Bonsai
Bonsai · Finance & Accounting
All-in-one business management for freelancers (contracts + invoicing + time tracking + CRM + tax). Positioned as the alternative to running Bonsai + QuickBooks + HelloSign separately. Distinctive for bundling the freelance stack into one subscription. Restructured to 4 tiers: Basic $15 / Essentials $25 / Premium $39 / Elite $59 per user/mo. Acquired by Zoom Nov 5, 2025 (closed Dec 2025); pricing held post-acquisition. Popular with independent consultants, designers, and creators who bill 3-20 clients but hate juggling separate tools for contracts, invoicing, and accounting.
In other words, Bonsai is the all-in-one back office for solo freelancers and small agencies (1-15 people) — proposals, contracts, invoicing, time tracking, and CRM bundled instead of stitching separate tools. Basic covers solo freelancers; Essentials adds workflows and integrations; Premium scales team accounting; Elite adds white-label and priority support. Very easy setup (30-minute onboarding realistic). Native integrations with Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks, Zapier. Downside: weaker on any single feature versus specialized tools (HelloSign for contracts, Harvest for time), and mobile app has recurring polish issues.
Pricing summary
$9/mo billed annually
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2026-08-19 auto-refresh: ANNUAL prices corrected across all four tiers. Stored annual values (12/20/31/47) were a flat 20%-off-monthly assumption; vendor's actual annual rates are 9/19/29/49 per user/mo, confirmed by 2 independent sources (agencyhandy.com, assembly.com) plus vendor pricing page listing. Monthly prices UNCHANGED at 15/25/39/59 — this is a correction to the annual column, not a vendor price movement, so no Up/Down snapshot was written. Annual discount is NOT uniform: Basic 40%, Essentials 24%, Premium 26%, Elite 17% (vendor's 'up to 4 months free' claim only holds on Basic). Annual Discount % field now reflects the entry (Basic) tier at 40%. Elite carries a 3-user minimum ($147/mo annual floor).
Bigger agency needing specialized team tools? Pick Harvest + HelloSign + FreshBooks separately. Freelancer just needing invoicing? Wave (free) or FreshBooks.
All plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|
BasicEntry tier | $15 | $9Save 40% | freelancers, invoicing + contracts + basic time tracking |
Essentials | $25 | $19Save 24% | + tax + integrations + workflows |
Premium | $39 | $29Save 26% | teams + subaccounts + advanced accounting |
Elite | $59 | $49Save 17% | agency scale + white-label + priority support, 3-user minimum |
All tier prices verified August 19, 2026 · View source →
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