Comparison
HoneyBook vs Dubsado
Side-by-side comparison of HoneyBook and Dubsado. See pricing, features, ratings, and more.
| Feature | HoneyBook | Dubsado |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.1 / 5 | 4.1 / 5 |
| Reviews | 1 | 1 |
| Categories | Small Business CRM, Project CRM, Contact Management | Contact Management, Project CRM, Small Business CRM |
| Pricing | From $29 | From $27.92 |
| Pricing Model | paid | paid |
| Pros | The combined proposal → e-sign contract → invoice → paid retainer flow removes nearly all booking admin, Polished templates and client portal make a solo business present like a studio, Unlimited clients and projects on every plan, with custom fields, tags and a customizable pipeline, Built-in payments and scheduling (2.9% + 25¢ card, 1.5% ACH at time of writing) mean no third-party checkout, 30-day free trial with no credit card required | Full client lifecycle in one system: lead capture, proposals, e-signed contracts, invoicing with payment plans, scheduling and client portals that hand off cleanly, Automation workflows are more expressive than most rivals in this category — trigger chains across emails, forms, tasks and invoices, Strong value: $335-$525 per year with unlimited clients/projects and three free additional users; brands add-on at $10/month, Free email and live-chat support plus free bi-weekly live demo sessions with Q&A — support is consistently rated above ease-of-use, Client portal drew unprompted praise from clients in my testing — the polished end-client experience reflects back on the business |
| Cons | Raised prices in 2025 — $29 to $109 per month billed yearly, and the top-tier features most growing businesses want sit on Premium, Not a sales CRM: no lead scoring depth, forecasting or team-selling machinery, No free plan at all, unlike HubSpot or Zoho, Reporting and project management are shallow — no dashboards at lower tiers, no resource planning, Automation is follow-up machinery rather than real email marketing; team and permission features are thin past a handful of users | Real learning curve: the project/workflow/form concepts need study before serving live clients; Capterra ease-of-use trails its support score, Starter plan allows only one active lead-capture form and excludes workflows, scheduling and public proposals — most businesses need Premier, Revenue and finance reporting is thin beyond basic summaries; service-line profitability needs spreadsheet exports, Email is integrated, not native — heavy triage happens in your own inbox, and there is no real email marketing, No sales-pipeline machinery (lead scoring, probabilities, forecasting); it stops where the sales org begins |
| Best For | Solo creatives and small service businesses — photographers, designers, coaches, consultants — who want the whole booking lifecycle in one tool. | Solo and tiny client-services businesses — photographers, designers, planners, coaches and consultants — who want the admin around their work handled by one system. |
| Launch Year | — | — |
| HQ Country | US | US |