Bonsai

Bonsai carries the paperwork around freelance and agency work: a proposal, the contract it turns into, the time tracked against it and the invoice at the end, all holding the same client record. It is aimed at service businesses rather than at audiences, which makes it the tool for the half of a creator's income that arrives as brand work. There is no free plan, only a week to decide.

Basic is $15 a user a month, or $9 billed annually, and includes contracts, proposals and the templates. Essentials is $25 or $19, Premium $39 or $29, and Elite $59 or $49 with a three-user minimum. There is no free plan. The trial is seven days of full access from signup, which is short for a tool meant to hold a business.

Creators earning from brand deals and client work, where the paperwork is the part that goes wrong at the worst moment. If the income is memberships and ad revenue, this is machinery for a business you are not running.