Bonsai
Bonsai
Proposals, contracts, time tracking, and invoices for freelancers
Bonsai covers proposals, contracts, time tracking, invoicing, and client portals for freelancers and small agencies. Basic is $9 per user a month billed yearly. It is for independent consultants and designers. Businesses that sell products need a different tool.
Cost at your size
Monthly card sales
On $10,000 of card sales a month: $315 a month with card fees, at a $500 average sale.
Bonsai costs $9 less than the median invoicing & payments tool for $10,000 of monthly card sales ($324).
The $19 Essentials plan pays for itself if it saves less than an hour a month at $30 an hour, our assumption.
Change assumptions
Card fees at US rates. Figures from the vendor's published prices. How we calculate prices
What Bonsai connects to
Accounting
Accounting tools in our catalog · found on vendor and marketplace pages, October 2026 · 2 of 2 checked by us
Has a Zapier app
Sources
- QuickBooks Online: help.hellobonsai.com/en/collections/96956-integrations, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
- Xero: help.hellobonsai.com/en/collections/96956-integrations, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
Getting help with Bonsai
- How to reach them
- Email: plans not stated · 24/7
- Live chat: plans not stated
- Help center: every plan
- Onboarding
- Tailored onboarding (data migration, training) for teams of 10+ users (plans not stated)
Bonsai has a public status page. Status page
From Bonsai's support and pricing pages, October 2026 · checked by us 2026-10-14 · How we gather this
Sources
- hellobonsai.com/support, read 2026-10-13
- hellobonsai.com/pricing, read 2026-10-13
- Email: “support@hellobonsai.com” (hellobonsai.com/support)
- Email hours: “Need help? Our support team is available 24/7 to assist with any issues.” (hellobonsai.com/support)
- Live chat: “Use the in-app chat on the bottom right to get in touch quickly.” (hellobonsai.com/support)
- Help center: “Browse through our documentation and customer's frequent questions.” (hellobonsai.com/support)
- Onboarding: “Comprehensive onboarding tailored to your business – from data migration to training, every step is customized to match your processes and goals.” (hellobonsai.com/pricing)
What reviewers say about Bonsai
- Capterra4.6 / 5 · 95 reviews
- Trustpilot4.3 / 5 · 641 reviews
- G2See reviews on G2
Each site has its own reviewers, so we show the scores side by side and never average them. App ratings cover the mobile app only. Scores read Oct 28, 2026. How we show reviews
Recent changes at Bonsai
- Nov 2025CompanyAgreed to be acquired by Zoom. hellobonsai.com
Picked from Bonsai's own pages and the press, reviewed by us before publishing · checked weekly, last check Oct 26, 2026 · How we pick news
Why people pick it
- Contracts and time tracking included
- Cheap entry plan
Where it falls short
- Per-user pricing for teams
- Short 7-day trial
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