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Bonsai Overview

What is Bonsai?

Bonsai is a one-stop platform for agencies, consultancies and professional service providers. It is designed to provide businesses with a complete and real-time overview of their business. Simplify your business operations and consolidate your projects, clients and team into one integrated, easy-to-use platform. From contracts, proposals and project management to client billing, revenue tracking and resource management. Project Management: Assign projects & tasks to your team, prioritize your week and see exactly how your projects progress. Set project budgets & avoid unexpected costs. Gantt chart, Kanban view, integrated timer for easy billing, and collaboration with external partners for an efficient work. Team Time Tracking: Get an instant report of your team's tracked hours with accurate timesheets & see who's over capacity at a glance. Monitor your business's utilization & get clarity on your team's efficiency & profitability. Plan your resources in advance to keep your projects on track and on budget. CRM: Manage your clients and their projects in one place. Create unique client profiles with all your notes, contacts, rates and tags. Invite your clients to your branded Client Portal where they can access projects, documents and links you’ve shared with them.

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Product Description

Creates, sends, and tracks proposals online


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Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
San Francisco, California
Twitter
@bonsaiinc
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LinkedIn® Page
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56 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Bonsai is a platform designed to simplify and automate the workflow for freelancers and independent contractors. Offering tools for creating contracts, managing proposals, tracking time, and handling invoicing and payments, Bonsai helps freelancers streamline their business operations. With its easy-to-use interface and features like automated reminders and expense tracking, Bonsai allows users to focus on their work while ensuring they stay organized and compliant.


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I enjoy using Bonsai because it has all of the built-in tools and documents I need to run my business on a daily basis which allows me to be able t...
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"An excellent tool than is improving over time."
It's incredible to send contracts, proposals, invoices, and forms to clients all in the same platform. I love that Bonsai is a one-stop shop for fr...
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

User interface is very good. Good functionality. I have no comlaints about their software product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

Absolutely ZERO customer service. If you have ANY billing problem -- like your customer miskeys a credit card number -- you will NEVER get it resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

Invoicing service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sarah C.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

I like the automation factors. It used to take me a while to put together invoices, send them out, monitor if they were paid and what I'm getting paid... Then there were the separate contracts and proposals that weren't uniform. Having the templates there makes it super easy to get all of them done in just a few minutes (or set on recurring). I also love being able to draft invoices, see what's outstanding, and what's been paid. Automated reminders to my clients also saves me a ton, and if I want to nudge them even more I basically just push one button. Overall, I just love that it saves me so much time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

What I wish Bonsai had was the ability to add intake forms to my client profiles- not stuff that they have to fill out themselves, but forms I can fill out while I'm doing a call with them. I also wish I could import forms from my website, say if I were to have an intake form with information about how they found me.

Another thing I wish it had was adding up my incoming income, as in, if I make a bunch of drafts that'll be sent out when the project is complete, i'd love to see what all of that adds up to rather than calculating it myself. Projecting my income would be super helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bonsai:

I'd say to really explore all of the features and take advantage of what's there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a freelancer, I really don't have a lot of time, and keeping things looking professional and streamlined (like I have a real process), helps me stand out to my clients but also just helps me stay organized, as well as speeds up a lot of my processes (like intake and onboarding). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Josh H.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

After tons of research, I pulled the trigger and purchased Bonsai. In the past I've used Freshbooks and Quickbooks, and what I enjoy most with Bonsai is the updated and modern look-and-feel. I know that when I send my proposals, contracts, or invoices, my clients will get a simple and easy to pay invoice.

I recently added the tax and accounting software, and I'm really excited that I no longer have to manually track income and expenses in a spreadsheet. It lays everything out in the dashboard, and I can easily see how much money I've made each month or quarter! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

The one thing that I've struggled with with Bonsai is the onboarding process. I think Bonsai could really benefit from some recorded training material walking new users through each specific portion of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm now able to quickly and easily send pre-populated contracts for my clients to sign, that way we're both covered.

As mentioned above, I also really like the accounting and tax software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matt L.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

I love the proposal templates, and being able to keep track of all my documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

When creating contracts, I wish some areas allowed for more customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bonsai:

Easy to use, and a great resource for sending and keeping track of documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saves me a lot of time, the templates make creating multiple documents easy. I like being able to keep track of my proposals, contracts and invoices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jess J.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

The ease of creating proposals, contracts & invoices has saved me so much time. I love that you can add unlimited clients as I run a lot of audits at this stage of my business, and clients don't sign on to continue sometimes or come back in a few months/years, so I end up adding a bunch of clients - something that other systems charged per client. Also, I love the time tracking. Even internally to know how I'm tracking on projects has changed my business and how I integrate with humans I get to work with on projects or retainers.

Sending out contracts and proposals and invoices that clients can sign right from their email has been amazing, and being able to do all that in 1 place without integrating three other things has been so wonderful. I genuinely have Bonsai completely integrated into my consultation. Lastly, their support is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

As a Canadian, the taxes section is not something I can use, and I've tried to attach my expenses through Bonsai. Still, the credit card I'm using doesn't connect to their 3rd party system, so I'm getting different credit cards and procedures to be able to connect better with them and be able to track my business with Bonsai. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using one system versus four also surfaces the metrics and pieces that I need for my consultation. I'm more productive, and my performance in my business has increased because of using Bonsai. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fernando A.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

Bonsai has everything that I need to run my freelance web design business. The program is easy to use, and their support is excellent. It has saved me countless hours, kept me organized, and made it simple to get paid + manage my finances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

I think their white-label features could be a little bit better, but this isn't anything deal breaking for me. I would like to see custom domain functionalities for their white label users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems that Bonsai has helped me solve:

- Getting paid on time

- Keeping my leads and clients organized

- Gathering information efficiently via forms + automation

- Keeping my income and expenses organized

- and more!

This tool has everything you need to run a freelance business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arleigh B.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

The interface is great, simple and easy to use. Great tracking system and everything is customizable, which is appreciated. Onboarding was simple and supported past data! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

Would like the contracts to have easier editable fields like docusign, for example. Would also like a way to upload contracts done outside of bonsai and still be connected to clients profile. Also would like to be able to filter out paid invoices when viewing all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

Invoicing - Benefits include tracking all invoices tied to specific customers on an ongoing basis and having them be connected to the contracts. Also super easy system to track all expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marlon H.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

I loved the gorgeous UI/UX of the platform and everything was pretty easy to use and setup. They provide a lot of templates too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

They only reason I had started using another invoicing solution was because, at the time, I believe they only allowed Stripe and/or PayPal (I personally don't prefer using Stripe for a couple of reasons). For my business, I needed immediate payment capture so that I could budget & initiate my contracted designers for projects. And I don't like using PayPal as that looks less professional. They were soon to rollout their very own Bonsai Payments feature, which I waited a little bit for, but after a couple of months of waiting I then made the decision to switch my invoicing to Square (and haven't looked back since). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Bonsai, I was able to send beautiful and professional invoices to my client. Presentation is everything to me, and Bonsai definitely checks the box on that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick D.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

Just the document management and automation save me hours. I literally cant without this. Sorry for being dramatic, but I don't care. I have ADHD, and this cured it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

Well thats a trick question. It took a minute for me to figure out how to do the customization but once you figure it out, you realize how stupid easy it is. I would like a little more customization but hey. Thats why I'm a designer. I like to put shit exactly where I want it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bonsai:

Just try it. They make it really easy with a "Sample Client" that automatically accepts offers and contracts so you can see what it would look like on your end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

No more bloatware. Everything is time-tracked, managed, and in a sales pipeline to see on my phone or on the go. I don't have to stress about asking for money anymore because this reminds my customer and even has a beautiful portal, which is perfect since my new redesigned website is still under construction, but I got bills to pay. Makes me look professional as fuck too. Hire me haters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daphné S.
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What do you like best about Bonsai?

It's easy to use and has just the right amount of functionalities for me as small business owner. The price is more than fair for the solution and the interface is nice to look at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonsai?

Not being able to make changes on my notes from the Bonsai app, which would be excellent when on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonsai solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have all my client details in one spot and was able to add custom information for each client that adapts perfectly to my business. I keep track of accounting, contracts and invoices all in the same platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.