Comparisons
How ApeiroCraft compares with other proposal software.
Fourteen honest comparisons, grouped by the reason people actually switch. Every price is checked against the competitor’s own pricing page, and every one names what that tool does better than us.
What are the best proposal platforms for freelancers and small agencies that include e-signature and payment collection?
Proposal software for freelancers and small agencies splits three ways: document specialists like PandaDoc, Proposify and Qwilr, priced per seat; all-in-one suites like HoneyBook, Dubsado and Bonsai, which add CRM and invoicing; and ApeiroCraft, which covers the same loop at a flat per-account price. All of them e-sign. The real separator is how each one bills — per seat, per payment taken, or flat.
That third axis is the one people underestimate. HoneyBook processes client payments itself, with US card fees from 2.9% + 25¢ on its plan table (2.7% + 10¢ in its fees section, checked 24 October 2026) on top of its subscription, so the bill you see from it rises with your revenue rather than your headcount (though any processor you used instead would charge a similar percentage). Per-seat tools do the opposite: Qwilr at $35 per user per month is cheap for one person and $175 for five. Flat pricing inverts both, and is worse value if you are genuinely solo.
Every price on these pages was read off the vendor's own pricing page by hand, with the date it was checked printed next to it. None of it is scraped, and none of it is a feature matrix bought from a comparison site.
You're being billed per seat
Every plan here is flat per account — adding a teammate costs nothing.
Comparison
ApeiroCraft vs PandaDoc
Per-seat pricing that climbs with every teammate you add.
Where PandaDoc wins: Deeper document automation and a larger integration catalog.
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ApeiroCraft vs Qwilr
$35 per user per month before you've sent anything.
Where Qwilr wins: The most visually polished proposals of anything on this list.
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Comparison
ApeiroCraft vs Proposify
Send caps and per-seat tiers on the plans most people land on.
Where Proposify wins: Mature approval workflows for larger sales teams.
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Comparison
ApeiroCraft vs Hello Bonsai
Per-user pricing, and tax tooling you may not need.
Where Hello Bonsai wins: US freelance tax and accounting features we don't attempt.
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ApeiroCraft vs Prospero
Priced per user, and stops at the proposal.
Where Prospero wins: Fast, focused proposal editing if that's genuinely all you need.
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ApeiroCraft vs 17hats
$60/mo plus $5-per-user seats and paid add-on modules.
Where 17hats wins: Bookkeeping and scheduling depth in one long-established suite.
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You're paying a cut of every payment
We never touch your money — connect your own processor and keep the full amount.
Setup is taking longer than the work
Import a client, send a proposal, get it signed — no workflow builder to learn first.
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ApeiroCraft vs Dubsado
Weeks of workflow configuration before your first proposal goes out.
Where Dubsado wins: Unmatched automation depth once you've actually built it.
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ApeiroCraft vs Plutio
A lot of surface area, and a 9-client cap on the entry plan.
Where Plutio wins: Client portals and time tracking in the same subscription.
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ApeiroCraft vs Moxie
Team capped at five people.
Where Moxie wins: Genuinely good solo-freelancer ergonomics and time tracking.
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Comparison
ApeiroCraft vs SuiteDash
25+ toolkits to choose and configure, and proposals start on the $49 Thrive plan.
Where SuiteDash wins: A white-label client portal and branded mobile app, with unlimited staff on every plan.
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Your project tool never touches the money
The proposal, the signature, and the invoice sit on the same client record as the work.
Your accounting tool treats the pitch as an extra
Proposals, read receipts and a pipeline on every plan, not from the second tier up.
Your proposal tool doesn't do anything else
Signature turns into an invoice in the same place, without an export step.
Head-to-head
Still choosing between two of them? These compare the pair on their own published prices, with ApeiroCraft kept to a separate section at the end.
Head-to-head
HoneyBook vs Dubsado
HoneyBook is $36–$129/mo ($29–$109 billed yearly) plus card fees; Dubsado is $335 or $525 a year. Plans, fees, team seats and setup, checked 24 Oct 2026.
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Head-to-head
Bonsai vs HoneyBook
Bonsai is $15–$59 per user/mo ($9–$49 yearly); HoneyBook is $36–$129 per account plus card fees. Which costs less at 1, 3 and 5 people, checked 24 Oct 2026.
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Head-to-head
Qwilr vs Proposify
Qwilr is $35–$75 per user/mo with 5- and 10-seat minimums; Proposify is $39–$65 per user plus a $12,800/yr top tier. What a team pays, checked 24 Oct 2026.
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Switching costs less than staying, usually.
You don’t have to migrate history to start. Send your next proposal from ApeiroCraft and leave the old tool running until its renewal date — the free plan doesn’t expire, so there is no window to beat.
Start freeWhat’s the same everywhere here
- Flat price per account, not per user — each plan includes a set number of people.
- No percentage taken from your client payments.
- Every feature on every paid plan.
- A free plan with no expiry and no card required.
- Available in 220+ countries.
Common questions.
Are these comparisons biased?
They're written by us, so read them with that in mind. What we hold to: every price is checked against the competitor's own pricing page with the date noted, and every comparison names what that tool genuinely does better than us. If you find a figure that's out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.
Report an incorrect price →Which of these is the closest alternative to ApeiroCraft?
HoneyBook and Dubsado overlap most on scope — CRM, proposals, and invoicing in one place. The practical differences are that we bill flat per account rather than per seat, we never take a percentage of your payments, and we're available in 220+ countries rather than four.
ApeiroCraft vs HoneyBook →Do you take a percentage of payments like HoneyBook does?
No. You connect your own payment processor and receive the full amount, minus whatever that processor charges. We only charge the subscription.
See pricing →Is there a free plan?
Yes, and it doesn't expire. Every account starts with 14 days of Solo — no credit card — and then moves to Free, which keeps working indefinitely. Paid plans start at $19/mo for the whole account.
Compare plans →Keep reading
Comparison
Best proposal software in 2026
Fifteen tools grouped by what they actually are. Not ranked, because we make one of them.
Guide
Proposal software, explained
What separates a proposal that gets signed from a PDF that gets ignored — and the tools that help.
Free tool
What does your stack cost?
Add up your CRM, proposal, e-signature, and invoicing subscriptions. Thirty seconds, mildly upsetting.