# HoneyBook

> Client management, contracts and payments for independents

HoneyBook is a client management platform for independent businesses such as photographers, event planners, consultants and designers. It combines a project pipeline with proposals, contracts, invoices, online payments, scheduling and automations, so a lead can be booked and billed in one place. Plans are priced per account rather than per user, and the service is available only to businesses in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia.

- **Category:** CRM Software
- **Made by:** HoneyBook Inc. (since 2013)
- **Website:** https://www.honeybook.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

HoneyBook is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 / month, billed yearly ($36 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial, no credit card required; 60-day money-back guarantee after subscribing.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $29 per month, billed yearly ($36 billed monthly) | Unlimited clients and projects, invoices, payments, proposals, contracts, client portal, basic reports, 1 scheduler session and up to 2 live lead forms. |
| Essentials | $49 per month, billed yearly ($59 billed monthly) | Adds unlimited scheduler sessions, automations, QuickBooks Online and Zapier integrations, up to 2 team members, 10 lead forms and SMS reminders. |
| Premium | $109 per month, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly) | Unlimited team members and lead forms, multiple companies under one account, advanced reports and priority support. |

Read from https://www.honeybook.com/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HoneyBook before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 18% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page states a saving of up to 18% for yearly billing: Starter is $29 a month billed yearly against $36 monthly, Essentials $49 against $59 and Premium $109 against $129. Source: https://www.honeybook.com/pricing

## App Store prices by country

"HoneyBook Starter Plan", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $38.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £39.99 | about $52.87 (36% more) |
| Canada | $51.99 | about $36.54 (6% less) |
| Australia | $59.99 | about $41.88 (7% more) |

## Key features

- **Project pipeline and client records:** Leads and projects move through a customizable pipeline, and each client record holds contacts, conversations, files, notes and payments. Clients and projects are unlimited on every plan.
- **Proposals, contracts and invoices:** Interactive files let a client choose services, sign a contract by eSignature and pay from a single document. A gallery of professionally designed file templates is included.
- **Online payments:** Accepts cards, ACH bank transfers, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with payment plans, autopay, reminders and late fees. Processing fees are charged on each transaction.
- **Scheduler and lead forms:** Clients book sessions from shared availability and can pay while booking. Starter includes 1 session and 2 live lead forms; Essentials has unlimited sessions and 10 forms.
- **Automations:** Workflows send messages, follow-ups, files and tasks on triggers, and an AI builder drafts a workflow from a description of your process. Both start on Essentials.
- **HoneyBook AI:** AI drafts email replies, recaps projects before meetings, takes meeting notes and flags high-value leads. HoneyBook AI is listed on all three plans.

## Good for

- Photographers, event planners and other independents who book clients
- Solo businesses that want contracts, invoices and payments in one tool
- Small studios that prefer a flat account price to per-user pricing

## Worth knowing

- Available only to businesses in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia.
- Starter has no automations or team members, includes 1 scheduler session, and integrates only with email, calendar and Pic-Time.
- Team members are capped at 2 on Essentials; unlimited members, multiple companies and priority support need Premium at $109 a month.
- Payment processing costs extra: the pricing page quotes card fees from 2.7% + 10 cents in one place and 2.9% + 25 cents in another, plus 1.5% for ACH.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 16,313 ratings in the United States, read Oct 6, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1104772757

## Works with

QuickBooks Online, Zapier, Zoom, Calendly, Canva, Flodesk, Pic-Time, ChatGPT

**Tags:** Sales pipeline, Invoicing, Booking links, Forms, Workflow automation, Templates, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Dubsado](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dubsado): Client management, contracts and invoicing for service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dubsado-vs-honeybook)
- [Keap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keap): CRM with sales and marketing automation for small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/honeybook-vs-keap)
- [Capsule CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/capsule-crm): Small-business CRM for contacts, sales pipelines and projects. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/capsule-crm-vs-honeybook)
- [Less Annoying CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/less-annoying-crm): Simple CRM for small businesses at one flat per-user price. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/honeybook-vs-less-annoying-crm)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://www.honeybook.com/pricing
- https://www.honeybook.com/
- https://www.honeybook.com/product/crm
- https://www.honeybook.com/company/about

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