digital sales rooms with mutual action plans, e-signature and a free tier that is genuinely usable
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Indy the free tier caps documents per month, and an active freelancer passes those caps quickly enough that the free plan is a trial in practice rather than a permanent option.; Trumpet e-signature, proposals and quotes are held back to the Scale tier at 100 US dollars per user per month, so a team on Pro still needs a separate signing tool and pays twice for one workflow.
- They diverge on capability: Indy covers Contract library, Trumpet covers Pods.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Indy and Trumpet actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
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 Indy
- Contract library
- Proposals
- Invoicing
- Time tracking
- Task and calendar
- Client portal
- Free tier
Only in Trumpet
- Pods
- Mutual action plans
- Engagement analytics
- E-signature
- Content management
- Video and screen recording
- Trumpet AI suite
- White-labelling
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Indy
- A new freelancer who needs a real signed contract before there is revenue to fund a subscriptionnot Trumpet
- Testing whether an all in one freelance bundle suits your workflow before committing money to onenot Trumpet
- Part time or side project freelancing with low monthly document volume that stays inside the free capsnot Trumpet
- Replacing an unsigned emailed quote with a proposal that converts into a contract and an invoicenot Trumpet
Trumpet
- A sales team whose proposals currently go out as PDF attachments and who have no idea whether anyone beyond their contact ever opened themnot Indy
- A complex enterprise deal with six stakeholders where a shared mutual action plan is the only way to keep both sides honest about datesnot Indy
- A customer success team running structured onboarding that wants the plan, recordings and documents in one link the customer keeps returning tonot Indy
- A European buyer that needs a supplier under UK or EU jurisdiction rather than a US vendor for data protection reasonsnot Indy
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Indy
- The free tier caps documents per month, and an active freelancer passes those caps quickly enough that the free plan is a trial in practice rather than a permanent option.
- Project management and task tracking are shallow, so anyone running several concurrent projects will keep a separate tool and lose the single system benefit.
- Reporting on income, utilisation and profitability is thin next to a dedicated accounting or time tracking product.
- Payments are processed by a third party gateway, so the card fee applies on top of the subscription and materially changes the cost per invoice on small jobs.
- As with every bundle, leaving means separating proposals, contracts, time and invoices out of one export, which is harder than replacing a single purpose tool.
Trumpet
- E-signature, proposals and quotes are held back to the Scale tier at 100 US dollars per user per month, so a team on Pro still needs a separate signing tool and pays twice for one workflow.
- Single sign-on and SCIM only appear on Elite at 160 per user per month, which puts basic enterprise identity controls behind the most expensive tier rather than treating them as security baseline.
- Pro is capped at five users, so a sixth hire forces a jump from 45 to 100 per user per month, more than doubling the per-seat cost for a headcount reason.
- A digital sales room only works if buyers actually use the link, and in industries where procurement insists on email attachments and its own portals, the engagement analytics that justify the spend never materialise.
- It competes against enablement platforms that bundle rooms into a wider content and coaching suite, so organisations already paying for one of those are buying an overlapping capability rather than a missing one.
Pricing, plan by plan
Indy
Free- Indy$undefined/year
- Free tier with monthly document limits
- Proposals, contracts and invoices
- Time tracking and tasks
Trumpet
Free- FreeFree
- 10 pods per account
- Unlimited users
- Mutual action plans
- Pro$45/month
- Up to 5 users
- Unlimited pods and content uploads
- Unlimited templates
- Scale$100/month
- Unlimited users
- Everything in Pro
- AI content search, tagging and writer
- Elite$160/month
- Unlimited users
- Everything in Scale
- Full Trumpet AI suite including Copilot and org charts
Which should you pick?
Choose Indy if
- You need contract library.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want proposals.
Choose Trumpet if
- You need pods.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Chrome extension.
- You also want mutual action plans.
Questions people ask
- Is Indy or Trumpet better?
- Neither clearly leads. Indy starts at Free and Trumpet at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Indy or Trumpet?
- Indy starts at Free and Trumpet at Free.
- Does Indy or Trumpet run on more platforms?
- Indy runs on Web, iOS, Android. Trumpet runs on Web, Chrome extension.
- Can I use Indy for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Indy best used for?
- Indy is most often used for a new freelancer who needs a real signed contract before there is revenue to fund a subscription, testing whether an all in one freelance bundle suits your workflow before committing money to one, part time or side project freelancing with low monthly document volume that stays inside the free caps, replacing an unsigned emailed quote with a proposal that converts into a contract and an invoice. Of those, a new freelancer who needs a real signed contract before there is revenue to fund a subscription and testing whether an all in one freelance bundle suits your workflow before committing money to one are not what Trumpet is typically brought in for.
- What can Indy do that Trumpet cannot?
- Indy covers Contract library, Proposals, Invoicing, Time tracking. Trumpet covers Pods, Mutual action plans, Engagement analytics, E-signature.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Indy: Is the free tier actually usable?
Yes, for real signed contracts and invoices, but it caps documents per month and active freelancers hit that fairly quickly.
Trumpet: Is the free plan genuinely usable?
Yes. Ten pods per account with unlimited users, mutual action plans and integrations is enough to run real deals, not just a trial.
Indy: Does it take a percentage of invoices?
The payment gateway charges its standard card fee. That is separate from the subscription and should be modelled per invoice.
Trumpet: When do I need to pay?
At the eleventh pod, or when you need e-signature and proposals, which start at Scale on 100 US dollars per user per month.
Indy: Can it manage several concurrent projects?
Only lightly. The task and project features are the weakest part of the product.
Trumpet: Where is the company based?
London, United Kingdom, which matters for procurement teams that prefer a UK or EU contracting entity.
Indy: Are the contracts legally sound?
They are standard freelance templates with editable clauses. They are a starting point, not legal advice for your jurisdiction.
Trumpet: Does it replace PandaDoc or DocuSign?
From Scale upward it can, since signing happens inside the pod, though it also integrates with both if you want to keep them.
Indy: Who is it wrong for?
Agencies, anyone with subcontractors, and freelancers who need real project management or detailed profitability reporting.
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