Bonsai

Bonsai is built specifically for freelancers: send a proposal, convert it to a legally-vetted contract with e-signature, then auto-invoice against it — with late-payment reminders chasing clients so you don't have to. Time tracking, expense capture and tax estimates round out a genuine back office. It replaces the awkward patchwork of Word contracts and PayPal requests that loses freelancers real money.

The proposal → contract → invoice → payment pipeline is the paperwork spine of freelancing, and nothing handles that whole chain as smoothly as Bonsai.

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