Clients are scattered everywhere
Email, Slack, WhatsApp, DMs. You’re checking 5 places for client communication. Leads fall through the cracks. Replies get buried.
Stop juggling Asana, Notion, Stripe, and spreadsheets. Vex consolidates your entire freelance business in one place — so you spend more time creating, less time chasing.
Asana for projects. Toggl for time. Wave for invoices. Stripe for payments. Notion for notes. You’re the integration layer — and you’re burning out.
Email, Slack, WhatsApp, DMs. You’re checking 5 places for client communication. Leads fall through the cracks. Replies get buried.
Asana for projects, Toggl for time, Notion for notes. You’re copy-pasting between tools. Hours get lost. You’re never sure how much to bill.
You make invoices in Wave or Google Docs. Email them. Wait 60–90 days. Send polite reminders. Still no payment. Cashflow nightmare.
You bill $5K/month but feel broke. You don’t know which clients are worth your time. You may be eating losses on your favorite projects.
Clients, projects, time, invoices, payments, profitability — in one place. No more copy-paste tax.
All clients in one place. Contact info, project status, payment status. Stop hunting through email.
Log time to a client or project instantly. Mobile or desktop. Time syncs to invoicing automatically.
Invoice auto-generated from logged time. Customizable with your branding. One-click send with a Stripe payment link baked in.
Stripe payment link in every invoice. Client clicks, pays instantly. You get a real-time notification.
Clients see project status, invoice history, and remaining budget themselves. Cuts the “when will it be done?” emails in half.
Revenue per client, profit margin %, hours-to-dollars ratio. Know which projects deserve more of your time, and which to fire.
Bonsai and FreshBooks each do part of the job. Vex does all of it — without locking you into per-feature pricing tiers.
| Feature | Bonsai | FreshBooks | Vex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (solo) | $25–39/mo | $19–60/mo (tiered) | $49/mo flat |
| Client limits | Plan-based | 5 / 50 / unlimited | Unlimited on every plan |
| Time tracking | Built-in | Basic timer | Mobile-first, one-tap |
| Auto invoicing | Manual send | Auto for recurring only | Auto from hours, with reminders |
| Profitability per client | No | Limited reports | Real-time dashboard |
| Client portal | Basic | Basic | Status, history, budget |
| Setup time | 1–2 hours | 2–4 hours | 30 minutes |
| Mobile | App | App | Mobile-first web |
No per-client charges. No premium-feature gates. No surprise fees on the 30th of the month.
Built for solo freelancers and small studios up to 5.
Tell us a bit about your freelance practice. We’ll send you early access at launch.
First 100 freelancers get 30 days free at launch.