Dubsado vs Indy Comparison 2026
Dubsado has no free tier and starts at $35 a month, but both of its plans allow unlimited clients and projects from day one. Indy gives away three proposals, contracts, invoices and clients a month for nothing, which suits somebody taking a handful of brand deals a year rather than running a full client roster. Indy's Pro Bundle looks cheap at $12.50 a month, but it is actually billed as $300 every two years, a real commitment rather than a monthly subscription. Pick Indy if your volume fits inside three documents a month. Pick Dubsado once it does not.
At a glance
- Indy starts cheaper, at $12.50.
- Only Indy has a free tier.
Side by side
Dubsado | Indy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $35 | From $12.50 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days |
| API |
Dubsado
Client workflows that run themselves
Dubsado automates the repeated half of client work: a lead form fires a workflow, which sends the proposal, chases the signature and issues the invoice on a schedule nobody has to remember. Projects and clients are uncapped on both plans, so the tier is about automation rather than about volume. Scheduling, workflows and public proposals all arrive on the second tier. Setting the workflows up is a real afternoon of work, and it is why people either love this or never finish configuring it.
Our note
Premier is the plan worth having, because the automated workflows are the reason to choose Dubsado over anything else and they are not on Starter. Budget a full day for setup before you count the saving, since the automation only pays back once it is actually configured.
Indy
Contracts and invoices for a solo freelancer
Indy puts proposals, contracts, invoices, time tracking and a client portal in one place, priced for one person rather than for a firm. The free plan allows three of each a month, which fits somebody taking a handful of brand deals a year. Anybody past that will hit the cap in a week and the paid tier is billed two years at a time.
Why people weigh these two
- Indy instead of Dubsado
- Indy covers contracts and invoices for a solo freelancer with a free tier and a $12.50 plan, a fit when client volume never justifies a day of workflow building.
- Dubsado instead of Indy
- Dubsado automates the client workflow around a project rather than just producing documents, from $35 a month, heavier than Indy and built for somebody managing more clients than a handful a year.
Which one should you pick
Dubsado is the pick for anybody with enough client volume that a free tier's caps would bind immediately. Starter is $35 a month for unlimited projects and clients, and Premier at $55 adds the automated workflows that are the actual reason to choose Dubsado over a cheaper tool.
Indy is the pick for a freelancer or creator taking a handful of client projects a year, where three proposals, contracts and invoices a month covers the whole practice for nothing. The Pro Bundle removes those caps for $12.50 a month, but it is billed as $300 every two years, so treat it as a two-year decision rather than a plan you can quietly cancel next month.
Common questions
- Is Indy actually free?
- Yes, for light use: three proposals, contracts, invoices and clients a month with 10 GB of storage, no time limit stated. Dubsado has no free tier at all, so anybody wanting to try a client workflow tool for nothing should start with Indy rather than Dubsado.
- What is the catch on Indy's Pro Bundle?
- The $12.50 a month headline is billed as $300 every two years, not month to month, so cancelling after three months does not work the way it would on a normal subscription. Dubsado's $35 or $55 a month plans, by contrast, are ordinary recurring subscriptions.
- Which one scales better for a growing client list?
- Dubsado. Both of its plans allow unlimited clients and projects from the first month, while Indy's free plan caps out at three of everything a month, and even the Pro Bundle is priced for one person rather than a team.
- Does Indy automate workflows the way Dubsado does?
- Not to the same degree. Dubsado's Premier plan runs sequences that send a proposal, chase a signature and issue an invoice on their own. Indy connects a proposal to a contract to an invoice inside one flow, but it does not run the same standing automation Dubsado's workflows do.
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