Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when the work does.
Run a full client project — intake, scope, revisions, change orders, invoice — without paying anything. Upgrade when the roster outgrows one client or three active projects.
- No credit card to start
- Cancel any time from Settings
- 14-day refund on your first Pro or Studio payment
Free
The whole workflow, for your first client.
$0
- Card fee by plan: 1% PaloWorks take on Pay, plus Stripe's fees
Included
- 1 client, 3 active projects
- Shareable intake forms
- Scope builder with locked revision rounds
- Revision log and over-budget warnings
- Change orders your client approves on a page
- Deposit, balance, and change-order invoices, web and PDF
- Client message scripts
- Accept card payments (Card fee by plan)
Pro
For a full rosterFor a working freelancer with a full roster.
$4.99 first month, then $19/mo
- Card fee by plan: 0.5% PaloWorks take on Pay, plus Stripe's fees
- 14-day refund on your first payment, in full
Then $19/mo. Cancel any time.
Included
- Works with your AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, any MCP client)
- API and assistant access · 2,000 writes/month
- Unlimited clients and projects
- Planner: Gantt plans and delivery forecasts
- Client status links that answer “any update?” for you
- Contracts your clients sign online
- Time tracking with effective-rate maths
- Calendar of due dates and workload
- Draft a scope from the submitted brief (AI-assisted)
- Multiple intake templates and named tax rates
Studio
For a small studio working as a team: you and three teammates in one shared workspace.
$10.99 first month, then $49/mo
- Card fee by plan: 0.1% PaloWorks take on Pay, plus Stripe's fees
- 14-day refund on your first payment, in full
Then $49/mo. Cancel any time.
Included
- Works with your AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, any MCP client)
- API and assistant access · 10,000 writes/month
- Everything in Pro
- You + 3 teammates in a shared workspace
- Shared clients, projects, and invoices
- Document branding on invoices, scopes, and contracts
- Activity log: who did what, in Settings
- Priority support — the team that builds the product, first in the inbox
Getting paid by your clients
Your plan is what you pay PaloWorks. Pay-through-PaloWorks takes Free 1%, Pro 0.5%, or Studio 0.1% of the charge. Stripe's own processing fees apply. Payments you mark paid outside PaloWorks have no take. Payments work on every plan, Free included.
Prices
Prices are in USD. The first-year annual special runs through December 31, 2026. Annual Studio is $249 the first year, then $41/mo billed yearly.
Compare the plans
What each plan includes
A check is included. A dash is not on that plan. Figures are the limit, not a slogan.
26 rows · 17 where the plans differ
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| Feature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| LimitsWhat the plan will hold. | |||
| ClientsA client is a person or company you bill. | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Active projectsLive jobs, not the archive. | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Multiple intake templatesMore than one brief, and which one a project uses. | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Named tax ratesState tax, GST, a local levy — named, and stacked on the same invoice. | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| API and MCP accessWrites a month for the API and for assistant access. | — | 2,000 writes/mo | 10,000 writes/mo |
| AI drafting (scopes, change orders, chase emails)Requests a month for scopes, change orders, and chase emails. | — | 300 requests/mo | 1,000 requests/mo |
| Team seatsLogins besides yours, in the same workspace. | — | — | You + 3 teammates |
| The jobThe work the desk is for. | |||
| Intake, scope, revisionsA shareable intake, a scope with locked revision rounds, and a warning when a job runs past what it sold. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change ordersPriced, dated, and approved by the client on a page. Only an approved order moves the money. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client message scriptsThe words for the moments that usually turn into a thread. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client portalOne place the client opens. No account on their side. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read receipts when a client opens a documentYou see when a client opens a document. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import clients from a CSVMap the columns, preview the rows, and skip duplicates. The client cap still applies. | Up to 1 client | ✓ | ✓ |
| Getting paidInvoices, reminders, and card payments. | |||
| Invoices and PDFs (deposit, balance, change order)Deposit, balance, and change-order invoices, on the web and as a PDF. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Card payments (Card fee by plan)Stripe on your own account. The take on Pay depends on the plan. A payment you mark paid outside PaloWorks has no take. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic invoice remindersThe invoice chases itself. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Late fees on overdue invoicesA fee you set, applied when an invoice goes overdue. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| From ProThe desk once the roster is no longer one client. | |||
| Planner (Gantt + forecasts)Gantt plans and delivery forecasts. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client status linksA link that answers “any update?” without a message from you. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Draft scope from intake (AI-assisted)A first draft from the submitted brief. You edit it, then you lock it. Nothing is sent until you press the button. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contracts with e-signThe client signs on a page. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time trackingHours on the project, and the effective rate against the scope price. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import time entries from a CSVBring hours in instead of retyping them. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| CalendarDue dates and workload, in one month. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports and CSV exportsClients, invoices, payments, and time, out as CSV. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| StudioThe same desk, shared, with your name on the paper. | |||
| Document brandingYour logo and colour on invoices, scopes, and contracts. | — | — | ✓ |
Before you choose
Questions, answered plainly.
What people ask before they choose a plan. Anything else is answered by the people who build PaloWorks.
What happens to my work if I downgrade?
Nothing is deleted. Existing clients, projects, contracts, and invoices stay exactly as they are and remain readable. You simply cannot create new work beyond the Free limits until you upgrade again.
Can I take payments on the Free plan?
Yes. Connecting Stripe and getting paid works on every plan, including Free — we would rather you get paid. PaloWorks take on Pay: Free 1%, Pro 0.5%, Studio 0.1% — Stripe's processing fees are extra, and the money goes straight to your Stripe account.
Is there a limit on email to my clients?
Email to your clients goes out from PaloWorks' own sending domain, so each workspace has a daily allowance: 50 client emails in any 24 hours for a Free workspace's first 14 days, then 200; 1,000 on Pro; 3,000 on Studio. During a trial the Free allowance applies until you subscribe. Email to your own team does not count. Receipts, signed agreements and the one-time codes a client asks for, to sign or to open their portal, go out whatever the allowance. A payment reminder you ask to send right away is not sent while the allowance has no room for it, and you are told so. Every other client email over the allowance waits and goes out on its own as the 24 hours move on — nothing is dropped.
Is there a contract or minimum?
No. Monthly and annual cancel any time from Settings and run to the end of the period you have paid for. Monthly Pro is $4.99 the first month, then $19/mo. Annual Pro is $99 the first year, then $16/mo billed yearly ($192). Monthly Studio is $10.99 first month, then $49/mo. Annual Studio is $249 the first year, then $41/mo billed yearly. 14-day refund of your first Pro or Studio subscription payment, in full.
Does “draft a scope from the brief” need anything set up?
It uses an AI model to turn a submitted intake into a first draft of the scope, which you then edit and lock. Nothing is sent anywhere until you press the button, and the Privacy Policy names the provider.
Who is behind PaloWorks?
Ferrier Industries LLC. Billing, invoicing, and support (support@paloworks.com) are all handled by the same company — there is no reseller in the middle. Every way to reach us.
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