SoloWOS · instead of Bonsai · Prices checked October 2026

The Bonsai alternative for freelancers

Freelancer and agency software with proposals, contracts, invoicing, time tracking and accounting features. SoloWOS covers the same client work, adds document tracking, screen recording and link tools, and costs $15/month.

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IN SHORT

SoloWOS is a Bonsai alternative for freelancers and solopreneurs. Both cover proposals, contracts, invoices, scheduling and a client portal. SoloWOS also includes document tracking, screen recording, a link in bio page and short links, with card payments going to your own Stripe account. SoloWOS costs $15/month for one user with all 13 tools, and its Basic plan ($2/month) has every tool too, with 3 proposals, 5 invoices and 50 bookings a month.

Prices and limits as of October 26, 2026.

Bonsai vs SoloWOS, feature by feature

Bonsai compared with SoloWOS
Feature	SoloWOS	Bonsai
Price	$15/month for 1 user, $35/month for up to 3, all 13 tools	Tiered monthly or yearly plans by number of users and features; check their page for current prices. Their pricing
Proposals clients accept online	YesTemplates, pricing tables, view tracking	Yes
Contracts and e-signatures	YesAny PDF, signers in order, audit trail and certificate	YesContract templates
Invoices paid by card	YesInto your own Stripe account, with reminders and recurring invoices	YesIncluding recurring invoices
Booking page with payment at booking	YesFull price or deposit through Stripe, team round-robin on Team	YesScheduling links
Forms with conditional questions	YesShow-if questions and routing to a booking page	YesForms and questionnaires
Client portal	YesOne private page per client: meetings, files to approve, documents, invoices	Yes
Pipeline of leads and clients	YesFive fixed stages that update themselves	YesCRM and pipeline
Automated follow-ups	YesOne trigger, a wait, up to two actions; 2 turned on at a time on Basic	Check their site
Time tracking	YesTimer, billable hours, add to invoice	Yes
Expenses	YesReceipts, profit per month, tax set-aside	YesAccounting and expenses on some plans
PDF sharing with page-by-page views	YesPasscode, NDA, watermark, revoke	NoNot a core feature
Screen recording with viewer stats	YesBrowser recording, comments, who watched	NoNot a core feature
Link in bio and short links	YesBoth, on your own subdomain on paid plans	NoNot a core feature
API and webhooks	YesREST API and 15 webhook events, paid plans	Check their site

Checked October 17, 2026 from each company's public pages. Plans and features change, so “Check their site” means we couldn't confirm it, and their own pages are the final word. Bonsai pricing

Choose SoloWOS if

You want charge-to-book with deposits and refunds through your own Stripe account.
You need document tracking with an NDA before viewing, screen recordings with viewer stats, and short links next to your client tools.
Your automations are simple follow-ups you want to read as one sentence each.

Stay with Bonsai if

You want bookkeeping features in the same app as your invoices.
You run an agency with resource planning and project budgets.
You use their contract templates as your main legal starting point.

Switching from Bonsai to SoloWOS

1
Add your clients as contacts, by hand or with the API
2
Create your projects and start the timer
3
Save your proposal as a template
4
Connect Stripe and send your next invoice

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Bonsai alternative questions

Is SoloWOS a full replacement for Bonsai?

For most solo freelancers, yes: proposals, e-signatures, invoices paid by card, a booking page, forms, a client portal, a pipeline and follow-up automations are all there. Invoices can repeat on a schedule, sent with a pay link. What SoloWOS doesn't do today: payment plans, automatic card charges, multi-step workflows with branches, SMS or WhatsApp messages, a native mobile app and CFDI for Mexico.

How much does SoloWOS cost compared with Bonsai?

SoloWOS is $15/month for one user or $35/month for up to 3 users, with every tool included. Basic costs $2/month and has 3 proposals, 5 invoices and 50 bookings a month. Bonsai sells tiered plans; their pricing page has current prices.

Where does the money from clients go?

To your own Stripe account. You connect it once, clients pay invoices and paid bookings by card on Stripe-hosted pages, and SoloWOS adds no fee on top of Stripe's.

Bonsai is a trademark of its owner. SoloWOS is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bonsai. Comparisons are based on public information and our own product, as of the date above.

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