HoneyBook & Dubsado alternative
The HoneyBook alternative that also finds, calls and follows up.
Inquiry to proposal, signature, payment and booking in one place, like HoneyBook or Dubsado. Then a CRM around it: AI that drafts every follow-up for your yes, calling and texting, email campaigns, and up to five people on one $49 plan.
7 days free on Starter. No credit card.
- a month for 5 people
- $49
- steps, one plan
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- AI agents included
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Fern & Field Studio
Wedding photography · made-up example
Maya Chen
Maya Chen
maya@chenwedding.example
Karrie drafted a reply
Hi Maya, congratulations! June 14 is still open. Here is how a full day with us works…
01Her form arrives as a lead, with a reply already drafted in your voice for your yes.
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What is the best HoneyBook alternative?
AutomateNexus CRM is the HoneyBook alternative for service businesses that want the client flow and a CRM in one place. Inquiry forms, proposals signed online, invoices, paid booking pages and a client portal are on every plan, with AI that drafts each follow-up for your yes, calling and texting, and email campaigns, for up to five people at $49 a month. HoneyBook is $29 to $109 a month billed yearly and keeps its Scheduler and automations for Essentials at $49; Dubsado's Premier, with scheduling and workflows, is $525 a year.
Figures checked against HoneyBook's pricing page, Dubsado's pricing page and our pricing.
- AutomateNexus CRM
- $49 a month, 5 people
- HoneyBook
- $29–$109 a month, yearly
- Dubsado
- $335–$525 a year
- Booking + automations
- Every plan vs $49+ / Premier
- Calling and texting
- Built in vs not listed
- Free trial
- 7 days vs 30 / 21 days
Tick the steps you use. See the plan each one needs.
HoneyBook and Dubsado move booking pages and automations to a higher plan. Here every step is on every plan; only the number of people changes the price.
People on the team
Your flow · 6 steps · 1 person
HoneyBook
Essentials
$49/mo
$588 a year
Needs Essentials for: a booking page clients pay on, automations that send the next step
Dubsado
Premier
$44/mo
$525 a year
Needs Premier for: a booking page clients pay on, automations that send the next step
AutomateNexus CRM
Starter · up to 5 people
$39/mo
$468 a year
All 6 steps on this plan, and every other plan.
Plans by each company’s own pricing page, checked October 29, 2026. HoneyBook card fees start at 2.7% + 10¢ and bank transfers are 1.5%; AutomateNexus CRM takes payment through the processor you connect. Calling and texting run on your own Twilio account.
Inquiry to booked, without five tools.
What HoneyBook and Dubsado are for, done here, and each screen below is the real product.
- The proposal
Signed online, and the deposit asked for in the same moment.
Build the proposal from your own services, with optional add-ons the client can tick and a cover, images and past work around the price. They accept with an e-signature and the deposit invoice is raised on the spot, or they decline and tell you why.
- Optional and pick-one items, packages and recurring prices
- See when it has been read; follow-ups run until it is answered
- Recurring invoices, reminders, late fees and automatic receipts
- The booking
A booking page that takes the deposit, or the whole fee.
Share one link that shows your real availability, synced both ways with Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar. A paid booking can hold its time until it is paid, take a deposit instead of the full price, add tax, and refund by the rule you choose.
- Paid through Stripe, PayPal, Square and other processors
- Text and email reminders, and rescheduling by the client
- Zoom and Google Meet links on every booking
- The portal
One page where your client approves, signs and pays.
Each client gets a portal under your brand and your own domain: what is waiting for them (a design to approve, an agreement to sign, an invoice to pay), their projects, documents and messages, and their quotes and retainers.
- Your logo, colours and domain, on every plan
- Documents signed and files shared in the portal
- Messages kept on the client's record
- The follow-up
Every follow-up drafted for you, and nothing sent without your yes.
Karrie and the agents read each new inquiry as it arrives, draft the reply in your voice, chase the proposal that went quiet and book the call. Each draft waits in your approvals with the reason it was written, until you approve, edit or reject it.
- Eight AI agents on every plan
- Your own AI key, or credits at $5 a month per 5M tokens
- Past clients kept warm with check-ins you approve
What HoneyBook leaves to other tools.
+1Five people, one $49 plan. Ten on Growth. No price per person, and no plan that unlocks booking.
- 01
Calling and texting from the client's record
Numbers bought in the app, a softphone, two-way texts and WhatsApp, on your own Twilio account, in one inbox with your email.
- 02
Email campaigns and sequences
Newsletters and multi-step sequences through your own email provider, or hosted sending as an add-on, with every reply back on the client.
- 03
A sales pipeline that scores every lead
Each inquiry read and scored as it arrives, deals on a board you arrange, and reports on which sources become paying clients.
- 04
A website that feeds it
An AI website builder whose forms create the lead and whose pages take bookings, published to your own domain.
See calls, texts and WhatsApp, email campaigns and the website builder.
Where HoneyBook or Dubsado is the better pick.
A switch only makes sense if it fits how you work. These are the cases where it may not.
HoneyBook
Templates made for creatives
HoneyBook lists hundreds of professionally designed file templates, Canva import, Pic-Time galleries and Prismm floor plans. If your proposals are your portfolio, it starts you further along.
HoneyBook and Dubsado
A phone app you can download today
HoneyBook and Dubsado both list a mobile app. AutomateNexus CRM fits a phone and installs to its home screen from the browser; the native iPhone and Android apps are still being built.
HoneyBook
Money tools for one-person businesses
HoneyBook Balance (a checking account and debit card), instant deposit, tipping, savings buckets and Capital loans are on its pricing page. We do not offer banking.
HoneyBook and Dubsado
Cheaper for a solo who only needs the basics
HoneyBook Starter is $29 a month billed yearly and Dubsado Starter is $335 a year. If you work alone and need no booking page, automations or calling, either costs less than our $39.
HoneyBook, Dubsado and AutomateNexus CRM, line by line.
From each company's own pricing page, checked October 29, 2026.
| | AutomateNexus CRM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $29, $49 or $109 a month billed yearly ($36, $59, $129 monthly) | $335 or $525 a year | From $49 a month, or $39 billed yearly |
| People | Starter lists none; Essentials up to 2 team members; Premium unlimited | 3 extra users free, then from $25 a month | 5 on Starter, 10 on Growth, 25 on Business, unlimited on Agency |
| Proposals signed online | Every plan | Proposals on both; public proposals on Premier | Every plan; a deposit invoice is raised on acceptance |
| Invoices and payments | Every plan; card fees from 2.7% + 10¢, bank transfers 1.5% | Invoicing and payment plans on both | Every plan, through Stripe, PayPal, Square and more |
| Booking page clients pay on | Essentials and up ($49+) | Premier ($525 a year) | Every plan, with deposits, holds and refunds |
| Automations | Essentials and up | Premier | Every plan, plus eight AI agents |
| Client portal | Every plan | Every plan | Every plan, on your brand and domain |
| AI | HoneyBook AI on every plan: drafts, notetaker, follow-up suggestions | Not on its pricing page | Karrie and 8 agents; drafts wait for your yes |
| Calling and texting | SMS reminders on Essentials and up; calling not listed | Not on its pricing page | Calls, texts and WhatsApp on your own Twilio |
| Email campaigns | Through Mailchimp or Flodesk | Not on its pricing page | Built in |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes | Installs from the browser; native apps on the way |
| Free trial | 30 days | 21 days | 7 days on Starter, no card |
Paying for several tools now? See what six apps cost against one, or compare every plan.
From HoneyBook or Dubsado in an afternoon.
Your clients come with you, and your old account keeps running until you are ready.
- Step 01
Export your clients
Export your contacts from HoneyBook or Dubsado as a CSV file.
- Step 02
Import and match
Upload the CSV, match its columns to fields, review, and import.
- Step 03
Rebuild your services
Add your packages to the catalogue once; every proposal and invoice draws on them.
- Step 04
Share your links
Connect your calendar and a payment processor, and send clients your new booking link.
Questions about leaving HoneyBook or Dubsado
For a service business that wants the client flow and a CRM in one place, AutomateNexus CRM: inquiry forms, proposals signed online, invoices, paid booking pages and a client portal on every plan, plus AI that drafts each follow-up for your approval, calling and texting, and email campaigns, for up to five people at $49 a month. Dubsado is the closest like-for-like option if you want HoneyBook's shape for less.
By HoneyBook's pricing page on October 29, 2026: Starter $29 a month billed yearly ($36 monthly), Essentials $49 ($59) and Premium $109 ($129). The Scheduler, automations, QuickBooks and team members start on Essentials; unlimited team members on Premium. Card fees start at 2.7% + 10¢ and bank transfers are 1.5%.
Usually, yes. Dubsado Starter is $335 a year (about $28 a month) and Premier, which adds scheduling, automated workflows and public proposals, is $525 a year (about $44 a month), with 3 extra users free. HoneyBook's plans with scheduling start at $49 a month billed yearly, and allow up to 2 team members before Premium at $109.
Yes. On AutomateNexus CRM, booking pages that take a deposit or the full fee, automations, the client portal and proposals signed online are on every plan, from $49 a month for five people. Dubsado keeps scheduling and automated workflows for Premier, at $525 a year.
Yes. Build a proposal from your services with optional add-ons; the client accepts with an e-signature and the deposit invoice is raised on the spot. Agreements and other documents can be signed in the client portal.
Not a store app yet. It fits a phone and installs to the home screen from the browser in under a minute, and native iPhone and Android apps are being built. HoneyBook and Dubsado both have mobile apps today.
Export your contacts as a CSV file, upload it, match the columns to fields, review and import. Add your packages to the catalogue, connect your calendar and payment processor, and share your new booking link.
For how you work.
- 01CRM for freelancersOne login, every clientProposals with e-signature that create the project.
- 02CRM for coachesBook, bill and follow upDiscovery calls with a deposit, packages on invoice.
- 03CRM for consultantsProposal to invoicePipeline, engagement and billing in one system.
- 04Booking pagesPaid, synced, remindedDeposits, holds, refunds and two-way calendar sync.
- 05Quotes and invoicesSigned, then paidRecurring invoices, reminders and QuickBooks sync.
- 06Client portalOn your brandApprovals, signatures, documents and messages.
HoneyBook and Dubsado are trademarks of their owners. AutomateNexus CRM is not affiliated with either.
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